The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1861-01-15
THE NATIONAL TROUBLES,

In the midst of the agitating events and warm
discussions cf the times there are many side issues
and impracticable propositions presented tending
TO distract the public mind and divide the public
counsel. The great point to be obtained in the
South Is harmony of feeling and unity of action.
by this only can we avert war; by this only
preserve or reconstruct the present union of the
States. In order to promote harmony, it is we'll to
recur to the of our difficulties occasionally
1t is only by keeping their true nature in view that
we can hope to apply the proper means to redress
our grievances. ..-.
Let us see what are the real principles of the
party who have, "under the forms of Presiden-
tial election, seized the Federal Executive" to
carry out purposes at with the Constitution
and the rights of the South. The following are
the resolutions known as the Chicago or Black
Republican Platform, adopted by the Republican
party In May last, when it nominated Abraham
Lincoln for President of the United States:
CHICAGO PLATFORM
Resolved, That we, the delegated representatives of
the Republican electors of the United States Conven
ton assembled in discharge of the duty to our
constituents and our country unite in the following
declarations:
That the history of the nation during the last four
years has fully established the prOp-ety and necessity
of the organization and perpetuaon of the Republican
party, and that the which called it existence
are permanent in their nature, and now more than
before, demand its peaceful and constitutional
triumph.
That the maintenance of the principles promulgated
in the Declaration of independence and embodied in
the Federal Constitution THAT all men are created
equal; that they endowed by their Creator with
certain inalenable rights that among these are life
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that secure
these rights, governments instituted among men,
deriving their Just powers from the consent of the
governed is essential to the preservation of our Re-
publican institutions and that the Federal Con stitH
ton, the rights of the States and the union of the
.Ststes, must and shall be preserved.
That the present Democratic administration has far
exceeded worst apprehensions in its neasureIess
subservency to the exactions of a sectional interest
especially evnced in desperate exertons to force
the infamous Lceompton Constitution upon the protest
ing people of Kansas in constituting the personal
ton between master and servant involve unquali-
fed property in persons in its attempted enforcement
everywhere land and sea, through the
of Congress and of the Federal Courts of the extreme
pretensiens of purely local interest and in its gene
raj and unvaryng abuse of the power entrusted it
by confdng people.
'That the dogma that the Constitution of its oac
force, carries sidvey any all Of the Of
the United States, dangerous hercsy ach
the explicit provisions Of that Itself with
temporaneous exposition and with legislative and judi
cial precedent, is revolutionary in its tendency and
subversive of the peace and harmony of the country
"That the normal condition of all the territory of
the United States is that of freedom; that Re-
publican fathers when they had abolished slavery in
all our national territory ordained that person
should be deprived of fe liberty property without
due process of law becomes duty, by legisEahon
heneUer such legislation necessary MAINTAIN this pro-
piston of the COnstton against all attempts violate
aud deny the authority Of Congress- Of Territorial
Legislature of ndridua to legal erstence
slavery IN any Territory of tie United States"
Now, We doubt whether in twenty of our
readers ever read this very remarkable party
paper, this declaration of the Republican party
which is nothing more nor less than declaration
of upon the Southern States These reso-
lutions," fairly stated by Northern journal,
assert the equality of the black with the white
man, by misapplcation of the language of the
Declaration of Independence, which was never
intended to apply TO negro slaves that slaves are
not property, and that the is not entitled to
protection under the Federal Government by land
and sea and that to affirm that the constitution
protects slavery in the Territories, "is revolu-
tionary and subversive of the peace and harmony
of the country aud on the ground that g no
person should be deprived of life, liberty or prop
erty, without due process of law" the resolutions
further maintain that "the normal condition of all
the territory of the United States is that of
freedom" and that it becomes the duty of all Re-
publlcans by Legislation to maintain that principle
and to deny the authority of Congress, of a
Territorial Legislature. of any individuals, to
give legal existence to slavery in any Territory of
the United States" Lastly, that on these princi-
piles, which In direct violation of the COnsttu-
ton, {" the Union of the States must and shall be
preserved" which of course implies force of arms
and to that end there is necessity for perpetual
tl0n OF the party, as the causes winch called 1t
into existence are permanent"
War and all its attendant horrors must ensue
without UNITED SOUTH. With union they
may be prevented. Division and discord here
will but fix the party in power at the North more
firmly in its determination to yield not an inch of
its usurpatons-wll but stimulate Black Repub-
lcan bands and Wide Awakes in their measures
fol-, coercion and invasion of the South Union
and concord amongst as if it does not promptly
extort justice to the South, will at least stop the
uplifted arm and end the preparation for coercion
The People are ahead of the Politicians and the
Press, and the Women God bless them) are
ahead of the Mem They must suffer most from
war and its concomitants; but they most eager
for resistance-for the maintenance of the rights
and honor of their country. For these the proud
and noble daughters of the South ready to
endure any sacrifice. If the public men but
elevate themselves to the level of popular feeling,
the South will be united in month from to-day.
A UNITED SOUTH n,dy ensure reconstruction Of
the Uaion. 1t scW certainly indicate the honor
and tie INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF THE SOUTHERN
STATEs.-Richgsond Dispatch. ...
g. FROM CHARLESTON.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 9.-The Star of the West,
with $50 troops on board tried to enter the harbor