Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-07-06
Acceptance Of Hon. Herscheli v
Johnson.

JOnMSOns
Hon. Herschell V. johnson, of Georgia,
who accepted the Vice-Presidency nomiua-
on the Douglas ticket, made speech in
Washington on Monday night. the 25th III.
timo. Speaking Of the question Of differ
ence, he said:
I said the demand for Congressional in.
PREVENTION was properly rejected at Charles.
ton. And why do I say so? Because i,
was the agreement between the North and
the South that the slavery agitation should
be removed from the Halls Of Congress and
the people Of the Territories be left perfect.
~ free to regulate their domestis institutions
in their own way, subject to the Constitu.
ton Of the United States. This was the
principle of the Compromise measures Of
1850 and practically applied in the Kansas
and Nebraska act, 1854. It was adopted
by Goth the great political parties Of the U.
nited States in 1852 It triumphed in the
election Of Franklin Pierce, in that year,
and Of James Buchanan in 1856. 1t is,
perhaps, the last ground of compromise be-
tween the North and the South which hui
man ingenuity can devise. tits understood
by the people of all sections, and by it the
Democratic party, at least, of all sections.
should be willing to abide. Itgives advan.
tage to neither section over the other, be.
cause it refers all questions of dispute be-
tween them, either as to Congressional OF
Territorial power over the subject Of slavery
to the final arbitrament of the Supreme
Court of the United States. tits. therefore,
safe for the North and safe for the South
Its practical working is not without satisfac-
tory results.
Where the people Of Territory d esire
slave labor, and the soil and climate are
suited to it, slavery will go. Where these
do not exist, it will not CO. This
finds and illustration in New Mexico, where
slavery is established. and in those Terrific
ries where it is excluded Only few days
ago proposition to repeal the slavery laws
of New Mexico was made and rejected
Mexico on the one hand, and the anti-slav-
cry law of Kansas on the other. were made
asd rejected in the Senate. suppose these
or either of them, had prevail
ed, is it not certain that the country would
have been thrown into the highest excite
ment? But, by their rejection, non-inter-
vention was practically adhered to and the
public mind is satisfied and quiet.
Let US maintain it firmly and faithfully
We arc bound to it BY every consideration
of interest and obligation of compact its a.
abandonment will prove fatal to the Nationa
Democratic party, and ultimately to the U
uion itself; it will drive the South into in
tense seetionalism, and the North into the
ranks Of Black Republicanism. / do no
say every man of the North. for know tha
the great body of the Northern Democracy
will remain true to the Constitution, despite
the overwhelming food of its relentless CO.
horts but [ mean that the free labor State:
would be controlled by Black Republicanisu
and would not be able to return single
member to either Honse of Congress friend
ly to the constitutional rights Of the South
/ trust that such condition of things may
never exist; but, if it should, / know of NJ
way by which the Union can be saved. -
Hence the doctrine of Congressional inter
vention, as advocated by this new born sec
tional party, is fraught with peril to the
country.
The question is now distinctly presented
to the people whether they will adhere te
the doctrine Of intervention, or whethe,
they will abandon it whether they will re-
open the slavery agitation, by requiring
Congress to take jurisdiction over t,or wheth.
er they will give repose to the public mind
and security to tina Union by leaving it where
the Compromise leaves ito the free acton
Of the people of the Territories under tbs
Constitution of the United State.
Hon. Herschell " Johson, who has ae,
cepted the nomination in place of Mr. Fitz-
patrick, is native Of Georgia. He was
born in Burke coanty, in that State, Sep
TENDER 18th, 1912, and is, therefore IN the
forty. eight year of his age. He has receiv-
ed liberal education. having graduated at
the University Of Georgia in 1884. after
wards adopting the profession Of law, in which
ne achieved some success Mr.. johnson
was Presidential elector in 1914, and in
1913 was appointed to fill vacancy in the
United States Senate. In the year 1849 be
was elected a Judge Of the Superior Court
of his native State, and afterwards attained
its Executive Chair. He is personally one
OF the most popular men in the State.
I'VE MODE OF ELEcT1NG THE PRESIDENT
BY CoNaHEss.-The House Of Representa-
tives has nothing whatever to do with the
election of Vice President, nor the Senate
with the election of President. The pow
ers Of each body are distinct and entirely in
dependent of the other.
If no President be chosen by the electors