Show judge Slon glass aud arid the me preside delicy ncy washington thursday june jane 23 I 1 the friends of judge douglass Doii glass in this city are tin possession of the fol lov ion ing letter ex paining Pain ahng ng his position on the subject sub jett of the eticy a od of m chich h I 1 c h I 1 they b ey li a v e pe rin i t led d a copy to betaken betoken for publication washington june 22 1839 1859 Illy fer sir in tiU iring whether my iny friends are at linetty to Pres present entre cay camp to the co Cove veni ii tion for tile the presidential aaion be fore this can be finally determined irwill be necessary to understand distinctly pon whit what issues the canvass is to be con cad if a as a i b have ae r full I 1 ditl faith tile they will wil 10 ill it 6 de democratic oc rat le p party a rt Y F determine rm finein in t the 0 pr tt I 1 d eti a I 1 e election lee tion 0 oe f 18 1860 f to adhere to the e ples embodied I 1 in n the tha C compromise om p a burca Nu daou re rca afi f 1850 a end n d r ratified at ifield b by Y th the e deop in in the presidential election of 1832 and reaffirmed R in the kansas nebraska acton 1854 1834 and incorporated into the cincinnati hat form in 1850 1856 as expounded byar by mr buchanan in ls his letter accepting tile the nomination and approved by the people peo 1 e in if his election elect kon in that event my friends r will ba beat at liber ty to present my name to the convention if they see pro cr to do so iron ifon the contrary it shall become tile the policy ot of the democratic party mt y which I 1 can not anticipate to repudiate is e these their time honored principles on which we have achieved so many patriotic triumph and in I 1 n lieu of these the convention interpolate into the creed of the arty party such new issues as the revival of african A tea slave e trade or a congressional slave code for the territories or the duc doctrine trine that the constitution ot of the united states either establishes tab lishes or prohibits slavery alai ery in the 1 I erato nes aber the potter of the people legally to control it as other property it is tile duo to candor to say that in such at an everit event I 1 could not accept the i romi omi nation if ten edred to me trusting that this answer will be deemed sufficiently explicit I 1 am very respectfully your friend ai bignel big ile ned d SA A DOUGLASS |