Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-08-16

OF all the slave and many Of the free
States, os has been held by the Su.
preme Court. and is admitted by
every man not stark mad nor an Sir
lrepressible conflict" Abolitionist.o l
Republican, the hold rs Of slaves
may remove with them to the Terri
tories, the same as with any othe
Iproperty;--neither Congress nor the
Territorial government can confseat,
this any more than they can any oths
kind Of ploperty;-it is the duty o
the Government to protect it, The
same as other property, and when
the people Of the Territory establish
a State government they then have
the power TO prohibit or establish
slavery in their sovereign capacity
as State. This is the. length and
breadth aud whole extent Of the
doctrine Of non-intervention. 1t is
now simply rs-sffirmed as the Demo
cratic creed and is equally opposed
| to the power of Congress over slavery
in the Territories, asserted by the
Republicans, and the loose abstrao.
ton of squatter sovereignty, inven-
ted by Douglas, and used to delude
bis followers and distract the Dem.
ocratic party.
But besides being just and proper;
conservative ef the rights Of the peo-
pie of both States and Territories;
in accordance With the constitution
and decisions Of the Supreme Court,
these features Of the Democratic plat
form have another claim to consider
stion,-not strong with US, but en-
titled to weight with the followers OF
the sqpatter candidates. they both
have approved them. In speech
made at New Orleans, in 1858. Mr..
Douglas said:
"Slaves are regarded as property,
and are placed on equal footing ,rith
all other property. Hence the own
er of elnves-the same as the owner
Of any other species of property, has
a right to more to any Territory, and
carry his property NTH him.
| This covers the whole ground, as
sertiDg every principle contained in
these clauses Of the Democratic plat
form; and if We bad full access to
bis speeches, we could show every
proposi ton asserted in terms. But
We have q more ample record before
US Of the squstter Vice Presidential
candidate. On the 2Sth Of May
last, MIR. johnson wrote Q letter in
which he referred for bis opinions to
speech delivered 10 the Senate, in
lS4S, On the Oregon bill, in which
We End the following passage:
! sThat question is whether it is the
duty Of Congress to guarantees to the
STAKEHOLDER, who shall remove with
his slaves into the Territory Of the
United States, the undisputed en-
ijoymsns Of bis property in them
Fer the purpose Of this question, it
matters not where the power Of leg
islsting for the Territory resides
whether exclusively in Congress or
Jointly in Congress and the inbabi-
tants of the Territory; the power is
precisely the sams--no greater in the
hands Of one than the other. In no
event can the Shareholder Of the South
be excluded from settling an such Ter
ritory with his property Of every de-
sesIption.
In the letter referred to, Mr..
johnson says:
81 5eHeus that it is the right of the
South to demand, and tho duty of
Congress to extend, protection to per-
sons and property Of euery kind (in-
GLIDING s1avery) in Territories"
AT the Georgia State Convention,
held between the meetings of the
National Convention, at Charleston
and at Baltimore, Mr.. Johnson made
and advocated report in whish the
following occurs:
"Slave property stands on the
The same footing as ell other descrip-