Wilmington Journal

The Right Spirit in New Hampshire.

That sterling organ of democracy, the New Hampshire Patriot holds the following out spoken and fearless sentiments in regard to the pending contest in the Granite State:

"We, on our part, challenge the opposition to discussion of the wisdom, the propriety, the patriotism of every measure of President Pierce's administration! Let there be no dodging, no skulking, no playing fast and loose, no avoiding the record, but a plain, distinct, and manly examination of all the great questions involved. Let it be a stand-up fight. We defy the black-republican Hindoos to the consideration of the constitutional relations of slavery as treated in the recent annual message of President Pierce. We ask them for a plain and direct issue on constitutional principles—on the great principles of non-intervention and non-discrimination, the high constitutional ground occupied by Franklin Pierce in his recent great State paper. Such an issue we know to be a safe and solid one, upon which the democracy can meet and vanquish fanatics, factionists, and disunionists. Right, justice, and plighted faith, the constitution—these, among others, shall be the watch-words! We hold it to be incontrovertible that, under the constitution, no President, no senator, no member of Congress, whatever may be his private opinions respecting the character of the domestic institutions likely to be preferred by the people of any State or Territory, has, acting in his official capacity, any right to discriminate between one section and another in reference those peculiar institutions. All are equally to be regarded. Will the opposition papers deny this? Will the black-republican Hindoos deny the wisdom, the justice, the constitutionality of the two great principles of non-interference and non-discrimination, which are embodied in and underlie Nebraska law? The democratic party is for the constitution, for the Union, no interference, no discrimination; and upon these issues, with others, upon that of the wisdom of all the measures of President Pierce's administration, we defy the enemies of the democracy to the contest!"