Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-05-16
Practical Intervention.

In the House Of Representatives, on Thursday
last Mr.. Bingham, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported back, with an amendment, bill to disap-
prove and declare null and void all Territorial acts
and parts Of acts heretofore passed by the Legsla
ture Of New Mexico, which establish, protect or le
galize slavery in that Territory. The bill
after put upon its passage and passed. yeas g. nays
80. Messrs Branch, Leach Rufin, Vance, and
Winslow voted against it. Messrs. Smith, Gilmer,
and Crage were absent but would also have voted
against it had they been present. The black Re-
publcans voted for it in body, and the Democrats
of the North and South with the Southern Know
Nothings, voted against it.
This is practical Intervention. The black Repub-
licans hold that Congress has exclusive jurisdiction
over slavery in the Territories and that that body
can prohibit slavery in the Territories, or, when
Territorial Legislatures as in the case Of New Mex.
ico pass laws to foster and protect the institution,
Congress can repeal those laws. On the other hand
the Democrats hold the doctrine of non-ineruenion
If Territorial Legislature fails to protect slavery,
they can remedy for this failure except
through the Courts if Territorial Legislature pro-
tects slavery, they will not interfere to repeal the
laws affordng this protection. This is the position
occupied on this subject by Judge Douglas. Every
friend of his in the House voted with the South
against the proposition to annul the laws Of New
Mexico fostering and protecting slavery.
Gov Ellis has not claimed the right to stop free
men" ''from mailing matter of any kind, without
his consent" but he does claim the right to protect
cl-c 0n1 10 fnH0 VI r.
his enemies are. He does not wish to stop the cir
culation of the address of the WorkingmeE's Asso-
citation, provided the printing and mailing are done
by an open enemy, such the Register is known to
be. What he complained of was that he had learn
ed that certain persons, supposed to be has FRIENDS
had circulated these documents. If his information
were true land he believed it to be undeniabe) he
had right to complain; not against the right CT
freemen, but of the action OF supposed frlends.-
This he d;d-Raleigh Dean. Press, May H.
We have no disposition to engage in controver-
sy with the Democratic Press but we cannot per-
nit reflections upon the Standard Office to pass
noticed When John W. Ellis was nominated for
Governor two years ago, over the Editor OF this
Journal the latter among the first to spring to
his support That support was given freely active
ly, without reference to the past and from patriotic
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reelection for second term; and we can truly say
that we have never wronged him in thought word,
or deed The Standard Office has been, and will be
true to him as the Democratic nominee. The ''prin
ting referred to was executed at the Standard Of
flee in October last, when one supposed that ad
ralorem would be made test in State affairs. 1t
was executed for an Association which protested to
have no connection with politics 1t is known that
we have Job office, in which printing of all kinds
is done, provided it be not Democratic, sedtous
or reasonable. So much for the printing" As
to the mailing" the Standard office has mailed
nothing designed or calculated to inure Gov. Ellis
Thousands of his speeches before the late Democrat
ic State Convention, and thousands of the Address
of the State Committee have been mailed from the
Standard Office; but we have learned, on inquiry
that no copy of the Workingmen's Address ha:
been mailed from the Standard office since the Stf
of March, the time at which Gov. Ellis was nomina
| ted for reelection.
Gov. Ellis complains it is natural he should
do, that he has been followed up in his campaign
| by copies of the Workingmen's Address. No ont
| in the Standard office has thus followed him up
can enemy hath done this thing" If the fact coult
be ascertained it would no doubt turn out.that Ger
tain of the Know Nothings of this City, having oh
tanned copies of the Address, have sent them out al
ter the Governor from point to point. It is tn
work, not of supposed friends" but of real enemies
"Sam" is always ready for secret movement or o
sly trick.