Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-08-17

and there Is no law making II : cr!minal offence, how do
vou reach him. Suppose an Individual harbors your slave
while 10 the Territory, wha, remedy have you against him B.:
What remedy have you 10 enforce the right, OF the owner
against ,respassers and Intermediates, unless you have a
Iocnl Legislature to pass laws 10 enforce these rights"
IT i not the rich: Of proye,fp in Iires I speak II rs
roam, rim, protection. bu. il Is the local legislation Of the
Territory 10 prevent that property being ~,re'Tassed upon,
,a,uperci or iu,erfrretl with by others
Are not The views OF Douglas and Orr lde'ltlca!' u UT
was right in $50, Douglas Is RICH, In ISIS. Douglas present,
Ills views as the settled fact IN the exact premises occupied
by Orr. We comment the extracts to me press genei"ny.
As the case Is one peculiarly interesting l" she sohIh, we
make room for two short extracts from Alexander u. SIC
phens, Of Georgia, and Samuel 4. Smith, OF Tennessee III
June, isJ6, Nr. Stephens, In Coz gresS, salh:
"Ai,lough my own opinion IS that the people, under 1mv
limitations %. the Constitution. have not the riShtiui po"e,
In ..cIu.l. slavery so long ~ they remain in a territorial
condition. vel am willing that they may determine IL for
Themselves, and when they please. | shall never nrrau'f
any law they may pass, Il Il Is tis result; Of a 'alr isg n,a
live expression ur the popular will. Never. am ~lnihE
that the Territorial Legislature may act upon The suDJet'
when and how they may think PROPER
This Is stronger than Douglas. Stephens gives i POSITIVE
,,;ninn. DuurIn, roninr. himself TO u statement Of what
NAV Ice done, 0n;.i!r NJ hi- wish. pro or con.
Nj. Smith, in the House Of Representative, "n The ''h o
June, iStd, said:
:Ihavc never regarded the difference al opinion brt"tet
Northern auI Southern gentlemen upon 's1aatter SmFr'
relrnty rs Of any Importance. have heii tha' IN i Ter
ri,n, iaI capacity the settlers had not the right 10 exclude
slavery Yet a majority "f the people IN = Territory VIII
decide the question after all. In a Territory W. MR. | nars
~. and IL a majority Of the people Of i Territory are OPP
rcscd 10 The institution they will refuse 20 pass laws !"r IL
urntprtiDu and IT, viii not 20 'h"ft. I. "h l' ""'
ihry are in favor Of il. they vii! pas laws Tor lis protection
uuj Il will eu there. /; will go there or mol, nceor"inn u
the popular sentiment "f 'i" re"i!, o, me 'er,,.osj; :, III.
Ex-senator Douglas is l"r iIr exclusion 81 slavery III Tue
Territories, so are The Southern rroIle represented w su,"
men az Orr, Stephens and Saith. II Douglas iansuast
can he tortured into such meaning. >" cal! The LANGUAGE "
Orr. Stcuhen, and Smith, for We cannot see any difference
Of fact between them. &C.,
la. opininns rs higher law free soiHsm, then our sts'
linens ard Smiths, mus, come under the sane Category
Eu.. a, We have already said, We understand JUICE Doug,
las a. merely stating u ,aS, now p ,hs f,c. .Ilat If III. nr".
plr wan: slavery they will protect IL by local lesishlt'"H'
aud L they do n"i want IL, H. u came, IN ; Df ,"Jts% Of Slave:
~ by Territorial legislation, is "NirgIniu' iniers. pu' " u
the right which canno, be taken from a Territory, Gl
rcfrsiHy to sn"ct inHcs Jo" its i""''"ti"M IL irtfnof.
al LEGISLATURE We're to enact u law prohibiting slavery or
rrwariine the abduction Of slaves, such Law would Ne Hi'
cnI,s,;:u.ionn!. Hat 20 power eAi>ss TO c"h"ps1 IL Lrf,,s'a'
,urc TO enact any law unnecessary to prevent nr Ii'ti'h' Il
trr.frass upon slave property. Any person "lii"s ~ -!
upon the J"yitire 1Lre h'" for the apprehension o. Js
,iuy. can 90 to any TERRITORY. 1t i hi, right l." run "'
r;I. and mo- Legislature can tale il away. Hu: II i an
rmp;y right. Il valuciess right. and, without 'ioca! l'"'''e
regulation, - vii! ;cvcr Lee relied on by the s"H'!"'i' !'"''
Iuds- Douglas does not maintain thai SLAVERY ia' n"
Constitutional sanction or guarantee III II irrr.'"'!' "'
merely shows how the Unconstitutional sahcti"h h"' "c'
come valu-lrss under existing legislation. lie si"ws 'i'a'
without local police regulations, constitutional 'hrr-
tons are Of no practical avail: for from The sensitive III,
lure Of slave property, no riaI VIII rely Oh coH-'''""'''%'
sanctions 10 return his runaway negro.
Judge Douglas does not deny the validity and efficacy
bl III. usElslNN VI ~ NNHiNHhN '"'
ha. defended the decision Uf the Court Oh every s:n'"p IN
Illinois. lut he shows that neither constitutional >anr.
lions, nor the .r.i. OF Supreme Court decisions Fan carry
slavery into an unfrirndly Territory. nor Prevent it, gong
into i friendly Territory.
II is not for me to reconcile the conflicting
pcsitious occupied BY my friends of The En-
~1uircr'' THEN and noT. Ny only effort will be
to yet YOU hark into the path" il can. NJ
support Of Judge Dousils; is consistent with
the past rccor! of my life; it Is consistent with
the past uSagcS and customs Of the Democrat
ic party, and |, who never gave Il vote for 4
Whig candidate for the Presidency ur for Il
Whi- candidate Tor Congress, cannot permit
myself To he held up in an improper light hr.
fore Inv true :Gd tried friends nf the odd
l;nard." who have so often borne alott oar flag
in triumph in the darkest hours, when victory
seemed almost impossible.
am willing, however, 10 stand 4 cn'nparI-
son with any Of the opponents Of Judge Doug
las among the Democracy "r Virginia. Who.
therefore, ! ask, are the men in tins State AMI
he South most active in 'cI"tIncirIg hr. Doug
las? Onc.halt. il not twO-thIrdS ot the leaders
in Virginia and the South, are tncn who warrct!
with General Jackson in his great contest
against the Uuitc,l States l;ank and the 'rr-
moval Of the drpositrs who were the
most conspicuous supporters oi General liar
,isnu in the ilmolis and ,iiSsrarcfuI campaign
Of =. Log.cnhia. ~haSdrGlrr, nMco'h-ShimS,
Jtyber.jm,i. ami ysti"~-kirty." And these
men now arc 81 Inconsistent rs To charge that
Mr.. Douglas was nominated by Il sectional
(Northcrm vote, and therefore ought not To be
Supported, when the fact is notorious that ten.
Harrison, whom they supported III 1910, was
nominated at the Harrisburg Convention by 4
vote exclusively from the North, not receiving 4
single vote from u >lavcliolding State. Tine last
ballot Oh which he Was nominated stood thus -
Scott Ii, Clay 10, Harrison, lis, these votes.
every one, were given him by free States. to
wit: Maine 10, Vermont =, New York ~, Mas
saciuisclts II. New Hampshire :, Michigan ),
Pennsylvania 30, Ohio 81, Indiana y, Illinois, j.
Are these gentlemen the proper persons to raise
objections to Il nomination o.! account OF It's
sectional character, even If it were true! Yet
that, untrue IL il *, and "Sluattcr Sovereign.
ty." make up the suIn total of their opposition
to him, when every nam knows that Mr.. Doug.
las. in hi: late great rllort with Senator Davis,
Of Mississippi, denied that he was in favor nt
Suuattrr Sovereignty, ana pointed " Pixies
Peak, and other places where il existed, anu
ernplatically expressed his opposition to il. -
With this fact staring him i'll the face, how can
any man trutltully bring such - charge against
Judge Douglas?
Never in lhr history Of the Democratic party
has such a state nj things existed bc(orc-Conl-
binatiunS and coalitions formed 10 defeat Il man
who WAS :.ul.inated in the National C"nvcrI-
ton fairly and in strict accordance with iimc-
honorcL uSagcs-ani whose record shows more
service performed for the party than that Of
any other man Of his agc--preScniins especial
" for the South Il defence of her interests and
institutions that will compare Iavnrably with
the most gifted of Ecr OWN SONS.
Heretofore, when nominations have been
rua,le, the defeated rivals and competitors, with
4 prGInptncss ard generosity worthy "i The
~positicns to ~'tich they ~aspired. at once gave
in their adhesion, and, upon thu iigl'tning'S
fash on the wire, iclrgral'ticd to the Conven-
ton that they would support the nominees
This was not tic case ut the late Convention in
l;altlmorc; but now persecution and detractl"n
are made the order Of tine day, the malignant
PASSIONS d! his ~rcyi!crS are to he pandered 10
the Democratic party is 10 DC divided, !
distracted and broken ur to defeat this
one man. For myself | have marked
out my course and will engage in no such
task. Let those who IRE opposing the
regular nominees, Douglas and Johnson, reflect
what their present course will lead TO If per
sisted in. Let Them rcrnllec; that next Spring
the elections iii mcmircrS "f Congress and
State Legislature will lake place. How then
shall conventions br held to nominate candi-
mates to I'LL these stations: Will it be
contcnic'l that n.,rthir.i ii the delegates
may withdraw from The regular Con.
vcn;i"n AMI make separate nominations, and
then say Ia the other two.t!lirdS that they must
abandon their nominees and support the mi
noriiy candidates: Yet this is the precedent
set ny the Seccirrs and will lie quoted by
those who may wish to follow their example
next Spring. Let defeat or victory visit us,
still the party organization, should he pre-
served. If wc succeed in ~clcctiug = lh.sn"ialIc
President his administration should ln Sus.
laincI by IL Democratic CnnsrcSs--il defeated,
still greater will Il" the necessity t"r having II
nelnncratic minority To Guard a~gainSt attcImlls.