The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1860-07-14
NAsulNGroE. juno 80, 1860.


lion. CaieJ Cushing, Presfdent:--l have
the honor to acknowledge the receipt OF the
COMMUNICATION you make in behalf of the
National Democratic Convention, at which
You Inform ME that on the 23d | was unan
'mously nominated by that body for the
ofic, o. Vice President ofthe Unie States,
with the request that | should accept the
nomination. Tile platform adopted, and of
which you enc'0se me copy, meets with
my hearty approval, as it elrbodios what |
lave been ;outendirg for as the only means
"of'stoppiug Sectional agitation by securing
to all equality aud constitutional rights, the
denial If which has led to the present un'
Eappy condition of public affairs. Compro-
mise of constitutional principles are ever
dangerous, and am rejoiced that the true
Democracy bias seen fit to plant firm foot
on the rock of truth, and to give the people
an opportunity to vindicate their love OF
justice and fraternal regard for each others
right Non intervention on the subject of
slavery, / may empbatically say, is the car
dinsl maxim of the Democracy; nonTintcr-
vcntion by Congress and uon,intervention
by Territorial Legislatures, is fully stated
10 the platform adopted. In vain should
we declare the former, without insisting upon
thclatter, because to permit Territorial beg
Slatures to prohibit such slavery, or by
unfriendly legislation to inValidate property,
would be granting powers to the creature OF
agent which it is admitted do not appertain
to the principle or power that creates; be-
sides which, it would be fastening an ele.
ment of agitation 10 the Territories that
must necessarily extend to Congress, anC
the people Of all the States; the right o.
every citizen to enter the common Territory
with whatever property he legally possesses
it necessarily devolves upon the Federal Gov
eminent the duty to protect this right of I
citizen, whenever or wherever assailed O.
Snfringed. The Democratic party honestly
meets this agitating question which is threat
ening to destroy and sever this brotherhoo'
Of States. II does not propose to legislat
for the extension Of slavery, nor for its re
atricton, but to each State, and to ever
citizen, all our forefathers proposed to give
viz: perfect equality of rights, and then t
submit to the people the kind Of institution
best fitted to the requirements in their con
stitutional limits, and declaring as a funda
mental maxim that the people of q Territor
can only establish or prohibit slavery whe
they come to form Constitution preparat'
ry to their admission as State into th
Union. If happily our principles shall pr
vail, an era of peace and harmony will
restored to our distracted country, and 7
more shall we be troubled with the agitatic
Of this dangerous question, because it wi
be removed from the Territorial Legislator
as from the halls of Congress, which '
shall be free to turn our attention to mo
useful issues-the motives of our growth
national greatness. The judicial authOrit
as provided by the Constitution, must
maintained and its decisions explicitly ODE
ed, as wellin regard to the rights Of pro
erty in the Territories as in all other ms
ters.
Hoping for success, and trusting in t
truth and justice of the principles Of 0
party, and il that Divine Providence I'll
has watched over US and made US one Of I
great nations Of the earth, and that we N