Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-02-04
hof the DenoeTat'
The Presidency.
pIAnoSb sPafNca. Jan. q

question arises now who shall ~ nominated Thu
slavery question 10 The one Of absorbing Interest," at
the question Of right wrong about IL 10 the grea
question to be decided. In connection with II, WI
must nominate the most available man.. lttben be
comes necessary to discuss what 10 right upon tina
subject, and then who ID The most AVai BILE man.
victory on the right side is decisive OF the question
and defeat on the right side 10 extinction to ouI
enemies. But every DenOcrat-every lover Of bis
country wishes success 70 his party and the question
arises what must we do aud " hUm must We nOm
nate?
The last Presidential contest was won upon the
justice Of the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
line. as il was called. This was . splendid triumph
for the Democratic party, showing that IL could and
would put its acis upon the ground of right. Since
then the bred Scott decision has been nude, and
added strength 10 the party. The question has as
suIned q new shape. The President, in his message
boldly asserts that 1.-THE right has been estab
Of every citizen To take his property Of any kind,
GLIDING slaves, into the common Territories belong
ing equally to all the States Of the Confederacy and
have u protected there under The Federal CODstitu
ton" On the other hand when Douglas was hard
pressed n Illinois, that very arch and able politician
Lincoln drove him TO declare that the people might
exclude slavery or any other kind Of properly from
Territory before il became = State. Added to this
10 the popularity or unp"pulariiy that the opposition
to or advocacy Of the admission Of Kaosas 10 likely
| to give to the nominee
There iS question of the fact that this eon,es,
arises out NJ the prejudice Of the Black Republicans
To the institution If slavery. All will admit that
And we think that no man would for q moment un-
dsriake 10 contend fur the right Of people IN ter.
rtory to exclude any other kind of property, " sa
very were out Of the question. II 10 this tug 81 the
Constitution 10 make it Ct prejud'ceS, that puts lib.
erty In danger And victory on the question m Rhi
put It into the power n our enemies IL exclude
Christians or any who bad only one wife from ter.
rltory.
The bred Scott decision was that, ait 10 the npin.
ion Of the Court that the act Of Congress which pro.
hibited citizen from holding and carrying property
Of this kind in the territory of the o. s., North NJ
! 0kAI ,aaN =.
Constitution and ia therefore void and that neither
bred Scott bImself any Of his family we're made
free By being carried into their territory even " he
bad been carried there BIZ the nMner With the nen.
tion If becoming q permanent reaident."
Upon this decisnn the President bases his aaaer.
ton. What right he asks, has territory more than
Congress What power has the creature more than
The creAI6r' II hGG KfwAvH heen admTTed IhEr ccn.
gress might repeal Law If the TERRITORIES and that
any law Of Congress irreCealable bv territory
With this practice universal befnro u.s. how does il
happen that territory thst il not sovereign has
more power than Cengreas' But the opinion of the
Court is, that the act If Congrcss." a. not
warranted bv the Constitution and IL therefore void
Why 10 the Constitution different different times
Why 10 the Constitution one thing to territory and
another thing TO the whole people Of the Union'
The statement ri the question this way il = com.
plsie answer To Mr. Douglas POSITION nnd II any.
thing further 10 needed we answer in the angus &c
" the Court, substituting the word Territory for
Congress. mo one, we presume, will contend that
|
sbment NJ religion, oF the free expression thei eo
or abrdging the freedom n speech or the press or
the right Of the people Of the territory peAceAbv to
assemble and petition the Government for the redc
I 81 gFisEances.@If one prnrision apt lieA xhy moi
all' All or none must apply. II so, the Mrrmons
have right TO 0Sy that any man must have two
wives or uuus aud that no man should have right
10 anv property At all. either slaves ar any other
sort, hut that all should be forfeited to the church
Gri that Brigham should divide il out to suit him.
Aelf. AIso that nobody should aue in the Courts
but By verifying complaint. which should con,an
an oath pedgiog h'mSelf to- MormonIsm. and
swearing eternal hatred 10 Gentle and Christian
Again. when We acquire Mexican territory las &C.
qure ell Of it We muSt) The Mexicaps would ouinum.
Der the Americans. and would become citizens by
the treaty. Any how they would he citizens. I'm.
| mediAtely they would pass law providing for the
Catholic religion. collecting iithea. providing thai
only perHonS who spoke Spanish without an Sccen,
should be voievs a0d eligible N Office and carry on
such system n oppression as to drire Americans
from the 'srritory All this 10 embraced in the propo
aition NJ Mr.. Douglas. il It mt revolving Ia our
sense Of juauce Will California consent that the
territory between here and the East should be alb.
solutry under the control Of enemies. and neither
che nor the UDited States could prevent IL Will
we contend for a principle that would eaiabl,s h
Mormonisn. that would make = conquered or rur.
chased territory, foreign territory The very mo-
ment . territorial Government was established =
Surely California 10 not 90 crazy Surely We do NO,
contend for such q suicidal policy.
| Again, We appeal To every Democrat to aav il he
did not understand when he voted for Sir Burhan.
an, that the people nj territory could only reject
or adopt slavery when they became q SinteP Bro.
Their Democrats. North and South. we appeal n vou
IL this be not true. ], for one. pledge you my hon.
or, and call Heaven To witness it, that 40 under.
stood 1t, and 50 all of my good Democratic acquAint
ances understood it, ! appeal to the Kansas bill it.
self TO bear me out. That bill in section tenth pro
vides that appeals may DO taken to the Supreme
Court Of the United Staies 10 all caaeS where title IN
slaves was 10 question. and in ell cases upon writ
of hGhNdS coPus involving the question Of personal
freedom This recognized that slaves would be in
the terrsory that eoDti overAies would arise abou,
them, and that the territorial Judiciary might be
prejudiced against them. Hence the provision q
most important one il man had 4 right to take hia
slaves there-a very worthless me il he had not =
Shall We brother Democrats of the North, deny our
tired IN slavery Move will fepndia,e the hrresy
I'VE will do justice both to ourselves and to our
Southern brothers.
trust that the argument already adduced 10 suf
hclent TO show that granting the Supreme Court de-
cisiOn correct 10 the bred Scott case every man ha,
right In 70 to Q territory With hia slave The ar
gument 10 only entered into, much less exhausted
But be who reflects upon what have already said
will soon see for himself enough to satisfy any reA
Oonable man. ] am sorry have not time to eiabo
rate the Arguments for the benefit If your
readers. AZ for those who have made up their mind,
II 10 useless 70 talk sense or nonsense IN them Al
u the correctness or ncoTrecness Of the bred Scott
decision Il 10 useless 10 talk. II il If those de
csioue that uuSt from necessity forever remain un
altered. But il 10 easy u sustain on principle AnC
reason outside Of the convincing and 0verw helnine
reasons Of that great and good man, Chief Justice
fancy. who so triumphSDtly sustained Jackson ia
his bank views and the opinions Of the other Judgei
Of the Court.
The next branch OF the subject that will touch
upon 10, to show the effect it will have
lst Upon slavery in general.
I'd. Upon the slave in particular.
Sd. Upon the Territory.
| 4th. Upon the North.
5tb. Upon the South. and
6th. Upon the particular place the slave 10 carried
from. If slaves are permitted to be carried to ter
ritory.
As 10 the lst point it is perfectly evident thai
expects and very few wish the slave trade reopened
The debate IN Congress q few weeks since showed
that nearly ell Of the Southern men we're oppos' d
to Il. even II they could reopen it, whilst the moA
| rabid Southerners said that as long 40 the Union
lasted they never expected it TO be opened, and
that they preferred the Union 10 re-opening it. Oh
| course, then, ell slaves must be drawn from The
slave States and Of course bis passage from slave
State to territory would not increase the number
| of slaves
2nd. What effect will it have upon the particular
slave carried theirf
1t would benefit him. In The first place he would
not be confined 70 one spot. Then his chances fol
freedom would be great, for IL the territory became
q free State, be would become free. II it became
slave State, Of course bis services could not be @
much relied on, because slavery would be Of less
consequence owing IN the number.
Sd. The effect upon the territory.
This Of course would be good, because more peo
pie would 60 to il than would If slaves were moi
permitted 10 be carried there. North and South
would 60, one with slaves, the other without. A
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