The North-Carolinian., 1860-02-11
P. }. SINCLAIR. ED11o
FAYETTEVILLE. IL c.
SATUR DAY. FE.BRUtH II.
NO AND YES {!

We have lately received ttree lettsas from w ASH
ington from friends of ..r Douglas, Two ef them
for the purpose of ad,;onishng rs to sdVocate
lis claims tor the noninati..a at Clareston. 10
this would declare Q most empl atc no! Ills
friends little know who they have Men upon IN
this modest request; but will e. eeavor TO en-
tighten them We have always bee u ana indeed
arc now an admrer of Judge DouglaI IX we "ereih
iavor of his nomination at Cncinna me was our
first choice and continued so to be, nth MS posi-
ton upon popular sovereignty was panded' ana he
had taken up his post among the SO saers.
The speech in reply to that of S. laeor laws OF
Mississippi, (whose doctrine we dc 1At admire any
more than that of Mr. Douglas) wastne hrst winch
caused us to disagree with Mr. Dogs. We then
could see the inevitable conclusion, ~ his final Po'
Sltlon, by the short synopsis whictFw given Dy
him in that debate reported in taes Daily Globe.
We We're then solitary and alone il our views and
We're opposed by some Of our cotenporaries Since
then, however, he has expressed 1imself in plain
language in his Harpers article, arrive have no"
the united opinion of the Democrat sspress OF the
State and the South sustaining our irm views we
have often referred to Judge Iouglas' position
that it mi ght be unnecessary to st te how and upor
what point we differ, but, we do again, that ou1
position may be the better unds Btbod- Senat"
Davis Of Miss, declares that Cong IS should pro
tect slavery in the Territories rs not demo
cratic. 1t is in direct opposition tefhe declaration
Of the Kansas and Nebraska bill, -1hHh leaves tn
people of the Territories perfect flee to regulat
their domestic institutions in their e1vn way, su61ec
only to the Constitution 1the On Ia States nc
to Congress as Mr. Davis would ha- Ut.
Mr. Douglas agrees with us this y but we dlvd
at the very next point Mr. Dous ,ksays that a.
cording to this, the people of T 73tory. whilst
is a Territory. and before it form aState Constit'
ton, may abolish slavery by an Of their Terr
.orial Legislature. Here we di Tee; for, tn:
same instrument (the Kansas Ne 1hska bilD say
that ''they mag form Constituti 18th or acitho
domesf1c sldcery, and be admitted info the Union
&c This is the first power gransd in that instr
ment to interfere with the relatio $scf master al
slave. Until Constitution is fr ned they n
independent sovereign commu ly and can n
nscquently do that which only State has rig
to do in its sovereign capacity. u is clear fro
the fact that their Governor is ptointed by t
Senate Of the United States, the, having vol
in his selectien and not having repres NATIVE
the higher sovereignty repre- H4ing branch
Congress-the Senate of the Uni xlStates
These the points of diff edce between
and Mr. Douglas, whose position rs unacceptil
to us that Of Senator Davis. oh wrong
our humble opinion We say it or and ha
said it before, want no slave lde for the Ter
tories; will dscpuntenrnce a " such project
oi-'l strife and contention but Rhile a Sou
ern journalist we discountenapcf a. slave code
VIII also raise feeble yel
ton Of the Constitution an