Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-25
The nemands Of the seceders.

in the Breckenridge party tending to a scccs /
sion from the Union, in the event of the elyc-
tion Of Lincoln. Now, however, it admi,s
that there is such movement 1t sounds
the alarm of dlnger, and tells US it is not sur
pisus that the Southern people should give
expression to their ferHnss'-not surprising
that they "sholld become excited, and talk
about dissolution Of the Union
Having thus been compelled to admit by
published proof, that there Is a movement in
its party tending to u secession from the
Union in the event Of the election Of Lincoln,
it only remains for the Express TO defend the
movement, aud this ii does to the best Of its
aLility. 1t even goes further than some Gifts
kindred sheets, 10y declaring in substance,
that the Union will be imperiled should Mr.
Douglas be elected It says this in face OF
the fact, that Just before the meeting of the
Charleston Convention it proclaimed its in
tenton 10 support Judge Douglas sLoald he
Ue nominated, 1t says this in face Of the fact
/ that Joe Lane, aud others who now lead the
Scces,iouists, tried day after day ia upwards
Of fifty ballots ana until the adjournment at
Charle.ton, to receive the nomination for
President ON the very platform on which Mr.
/ Douglas is now running. These are facts
which the Seceders are unable to reconcile
with the course they pursue in dcuouuciug
that lutfocm and the doctrines it enunciates
But we set out to speak of the demands of
the SeeedeTs. First, they went into the
Charleston Convention demanding the adop-
ton Of a platform emhodl ing the doctrine of
Congressional intervention Their leader
was Yaucey. who in 1856 went into the Gin.
l cnnati Convention demanding with threats
= of secession, platform en- odyins the doc
trine Of Non Intervention by Congress a
platform such as he demanded at Cincinnati
was adopted not merely because Mr. Yancey
asked for it on behalf of the South, but be.
cause it embodied the doctrine of the whole
Democratic party North and South Thus,
when we find the Secessionists repudiaiing at
Charleston their doctrines ayowed at Ciucin-
NATL and repudmtng uow the very lat!orm
their lead rs tried TO mount at Charleston, we
are lead to exclaim: Have they any principles
at all2 And it so, where and what are they Z?
Their principles, they tell us. are embodied
in the Constitution, and they harp long and
loudly about what they call their Constitu-
tional and State rights. We put the ques-
lion home to them, and ak Are you de-
barred from those rights ?" They will an
swer no-ior they cannot answer otherwise
5 but they will answer also that they man le
dcbarred fom those rights. May and If and
perhaps are big words with the seeeders, and
upon them they base the whole of their ar.
gument in defence Of their disunion move
ment As we have said before, all their
arguments, all heir movements, and all their
threats ola dissolution Of the Union are
based upon the mrrest contingencies First,
they demand that Congress should protect
slave property in the Territories 10y law.
They know that there is no call for such rro>
lection any where. They know also that
such law cannot pass Coz gress Some have
wondered why it is that the Seccders should
demand SO loudly the passage Of such law
well knowing that it is not needed, and that
= in any event, Congress will not pass it. Til:
> demand is only made as an excuse for Their
:, trai'orous movement They have boldly in
timated that the refusal Ly Congress to pas.
such law, will he deemed by them reason
h why they should secede from the Federal
! Government And they lead US to under
stand that this demand will be made in the
event of the election of Lincoln. Hence. we
conclude, tIl the demand for such a law
will he made, whether the Territories ask for
it cr not. Such is the kind of Popular Sow
ereignty they profrss to advocated We will
say for the fake of argument, that Lincoln
will be elected. In this event, we ask the
Seceders, 'What will you do? Will You Sc
cede from the General Cove .nment in.medi-
ately before any Infringement on vour rights
10y the Administration? viii You 20 imme-
djately before Congress and demlud a law
for the protection Of slavery in the Terri
tories, when you know fan well that til,
Territories do not ask for such law p But
the Seceders say a law may be passed pro.
hibiting The taking of slave. into the Terrific
ries. We ask does this mere contingency
(Which every body who is acquainted with
the relative strength of parties in Congress,
knows cannot happen in long time to GOMEZ
suffice for an immediate withdrawal from the
Union by the Southern States? Thus. Ly
conjuring up contingencies which have no
existence, do the Seeeders seek to "iuname
the public mind" and "precipitate the Cot
ton States into a revolutou.7