Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-08-29

The following letter from Mr.. Branch was receiv-
ed in reply to an invitation to the late Picnic and
Jubilee at DR.. Thomas Davis, the proceedings of
which we have published:
RALEIGH, Goth July, 1860.
GENTLEMEN: Yours of the 18th, inviting me to
attend democratic Jubilee and Picnic" at Dr.
Davis Mill, on the 31st inst, not received until
to-day.
It is too late for me to attend, but avail myself
of the opportunity to say that sympathize earnest
" in the wish that the Democratic vote of North
Carolina may be cast for Breckenridge and Lane
! know both those gentlemen personally, and
have hesitation in saying that of all the public
men now on the stage, there is not one whose per-
sonal character and political opinions are more cal
culated to command the confidence of the people of
North-C Carolina, than those of Mr. Breckenridge
He is opposed to that doctrine so derogatory to
the rights and offensive to the pride of the States
which would permit the squatters on the public
land to exercise it sovereign political powers
So we all are; and doubt whether. in ten of the
counties around us ten persons could be found who
would dissent from his views on this point
He is not IN favor of Congress interfering directly
with slavery in the Territories, pretence of pro-
tecting it, or on any other pretence But he holds
that the STAKEHOLDER has right to take his property
to the Territories and any law of Territory tend
ing to impair his right or deprive him of it. violates
the Constitution. That the proper redress against
such laws is by an appeal to the Courts And that
when the Courts have decided in his favor it is the
duty of the President to have the DEGREES executed
If the President has not sufficient means under ex-
sting laws it is the duty of Congress to pass laws
giving him such additional means as may be neces-
sary.
Mr. Breckenridge was in Congress and aided in
the passage of the Kansas and Nebraska bill. He
has never said that bill was cheat or deusion.-
He stands on the great doctrine of non-nterventon
as embodied in 1.-THE only doctrine in which the
South can find security or the country can find re-
pose.
In the convention that nominated him there were
persons extreme in their views as to demand that
Congress shall pass "Save Codes for the Terrific
ries-perhapS some disunionists were there also
but the resolutions adopted by the convention con-
tain sanction of either Of those hereses. In the
convention which nominated Mr.. Bell the freesoiler,
Bates received as many votes as our ellowcitizen,
Mr.. Graham, showing that there must have been
many freesoilers in that Convention. What would
our opponents say to our fairness, if were to
present that fact to the people, as proof that Mr..
Bell is freesoiler?
Mr. Breckinridge's opinions have been repeatedly
avowed, and we are not left to conjecture them, nor
to infer them from the opinions of others.
He CONSTITUTES the Constitution as we construe it.
He is friend to the union of the States but deter
mined to preserve their equality also
If our party had made a nomination in the usual
manner. we would not have hesitated to support it
But it failed to do so, and every Democrat, being
free to select the person FOR whom he will VOTE dc
not see how we, in North Carolina, can hesitate OF
doubt
Yours very respectfully,
L. OBJ. BRANCH.
W. D. Coppidge, DR.. 7. Davis, DR.. Gray Stills, and
others.