The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-08-14
The Baltimore Resolution.

The Baltimore Resolution.
GtF" Two weeks ago, we noticed the
! fact that the Civilian, in common with
other Democratic journals, contained the
Democratic platform emasculated-su
pressing the Baltimore resolution, which,
when offered, was declared to be suffi
cicnt to give Mr.. DoUGLAs 70, 600 votes
in Louisiana alone. We-pertinenty,
we think-inquired why this was done,
and stated our own convictions to be
that it was because the resolution was a
virtual surrender Of the doctrine of Ter
ritorial sovereignty, and that therefore
Democrats Intentionally kept it in the
ackground. Upon this our neighbor,
last week, comes at us in the followin q
tragical Style
That Charge of Concealment.
i thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that
word. "
Merchant of Venice
With the first glance at this, came
sweeping through our brain rec ollec-
ton of the fate of Old Shvlock, and for
minute we saw our case overthrow and
ourself completely discom6tted and an
initiated. Gaining courage to read far
Their, however, we were relieved to find
that this great flourish of trumpets was
only Introductory to meek acknowledge
ment that our neighbor lad withheld
the said resolution, with a protestaton
that it had been done Inadvertently.
Probably it was not our neighbours in
tention to suppress it, but as he was not
alone in the course taken, we supposed
it might result from another cause. We
believe the Chicago Times has never in
serted it in the Democratic platform
though frequently called upon to do so,
and we supposed it was because North
ern Democracy did not dare to meet the
responsibility. But our neighbor is fill
ed with indignation at a supposed insinua-
ton in our article that he will not sup
port the decisions of the Supreme Court
on this slavery question. We hasten to
relieve his breast of that load by the as
surance that we have no doubts at all on
that subject. We assure him that we
believe that he and his fellow democrats
are only coquetting with the Squatter
Sovereignty maiden little, but that his
and their hearts are firmly welded to the
black Dinah of bred Scottish, and that
after the Presidential contest they will
make their love publicly manifest. We
can't say that we like this general politi-
cal courtshIp, however, rs it has kind
of free love character for which we have
no taste.
But seriously, what kind of an answer
does Mr.. HEDGES give to our argument
that this Wicklife resolution, taken in
connection with the bred Scott decision,
overthrows entirely all pretentons of
Territorial Sovereignty He says moth
ing about it-ignores II altogether, and
goes off to argue the duty of obedience
to the decisions of the Supreme Court
We have no objection at all to argue
that question, and we shall most un-
doubtedlv take issue with our neighb Dor
as respects the absolute power which he
claims for the Court. But before we are
willing TO enter into that controversy, we
want a distinct affirmation of his posi-
ton. We are not willing that at one
breath he should shout for the Court,
and in the next declare against it. We
are not willing that he shall in one sen
tence express his adherence and his love
for the dogma of Territorial Sovereignty,
and in. the next declare an undying de-
voton to the dcta of the Supreme Court,
which distinctly demolished that dog ma.
Let him take one position or the other.
He cannot take both, for they are antag-
onistic. They are as diverse as oppos-
ing interests can well be. One is a com
plete refutation Of the other, and we have
no need to do otherwise than balance the
editors arguments for the one against his
declaration for the other. Ii he stands
by the Wickiiie resolution. let him give
up Territorial Sovereignty, just as the
Missouri Republican and the Democracy
Of Missouri and the South have given it
up. If he stands by Squater Sovereign.
ty, let him repudiate, as the Chicago
Times did, and as we had supposed he
did, the platform upon which Mr.. Douc-
LAS stands. Ii there is no antagOnlsm
between that platform and Squatter Sow
ereigniy let him show it--let him an
swer the argument we made respecting
the Wickliffe resolution. We charged
that the platform Of the Douglas Democ
racy is a cheat, just as the Cincinnati