Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-10-11

OPENING THE BA1L-Our Bell and Everett friends
made g demonstration last night They had music
and tar-barrels-a gathering at the Market House-a
procession to the Courthouse and an adjournment to
the Town hall. At the Courthouse Mr.. Parsley re-
ported the arrangements made to carry up delegates to
the Salisbury Mass Meeting. Mr.. Meares made some
business remarks in reference to Mass Meeting and
Barbecue which it is proposed to hold here during
Court week.
The adjourned meeting at the Town Hall was ad-
dressed by George Davis, Esq, who spoke something
like an hour and half to fairly filed but not crowded
house. With Mr.. Davis style as a graceful public
speaker most of readers are well acquainted and so
lar as that was concerned he did justice to his reputa
ton by his effort last night As concerned the points
made, we hardly think he did.
Mr.. Davis proclaimed the Democratic party disrupt
ed and used up He remarked that it evident that
the contest in this State was to be straight be-
tween Bell and Everett and Breckenridge and Lane
Neither Mr.. Douglas Mr.. Lincoln having any party
strength chance in North Carolina he would confne
his remarks to MIR. Breckenridge and that wing of the
party who advocate his election.
| Mr.. Davis while remarking in effect, that for Mr..
Douglas as politician be had use, yet went into
long and most elaborate argument to show that Mr..
Douglas peculiar dogma of Squatter Sovereignty, or
noninterventon be calls it, is not only right but the
doctrine to which the Democratic party had been COM
mitted.
To non-inervention, properly understood the Demo
cratic party committed We opposed to inerven-
ton either by Congress or its creature local terrific
rial legislature 1t is no intervention demand for
intervention to claim that it is the duty of the general
government to that persons and property have adj
equate protection wherever its constitutional authority
extends, nor is it intervention to further claim for
Southern persons and property the same rights and
mmunties that belong to Northern persons and property
The Douglasites, or at any rate Mr. Douglas himself,
contends that territorial legislature can do anything it
pleases with slavery, even to aboishing it. Does Mr..
Davis agree with him? We heard no word of dissent
from him last night exactly able to find out
where he stood. We will refer one little contradic-
ton that puzzled u.s. While audng non-intervention
Mr.. Davis took occasion to refer to the Compromise
acts Of 1850 and of course to Henry Clay. Again, he
referred almost in this connection to the Kansas and
Nebraska acts of 1854, which were based upon this
much lauded principle. He paid high compliment to
Mr. Douglas for his manness and devotion to principle
and all that sort of thing account of his
the Kansas and Nebraska bills.
Shortly, however while audng John Bell, he said
that Mr. Bell had differed from his party in only two
instances, and in these two instances Mr. Bell right
and his party was wrong. One OF these instances was
when he voted against the Kansas and Nebraska bill.
How to reconcile the laudation of Douglas friend
of the Kansas BILL and John Bell enemy of it we
don't know. Ocourse were, and are, puzzled about
Mr.. Davis position squatttr sovereignty.
Nobody asks Congress to egislate slavery into Ter
ritory any than they want it to egsate anything
else into Territory. 1t is only asked that persons
moving there with their property shall have the right
to hold and enjoy it there while the territorial condition
remains without their rights being either destroyed
impaired by territorial Intervention, other uncoDs
tutional interference. We admit and claim most fully
the right of the people of any State to be perfectly
free to form and regulate their institutions in their
way and to be received into the Union with or without
slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe at the
: time of their admission. But territory, as
r territory, cannot do any such thing. Its organic
e law comes from without. Its legislature meets b.
virtue Of law of Congress. It's executive and judi
u ciary appointed by ae President. 1t is eviden
then, that regulating domestic institutions only az
e ply to the formation of Constitution preparatory
admission into the Union. 1t could not apply while tn
it territorial condition remains.
it Of course Mr.. Davis had a wipe at Yancey" Grea
y is Yancey Yancey is an awful fellow. His ears ougt
If to burn But Yancey gets fat on the head of it, Like
IT wise Mr.. Davis did ring some chimes on the Bell.
said it was impossible that Mr. Bell could be otherws
than true to the South because he born, raised
rie and lived at the South We do not charge nor do
e understand anybody to cherge Mr.. Bell with being
g abotonist but most assuredy he has always shown
singular proneness yield to the demands of those wi
It are. A want of firmness may be as bad want of
IN deity By the way Mr.. Davis might have recolected
er gentleman of high standing in North Carolna-the
hertor of an historical in the State where be
born raised, married and lived who still turned que
tie summersett We alude to Hon. Edward Stany who we
be to California and affiliated sufficiently with the Repu
icans to be run by them for Governor, and beaten
us the Democrats. Many things are highly improbab
but it is hard to say that anything is impossible.
rs At Charleston and since we objected to handing ov
nd the political faith of the Democratic party into
nd keeping of the Supreme Coart anybody else. Ho
lie could express concurrence with or belief IN an
thing we had neither seen nor heard 1t is one THU
le, to obey awanother to say that you think it rgl
eg The bred Scott decision is an existing fact Alstn
substantive expression of the opinion of the court
w say that agree with that. Suppose the Cou
Ter remoddelled and totally different opinion expresst
nd could commit ourselves in advance to that too?
le- would be preposerous We assumed the position til
Ely it would be so and this is the position to which
as Davis alluded last night, learn, for we did z
lat hear this part of his remarks We think suffice
as to re-state our position
es- Mr. Davis rdiculed the talk about coercing 81
ereign State" as if said he, State could be 81
ereign in the Union J" We confess to consderal
Ia degree of surprise at the length to which Mr. Da
ro carried bis expression of ultra consolidation ve1
9pt Ii ne speaks Jonn be Sentmens we opne tnat tne