The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-04-18

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On Monday next, April Esd, the Demo
cratic Convention meets at Char lesion. Il
will not probably be in our power to Civ,
any news Of its proceedings in the mex,
Times, though it is barely possible that by
the aid Of the telegraph at Prairie du Chier
We may learn on Tuesday at o'clock who
is the nominee Of the Convention. Usually
however it is common to spend two or three
dnys in preliminary proceedings, and on an
occasion like the approaching one, there
will be points enough to debate and concil.
ations enough to compass, to last week.
The D ,mocra:s in the South, particularly
those in Congress, and the small portion Of
the Northern Administration men, insist
upon square recognition Of the right o
thc;slavcholder to carry his living chattcls
into tho Territories of the United States,
and there hold them, in defiance Of Terri
torial Legislation, till tho Tcrritosy is voted
into the Union as State, and slavery is
thereby prohibited. In these views the
n.southern extremists are the exact mates TO
- portion Of the Northern Republicans
pll-of the party by any means who
~ at slavery shall be prohibited in the
IS by Congressional enactment.
Of the latter so far modify their views
plicy on this point as to admit that,
congress has the power to prohibit,
be the wisest plan ''to delegate the
Csc of it to the Territorial Legislature. -
is view of the question is taken by the
Id Tribune, confesscdly the ablest Is
Ehe most INSCRIPTIONS Republican
vest of the Lakes. This compromise
Eccn right of Congress and the impol-
pf its exercise is tantamount to tho doc
of the Nebraska Bill, and however the
Iee1pf parties about rights and
&c Scsult Wild beIA0 permit the
Ma Territory, as well as those of a
to regulate their domestic institutions
owp way, subject only to the Con-
of the United States"
3at it in this light, we see
shade of difference between Mr..
noeition and that held by practic-
Union-loving Republicans, that
Surprised that Mr.. Greeley
VIC radicals of his party with
lining feelings Of semi-indihcrcncc as
rs success. Imagining diff
the parties and fighting the
l6l6 winch you have conjured up is an
ition of partisan spleen and folly which
Ian aspiring even to small statesman
should ever indulge in. It's wise first
70 find out exactly what your supposed riv.
al or opponent has to advance, and if the
views he cntertains lead to precisely the
same results as your own, it should matter
little with common sense whether the proc
ess IF reasoning by which you reach them
is the same or not. The Douglas man says
Congress has not the power to establish or
prohibit slavery, and hence it's regu2a1ion.
should be left to the people, who's lOl9l(
Immediately affected by it, The Press G
Tribune, Republican, says Congress has
the power to prohibit it, but it is polite to
delegate to the people or the Territorial
Legislatures the regulation Of it." In eth
er case, the people, through their represent
atives decide for or against the institution,
and what practical point of the dispute is
there left? To claim the ''Powcr Of Con-
grcss" in the case, only serves to annoy and
irritate those who are united to us by the
ties Of Federal brotherhood, and as the north
reaches all she demands without it, we see
no reason why "the Right should be in
sisted on as mere political myth, not re-
quired for our own security nor of any val
ue to us whatever, except as a fruitful and
Improbable subject to wrangle about. To
leave the Territories to themselves on this
point or upon all others of domestic ma
ture is the honest sentiment Of almost the
entire north. and particularly is it the SEN
timcnt Of the Democratic voters. Some
eminent public men and some very able
presses at the South demand that Congress
shall provide by law for the security of the
stakeholder up to the time Of vote for q
State Const't ltion; but while this class of
p,liticia, make large amount Of noise
about the matter, the d legates selected for
Charleston, many Of the ablest of their cit
liens and large majority of the southern
voters ask nothing more than clear field
to contest their right to establish slavery be-
fore territorial legislature. Republican
politicians whc arc interested in decciving
their readers that they may ride to public
crib on misguided prejudice, tell us that the
whole South is ready for disunion and fra.
ternal war if Congress fails to secure them
the right to go just where they please with
their negroes, while southern Democratic
politicians who are equally interested in de.
ceiving their constituents assure the masses
that the people of the north almost en- masse
are ready to march to the south and free all
the negroes at once! These two adverse
factions-they do not deserve the name of
parties-keep themselves in hot water, and
not unfrequently succeed in agitating that
conservative portion of the public upon
which we rely to cool off partisan heat and
bring reflection and union back to their
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