Year: 1860

Gen. Lane has written letter, accepting the
nomination for the Vice Presidency by one Of
the Conventions at Baltimore. He says


Compromises OF constitutional principles
are ever dangerous, and am Tejoiced that the
true Democracy has seen tit 10 plant hrm
foot on the rock of truth, and to give the peo-
pie an opportunity to vindicate their love Of
Justice and fraternal regard for each others
rights.


Non-interyention on the subject of slavery
l may emphatically say, is the cardinal maxim
of the Observation-Disclosures by Com
gress and non Intervention by Territorial
Legislatures, as is fully stated in the first re-
solution of the adopted platform. In vain
should we declare the former without insist
ing upon the latter, because to permit Terri
torial Legislatures to prohibit or establish
slavery, or by unfriendly legislation to invali-
ttate property, would be granting powers to
the creature or agent, which, it is admitted, do
NOT appertain to the principal, or the power
that creates besides which, 1t would be
fostering an element of agitation in the Terri
tory that must necessarily extend to Con-
gress and the people of all the States.


If the Constitution establishes the right OF
every citizen to enter the common Territory
with whatever property he legally possesses,
IL necessarily devolves on the Federal Govern
ment the duty to protect this right of the citi-
zen whenever or wherever assailed or in
tringed The Democratic party honorably
meets this agitating question, which is threat
ening to sever and destroy this brotherhood OF





the extension of slavery, nor for its restric-
ton but TO give to each State and to every
citizen all that our forefathers propose TO give
naIuely perfect equality OF rights, and then
to commit TO the people, to climate and to
soil the determination as TO the kind of insti.
tutions best fitted to their req quirements in
their constitutional limits, and declaring, as q
fundamental maxim, that the people of Ter
ritory can only establish or prohibit slavery
when they come to form constitution, pre-
paratory to their admission State into the
Union.


IT. happily, our principles shall prevail, an
era of peace and harmony will be res tored tC
our distracted country, and no more shall we
be troubled with the agitation of this danger
Gus question, because it will be removed as
well from the Territorial Legis slatures as from
the halls of Congress-when we shall be free
to turn our attention to more useful issues
promotive of our growth in national great.
ness.
Our Union must be preserved; but this can
only be done by maintaining the Constitution
inviolate in all its provisions and guaran tees
The judicial authority, as provided by the
Consttu ton, must be sustained, and its deci-
sions implicitly obeyed, as we'll in regard tC
the rights of property in the Territories as In
all other matters. Hoping for success, and
trusting in the truth and justice of the princi
plies of our party, and in that Divine Provi
dence that has watched over us, and made u:
one of the great nations of the earth, and tina
we may continue to merit Divine protection
| / cheerfully accept the nomination so unani
mously con ferred on me, and cordially en-
dorse the platform adopted by the Conyen
ton.


have the honor to be, sir, with much re-
spect, your friend and obedient servant,
JOSEPH LANE,