Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1860-09-08


al ''e4es III oi''e' 20 ethlp'I 'i:e e"ht'ast De
tween the Freesoicrs and the SoGthan Yam
ceyites-the lattor s+riv;,., - ,..5,razeat NJ,
~ p,
'"'''' i'el' as intensely -'"i AhfIh, ana ta'
former IS intensely Southern.
| From fire s t,,fs f=e,,,..sr,.
| Bells Position om the Slavery .<suestion
rr,
ne result OF lae NrhtuehY rIertloF, anc
,,'e Impulse lHeieoy gwen 10 tie Bel aic
r-Veiett movement, rendered II proper that
the oplhlohs 81 hea GA lae slavery question
s"o,''o oe '"i,S ana correctly hlade hnoWf
70 T., Tue word. Nor IS tAis d!5fis5'If task
'ie mas SeI'ea III congresses ana tablnets
ne pau ,e i,"'eu III t"e s't "l roh'foFefsteS ol
~ ana IT. MS record ; therefore exten-
%. ''.a J',sins ilo'4 te'tef OF MS recently
"''''e' '," p'.pi'shee, he refers |" III with
r. ~ '"t a'1' .onnpensis invites us spectioh'
''i''iN - wiz os io''fta; Oh examination,
,""' "e % " "e'1,'eo Pfo-sf"sesy man; tha'
nis opinions on eiie slavery question are l'ien-
49, " n ,''i '''ose t''oi,sse.' ~ 'ae 2feekin
~ u''u ~ AZ az WIN .4ose
~ 1''y "ii' 'he F" nlS
''', ~ p' - nv an d9t,dtof Oh 'ftac
ore misses between blm ami the ,ol.thero De-
mosracy Neither does he coInt4nanr. dis
union nor treason Of apv kjad HIS noricv is
to protect and extend slavery within tbe
Union. without contemplating the alternative
of secession in the event of that policy bei1g
frustrated. We believe we thus define his
position correctly on the paranonnt issue of
the time. and esp..iaIIv D. the nr.sent car.
yass: aud in dein. 50 we serve 10 elucidate
tLe causes which have giYeu Kentucky to
the Union party by sweeping majority.
Assuming that Kentucky is mainly nro-
slavery. bat al the same tTma devoted to the
Union. it follows that Bell must have beaten
Breckenridge there. as the latter is identified
with party which is supposed to be tainted
with disnnion. The fate of the bouolas f,c-
ton in the slave States seems to be. co-ope-
ration first, and incorporation ultimately
with the Union party. In the election re-
felred to, the Douglas men generally voted
for Leslie Cooubs anG in his address. pub
Iished few days ago. that .ei4tIeuau does
not fail to acknowledge The favor nor to aad
the National onion Dcmocracy.,-a s{non-
YIN of his own coming for sqaattersovefeign
Y Democracy Special cat5ses in tais State
Will 20 far to counteract. for the present
the nutua tendency 10 fusion on the pa t of
tie TO-. E.eis bi ben ana The followers OF
Doug iaS but Yet Ne haFe little doubt that
as general tnlits, the latter viii act with
the former in November unless tae Breekin-
ridge movement. initiated by pix. Greene
and Hughes. should prove a failure.
The ,rforeetion and extension of slavery
within lie Union is the platform on which
J ohm Bells record establishes him La the
great debate on the compromise measures of
1880, he agreed that slavery is right In itself,
and beneficial in lis operations and results
that the powers and resources OF the Confed-
elaey woaId not be halt what they are. ex-
has neal. IN All ases and can,fI'ss Th;. St,
is sufficiently explicit. Indeed. taa lolce of
language can no further 20 III paaes yrzins