Nebraska advertiser., 1860-09-20
For she Advertiser.
pollfieaI Paners.-NO. 5.

this
endorse by the sense-if there IS any
DC their platform.
First, then, in SO Buchanan was elected
upon the principle Of "nOn-inserventIOn,
and in his letter accepting the nOuiha-
ton, be said ~ vrHee erAF
"Tbis LEGISLATION Is founded upon principles as
ancient as tree government itself, and, IN accordance
with them, has simply declared that fhe peoPs q a
TERRITORY, LIKE THOSE OF ASTAIE, shall
decide for thenseloes Uhsther SlGrsrg shall or ShaH
not srSH within their limits"
Mr. Cobb, in a speech advocating Blu.
chanan's election, said;
"The majority OF the people, BY The action Of Che
TERRITORIAL LEGISLATURE, will decide the
question and all must abide the decision when made.
On the 9Th Of June, at Lexington, Mr..
Breckenridge, said:
sThe shoEs p0i1er Of the Democratic organization
is pledged to the following propositions That Con
| gress shall not ~interpOse upon this subject StaUeryJ
in the States. in tho TERRITORIES, or IN the DIS
triet of Columbia; that the people Of saeh IEhhI-
TORY shall determine the question for thsmsstoes."
January 18th, Mr.. Douglas said
"On the very night the Kansas-Nebrssa bill was
passed. ! stated that the sole 06jsctof the repeal Of the
Missouri restriction was that the PeOrleof The territory
might introduce or eEctude slavery, through te Ter
r~ttOriGI Legislature, while Territory, as well as after
they become a State"
1t will be seen, by the above, that the
great representative men Of the Demo-
cratic party were agreed upon the right
of the people in the Territories seldeing
this question in their own way, through
the Territorial Legislature.
Now, lets see when the split occurred,
and who separated from the old Demo-
cratic stock:
Buchanan said in bis LecOmPtOn Mes
sage:
+It has been solemnly a~djudged, by the highest
tribunal known TO our laws, that Slavery exists In
Kansas by virtue Of the Constitution of the United
States, Kansas is, therefore, at this moment as muck
sSLAVE STATE as Georgia or South COrO!ina.'
And breckenridge position in 1860,
is:
'"That Territorial Governments are temporary and
provisional, and not sovereign hence, they cannot inn
pair the rights OF persons or property. While th9y con-
Of Congress " s
The above quotations prove that there
is a "division," and that, too, in the Ma
tiOnaI Democracy. Then, should Morton
be elected on what is claimed by his
friends to be a platform on which both
wings Of the Democracy can unite /: what
party will he work with in Congress? is
a question difficult of solution, should the
proposition of his friends be true. But,
how the Douglas wing can COalesce with
the Buchanan wing in this Territory, on
that platform, is a question that | doubt
the ability of any Douglas Democrat con-
scientiOusly to solve. Douglas, in a re-
cent speech, speaking of the fusion in
Pennsylvania, says that such fusion is as
impossible as it would be to make OIL and
water unite. The Cleveland Plaiadealer,
as true a Douglas paper as there IS in the
country, said, of this Pennsylvania fusion,
that 1t would rather see he State go for
Lincoln than for Douglas, UNDER
SUCH A COMPROMISE! And such
was the voice of many good Douglas pa
pers at the time.
But, let US see whether they have afrsd
up their platform so nice hat Douglas
Democrats could conscientiously aid in
the elevation Of a Buchanan official to the
position of Delegate 10 Congress:
1t will be seen, from the above quota
tons. that the main and only difference
between the two wings, is, as to the right
of the Territorial Legislature acting upon
the question.
Here is the second resolution of the
Nebraska Democratic Platform
ResoIved, That We are in favor Of making Nebras-
IA q FREE STATE, and that ICE kereby pledqe The
Democratic party Of this Territory to oppose the e.
tablishmentO Of the institution Of Slavery IN the future
STATE Of Nebraska By A CONSTITUTIONAL
PROHIBITION.
Compare that with the first resolution
in the Breckenridge Platform, as follows:
Resolved, That the Government Of a Territory,
organized BY an act Of Congress, il provisional and
temporary, and during its e~xistence alleitiEens Of the
United States have an equal ri ght 10 settle with heir
property IN the Territory, without their rights, either
Of person OF property. being destroyed or injured by
Congressional or Territorial Liquidation.
Does not their pledge force them to
allow Breckenridge, if elected, 70 carry
out this portion of his Platform in the
TERRITORIES?
The third resolution, IN the same, reads
Resolved, That Chen hs s~sttlers IN q Territory
Iavisg an adequate population TO FORMA STATE
CONSTITUTION the righto f OversigntE commences.
and being contaminated b. their admission into The
Union, they stand on an equality with the people Of
other states. and a States thus organized oHqht 70 be
admitted into the Federal Union, whether its eonsti-
tuition prohibits OF recognizes the Institution of
Slavery.
Have not the Democracy Of this Ter
ritOry pledged Themselves to carry out the
intent and meaning Of the above resOlu-
ton?
Buchanan, in his speech at Washing
ton, in favor of Breckinridgs, said
@That Platfcrmdeclares that q majority Of actual
residents in a Territory. whenever their lumber is
s~ufcient 20 entihe them to admission as q State,
possess the power TO form a State Constitution with
o. without domestic Slavery, to be admitted into the
Union upon terms Of perfect equality with the other
States. Uthere Be SgHaffer &rereiqafg IN thu resp.
luton, IhdBs neuer been abe 70 aareeiE- A K.5are