The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-07-06

tent with the princi pie Of non Intervention
by Congress with slavery in the States and
Territories. After repeating the Missouri
restriction, the bill declared it to be the
8 true intent and meaning Of the act, not
to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and
regulate their domestic institutions in
their own way, subject only to .he Con
stitution of the United States" What
ever diversity of opinion may exist in re-
gard to the correctness of this principle,
and the proprety of its application to the
Territories, it must be admitted that
Judge Douglas has proved faithful to it
under all circumstances, and defended it
whenever assailed or violated.
Ia 1856, in the National Democratic
Convention at Cincinnati, he received, on
the 10th ballot, 12l votes as candidate
for the Presidency. In the congressional
session of 1857 '5S he denounced and op-
posed with energy and ability the Lecomp
ton Constitution, upon the distinct ground
that it was not the act and deed of the
people OF Kansas, and did not embody
th5ir will. Before the adjournment Of
that session Of Congress. he returned home
to vindicate his action before the people OF
Illinois in one of the most exciting and
we'll contested political canyasses ever
known in the United States. He had
alike to encounter the determined hostili
ty of the Federal Administration and all
its patronage, and the powerful opposition
of the Republican party. But he succeed
ed in carrying the election of a sufi. cient
number of State Senator, and Represent
atives to secure his return to the U. S
Senate for six years, by 81 votes for him
to 46 for his opponent. During the whole
Of that contest, he main lained and defend
ed the doctrine Of non-in;ervcntion and
popular sovereignty, in the same sense il
which he had previously proclaimed it ii
Congress. Subsequently, in a debate in
the Senate (Feb 22d, 1852 he avowed
and defended the same doctrine when as
sailed by several of the ablest Senators o
the Democratic party.
Judge Douglas has been remarkably
successful in promoting the local interest:
of his own State, and the West generally
during his career To him, more than tt
any other individual, is Illinois indebted
for the magnificent grant of lanls whicl
secured the construction of the Illinois
Central Railroad, and contributed 50 mucl
to restore the credit and develop the Re
sources of that State.
lie has always been warm supporter
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issppi river to the Pacific Ocean, having
been member of the various select com
mittees of Congress on that subject, ant
being the author Of several bills reported
by those committees.
Judge Douglas views in regard to oul
foreign relations have seldom been in ac
cordance with The policy of the Admins
tration. lie opposed the treaty with Eng
land limiting the Oregon Territory to the
49th parallel, contendiug that England
had no rights on that coast, and that tho
United States should never recognize hal
claim. He opposed the treaty Of peact
with Mexico, on the ground that The
boundaries were unnatural and inconve
nient, and that the provisions in regard tc
the Indians could never be executed
The United States have since paid Mexico
S10,O00,000 to change the boundaries
and relinquish the stipulations in regard
to the Indians. lie opposed the ratitica
ton OF the Clayton and Bulwer treaty, and
endeayored to procure its rejection, upon
the ground, among other things, that il
pledged the faith Of the United States, II
all time to come, never to annex, colonize
or exercise dominion over any portion O
Central America. lie declared that lie
did not desire to annex that country a.
that time, but maintained that the 18th
mus routes must be kept open as highway:
to the American possessions Oh the Paci
tic, that the time would come when the
United States would be compelled to oc
cupy Central America, and that he woulC
never pledge the faith Of the Republic moi
to do IN the future iu respect to this Con
tlnent what its interests and safety might
require. He also declared himself in ia
vor of The acquisition of Cuba whenever
the Island can be obtained consistently
with the laws of natior and the honor O
the United States. On all these great ma
tional questions, Judge Douglas has pro
we'd himself a great and sagacicns states
man.
The ancient and renowned Scottish
family of Douglas, whence he .praug
was ouce SO powerful that it passed into a
proyerb: "No man may touch Doug
las, nor a Douglas man. f,r if he do he is
sure to come by the waur (worse)" And
such will be the inevitable fate of him,
whoever he may be, who undertakes to
compete for the Presidency with our Gal
liant Douglas Of the West-for he is the
man whom the people delight to honor.
A MEAN CUss.-An enamored swain
out near Port Huron, Mich, recently sold
a horse tn a widow the consideration he