Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-07-14
For the Standard.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE sLAyE sTATEs

regularly constituted according to the regular and
recognized custom, has nominated Judge Douglas as
its candidate for your suffrages. minority
cedng from that body, has nominated Vice Presi-
dent Breckenridge. The reason assigned for this
secession and refusal to abide by the nomination o.
Douglas is. that he refuses 20 to abandon the doc
trne hitherto maintained by every slave State that
Congress should not legSa:e for against slavery
i'll the Territories leaving to the proper Courts their
appropriate duty of protecting the rights of slave
owners, as well as all other rights, whenever unlaw-
fully aSSaicd. This is the only assigned for
the secession and rejection of Douglas. Now, if
Mr.. Douglas is wrong all of you as well as large
majority of the Northern Democrats have up to
this time been wrong with him. Is it not passing
strange that what You have all heretofore consil-
cred extremely right should become extremely
wrong so suddenly? Forvcry many years and I'M
til yesterday Congressional interference with slave
ry you all declared to be wrong. To-day you are
called to say it is right that the man who still
maintains II to be wrong Is to he pronounced her.
etc and excommunicate--to be driven out from
your association as unccan and lcprous You all
declared for intervention, and in support of this
doctrine Douglas has batted with the hosts of ahO-
Etiondom, facing more dangers, eXpending more la.
Dor. and making more sacrifices than any other man
in the Union. He is to-day more hated and feared
by the abotiOniSts for this than any single man in
the world. And you will remember that IN doing
and suffering all this he fighting in Your cause
and supporting your doctrine And for this and
for this alone you called TO turn your backs
on and denounce him. Is this the Wanted chivalry
Of the South? Is it honor. gratitude or even COM
mon honesty? When Northern Democrats remind
You Of these things what can you say in justifca-
ton of Your treatment of Douglas? If he is to be
oStracisci by the South you expect to ever see
another Douglas leading Your van in battle with the
abO!itiOnStS? II pains me 10 say You once before in
this way, turned your backs a man who had ever
been true to the South until you forSOOk him
him. ahnlitiOnSm in my opinion, would never have
grown to its present formidable proportions 1t
cannot bc expected of our human nature that men
will incur labor danger, and sacrifice even for n
Just cause, when deSertinn and dcnunciatnn arc to
he their reward No candid man will say that he
cv"r expects to law passed by Congress for the
support IF slavery in the territories New Mexico
lately passed sucha law, and straghtway the House
uf representatives passed bill to rrepea it. And
all know that the majority opposed to the protcc-
ton Of slavery is constantly and regularly increas-
ing in that body, and in all probability will contin-
L. increase there. and in the Senate too But
were Douglas rs dcSronS to extend and support
slavery as the most rampant ScccSSIuniSt and pro-
slavery man, he could make no law in its behalf
Al he could do--and 20 this he stands pledged
would he to veto any law affecting it injuriousy
which Congress might enact You all know that
the President can enact no law, but may prevent
the passage Of such as he believes to he improper
Hands off the Territories" and Douglas and our
Democratic friends at the North cried Amen" and
did battle in its support. To-day You turn a SOM
cr<et and cry Hands on the Territories" and call
them to upside down. and shout Amen"
to that too. II they hesitate. YOU dcnOuncc them
Several Of the States have declared that the election
Of black Republican would cause them to Seccde
from the Union. Now should the election of such
one lac the result of your refusal to support Doug
las under the circumstances detailed above are you
prepared to SccCtc too. Large calculations have
been made ON the support Of our Northern friends
in the event Of that COLLISION between the South and
North i,it generally to lac inevitable between the
two sections IN the event of separation. Will we
not by refusal 10 support Douglas. throw away
all claim IL this? When our present Union shall
have become two countries, will not Northern De-
mocrats rather say with Decatur: "OUR country,
may 1t always he in the right; but right OF wrong
may il always he successful"
l. it not enough to ask our Northern friends to
give steady and col Si>tent support to Southern
rights? Must and ought to ask them to stult!y
and render themselves ridiculous by turning SOmer-
sets at cur Kidding? guess there is too much
pride among them for that. Douglas has told YOU
that the division Of the Democratic party was dis
uHiun. And il Is true The Northern Democrats
can never hope Ia offer from their section
candidate for the Presidency Vice Presidency one
fully pledged to the maintenance of Southern
rights than he is or more cordially hated by
the enemies of cur section This conviction must
of necessity throw all the power of the federal gov
Crnmcnt into the hands of the black Republicans;
when the funeral kncll of the Union will he sound
cd. That breckenridge and Lane are uncXCeptIona-
bic candidates | most chccriuy admit. 4 better
choice could with difficulty have been made. In truth
my opinion of them is so high that | entertain a
strong hope that they will withdraw candidates
before the election. and suffer the full strength of
the Democratic party to he concentrated the reg
ularlv nominated candidates for the sake of doing
Justice 10 our Northern friends and cemcnting the
harmony of the Democratic party on the con-
tinuance of wh2li depends the Union of the
StiacS | will admit morc-that were their
spcctivc positions changed ! would vote for Brcck-
iurid.c and Lane with more hearty good will than
| expect to vote for Douglas and johnson. | grant
too, that as politician, Douglas has committed
rOrS (WhO has not y He ought not to have voted
against the Lccompton Consultation, although the
acceptance rejection OF it could do extremely lit
tie good or harm, inasmuch as it might have been
altered as soon as the people of Kansas chose /
think too that instead Of cOntenting himself with
promising to maintain the bred Scott decision, he
ought TO have added that it was righteous decision.
will close this writing by proposing TO Judge
Douglas the following question: with a request that
he will answer it through the medium of the North
Carolina StdBddrd:
TO STEPHEN A. DorGLAs.
Will you If elected President of the United States
tlSe all the CIVIL, military anu naval authority Win
which President is invested which may be neceS-
Sary for the protection in the territories Of the Uni
ted States of slave property in the event of any at
tempt being made unlawfuly to modest them in the
of such property, or to deprive them of it I'M
lawfully?
| hope Mr.. Editor, you will forward to Judge
Douglas a number of your paper containing this
question, and mark the question so as to draw his
attention to it. hope too that you will exert your
self to have set of Douglas and johnson electors
nominated, that such of the voters as choose may
vote for it.
A Friend TO THE CONTINUANCE OF THE UNION.
s4yo The Charlottesville Review in its issue of
July 9th, says: