The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1860-09-11
MEETING OF BRECKINRIDGE AND
LAME CT,rR

! ou 1ueSuay evening iaSt, the Drecklnfiuge aus
Lane Club of Charlotte held meeting in tn.
Court House. Short speeches were made by A
W. Burton of Cleaveland, J. e. Brown, Sam'l P
Smith, A. C Williamson, and S. W. Davis, o.
this place Jasper Stowe Esq, of Lincoln, was
called upon, but asked to be excused from saying
more than that he was for Breckenridge and Lane
and that we might expect to hear good report
| from the democrats of Lincoln in Novem'r. Col
j. Y. Bryce, who has heretofore acted with the
opposition party, declared his intention to support
Breckenridge and Lane.
| The Committee appointed at previous meeting
to prepare resolutions for the consideration of the
Club, reported the following, which we're unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved, That we hail with hearty welcome
the nominations Of Breckenridge and Lane, as the
Democratic candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States, and the Platform
on which they stand as the only safe solution of
the slavery question: and security of the rights of
the Southern States under our Federal Constitu-
ton.
Resolved, That every consideration of duty and
political propriety, together with all the we'll
established usages of the Democratic party, COM
bne to enforce it patriotic obligation upon
every true Democrat to abide by the action of the
delegates whom we send represent us in our
party Conventions
Resolved, That the Constitution of the United
States declares that "The enumeration, in the Con-
stituton, of certain rights shall not be construed
to deny or dsparage others retained by the peo-
ple,' and that 1.-THE powers, not delegated to the
United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited
by it to the States reserved to the States,
spectivey, or to the people," and not to the Ter.
ritories. That in obedience to these, and other
provisions of the Constitution, the Supreme Court
of the United States declared, in the bred Scott
decision that the Territories of the United States
having been acquired by the common blood and
common treasure OF all the States, belong to the
States in common, with the unlimited right for
them to carry every species of property into the
same, and their have it protected.
Resolved, That the Territories, whenever they
are organized into Governments, have the right to
legslate on all rightful subjects of legislation,
provided, that such legislation is made to protect
the rights Of property of every description
Resolved, That Territorial Government is the
creature of Congress- and not of the people of the
Territory; and therefore the sovereign authority,
claimed by Hon. S. A. Douglas and his advocates,
to establish prohibit slavery in such Territory,
by the legislature thereof has existence either
in our Constitution or in the true theory of Re-
publican Government.
Resolved, That neither the Georgia Platform
of 1913, the Compromise measures of 1850, the
Baltimore Platform of 1852, the Kansas Nebraska
bill of 1854, nor the Cincinnati Platform of 1856,
sanctions the right of a territorial legislature,
either to establish prohibit slavery in the terri
tories; but the true construction of said measures
SIX the time and place of exercising such sovereign
authority in Convention of the people, convened
to form State Constitution; and that prior to this
time all property, whether in negro slaves other
possessions, which shall be carried into the terri
tories from the States by the citizens thereof, is
entitled to the protection of the Constitution and
laws of the United States, fundamental func-
ton of Govcrnment:-ths being the exposition of
the Cincinnati Platform by its author, Hon. b. +.
Hallet.
Resolved, That the political heresy taught by
Judge Douglas and his adherents, which comedies
to territorial legislature the right to establish
prohibit slavery in the territory, is full and COM
plete surrender of all the common territories into
the hands of Northern Abolition Emigration Aid
Societies.
Resolved, That We recommend to the National
Democrats of this Congressional District to hold
Mass Meeting at Charlotte at time to be
hereafter fixed by the Executive Committee, and
that we invite the cooperation Of our brother
democrats of Mecklenburg in making arrange
ments for the same. IN
Ba- 1t is said that had Mr. Douglas not gone