The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1860-08-14
Correspondence Of the .n.clligencer.
CUMMING, c., July 23,. 1860

cced to give you brief outline Oi the poiucaI At
titulc of Georgia. l am free to admit that pres
cnt indications arc that tic Democratic masses are
overwhelmingly in favor of Brcckinridge for the
Presidency, which, think, is a,1ibuiablc to the
fact that his non.nation addressed itself to their
sectional feelings and appealed TO their love for
their native South rather than their love for
their native couatry-thcir love for the Uaion Of
their fathers. 1t is not however, because they
love the Union less but because they love the
South more, that induces them to huzzl for Breck
cnridgc, without giving moments reflection 10
the motives and circumstances under which he
was presented for their suffragcs. 1t is only on
few and great occasions that the masses can be
made orchcct for themselves. The time has now
come when they must think-wlcn the fate of our
common country depends upon the information
and patriotism with which they their votes in
the coming election. If they cast their votes for
the who has the best chances of defeating Lin
coin, then they will have discharged their duty,
and will be entitled to the gratitude Of every lover
of liberty on whatever spot of earth he nay be
found.
Notwithstanding the present indications in this
State are against Douglas, yet his friends (and
you may set me down as one Of them entertain
strong hopes that when the truth is presented to the
masses their .'sobcr second thought will produce
powerful reaction in his favor. And why should
it not?-thats the question.
The issue between Douglas and Breckcnridc is
non-intcrvention and protcction-Nlr. Douglas adj
vocatng the formcr-Atr. Breckenridge the latter.
Which is right? We contend that Douglas is, and
that the faith of tile South is pghted in behalf Of
his doctrine 1t has been the doctrine Of the DEM
ocratic party ever since 1S50-it has been concn-
dcd for by the South since 1S20-it is the only
doctrine upon which the North and the South can
live together amicably.
What has been the cry of the South for The last
forty years? What has been The strain of her e!o-
qucnt sons in Congress and on the stump? They
have. uniformly said, let the subject alvnc-wc
want none of your intcryeniion-nonc Of your III
reference with slavery, neither in the District Of
Columbia in the States nor Territories. From the
formation Of The government up TO 1919, Congress
had arrogitcd 10 itself jurisdiction over the s'ib-
lect of slavery in the Territories which the South
| OUpOscii. duu IlSHl!N IHiN VII ~ u
fermcnt among the masses. North and Sc,.:h. tx
pcrieuce has shown that the more the subject has
been agilacd the stronger have become the oppo-
sition to the institution of slavery. That c?posi-
ton was brought forth b. agitation. nur$ed hy as-
itation, ari fed upon agitation until it assumed
proportions fearfully portcntons Tn 1877 .
Icllnilcd mad become this opposition that it seem
.;,
throughout the country were malc TO trcm5lc for
the safely OF the Constitution and the Union. The
agitation was allaycd for the time h. the passage
of the Compromise measure in which the South
gave up everything but the constitutional right To
reclaim her fugitive slaves. However. those meas
urcs recognized and granted the dcmnn.l OF The
South. which was for Cypgress 10 let The subject oi
slavery alone. ill The national uen Of all parties
accepted those ''mcas,res y us final settlement; ol
the subject. Georgia endorsed anl accepted them
by eighteen thousand majority. The South accep-
ted and endorsed them. and had right to expect
that the great principle o. ion-;ntcryenton which
they Swallowed forth-thc recognition Of the hands
off doctrine by Congress for which they had o
long contcndcd-if faithfully carried OUT, would
forever put at rest the dstracling question:
When it became necessary TO pass organic laws for
Kansas and Nebraska, the expectations of the South
were realized by the application of The same great
principle to those s-non-interveniion-
the hands Df doctrine. The Kansaa-Nebraska Act
was satisfaction to the Southern Satcs-thcy APP
plaudcd it, and nearly all Of them in their State
Conventions and Legislatures passed resolutions
commencing it and its author Thus stood the
Democratic party of Georgia and of the Union in
lS5G. In that year, nor intervention, the South
and the Democratic party triumphcd by the clec-
ton of JaIucs buchanan. In that year, al the
Cincinnati Convention, Mr.. Douglas was sound
enough to be voted for candidate for the Presi-
dency almost by the entire South, in preference TO
Mr.. Buchanan If lie was sound enough to be
voted for then, why is lie net sound enough to be
voted for no,c?
At various times and various places, since 1913,
Mr. Douglas has openly avowcd and proclaimed
that people of Il territory could, in Il Legislative
capacity, establish or prohibit slavery nt then
pleasure This was known to every reading mal
in the South in 1856. and did not make Mr. Douglas
Objectionable them and if not, why should it now
know that he is now objected to on this ground
(Which win notice in another place but the fact
is, we must look elsewhere for the motives and in
centivcs to the present opposition to the great
statesman of the West. ''But," say many of Mr.
Douglas opposcrs, ''loOk at his opposition TO the
admission Of Kansas under the Lccompton Consti-
tuition, and complaccnty ask if that is not enough
TO damn him forever in the estimation Of the South
! To this reply, look at Ills opposition to the adj
| mission of Kansas under the Free State Topek;
Constitution, and ask if that is not sufficient to
damn him forever in the estimation of the Blac,
Republicans and Aboliiionists of the North.
therefore present this nut for the orposcrs OF Mr.