Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-08-03

FROM the fiqua Enquircr-iate Dcnlocfotc.
In view Of the present divided condition
Of the Democracy, and the egrcgrious blum
ders and Inconsistencies of The Douglas
wing, We ask the attention Of the old friends
with whom wo have formerly labored, to
the following facts.
While the Douglas portion Of the party
have been demanding Popular Sovereignty
in its purity, and unwilling apparently, to
make the least concession To their oppo-
nents, both North and SOUTH on this sub.
ject, where do We finally find them ut Bal
timorel Not on the Popular Sovereignty
plank, surely, as the following resolution,
unanimously adopted 10y the Convention,
on tho motion of Mr.. Payne Of Ohio, and
fully indrosed by Mr.. Douglas, as his letter
Of acceptance. clearly indicates. 1t is as
follows:
Resolved That II is In accordance with the Cincinnati
Platform that during the existence Of Territorial Gov
ernments the HeGsWrs Of resricon whatever may be-
imposed hy the Federal Constitution ths p0psr Of the
TERRITORIAL LegisaiNTs the suec Of the domestic
" DETERMINED BY THE SUPREME COURT Of the
Unit, States, should he respected by all good ctizars
AVID ~ ORcEn piih prsnpiHs's and fdeiiy BY EVERY
BRANCH Of the GeHerai G0rerHneHt.
Here VIC have recognition of Federal
or Congressional Intervention as distinctly
rs that doctrine has ever been recognized
anywhere or by anybody whatever. 1t
comedies all that the advocates Of Slave
Code ever demanded, aud we ask, under
the operations of the above resolution, what
becomes Of the beautiful theory of Popular
Sovereignty, whdn the whole question is
even now taken from the people, aud merged
into the Supreme Court Of the United
Slates2 Can any gentleman answerl
The Douglas Convention, however, were
not through with the above total abandon
donment Of Popular Sovereignty, but they
werc compelled to nominate gentleman
for the second office (Hcrschel V. Johnson)
who holds that, under the Dred Scott de-
cision, "slave property stands upon the same
footing as all other descriptions Of property,
and that neither tue General Government
nor any Territorial Government, CAN DE-
sLRoY OR IMPAIR THE RIGHT TO SLAVE PROP
ERTY IN THE COMMON TERRITORIES, any
more than the right to any other descrip.
tions of property" aud "lhat property Of all
kinds, slaves as we'll as any other species Of
property in the Territories, stand upon the
same equal and broad constitutional basis,
and subject to like principles of recogn-
ton, in the legislative, Judicial and Execu-
tive Departments of the Government" and
Mr.. Johnsod and his associates, in terms
most emphatic, declare that "wc will NOT
HOLD OURSELVES BOUND TO
SUPPORT ANY MAN WHO MAY BE
THE NOMINEE, aOho ehtertdinS princi.
Piles inconsistent UiM those set forth IN tie
above proposition, or WHO DENIES
THAT SLAVE PROPERTY IN THE
TERRITORIES DOES STAND ON
AN EQUAL FOOTING, AND ON THE
SANE CONSTITUTIONAL BASIS
OF OTHER DESCRIPTIONS OF
PROPERTY"
Here, then, we have the feast to which
Northern freemen are invtcd-Popular
Sovereignty, as already defined by the Su-
prcme Court, which is, slave protection in
the Territories TO the fullest extent Can
any Populor Sovereignty man longer doubt
as to his duty in the coming contcst9 Those
who arc willing TO sacrifice those principles
which they have ever held dear, and sweat
allegiance to the exacting and tyranncaI
disposition of the Slave States, will vote
for Douglas and johnson; while those who
hold to honesty in politics as well as il
every other relation of life, will repudiatc
this new-fangled Popular Sovereignty whicI
demands Slavery everywhere, in the free
States as well as the Territories, by virtue
of the decisions of the Supreme Court
and will cast their votes for Lincoln and
Haniin, the distinguished advocates of the
free working classrs and FREQ Terriinries.