Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-08-03
JOHNSON CONDEMNED BY DOUGLAS.

observation in the first column on the second
page Of that remarkable treatise on popular
sovereignty:
alt is difficult TO conceived how any person who believes
that the Constitution coniors the right Of protection n
the Territories regardless of the wishes OF The pcop and
NJ the action NJ the Territorial Legislature, can wfitf
his conscience and hs oath Of fdcifg 10 The Constitution
~ cithhoding such congressional iJisiqt0H ds mug he
essential 10 the enjoyment " such rght pd the Com
stt"ton Under This view Of The subject, % Is imr9fsi-
Die 0 resist the conclusion tbat % the Constitution docs
establish slavery ia hc Territories hcyoud the power of
the people to control e by law. is the Imperative dV
Of Congress to supply alb the legislation necessary o It's
protection
Mr.. Douglas clearly intmatos in the fore
going, that any man who believes that the
Constitution conlers the right to hold slaves
in the Territories. docs violence to his con-
science aud breaks his oath of fidelity to the
Constitution If he wthhods such Congress
sional legislation as may be necessary to see
cure the perfect enjoyment of that right
1t seems from the following extract from a
letter written by Governor johnson on May
2Sth, 1850. a year after having read Mr. Dou-
glas article, and when he had a lull knowl-
edge of the Douglas platform that Gov. } IS
position on the question is precisely that to
which Mr.. Douglas charge of laithlessncss to
the oath Of fidelity to the Constitution applies
with full vigor and effect. Tho following is
the extract to which we refer:
believe that 20 IS the right Of ho South Co demand.
and Che duty " Congress 90 extend protection o persons
aud property of every hind including slaycr,l il the
Territories during their territorial state. This now
api,iou advocated the doctrine Or f back as ISIS u
ne Senate OF thc United States u won have luy curl.
osity 90 see thc argument refer sou 10 my pcelh
ported 100 thc Congressional Gi1l How unjust. trra-
irc arc the nanuatuus with which you iucrperse and
in-'i"d Your editorial comments chat 40 W ttsur 90
NquWlcr S9,c.cgufY who happen uHt 90 agree with .
scecders from thc Charleston Convention rcpel che
iusuuatipu far t may be intended 90 Amply 10 ur
come from what quarter 10 may, and plead my own co.
cord iu ,iudicatiou
But this ia not he question now before The Democratic
party of the South Ihcqucsou is not whether we have
the rh To- demand, but whether under tue crcumstan-
cess We on1W 90 demand Congressional Intervention fr
9Wh not and the object of my Macon letter was TO vim
dicatc that opinion"
Here Gov. Johnson pridcs himself on the
fact that for years--"as fer back as ISIS
he advocated the right of the South to de-
mand, and the duty of Congress to extend.
protection to persons and property of every
kind Including slavery in the Territories,
and yet, although Mr.. Douglas finds it diff
cult to conceive how he can satisfy his con-
science and his oath of fidelity to the Cousti-
tuition, Gov. johnson thinks that he ought not
to demand protection for the right of the con-
stituiionality Of which he has no doubt, and
which he advocated with so much zeal
We leave the two standard bearers of the
Front street Theatre Democracy TO settle this
little matter of conscience and the obligations
of an oath between themselves. and simply
conhne ourselves TO pointing out for Che I'M
formation of the people the remarkable dis
crcpancy between their positions on he ques-
uon of the day Washington Constellation.
~ Hon. Frederick p. Stanton, in his Re-
publican address at st. Louis, spoke in the
following convincing manner of Mr.. Douglas:
"You are all aware that in company with
Gov Walker and myself there were others
who sustained us throughout. and known gen-
orally as anti-Lecompton Democrats, led on
by Douglas. ! haven't an unkiud word
against him, but shall not vote for him
admire him to some extent for the position
he occupies. believe Popular Sovereignty
TO be correct, but not as embodied in the Kan
sas Nebraska bill, because the people of Kan
sas had no chance to assert their maiorty.-
Douglas sustained them for a while. but he has
fallen from it. Had he sustained that posi-
ton ! would not now be advocating Lincoln
and Hamln for the Presidency. Douglas has
not maintained his position to the end At
w. WV i'NAl"NlHtiN party ndA abduNuNcu us
principles, he ought not to have gone TO
Charleston at all lie should have hosted
the standard of true Democracy. and dcfcd
the Charleston Democracy; and this, gentle
men, is what l. in my humble way, advised
him 20 do. lie thought different and wished
to purify the party. ! told him that they would
crush him. and they have done it. They de-
capitatcd him from the Craftsmanship of the
ftrs eessrf 4..r
was substituted in his place ! thought then
he would take my advice, but ] was chagrin-
ed TO find that he didn't meet this outrage as
l would have done. You saw just after that
act that Douglas went crawling back into
Senatorial caucus as whereas he
had only little whilc before been kicked out
for not being Democrat. The next we saw
was that he was willing TO take the Charles
ton nomination if he could get IL harmonious
ly, upon almost any terms and Mt Baltimore
you saw that he took a nomination on ticket
with Senator Fitzpatrick, Leconptonitc.
who had voted in the teeth of Douglas on
every question affecting the I.ccompton Con
sutution. Again, in Douglas letter accepting
the nomination, there was not a word about
Kansas or her wrongs, which Douglas has
himself repeatedly denounced. There never
NA' an NV AilAt NdltAh lOI remuneration LOUDER
by political conventions. The Douglas party,
the Breckenridge, the Bell and Everett party
and the Sam Houston party all omitted to
say anything OF these frau1s-the Republi-
can Convention was the only Convention to
say anything on that point"
!
I ~ Charles e. Clark son Of j. d. Clark. of
Bradford, has received the appointment of
student at the Naval Academy. Annapolis,
Md, and enters upon his duties about the
first of September. He received his appoint
ment through Hon. J. s. Morrill,, NJ. c.
A capital appointment, alike creditable to
Mr.. Morrill, and to the appoiutee. Unless
we are very much mistaken, Charley will be
be an honor to the place, and a true repre-
sentative, in the Naval service, of the Green
Mountain State.
10 The Democratic Convention, which as
sombled at Trenton, n. j., on Thursday, Jul
ly 26, under the call of the State Committee.
nominated an electoral ticket composed of .
Breckenridge, ? Douglas, and Bell and Ey-
erett men. The Douglas Convention nomi-
mated straight electoral ticket The Bell
and Everett Convention nominated full
ticket, but gave the Executive Committee