The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-08-21
POLITICAL.
ADDRESS OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
THE BRECKINRIpGE DEMOCRACY


since the election of Mr. Buchanan to the Presi-
dency, and clearly sets forth the principles and
positions of the party from that time until its final
dismemberment at Baltimore To the principal
points of discussion in the late Douglas address it
replies fully.
1t reviews at great length the proceedings of the
Convention anal lyzng the votes given on different
questlons, and claiming that Mr.. Douglas actually
received but l5i votes at Baltimore.
The following is the review of the opposing parties:
CONSTITUTIONAL UNION PARTY
But In our survey of the field we must not neg
lect the Constitutional Union party. 1t is an old
party, under guise. In 1856 they had plat
form OF the strictest kind, and secret organiza-
ton protected by tests and Oaths. Then they waged
war upon our foreign citizens and upon a certain
religious creed. The leaders now come for.
ward rePudiating platforms announce themselves
as the only Union party, and ask for votes without
any declaration OF their principles. Their platform
Is the Constitution and the Union" The Repub-
cans cans assert they are for the Constitution and the
Union, yet their platform gives an Interpretation
TO the Constitution which will DESTROY that Const-
tuition and break up this Union. For which we
nave nigh authority-Mr. Fillmore the candidate
ior tne Presidency, in 1885, of the very men who
constitute the Constitutional Union partv of the
present day. The Douglas Democrats ayow thev
are lor the Constitution and the Union; vet their
platform, as interpreted by their standard bearer
Mr. douglas, tramples under foot the decision of
the supreme Court, proclams higher law and
permits the first squatters in Territory To excIu6a
the people of fifteen sovereign States therefrom q
duclng them to condition of vassaage. and doing
little less injury to the Constitution of the countrT
than the platform of the Republicans
The true Democratic party stands on the Consti
tuition and the Union, and their Interpretation
recognizes the perfect equality of the States, and
maintains lnvioate the genius of the events neces.
sities, and history, which brought into one con.
iederacy SO many independent sovereignties.
hlch OF these three interpretations is the intar
pretaton OF the Constitutional Union party? Or
oh and n1l
thelr repudated and odious platform of 1856 We
iee' mat an intelligent people will demand at the
hands OF men asking their favor frank avowaI of
tnelr principles We feel that they will recognize
as true Union party the organization Which
stands boldly on the Constitution of their conntry
and procaims the just doctrine of the equality of
the States. iJ VI
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
We have referred to the warnings of Mr. Fill
more against this party. The public mind has be-
come alarmed. The mischievous effect of it's doc
trlncs has been shown in the John Brown raid and
the recent burnings and pillages in Northern
Texas. Bold, unscrupulous, and yindictive leaders
are at its head. They have adopted the once
scorned dogma of Garrison, that slavery is cove.
nant with hell and an agreement of death. Sum-
ner procaims the barbarism of slavery; Burlin-
game, the necessity of an anti-savery Bible and
an anti-savery God; Seward and Lincoln, the ire
pressble conflict. They, with fanaticism rapidlv
getting intense that of Peter the Hermit are
tanning the flames of sectional strife soon to break
OuI III intestine war. They practically LEADING
crusade against the South. Thanks to the mer-
cies of the Almighty, brothery love- the memories
OF glorious history, the common sacrifices of our
fathers, the unpar alleled progress to empire and
Tehown OF our people, have not lost their influence
Honest and true men all through the North have
determined to crush out the monster of Northern
dlsunlon and fanaticism. A PARALYSIS has come
over the energies of the meters of servIIe war
Inc common sense OF the people revots at the con-
summation of their foul designs. Good men and
true are rallying from the mountains and the
plains, from city and country from the farm. the
shop and the busy marts of trade to preserve and
perpetuate the glorious heritage bequeathed to us
by our fathers.
BRECKINRIDGE AND DOUGLAS,
Consider the spectacle presented to us by the
Democratic and the Douglas candidates for the Pres
uehcy: MT. Brecklnridge has retired to his quiet
nome IN kentucky, there calmly and with DIGNITY
to await the verdict of the people Mr.. Douglas
Is traverslng the country, especially in the North
and East dosing out the panacea of Fsauatter soy
eregnty as remedy for all ills, appealing to the
higher law" and endeavoring, with the maoIc of
ms words and his presence, to ca0le the peOple to
his support. In this he will miserabIy fail. In Tho
exalted position of President of these United
a'es, th ene people VIII exact something more than
the qualities of a travelling mountebank. Mr
Douglas in his recent letter, has averred that his
oDJect was to take the question of slavery ont of
tne hails OF Congress; and yet during this whole
Administration he has kept up the slavery auita
ton with a persistency and tierceness amounting
almost to insanity. 1t has caused him to napIari
every other duty in Congress except the defence of
his consistency, and the advocacy or III, - "
regard to slavery. ~ "
lie has been remarkable for his facility in dodg.
ing votes, and when he did vote for his votes with
the hepnpilcans With that party not only did he
vote on the kecompton question, bat on most incl
uentat-questlons, in total inconsistency with his
lormer votes. With that party he coab,scad NOT
simply in his votes such minor questions ne the
election OF public printer, &C. but in determinino
VINO IN the Senate of the United States were the
nF tha O..
lie has been rebel both to the organization and to
tue principles of the party. He has voted against
Its platforms and its candidates. To conciliate Re-
put puollcah votes ne has INDUCED in vulgar filings at
the oouth. lie prefers the clans of Rhode Island |
TO the nlggers OF the South. 81 hare much more
tondnesS for your clans than / hare for their uio !
GERS. These things have sunk deep into the hearts
OF the American Democracy, and even if he should
extend his ciam-baklng operations to the coast of
Labrador, trying on his wav the infinite relish Of
freshly caught mackere, haibut and cod. he will !
IND that whilst the people are pleased with the io
wal qualities of the hail, well met fellow thew will
ueSplSe ana reprobate the public man.
TEXAS ELECTION.
GALVESTON, Aug. lS.-Flournoy the Democratic
candidate the Breckenridge ticket for Attorner
General, is ahead and will doubtless be elected bv
large majority.
THE SYRIAN QUESTION.
THE PROTOCOLS OF THE GREAT POWERS
We give below the text of the two nrotocoIs |
signed by the representatives of the great Powers
at Paris on the Sd instant. The following is a full
translation
First protocol of the conference held at the For
eign office, on the Sd of August, 1860
His Imperial Majesty, the Sultan being desirous |
to arrest, by prompt and efficacious measures the
eloodshedin Syria, and show his firm resolution to |
insure order and peace among the populations |
placed under his sovereignty,
ana their MaJestles, the Emperor of the French |
the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of the Unitad |
hingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, his ROYAL |
IIIryhn tln De-
jesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, having offered
their active cooperation, which his Majesty. the
Sultan, has accepted; ~ Wv
The representatives of their above enumerated Ma |
Jesties, and of his Royal Highness have agreed up
on the following articles:
Art. /. A body of European troops, which NAV |
be brought to twelve thousand men, will be directed
to Syria, for contributing to the re-establishmeut
of tranquility.
Art 2. His Majesty the Emperor of the French
consents to furnish Immediately one.half of this
number OF troops. Should it become necessary to |
fill up the whole number, as stipulated in the re.
cealng .ii artice, the nigh Powers without delay,
will come to an understanding with the Porte in
the ordinary diplomatic way about the designation
OF these Powers among them which are to make
provision for it.
. Art. ); The Commander-in-Ch Chief of the expedi.
tlon, on his arrival, will enter into communication
with the Extraordinary Commissioner of the Porte.
of the purpose OF combination of the measures re,
1uired by the circumstances of the case, and for
N ~ TAXING up What positions may recommend
InemseiveS IN connection with the fulflment of the
object OF the present act. VI '"0
. Art. 4. Their Majesties the Emperor of the
French, the Emperor of Austria the Queen of the
nited Kingdom of Great Britain and ireland. his
Royal Highness the Prince Regent of Prussia. and
his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias promise
to furnish the French is dentre tenir) such naval
orces as will be sufficient for assisting the success
)t the common efforts for re-estabishing trapduili-
~ on the Syrian shore (8ur le littoraL
Art. 5. The high contracting parties, convinced
hat such space of time will be sufficient to attain
he object of pactcation they have in view fix the
duration of the occupation by European troops in
syria (stc en- Syrie) to six months.
Art. 6. The Sublime Porte undertakes to faci
ate as much as will depend upon him the mainte
lance and provisioning of the expeditionary corns
1t is understood that the six preceding articfes |
ire to be transformed into a Convention which |
hall receive the signatures of the representatives
lgners OF the present, as soon as they shall have |
'een provided with full powers by their sovereigns
tut that the stpulations of this protocol itself are
o be in force Immediately.
The Charge d'Afars of Prussia. navartboIoss
bserved that the present distribution of the pms
ian ships -ot-war may not permit his government IN
for the present in the execution of art
lie 5. VI aru-
Done at Paris, the Sd of August, 1860 in six diff.
erent copies. T1oUyFyrI OLA 0''-
METTERNIcH
CowLEY,
REUsS kIsSELEFF,
,, AHMET VEFYK.
1he ioilowing Is the second protocol of the Con- |
erence held at the Foreign Office on the Sd An
ust, 1860: " N"- |
The Plenipotentiaries of France, Austria Greot
'rltaln, Prussia and Russia, desirous to establish
4 conformity with the intentions of their resnac |
I've courts, the true character of the assistance |