| Staunton Vindicator, "Judicial Protection in the Territories," September 28, 1860 Summary
The Democratic editor urged Breckinridge men to consider that their reckless actions were destroying the national party.
The editor stood by Douglas as the defender of states' rights and the rights of Southern slaveholders.
EXCERPT:
"To sum the whole diversity in a few words--the Douglas party stand by the Cincinnati platform and the judicial decisions
of the U.S. Courts; the Breckinridge party assert an independent power in Congress to move for the protection of slavery in
the Territories."
Full-text web version of newspaper  Points of Analysis to this Data:
 "Augusta's Democratic Party emphasized that slavery was the country's economic engine of success, protected in the territories
by the Dred Scott decision, and they defended Stephen Douglas to the end as the best candidate to defeat Lincoln."
Citation: Key = E115
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