Year: 1860




The political news from the South Is most en-
courapine for Douglas, and it is now declared by
those who are well informed, that he will receive
the vote of majority of the Southern States
South as well as North. he is gaining strength all
the time. Conservative men of all parties and
from all sections of the country seeing things
as they exist, and are throwing their influence for
the representative man of the people, and for the
doctrine of non-interventiOn, which is the only
policy that can be carried into effect and the union
of the States perpetuated They see, that if Con-
gress should undertake to intervene and regulate
the subject or Institution of slavery in the Terrific
ries-pass an act and attempt to enforce it, that
disunion would be the inevitable result. Should
Lincoln be elected and his policy settled upon. and
Congress undertake to prohibit slaveryin the Ter
ritories, one, of any information, doubt for
moment but that the Southern States would not
submit to what they would consider an encroach-
ment or deprivation of their rights. On the other
hand, should Breckenridge be elected. and it was
possible for him TO carry into effect the doctrine
that Congress should protect slavery in the Terri
tories until they bocame States. then the NortlI
would not submit. Southern men see this to be
the practical working of the doctrine of Congress
iona! Intervention. and those who would rather
stay in the Union than be compelled, from a sense
of honor asd right TO withdraw from il, are sup
porting Douglas and Johnson as representatives of
the doctrine of non-intcrventon. They know that
the abolition party of the North has a majority
in the House of Congress and that, if they thought
they dared 70, they would at abolish slavery
in every form in the Territories, whether the in
habitants OF those Territories desired it or not,
and they now see more plainly than ever before,
that n-intervention by Congress is the doctrine,
and the only that will give equal rights to all
the citizens of the States-thc same as they enjoy
them in the respective States of the Union--the
, ri ght of regulating their affairs they may
choose subject to the Constitution of the United
States.


| The plain truth is, the Republican party of the
I North and the Fireeaters Of the South are both
contending for distractions. So far as The princi-
ence is in the application of their doctrine The
North wants Congress to intervene to prohibit sla-
very in the Ter itores, and the South wants the
same body to intervene for the protection or esfqb-
hshment of it-slavcry So far as the consistency
of the contest is concerned tho Northern, or Re
Publican party certlinly have The best show, as thev
have majority in the House of Congress, and
would, had they the power granted them, prohibit
slavery going into any territories belonging TO the
United States. But so far as the Southern States
are concerned, their actions are apparently, moth.
ing short of suicidal, the interests of that por-
ton Of the country. We do not wish to censure
the motives of any set Of men, but we fear that
the leaders of the Southern interventionists are
not, all of them, actuated by the best of motives
for the perpe:uty of the Union. They understand
the whole affair, and know full we'll that, should
Douglas withdraw from before the American peo-
pie candidate for the Presidency, that Breckin-
ridge could not carry any Of the doubtful North
er States, and by their persisting in running eec-
tOra tickets in these Northern States, they are
/ throwing the chances in favor of Lincoln, "A man
whose administration they will not submit TO.
should he and his party attempt TO carry out their
policy. They, knowing these things, apparently
have not the regard for the perpeuty of the Union
that thoy should have.


These things are being thoroughly discussed be
fore the people of the South now, and the dis
cussions resulting in vast number of converts
to the doctrine of non-interventon by Congress
with slavery in the Territories; and it is to be
hoped that before it is too late, they will 30 see
believe and act, that safe policy will be rnaugur-
ated, of which Stephen A. Douglas is the cmbodi-
ment. We believe they will.