St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-07-12

| tOuc tUItCH IL ItdN iti IMAM VIZ N'h
bear" Not one word for the right :
Not single plea for the great princi-
Piles of Freedom, Thus tramplcd in the
dust Not one assertion Of the rights
of the people thus wantonly assailcd 4.
Only whining plea that the party
may not he Observation-Disclosures the
road to Office and the L. S. Treasury
may not be rendered so difficult for
them, by throwing this obstacle III
their path. But, sir let us go little
farther and see how sincere is the OPP
position of this northern Douglas De-
mocracy to a slave code or any ultra
Southern measure. The same Con
vention that nominated Douglas for
/ President, nominated for Vice Prcsl-
dent, Benjamin Fitzpatrick Of AIaba-
ma, an out and out slave code man,
and ultra on every question that per-
tains to the "pecnliar institution" and
these Douglas men who vaunt their
their conservatism and devotion to
northern interests, knew this to be the
fact. They had his political record
before their eyes, and they knew that
he had lately, in his place in the Sen.
ate, voted for the slave code rcsolu-
tons, so pcrsistcntly pressed by jeff.
Davis of Mississippi.
This course of action, sir, is the
handspring Of the squatter sovereign
ty party they are all things TO all
men that they may gain the dispen-
sing of federal patronage they frame
their platform and select their candi-
dates that they may blow hot or cold
as suits their peculiar necessities.
Well, sir, Mr.. Fitzpatrick was found
too honest to accept the nomination
of such party ne had too much
respect for his own integrity and opin-
ions to allow himself to be placed in
position where he could be charged
with discrimination or evasion. Then
what does this Douglas party do, Mr.
President nominate Popular Sovc-
reignty man? No, sir. They take
another ultra Shareholder from the
State of Georgia, Herschcl V. John
son by name, and in order to satisfy
you Of the opinions of this candidate
Of the Douglas party for Vice Presi-
dent, | will read the following resolu-
tons introduced by him into the Dem
ocratic State Convention of Georgia,
held at Millcdgcvillc, June 4th, 1860,
just prior to the meeting of the Balti-
more convention
| Resolved That we re-af1irm the Cincinnati
| platform, with the following additional propo-
sitions:
lst That the citizens of the United States
have an equal right to settle with thar proper.
I tg Of any kind, in the organized Territories OF
the United States, and that under the decision
| of the Supreme Court of the United States il
the case of bred Scott, which we recognize Us
the correct exposition of the Constitution in
this particular, stare property sands on tie sam
footing as all other descriptions Of property, and
that neither the General Government NOR ANY
| TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT, can dcy,roy
or "apotr the right 10 Stare property; that prop
! criy of all kinds, slaves us well as any other
| species of property, in the Territories, stand
upon the same equal and broad Constitutional
basis, and snbiet to like principles of recogn,-
ton and PROTECTION IN the LEGISLATIVE.
judicial aud erecutire departments Of tie Goren-
ment.
ID. That we will support any man who
may be nominated by the Baltimore Conven-
ton, for the rrcsidency, who holds the princi
pies set forth in the foregoing proposition, and
who will give them his endorsement, and We
will mol hold ourselves bound to support am
man, Who may he the nominee who entertain
principles inconsistent with those set forth il
; the above propositions, or who diIsS that siar
property in the Territories docs stand on a,
equal footing and on the same Constitutional JGsi
OF OTHER descriptions Of property.
Still, in spite of all these facts We
are told that Douglas Democrats are
in favor Of non-intcrventiOn that they
believe the people of a Territory have
the right and power to control the
subject of slavery in the Territories
Sir, this is but a repetition of the
humbug that was practiced upon the
people four years ago, when all
through Pennsylvania and other free
States was flung out the banner of
Buchanan and Free Kansas :" and
yet j. b. had hardly become firmly
seated in the Presidential chair when
the whole energies Of the Administra-
ton were directed to making Kansas
Il Slave State, in accordance with
the programme laid down for him by
his Southern masters, in whose
hands he was willing and unscrupu-
lous tool. Douglas and his confrercs
are setting the same gull trap to catch
grcenhorns that was set in Sc, but il
won't work !; "a burnt child breads
the fire" There is no real distinction
between the two wings Of the Demo
cratic party they both pretend to
stand on the bred Scott decision, the
simple difference between the two is
that Breckenridge stands on the bred
Scott decision with manly frmness
and logical consistency, while Douglas
like a small pettifogger, cvades and
lodges the very thing which he pre-
tends to endorse. As between these
two men, were | Democrat, should
much prefer Breckenridge, he being
by far the most honest and respecta-
bic of the two. Douglas is the most
dangerous man that the people of the
United States could elevate to the Of
flee Of President, for he has done more
to demoraIize public opinion than any
man i'll the country. Without moral
convictions he has sought to make his
fellows "evcn as he is
In confirmation of this let me read
to you three short extracts
From the Atlanta Inteigcncer
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
l. Runaway from me Oh the 18th inst, at night INV
negro Ben, about ~ years of age about 5 feet
inches high, spare made, Of yellow complexion and
bright has but one fourth negro blood IN him He has
very large head Of hair, b'shy head hair very
BLACK, rot kIhky, but very curly thin yisage. lie
would weigh, suppose, not u exceed 1870 pounds lac
speaks sinw rather inclined look down when spoken
TO- but exceedingly Intelligent and first rate mechanic
equals and think, SURPRISES any The State ufie
or buck His character heretofore has been sl,tIess
lie went OF with black uusaChr. but from bis mteli.
genee, doubt not he will cut them oil.
JAS. THOMAS, Hancock Co. Ga
Chattanooga Advertiser, Nashville Union aud Amer
and louisville journal will please copy three times
daily and send bills to Judge James Thomas Sparta
Hancock Co, Georgia.
81 DON'T CARE WHETHER SLAVERY
Is VOTED UP OR DOWN" -Dougias
1.-THE Negro has no rights which white
man is bound to respect '--Judge Taney