St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-30

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was adopted with only two dissenting
votes
Will Mr.. Wilbur say here is emo al
fusion to the Supreme Court or its dc.
cisions"? On the contrary, are not
the " Douglas Democracy pledged to
"rcspcct,' (providcd they are good
citizens y and "cnfors by every
branch of the Federal Government"
not only what has bccn,' but what
may be hereafter decided Ivy the SUI
prcmc Court? Who cannot see that
this Wickliflc resolution covers the
whole ground of the Samucls rcsoln-
ton? and not only so, but that 1t
goes still further? 1t not merely
agrees to oJi}e by the decision al
ready made, but it pledges the party
t. q" cntnrrc" whatever "shall hereafter
be decided by the Supreme Court"
Is not this going it blind with a
vengeance
Now let us sec how Mr.. Douglas un-
dcrstands this matter. In his letter,
accepting the nomination for Prcsi-
dent, he says:
Upon careful examination Of the
platform and principles adopted at
Charleston and rc-allrmcd at Balti-
more, with an 0ddUiendi resolution
which is in perfect hGrmony with the
others, find it to be IA faithful en-
bodimcnt Of the timc-honorcd princi-
pies of the Democratic party.'
We leave it to the candid reader to
say whether we have or have not
clearly shown that :" the platform of
the Douglas Democracy" with Doug
las standing upon it, does make cal
fusion to the Supreme Court and its
" decisions hot only past decisions,
but its nnknolrn future decisions.
If we have made out our case, then
have the douglas Democracy" agreed
that the Supreme Court, aud not Con
grcss, shall determine the status of the
Territories. This is wide departure
from the action of the Democratic par.
ty in former times, and even Of tho
old Republican party instance the
cases Of the United States Bank, and
the Alien and Scdition Law.
AS to the intcrrogatory Of Mr.. vii
bur in reference to the Chicago plat
form and the Fugitive Slave law, w
can only give the opinion that it wa'
probably not deemed necessary It
pass resolution upon a clearly OK
pressed provision Of the Constitution
any more than it was to adopt the
truths Of the Declaration of Indcpcnd
cnce, as was desired by Mr.. Giddings
So far as we arc informed, the Repub,
Iican party fully conccdc the Constitu.
tional right of the owner to his slave,
but they will not consent to the cn,
slavcmcnt of frccmcn, black or white
to crafty Southern Democrats or any
other Democrats--nOt even Mr.. VIII
bur.
As to the admission of any more
Slave States, we would reply that
sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof" 1t would be great folly to
undertake to decide in advance a
question of that character, because
no one can now tell how or in what
way it might present itself. We all
know our wishes and predictions
upon the question. For ourself, we
desire to sec no more Slave States.
How is it with Mr.. Wilbur? Will he
be equally frank upon the abstract
question, and say whether he does or
does not desire to multiply the num-
Der of the Slave States of this Union !?
If he gives a negative answer, then
we are agreed, and his suggestions
are no more "disagrccablc to Rcpub-
licans" than they are to himself. But
if he answers in the affirmative, We
suppose he must have reasons for so
wishing which may be satisfactory to
him, but which might, and probably
would, totally fail to convince us.
With our present views our efforts
and rotes shall be in favor Of free ter
ritory and free men.
The West Union Reriew has a sta
tistical article, intended to show the
extravaganza of the Republican ad-
ministration of Iowa, and after men
ti)ning different items of expense in
order to make out sum of cover
10000" the editor adds
"and numerous other similar items,
including $4,000 for running that
nuisance to the State, a school
board" &c.
Any one who will take the trouble
to examine the records of the State
Auditors Office will find that the ell
tire expense of the Board Of Educa-