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CV ThEitypE r iN PENT DEMOCRATS IN. CON-
jpf,r..o 1 . 11 . E..4'1i;0PL11 OF THE UNITED
TATES..
Shall Slavery be Permitled in IVe
friarkia g ' •
I ')VAonricl i citi Jantuiry '22;1854 '
„Tvlrowditi Z(.1)3 : As senators. and , reps,
vesentatives in the..Congrm.s of:the - Unis
Stretet - ilit - is - ell' duty •to' warn our
Constituencies - whenever imminent dan 7
ger menaces the freedom of our instifu
tievasettiet permanetity of our, ttnion . ,'
- , ,Ench 'danger, • RS we-firmly: beileiei
now.-iinnends, and we,:eartiestly.solielt
yourt-,preropt attention to .
session of Congress, o.bill
l thenorgoolzatieri,ol Nebruskapaased
tlie_rkfouttit of..illepresentatives with ao ,
ov.ersvhelening .majority..
litaeak of excluding
erlatrery - froca tke•new-territory. IR . ,Wfts
DOW tokett', up for.. consideration .) n ;;the
Sertaky,Lotid consequently - (aired ;to be,
cornea law. •
At ihei present setsion, a new Nebrns.
k a -bilians-.beeri reported by the Senate
CornmiKte on. Territories, which, should
it >unhappily - _receive- the, sanction of
CorlgreAs.-will.open all the unerganized
territnriasvf the Union tali* ingress of
slavery:7. , ,1 - • - •
Wit'arraign this hill ns a gross viola
tion of :a sacred' pledge; as a criminal
betrayal cf./precious...rights ; as part and
parcel'-of :an - atrocious :plot to - exclude
(roma Vast, unocCui"ied-region, emigrants
from.the.Qkl Worki.:and free leborers
((amour nwn States, and, convert - -it iota
a dreary region of despotism,: inhabited
by Mastiers . and slaves.
_Thke.your maps, fellow-citizens, we
,Cuireat you, and see.avhat country it is
4.1;14 bill gratuitonsly and recklessly pro
poses to open to slavery.
• IFrom_the•sootinvenern corner of Mis
souri pursue*" parallel of 31i deg. 30
min. north latitude' westerly across the
north fork of Canadian. to, the north
eastern-angle of Texas; then follow the
northern boundary of Texas to the
western - lentil or New Mexico; then
pmceed along that western line to its
northern .termination; then again turn
tVestwardly and follow the northern line
Of - New-Mexico to the crest of the Rocky ;
Mountains; then ascend northwardy
along thexres( of that mountain rroge I.
to the line which separates the Uni_ed
States troln the British possessions in
North America, on the 49th - parallel of
norttrlatitride ; then pursue your course
rattwardly along that line to the White
Earth River, which falls , into the Nlis
s.ouri from the north ; descend that river
to its contluence_with the Missouri ; de
scend the 'Missouri, along - the western
border of • Nlinesota; of lowa,of Missouri,
to the point where it ceases to be
boundary line, and enters the State to 1
which it gives its name; then continue
your southward course along th e western
limit of that State to the 'point_ from,
which you set out. ' You have now
made ihe - circnit of the proposed -Terri
toly of-Nebraska. You .have ttavers.ed
,distance of more
,than, three
thousand miles. You have the outline
of ari.afea'of Tour hundred and eighty
frve thousand 'square Miles; more than
twelve timed as-great as:that of , Ohio. •
Thies immense region, occupying the
very heart of the North American con
tinent, and larger by thirty-three thou
sand square Miles than - all the existing
fret., States, ineluding California—this
iimmense region, well watered and fertile;
Alincmgh which the :middle and northern
. mites from the Atlantic
,to the Pacific
must. Rasa—this immense _region, em-.
iracleg all the organized territory of the
nation, except the cOmparativerSt insig
nificant district of Indian territory north
of died Riveraud between Arkansas and
Texao, . : and now . for more • thee thirty
yqtra...regarded by the common consent
or the AmenCantprople as consecrated
freedom, by statute and by CoMpact—
this immense regiem•the bill-before the
Senete.lvithout season and :without, ex
€4lo4, but, in flagrant disregard ,of ,soond
pelicy and sacred faith, proposes. to wen
to'Slavery. - •
ycror attention, fellow.titizens,
to a few historical facts.
The , origtnal settled policy of the
ilrlitnd4tates. clearly indicated:4 the,
J e ff e rson pinriso'.of ,17b4, and .by , the ,
cerdinance of 1187, was non.exte'nsionof
,ARijerY: . _
linilBol3,-Louisiana ' , was acquired by.
fittrekse !from "France, •At that the
there: were isome-twentrfire or thirty
thoosatid,alares iiithis I,erritary, rnostof
tem within =w hat is 'ow - the ..Stati -of
!II `VC4UI I ~I?"'" L .t•ecl 31.11,3 ..; ,
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- On; bu l k of the'iMissi4ii. •
'Cnekrdssi, Tristeid Orprinildiii. for: the
;liiiinitteillts,contitTanee, In 1812; the
State of tinlisittria, - %itO and
admitted 'into 'the Union., withiliiery.
-., I.o'lBlB, 'Six 'years !ale r; thre'inhabii
nnts of the teiritcirylii'Missoirfiipitlid
to ter..;grelS . ,'fer i lintherily to form
Constitution;adinission 'into the
Union. - There w ere ; at ibat time, in, the
whole ' lerritiry acluired ) from' l p i ratie,
outside''Orl,,eitrishinit, not
three thousand '
Theie Was
it n•spologyjn,the,eirqyrn-
StanCes of the counery for' the Ontio=
nance
poli„tr,,t,yas egainsiL4t4intl,nilt
plain laniuSge oft h'eireittyitSdei'vaiiali
the " terrifory,tied "been' acquired "fioixt
. i! Ft ,',CVT
Frae9e. , ,
1t was proposed ,' therefore,' to incor
porate in the - hill atithaizinV the
iif a State. governinent,
requiring that , . the Constitution: of, the
pew Statt,shoeld contain ; aKtiple„.prer
viding for t he. ahelit len of exist ing shy t ery,
ilnd . protibitity7 hirthee introdnetion
of slaves.' ( - 1 ' ''• •
The-proposition :vas yeti eh% thuly anti
pertinaciously opposed -4. bun: finally pre,
veiled in the House of Representake?
by a decided vote. In the Senate it was
NeCterl,.antl, irt , conSequen4e'itr, di‘ dis 7
agreement between the two. 1:1-U.w.s, the
bill - was loatt • '
'AA the next session, of, Qtingr'es.s'iltd
Controversy was rennwed, with.increased
violence. .It, was terminated, at length,
by acomPromise. Misiouri was allowed
to Come into the Union with slay,ept,' but
a section was inserted in the ac4Atithor 7
izing her admission, excluding slavery,
forever, from all the 'territory acquired
from France, not included in the new
State, lying north of deg..;3o Min„
We quote tbe prohibitory s.ePtion: ;
Sec. 8. Be it furttter enacted, .That
=in - all thAtt territory:ceded . ly 'France,. to
the United Stalw, under the narne.of
Louisiana, which lieS north of tbirtYfsix
degrees and thirty minutes of north lati
tude, not included within the' limitsnf
the State' cOntemplated 'by This . act,
slavery and involuntary iervitudeother
wise.than as the punishment of crimes;
shall be, and is hereby foreterprohib:
ited " • . •
The question of. the constitutionality
of this , prohibition...was .stihmiued by
President Monroe to Os cabinets Jo n
Q.ttincy Adams was then Secretary o
State; John C. CalhOun was Secrets y
of War; William 11. yrawiord .was
Secretary of the Treasury; and Wrn:
Witii Attorney•Gdopral. " Each of 0166:
eminent men, three of them bring from
slave States, gave. a written • opinion,
affirming its "constitutionality, and there
upon the act received the sanction of it ! ‘
Pre sicfo Win:oof, alio front, a. slave
.State.
Nothing is more certain in history
than the fact, that Missouri could not
have been admitted as a slave Staie.had
not certain members from free States
been reconciled to the measures by the
incorporation of this prohibition into the
act of admission. Nothing is more ter
rain than this prohibition has been re
garded and accepted by the whole court- .
try as a solemn compact-against the
extension of slavery into any part of the
territory acquired from France, lying
north of 36 deg. 30 min., and not in
cludjd in - the new State of Missouri.
I The same act—let it be ever reruem
bored--which authorized the formation
of a Constitution for the State,: without
a clause forbidding slavery, consecrated,
beyond question-and beyenithaneet id;
call, the whole remainder - of the • terri
tory to dfreedom and free institutierie
forever. For more than ibitiy yetirs;;.4
during more than half the, pericod,•of our
national .existence under our , .. present
constitution—this compact has been uni
versally regarded and acted upon as
inviolable American law. In canformity
with it, lowa was admitted as a free
State, and Minesota has been organized
as a free Territory.
It is a strange and ominous fact, well
calculated to awaken the worst appre
hensions,and the most fearful forebodings
of 'future calamities, that it is now de
liberately purposed Jo, repeal this pro
hibition, byimplication, or directly—the
latter, certainly, the manlier way--and
thus to subvert the compact, and allow'
slavery in all the yet unorgaiiizeti, ter
ritory. •
We cannot, in this address; review-the
various pretenses under which itisttt
tempted tocloak this =estrous'wrong,
but we must not altogether omit to notice
one. ,
i lt is said that the. Territory of lip.'
brash°. susialta the •sante
slavery as did the territory acquiied•from
Mexico prior to 1850, rind tbat the-pro
slavery clrinsei of the !ill nru_necessary
to carry,into 4rcct' the : comproiniscs.4,
that year. , . ' : •-• •
No assertion could be more groundless.'
Three -acquisitions: og - territorybait
been cpde by treaty. „ 'Pl e a
_AO „vim: .
from. France. r Oat ot this territory haze;
been created the threeLslave:§tates.of
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Ili* tipzli c ke 8114 of XOwa. 'Tite con
#o , ,i.dt:iihlol it ' Ose ' . ii `fgaliop'tO .) ols . l
iitiortinWif Votiiii of . 414:territat,itlis
'ClOsed r- iti ' 1:40:13 15 'We'llisCOU:ri '-'act,
cOtOtrani:theilitve iiitillihitlotiiit's,'firts
been , iiiltertdy stated: T-hi4iri,trifii , eisr
refaied . :94lse3o, teuitor.,s c co I r4l 'hi*
Y,tl t an:Fe.*:;:Tit"O"7ll4;Cbr . 'which - it was
. tertuterited;.;Whs 'confiOed;: . .h4lt!, j oilin
eipress,t7rinsitii,ih‘ Ishind'lepto4 . ; 4.0
hati . no - relatiOn'tOlinlr:Oth ' er.','" , .. s _.„'
The second 'eFiiiisition - 4is ' 'aid
14ft%. ,Florida; , the lirriturY : trus\ac
ticiithd;ws‘yielded• to stavety without i
struggle, 80 stirpost l with Oy IA murmur.
The third- wee f fnith , Alexic6; The
o .v ..:•,. .....1.11 ' ~.. ' , 64 . 17) , J1.41
controveriy, wl4h arose Tr:OT Itte acqui
sition fi .- fre46, =l ,lii = the_temin i tbrance of
the Americin people: e•Otit'Of it sprung
the ncts of e r ang . i6'V ibniMily known
as the ccriniiitimiii; iiiiiiiiirei of 1850,
by one of which California was aArlittid
as a.trief•iliiite ; 44414 5 4 a; ofiterii, or
gArtizinethe Territories of,New-Verico
And tltah expOsed • ill, the residue of the
recently acquired- territory to 1 eva
sion 'of itttverjr ~'' 2.--. '"'" -a?:" .Al. ' l "7'
":"411eWe: . ati8 'were Meyer` supposed- , to
At anzitC: or: tOUCItt 4.fierxiigling exclusion
of, „ slavqy.from,phat is Row. culled >LIT.
• Pro-siM. Th4 c , applied to the territory
fic.44ired from Mezipo, and to Ala only'.
- Thefireiv intended as a bettlenira , of
at be.contriiversy: towin g out rtif ,thrit u.=
quisition ? - uod of th,at, : entroitorsy , 'Prly,
The} muse 3 tt P t t Art•i fall ' s b -Y3l t h l iF - ov i l l
merits. ' - '
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'The . ititesitigh tihoiVi)Oiveifit I -sup
part Carried the titah and Neri-Meiico
acts, never dreauted that.their. provisions
weuld
,ever he, r applied •to Nehraika.
Even at the last session of. Pongress,
Sir. Atchison; 'of in a:speech
in . _ Tarot of- hiking : llP former Ne:
bratkitbril on i , the•mbrning 'of the , 4thof
Mereti„-,kBW said : ttit_is • 'evident that
the Atiasouri.CoalHomise cannot be re
*So Tar - as that 'quesiion is "con-
Ceiii4„ . - we 'might `as' well agree fo the
iecricifory note, is next
year, or five or ten years hence." These
worqs could- opt ,have ; `from this
wato,hful lad of slavery, be
supposed, that , this territory was „en:l 7
brazed, by, pro-slavery Provisions of
the :com,l l .l'94Piee acts. ; ,, It is a . palpable
aftembOught. , •
The cox proinise acts themselves,. re-,
jute ; this •pretensien. 'ln the •thirci,arti
cki •of the second ;section of thejoini I
resolution for t annexing 3 Texas.. to 'the
United
,Statcsi, it ts. expressly declared-!
that in such State or States as shall be
lo:cried - qui, of void territory north.of said
.Missouri Compromise lige, slavery or '
inveluntary•servitude, except for crime (
shall be prohibited ;" and in the 44 for
organizing New-Mexice anti . settliaz:th..
6op nda ry mrvroviso,. piss
pOr4ted, on .the motio4 of. Mr• !Ma s on, of
)iirginia, : vv.hich 'distinctly preserves this
probibition,:nod flouts: the barefaced pre
tension that all the
,territory!. of...the
United States, whether south or north of
the IVlissouri Cotnprorasse line,-is - to be
open•to,slavery„ , It is as follows :
" Provided, That nothing herein con
tained ahall be constructed to impair or
qualify anything contained in the third
article of the aecend section of the joint
resolution for annexing Texas to the
United States, approved March 3, 1545,
either as regards the. number Of States
that may hereafter be fanned ont.of the
Statelof' Texas, or otherwise."
Here is proof,' beyond controversy,
that the. principle of the Missouri Act
prohibiting slavery north of 36.deg.,30
min., far .frciin being abrogated ; by the
compromise acts, is .expressly affirmed ;
and t hat.t he. propped reperd.of this , pro
hibition, instetud..of , being an-affirmation,
of thexotnprorniao agto, iia , ropeal of a
very-IPronainent proiision-, of the, most
important act of the series. It is 5°1 7 .
..emnly , declared in the,very Compromise
acts; "that -:nothing harem contain e d
shall ftc construed to impair or gualifyi!
the prohibitien..ol :slavery north
.of 30
deg. 30 min.; and yekin.the ;ace of this
declaration,:thet sacred provisien is said
to be.orerthrown. !Can presuinption go
farther? any way,- lean
upon- thaw coroptomises, we. commend
tbis.expo!ition. •
'The: . pretenses, therefare, that .the ter
ritory,covered by .the positive prohibi—
tion;olls2l), sustains a similar. relation,
ts,slav,ery Ahat acquired from Mexi4.•
co, ,comered:by no prAibitiougicept that:
'of .disprited .constitutional- er Mexican.
lawcatullthat .the compromises of 18,50
Hrequire: the. incmporation Of the pro
slivery clausesr of the Utah .and New-
Mexico bill. in, Nebraska act, are
mere _inventions, designed to ceyer up
from.public reprehension . meditated Int&
faith. I[N:etc.:he -.Living now, pn
,one;
Neonldbe more forward.xnote:elotment,'
er. matt ,indignant in' his _denunciations
of that-, bad (faith,. than :Hear}_-Clity, the.
foretnopt.champion of-both compron*is,94.;
In LB2o,,the ,slate States ,said
freeStates,ftdraitiblissouki with slaveryY
and, refrain 'kora posittve exclosjon
„south :
ofBGlingoo,tain.vansl Itn wajoin yam
in porpetunkprobbitkint- north of that..
line.".. h e - ..fr.eec!Staiett consented., Ip
•1854,,* nhticoi State*-may to theefreti,
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STM9. 4, PlMi4s9. l i.ri•iltdtdmittefir.;?.ll4:ipni• •
hjbiftm?ria.ll?,!efY.);Pckik of 116 deg. 30
in. has' been e d, i'ire have iv
teived th`e fall consideration Of oninkree-
Meritil 4acP 'Morels in r.be ..pibed•by td
.hetinpolte.it-on out part ; wis • therefore
_prooe,ps, cancel Ae_coicipect.r ! If , this
.4. Actti-PYttic. faith, wha,t,49,,it ?..'-, i s tn.. I
Wit hant't hit'aitrese'criliiinsir 'arid Critne
emir the lid? . - States a"equidiciiin VIII
tiewittect; ' •41...,2- pi , , :ii rito..-: Li t ,
~, W Asiciinfr.struz total , inabilitylpreperly
• t P sd t ru lg i • t • T gkl m iCi e k 41; 4 1PcFilit 4.4 f '
eqnsequen,
.es . L.of ,tlai s
~. measure l , tan
guage fail. 4 td 'express theickiiiitie`rifetif•
indignation ' and 1 iibii - Ofves'ieti: ' iviiialV " it
inspinhs.:;:and..no•visient.cless' i peititrating
anCOmPrehen4i.v.l3:o l l4l-11413,01,the All-
egiog l ss,n,reich,i i ls i ev,i.i.salit's.,..., v , 1 „ 1
i. ''To some of its more ; inlmeiqiiie and
' inevitable coniiiiie*es ) liiiiiiev4'e' we
must 0 - tteth ptleo - 4:1 iteetl/ourvattebtion
—MA:lat.:will tie-the effect. of 1 this mea
sure, Ishould - it.unhappily become a. law,
.upcin . the 'proposed Pacific ?ruin:m:l?
lile have already :said,. that Awn: of. the
principal. routes,.. the-,reptrisl-Atnd the
anorthern .. traversal. this • territory. ~ I
every be!allowed ;there, theasettlementf
and cultivation of Ahe'ccinntrr must be
greatly, retarded: I:llcidu cements-- to ;the
immigration of. free laborers vvill.bc• al. ,
most destroyed:._ The enhanced.cost. of
construction; and the:iclimished expecte
ticin •of pmfi table,- retains, -Will , present.
aim os t , insu p erable _obs icicles. I to' building
the road at all; while, even llrnade, the
difficulty and .expense of • keeping it up;
in a.e.ountry .from which the. _energetic
and intelligent masses will .ber virtually
excluded, will greatly impaii its. u.scful
ness and .value. i 1 .:- ~,-
From. the rich lands of this large_tet.
zitory -also, patriottc• suttesinen, hese
anticipated that a free, industrious,• arid
enlightened population Will extractabuttf
dant treasures of individual and public
wealth. .There, it has been :expected,
freedom-loving emigrants from
_Europe,
andintelligent abLenergetie-lahorers of
ourlown land, will find homes)Of comfort
and fields.of 'useful, enterprise.. 11. this
bill shall bdcOrne a law, all such expecitt
lions turn - ito..grierous,ldisappoilit 7
ment,--The blight of slave;} will cover
the land."-. The'..homestead law, ebould
Congress enact _one, will ,he,worthless
there.l Freemen, Anless, : pressed' by
.a
hard and cruel 'necessity, Will not, and
should ant, work beside 'slaves. • Labor
cannotrhe respected where any class
-of
laborers. is „held in bondage. It is 030
deplorable 'necessity of sla very; !that Le
make and keep: a . _single - slave, there
must be, a slave law . ; and where slave
!4bPr iPtis4-.PeCßAtla'q- be
4--eSN'tr74/.ecacir:n''estll,.;'',:eiirfo. ,-,,tightened
....,adectorsor[riewspapers printed in the
German and other foreign..languages, to
direct' the . tuteutiou of their readers to
this important Matter.
It is of iinmenie - cOnsequenee: . altO,
to scrutinize the g eographical • character
of this :project. We -beg , you, fellow- 1
citizens, tci'obserie thal'it. will , seier_thal
east from the west of the 'United States
by a wide sliveholding, belt of country,
extending from 'the Gulf of Mexico to
British North Arnerich. It is a bold
scheme against American liberty. wcirthy
of an - accomplish e d architect- of Tait!.
Texas is already, slaveholding, and occu-.
pies the Gulf region from' the Sabbinet
tip the Rio ran de,' and' frorn tbe 'Gulf of
Mexico to the Red River. North of the
Red River; and extending.between Texas
and Arkansas, tq the parallel of 36-deg.
and 30 lies the Indian territory,
abriut equal in extent to 'the 'latter State,
in which Slavery was' prohibited , by the
acvof 1820. i• Frem-36 , deg.•30 min.. to
the boundary line between our own.
country and, the British ..possessions,
stretching from west to east thiough
more than eleven degrees of longitude,
and from 'south to Itortli through. niere
than:twelve degrees of latitude, extends
the great territory, the' fate of : which is
now to be.determined by the American
Congress'. 'T . bah 'you see, Tellovioiti
zens, that the first operation of the pro-
posed permission of slavery in Nelnaska.
-will be to stay the progress of the, free.
States westward, and to cut off -the free
States ql . the Pacific from the free States
of ;the atlantic:: It js hoped, d,oubiless,
hy.eompelling the whple•eommerce and
the ; ‘c,lteletravel -
.betyiresn the east and,
the.west to pass for hundreds Of miles
through: a.slayoholding reginn, , in, the
heart of. the continent, an ck• by the inflp-,
enc,c of,q federal.government controlled
by,o9 ,kl;alr9 power,...te eittipguishl,ree
dorn ' Ple.o l '4 l As__.
t a ‘ l.territories . of Ala - . Pacifie,,and thue.
permanen_tll:snhjagatethe whole• j counr
try . to ilie.yolte of a ilayeheldipg fkes.
• •-
Shall a plot- ,agaipst 41pin .and.
demoCra.cy, so Plensyollw.uut dffoggouO
t 9 ,4.,ha Anwe§ks itiroggil9qtAel
vi00,14-PCSfliii4a, lo -ouiCeog
WAAPPPO tP,the Avari?
You Ogo_mi'iotosocao Pkitrqsdi9o,
a c 24 th,e l l3,a:ten stroList,ico as ntrf st.,
So,O9.OIIUgOgUe4PaYMAYPP 44.9.-:
PoKul ?be ' XI? oi Pull ogd , o4 l Y PY. 3 P I O- ,
4)4I,4OrLYMuYi A sti . Orkbs B V.l4;
trig you that chi safety pfiliiiluipa )411,
° 13 17/.I*)IP 4 PPAY3he f.P,UI: I ITP atINST!Rf
Elie.: just elsims Of- fiefdom , anA, man.
The .trninti - ivasibiened estikbuitilirif
ide. 41edi-itieifW tifeblevain' o irs "tirlibertij.
)When Itilaiis ta Accomplish these:Ohdir
will bi!...WßANts3 l l , And.whe, 4 4 I*,,carPos
_worthless, it, pilaus)! long .e ndure }
'l4e entreat yeti to be Cif that
fundamental maxim of democracy; 'ekruil
*Wits:4nd; extteu jastice Abr. Men.
Do) *Ma sublaimt. Ilepometogenta ;At. ex
an4.sYPt9l.4-
its,ite4 inju.spce. over i a, vasi 3 Oiritorr
`exempt Tram ihese'terrible ' '
We implore''Christiani'aitt CIES - Stier,
-ministers -to; :Interim:3B:i_ f.diVine
,religiou.requites Aent.to,be hrild, in gypsy
trptlker, and to labor for , 041 act
vancernefit "and' regeneration of
,^;
irtan - fa'ce.- ' , ' •
. Whatever '-apologie - eirt c ai . be , Ofielgi
for filiablenitiortnista very. in theStatel,
pope pan,he urged for its • exteusipa4qo
territories where it does not exist, arid
where that extension involves tbb y iejfeul
of 2 ancieiitlavio add The TiciratititiOf
elan. coin ptiet: all.prOlist,'.earnesi
litit:ifferaphittiertlly;•by torreitiondenee,
thrOtigtf: the press; by dieriorialsbY res
olutions ',64pithlib7ihe'etings litad
legisia
tire bOdi,eViiiid wlittley4 other node
- Seerri'eifiedi ‘ eitf, 'OgainStrthis.4rior'-
'Mous ,
For-burielves,'' "shall resist it' by
Speech and cote; =and with all - the abili
ties Whiali'Votli gtven - us. Even' if
Were - eine in impending Strugglei - We
shall riot subinit;,. gelatin - le
etir roifilitlienti;, erect inew_the stihd
it& of (reddens, and call ifirilho people 'to
thitie;te the' iesiiii,-enhe'' ehantil froth
the' dotniifatioii'ol
despair ;Ifirthetanee of human freelleth
is the citaie•ettrog.i '
.'8:-II;t1-10E;Seliator3'rore
,c14A,13..813111NER; Benattir from 3.faso.
4,, .11. ,GIDDINGS, ,i4topreseulp . .ti-Tot.
• FriWA RD ,
GERRIT SMITH; Rep': froniNerv:,Vork
ALEX. DE T; Rep. frem
Independent - and 141timore
t I
Deme
tt
~YIfICFI IS THY , rAcTipN
•
You regard the Independent ..Demo.
cracy as a 'Faction , professi-great
heiror of . - such-an - _o'rganization.: You
if6k e ient , toaperia o t- Democrat's
you destgriate
there seekeri'for office, " nai
half so honorable in their course as the
11 •• •
.real politfcal abolitionist oho attacks, the
C;
.tinstitutiOrt and fayors dissolution of
'the Unton." ;You - must strangely
ignorant of the nitatters', uncrell'ate
to discuss; for .your statements of Wei'
are exce r ediOily wide, of the' truth, and
rdo not: believe eon' capable - of inisrep: I
resentaii9n. sin such. person
as Ii abolitionist; who attacks the
Constithticid and faV'Pts dis:Sblution'ef
the Union i least I have never 111:...f
with such' a per Son:. There if. , ' - a L cle r ssef
abdlitionists, of whom Mr. Garrison is
the': recopised leaderovho deneunce' the
Constitution and advocate diitinion"; '
they are net political 'abolitionists 'they
refuse to vote or take any pert io
cal - action.` Political "abolitionists' are,
found - in:all parties: Ue, Whin believes
slaferY'to a great,Wrongand desires
to promote its abolition bypoliticalection,
is a political abolitionist. If Ale 'Ol - 161ci
hii end Can be- best' secured ttirotigh a
Whig party; he will unite With the
Whig party ;' if through the • Old Line
Democracy, with the Old 'Line Demo-
crass; 'if through` the Independent DCITI
- with the Independent Domoc - rats:
But in ` your esteem, the Independent'
Deirsocracy.is a Faction'; and you quote
Mr. Madison's ,clescrip,tion,,of a faction, l
and apply It tothit organization. Ar„,
Madisnes idea' ar r a fahtion " miro:
. bee Of citizens; whither, to a
majority or minority - of the w hole, , who,
are United• and actuated ' by, some com
mon impulse of. passion or •of int,eNt.
adverse to the righti . ,ot other . citizens,
or to the permanent and aggregate good
of the communitY."•' To Ine :this dis
dription seerr to apply Much more ex-.
actly to the National. Dgr.nocracy,,'so
Called Orgapized upon the Baltimore
Platforin, than to the independent De- -
Auk-req. What interest binds the In
dependent Democrats together; it is hard
to see. - .You say, indeed, it is a desire
for office... But surely, you know . better,
Very have,fonlid, while Many.have
lost, office by adhereing to their. orgn:n-
Ration. -If loffiCe'be . the object of desire,
'he Baltimore' Democracy; at .present;
Werathe nearest and surest - . path. , In
kited, rig* are .i sofortupate
,in that or-,
to',eCtire :. two . offices ‘at
""
A4gain; the Baltimore "Democracy "
irgarsized, not raersly for the purpose,ot
euring offices.to its
_adherents, but with
cial reference to, a single class, inter- :
*Toitir`otect theieterest "and
Ore'dertiabiat i 'cif Ali' slavehrildingtleas;
tittstY public;evety-prifataconnideratibtL
tapode.j.e._berid. . f.No, matter h_Ow, adverse;
thlse interests and i thes, e deniattds
of other,
.clt i zens," or
0141 the° ferinarient. - 'and' eggi,eotite'
tifr.cernlAttity,lr-ttlefluiteit%s 4tirci-°
andisatiified..at ,•eastryttutaird.r--
v_° ldt
MEI
ii. le :)....0.1
Therefor!? it : A.444i thscow 0 ,4 4 1
eit
'adaiiiiiatrattea are pot, tit acpt # tc?
erre& to , tha Slave'ry - Bei r oltittetia ,
Baltimore Platform. -Na radii'. ' "Vs
ppointed - to ---- anyttatofFrp j .who
itillniithilliirrA te.lMPlici nal-o
t-' 'shin:2lloon.
The Washiugton.Unionthe.orgiura th e
allinOistAllioriv Alecialea :tt;PreiSlY, last
" no Tail bas. beeq a PPOPtettc°os 6 ol
the Preaidetit'ivtio; ti
does'cit stand Om
the pr.zoor'cins'Aitiififtil•lablorerliet A t6 -
Compromise Measures as e fi nc4 adjust -
ritent , "Cof 'the'. ilirery 'sine."' 'lt rid- I no
man can -stayjn rata who thirel-ko tril.
•.q ktatard of opposition to the Contra
wise, me43?res.;, : for,the,,samet riyimmm.
ton Vriegn .4eilares that "tlte,Pmideo
hai Ilia no besitaiibit - 'in avowin tut
,palicy on all occtoiona,, and in:. ng
4 +
rth."eiipielic i . 4iitinetneii,' th - by
-would unhesitatirigly"lenibre •any--iti6a
from office _who should deny tbe. fincrijitY
of the adjustment made ibytheSetriPt*
Misc.." Even you, Mr...Edgarion, would
.comy, wAttlici the,,sweeß gf this-declara
tion, it -you heldoffice uniferf,?Prealtist
ifal'appottitmeitt i'lbryouJl alinat tim
bre When' rivriti—yoti;'raihinati, iiinita
against the finality of the Compromise
Acts, believing that there could be no
attch-.-thing as! finality. re.lntileiliiery
letterl' anr)commentiog ot, • youl him;
ye tit grec! to put, this, in print., ....._ .: 1
If thes'e dcelaraticins,or ibe Syst4ting.
ton Union were unsupported, they mig ht
be disregarded. But the,AiforneyAen
'era} "qustains` the Union with 'die 011010
riVerght : 6f - !Previdentiiir r3stithority.ril fit
his recent' letter, to:Mr. •Prcnbingtamplas
Pakes• th.i.? sille,inP 1 acino.tlffCmgtA i .1.1(
theTe:or ,„. s
e py, rt rzose MORE , rtxr,n than
another 5n 'the muidg er the 'Preside - 4
and` those ' -iitth ' whotit ' - 'hr - ii: cic
eustomed tci.!consitlt,it is, that the' de&
geroos'element ,of abolitionism; :Nodes
whatever guise or form, it rany,ptesen't
ifs'elf, shall be - crlishiclaut so far as tHis
administiatiVn fa'Conceined.":. Bit' ili,
otitionism,i''theAttortieyGeitertiPinktfa
j nava uch ppositiore to stavery:ss the State
,platform of the Ohio DemocmcyAeclitro
it is the duty of the people to rrialte„.lAt
is 'living; 'earnest, practical; vioilting
- Democracy, apPlying' iv Mai the'litiilli
of the Constitution, is grandimalbenises6
cent doctrine.of, Equal Rights andnsact
Itiatie - o to the - practice and sitateixt 9f
s*AvehaldineasboldlS4ind as' directly as
<
any other object f.6-ir is!this DetriocracY
-,that is to be Acruahed out." 1,..t Demi*
crats who are Demrcrats, - and mes . 9
. 19
stand by the Ohio Platform, look to it.
-... I have now shown that, tried by 1 the
test' whieh Mr. MadisonA9gge.sts, , it is
- ale Baltimore Detioefacy, and , Uct...at?
indiperideni Clamocracy, that nine out
te bee faction .-"—Ctsitai'll Lettirlb eat
gerion. , ..- : .. • - .
Melia
A large and enthusiastic meeting of
the - friemis Of Titor)p - e4nie 'wad' held =in
Eldulet Jan. 14,`1854, for the Tinily*
building.up that greatand gloriotis cause
in that place. i • • •
The, meeting was called to oidef, l o/
appointing lit Young to " the Chair , and
J.. lillaNtarrea de Secretary: Nie.
being. balled. , upon, - stated the objeci of
ate4nsatin,g, after wiaich the.rneetkag *ft
Opened by, a prayer from the . Rev. L. F.
Porter.
John S. Mann, of .Coudetspott. being
engaged as speaker, Addressed the coo !
gregation - With an able end - eloquent
speech on the great subject'of Moral Re=
ford, which was exTrounded.to the esti'.
faCtion'of every one present. TEerile
of Intemperance he set forth in ( lilt illefr
horrors, and portrayed Its "elleollifir
de's , ; with much iteutenciss.-. .His argil:
meptit he proved by , the - mom : 1)f ,:the
Gr-ncl Jurors or different . ,c,ocmties,:toth,
irt thiS Siate aiicrodyitning
the reiporti ficanisereral Colleges 'Cif PhY:
siciantwhoth tit this' country and in gat?
rope. He then went on and showed the
beceseity of,* speedYorganizttinirato
societies, which Would in the end crttide
the liquor traffic and annihilate. the,,,uph
of irdent:sPiriis as a beveragi.. He rex /
folloivea by the Rev. L. V: Porter' with
1 an *energetic `appeal to. the • friendi
Temperitnee,! exhorting ..them to colt oa'
the great wheel of Reform ;• after. Ng/hitt!.
be,nedictiOn_ pronouncod, l ftbd n t4 ;
meetiligit'djoinned. -
• • '
J. L.:WAasttir ,
Seey. ' ;
()ppm!llia., 1
' 'certain amount Ol . 'l6,Rtioattion4 l ,
says John .7 l4Teal,' "is 'it'kreat
man. Kites, fri.se against and riotliettib"
the wind. - ,Evpa a bead wind.' is , better:
than trite. Wo min sver 'sparked bit
passage anyWheze in a dead calm._ .14at,
air tifim 'thViefOre; 'het:luso Of
orposition": l ofiposition iii what heivitititir;
and must luxe to be..irood foranfAirt. l
native of:tnantited,
and:salt-re_! tr,l bat abilter
tlig ste rr i without Iliad:dig
saki-pe,biniiik in theliiiitabine* and trea ,
doitn:ki, the . weiside;
and,(organati. 12atilratet bitdq
self to the stroggle4en.Abe , wit4 i blowit t
gtces,py'svhen thiax . gave a . o.e . ,, l9. 4so k
aeleep lathe itiliteessitiat'fqllawa.
•
o!3,lcleaq 3.FIT
11 LI :~tl i,
,-kft tEct iA: t i o f sit :u
=3IIEMIII
r Teniperancit Meeting.
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