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LES F. READ & H. It FRAZIER EDITORS;
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• • G - I. ihns . tUStitioista.Er4'. - :
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1 ,e, would call the attention, of the
ne ,uit
il. press to Dr: JORDAN'S Address,
ali
d would, su gge st that they publish it, wher
eve theylcan o so, before the election. lke.
h a q, iseeti the:papers and documents from
-whithl he 4uotes,. and .am vouch for lhe tor
ree rs 'og the - ' extracts. : The subject :of
, Bt a c Equality is_otie that haibeen too much
in ected in this campaign. , Ili is treatiA
wit i;eincrkable ability, and we knew of no
better trlt for circulation. Itsheuld lie is
sued in c. tras, and well c i rculated: _
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sT4ii3 TRUE xssuk
'dram to the Free While Citizens of the
yet Free . States.
4ir 3ottßso.t it ) : TonDAN.
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i .runcorow, 1)..C.; Oct. 14. - 1856.
1 Y,YELt.ow :Cot:warm:EN ! The PreSi.
deaths). eleCtiou is upon us? • Never before
ha's our country witnessed so exciting• a ean
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.vass; !neverr have the Amertvmpeop e been
CalleduPOn to vote on so important a queS
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•tion+-4 : question, .fraught` with such fearful
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ecitisegetences, involving the future •wellare
and 'deareSt :interests of this Republic ! Are .
`you pkpdred fon, the contest ? Do you ful
ly apOreciate:its . importance ? Do you viz
dirs(aitd the - frite iisite? A fear there are.
thOsandsr--14,-frotn my travels 'and inter
cohisel*ith the people in the Western States
during th last, few weeks, I am, convinced
there hre ouiands and tens' Of thousands of
e.
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(*cod and onAlast men in the `free
.States who
,
do not : know what the real issue_: is! . llow
many, for insmnee, understand what is meant
.by STATE! EQUALITY—.-this "new Aoctrine,"
. which lurks in the Cincinn.iti Platform in a,
diSguisedintanner, and is boldly maintained
thr4ughent . the South' by the
,press' and the
fi:i,
speakers vorable to the g election of Mr. Bu- ,
chanan? Yet•this. very doetrine, -aeknowl
edged .by ',pits' advocates to be. a "new ? > doc-
tribe s plausible and.harmless enough on its
flie4 hut 0111 of deceit and z danger - ,constitutes ,
the rue issue in' the present canvass. I ven
ture to say that no more than one in ten of
the ii oters in the free . States-:—party leaders-.
exelptedfiknows - what is ,meant .by 4 State=Eqtality ",..and yet I fed _quite sure that if
thi.), doctrine Was fully - unders . tood by the
free! menl of. the yet free,:North, there - are
th4shn(lS of honest Wen yet I ingerinn• in the
sactilledPemoeratie and .American . iiayti,,q,.
- who :winild. instantly and indignantly 'leave
; and i Join. the army, of Freedom:m(l the.
stitution. Believing thus, - irny ,eouutry
, 1 hiwi your attention to'this subject be-
I fe. •
it is too I shall be bricf.'usinti:nci
Co
me
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MMMEPMMI
in n c xtia(,..is shall use, only such as'are
~, e t to the point and .or .Acknowiedged,
iioriti. I propose to show what ismcant
~. ris riiew doctrine ofState Equality .; that..
it e ters'r,intO.the Cincinnati, Platform;.and.
thatit in] reality conatitnes the true issue in
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..• in cOnduCtirskthe present ranipaig,n, I have
. noticed that we:differ very much from our
-Denaocratiestportents, they charge , us al
ntost exinsivity with things which .We deny
and reptidiate; While we, as a general thing,
In;elievei 'charge them with no measures,doc
tibies, or sentiments; but such as they ae
knowle4re and advocate 4 _ , . We might. retali
ate by charging them falsely, as they. do us;
hue we have no occasion. They admit
.enOugh, it,secros to me, to ruin any party.-.--
teertafnlybave no dispoSitiOn to chfte them
Itith What they' do not admit, .and will not
. s delt. • The proper way to learn the meas
ures and principles of a party is to go to the
party itsel ank-not to its opponents. .We
should ,'I not ' consult Democratic authority
tolknoW l what are the principles of. the Re;
publican party,but should go to the PlatfOrm,
and to the writers and speakers Of the party
itself; and in order to know what Constitute :
the principles of Modern Democracy,' we
Should not rely upon what Republican wri
ters and speakers say, buTosbould go to the /
Climinriati.Platform for information and to.,
r. the writings and - speeches of acknowledged
_ :Pemoc-atie leaders of.the present day. This
is what I propose to .do. :.
: Ili there ever was a: time when the Amcfl- .
• _de :peOple
,were &led upon to vote. under-.
stet idingly,. to know full} what .the otiestion: i
•
at issue is—when the good ,man. and. the pat-
AtshOuld throw their bfgtence on the side of 1
'lllnar-,- . -tbat time is no - * !• What will be the
effect 4 f
my vote'? . What tare the principles
and measures which_ I. am supporting, and
• what l'f'ilt be their probable effect - upon the
,country,: if adopted? should be the injury of
eyery ',honest man who loves big country
more. than - party. I beg-you, therefore s real=
eT, whitevcr may be your politics—if yott
a
heart love- your country and her free insti
' . tioarA, and are opposed to. the- extension• of
8 very, whether you may favor *the 'dee
ti nof Buchanan, Fillmore, 'or Frettl'ont—
' .44 'kith me patiently through this investi
b ,
• _ ticin- that you milt read what •I. have to
(and ~ . ,
-• Y, -clirefully examine the. testimony I
ogeik,aad then, all I ask of you is, to vote
. 0, a coming election as. your judgment and
I. you i ouscatime .may fticiate,regarille.ss of con-'
seal races. Do :what you believe to be axon;
though parties' and . cliques should be .riven
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to at ones! , ' .-- - ' -
. 1 shall 'not discuss the . ; question of Slave
iy.' ' To-such as are favorable_ to that lust'-
. talon, and its 7 expansion,'.' ..I have not a
word to say, except that . 144 need not.read
• any
.Further. I take it fer,granted that Slave
.. ry is an' evil---an - evil to theStetc, an,evil to
the sialle; and a greater evil to the rita,ster-=
and,litterefere, that it should not be extend
. 0. ' i And - it is. to I.uch of my . countrymen
nly, as agree withme itt.this view yet - wile,
I fear, I-' - 11 • ' ' - a'
'tre an ntenttona y• going to vote -i=. rcet,, ly..f.br its extension, that I now appeal.- i'..citiAnow, my countrymen—for you have
- lt.ape4 Muth on this subject during. the list
few\ Mouths-741tat the history of oar_Goyern
. uncut, from its: earltest .commencement, , and
wear ore it had - an,existen&L-froin_.the
bixilaratiotiof Independence itself, dOwn to
• ..185-has."n against Slavery; and its: ex.:.
. tetiaimiitito free . territory. The oixiinanee
.ef i rits7,: *bleb prohibited it in all the North
w', TeiritorY ;. the .alkilitioraof . the - sliVe.
P .3 4eilvieteli*lt area in 1808,' and was la
rporatod in Mir present.constitutiOn • ..aed
, . ,le jWissouri gompromisa, passed in 'lB2O,
and!:reaffirmed, In the treatir. passed
Texas,
ill .05S 7 4altilkow that it:has . lieettitn este)-
. • isho. piiinciple'of this Goverinnea;for,Con:'
gresa to "intervene' and.. p'rohibit'SlaVery
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In the Territories ; . in other words, to oppoSe
Its extension:, ,Stich has been thernile. The
exception.. was_ in , the case of Utahl and; • New
Mexico, organized in 1850, where; it was con.
tended, by Clay and; Webster, that as these
Territories aline . to :its five-L-covered by the
laws of Mexico; whieh prohibited Slavery—
it was anneces.rary to pass •any prohibitory
laiv for them. Besides,,thecouary was such,
Slid Webster and others,•thatBlaVery could
never be Made pref . ] table in those Territories,
and hence would not seek to Via,; there, This.,
you see,_ was a mere exception :to the rule---
a mere matter of policy in -.that; particular
case—whereas the principle 01,1 the • Govern.
meat is and has been INTERVEN TION and PRO-
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tunrrm:F. And - yet this mere
. e.teeption
regard to Utah And New MeNiCo, included in
the." Compromise Measures bf 1850 ;" is
.the
foundation for the great
.Democratic princi
ple of non-interrention," discororo by Mr.
Douglas in%ianuak,•lB.s4,! Only think of
it--a mere excepan to be Cal ka a greatpri,n
ciple',/ But let that , p4,ss. 1. :hare • allu d ed
tbusibrielly to the •hisibry of .our ,Govern
ment is to the exclusion of Slarety
.from the
Territories, that- you maythe'bett;pr perceive
the contrast between what lias been its es
tablished policy this subject, and that
which a certain class of experimenting poli
ticanS arc now trying to fOistaipon the coun
try- as•the true doctrine and and-policy' ofthe
.
Constitution and: the Govermnent. •
The real issue; and only isstie,•in thd pres
ent eontek, is the extension or non , extensiob
of Slavery into the Territories now free. But.
as it is thought that the people , in some parts
of the country are not
,yet prepared for so
bold a _, ineasure,.the.issue is ougrfto be diS-.
iised by the plausible catch-word of "State
Equality"--4hUs :palming off a most inlii-
Tpous . imposition upon the henest,tinauspect
ing people of, the Free:State's.: Fpr a while
direr, the passai4c of the:Kansas - - . ISleiliraska bill
Popular Sovercig.iity, 6r, as it xVia; nio4 fa ;
iniiiarly called; Squatter-Sovereignty, s Nwas
the ,cry, and it :deceived not a.-few of the hod,-
est masses; for, what'more fair than Popti,
lar SovekeigutV, or the right of the people
to govern thernselves? 'But it was'soon dis-
covered, •the;ever-vlgilant gliardians of
`` the institution," 'that this might be used as
a.Fice Coil tnea:sure. It was therefore.repu 7
diated, and STATE EQUALITY 'substituted.
That is now the • wateh-W4d and ery—tlie
great underlying•pritkiple of the
• Deincrera .
ie party .ButA STATE EQUALITY triean.SLAvEs-
rr EXTENSION ! With these preliminary ob
s'ervations, 1 E•roceed directly to. the subject,
remarking only- that the extracts:- whkh
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shall Mal;e may Le:relied on, as I have ~bef
ore me the ~pipers, - speceltesjand documents,
from which they•r4r taken.—havingproe&ed
them at a good deaf of expense and trtifq.:.
—So that .1 - might give page - and date.; I
therefore lied rnyselfrz„ponsibld for the cor
rectness of every quotation
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sT.V/T, EQUALITY., •
The State Of Tennsy believe,
the honor of furnishing the fo-.lt;iCort,:ention
where this . new dogma of thei Democratic
creed waslforinally recognized. Among the
resolntio4 adqpted- at its' last.DernOeratie
State . Conkention, held sonic tithe last winter
Or spring ritl which Mr. Buehanan' .. was for
mally nominated for the Presidency, occurs
the fullowh4: , :
"Resolved, That the r Equality lf the Statekis the
Vital, element of the Constitution and fluit the
interference with the ri, , ..;:hts of the states by those
who stek to di:ire ,, ard the sacredgtutranteci of the
past, by all •orbers, should be rehnkiql with the
game spirit that we would denounce ltul repudiate
all attempts to erect °ploys ntsuNcrioxs between
those who are entitled tO share the bleBsings and ben
.efits or our ifee insfitutioOs."
The "odiOus distinctions" Means the:dis
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tinctions•Whieh most of the Free States yet
make, in not , allowing- the !.slaveholder .to
Come into the State with his human chattels,.
and• hold theM as such. • ,SWace"Equaiity is to
do away with all Such odious distinctions, as
we shall prOentfy.scc: The resolutions off'
this Convention were presented: to Mr. Irr
phanan, and ,(n . the Bth day of May, 1856, he
amepted and iendOrsed them ;: at which time.
be said:
•
' " The duties of, the President, irbOmsoever he mar
be, have been 41early and ably indicated - by the ad
mirable resolutidus of the Convention . which lon
have just presented to me, and ATA. OF wnicu, viith
out reference tti those personal to myself, I !MARTI
.
LT ADOPT." - . .
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One point is • now settled ; Whatever '
State Equality, or, as the resolution has it,
the Equality of the States, may' mean,
Mr.
Buchanan . 4eartity -adopts it! Let that be
nememberedi These it:S(4l4lons, and
.Mr. ,
Buchanan's acceptance of them,inay be found
in the speech of the Hon. J. Glancy Jones,'
mernher of Congress frony Pennsylvania,ite ,
livered in the 1-1 ouse of Representative, May
..
13th, 1851... __ ._ • s L - e
He who 'has noted the progress of the
Pernoeratie party for the last few yenrs,and ;
has discovered - who are its leading spirits, or:
has observed its deflections and gradual ten,'
dents Southward and taiggerwakd, might on
the -morni '
ng of April 28, 1856, if he. kid .
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seen the Rielutiond (Va.) Enquirer," have
safelv-predited that the Cincinnati Platform ;
would eontaiff the doctrine of State Equali
ty, though he might not -then' ; have known
what it; Meant. The following editorial is
front- that paper : .
Prom the Ric hmond Enquirer, April, -28, 1856.
" Tim. "Crscirsrtt Cosvasnoi.—An entirely
- new
'min will be presented in the approaching Presiden.
Oil eanvarrin issue which it is impossible to avoid
or evade. The opposition is essentially an Abolition
Party. It Otos& to repeal the Kaniars Nebraska act
and the Fugitsvi,Slave law. 'lt thereby denies State
Equality., The Democracy oppose the repeal of those
laws, and seria thereby to uutintaik.Stato Equality.— :
But all room for doubt or cavil must be removed.-
ire must, in Me' eMeirMati Platform, REPUDIATE
Squatter Sot4o.eignty; and expreitsly', assert STATE
EQUALITY.I We mast - declare that it is the duty
of the General Government to see that no invidious
or injurious cfirdine,tions arejnade &Owen the PEO
PLE or the PROPERTY of differen4 sections, in the
Territories. We do not mean to dictate.: Itmay be
that.the assertion in the Platform of the abstract prop
"(lkb:in of State Equality may sulficei to carry along
with it the consequences which we desire. But it is
often charged, that the Kansas 7 Nebraska bill contains
the daetrinA . of Squatter Sovereiguty,:and that Bysta:—
ler Sogereigftry it' die min '
ffflaelli agent of Nee *SOW
aut. Some A.ok ha m i 'Pomocratil have nutitttoined
this ground. .ROW, - THIS GUN MUST BE SPIKED.
It must akicar ftoln onr-rjatform t that we mffutain
practical Stale EqualitA and reinrdiate that construe.
don of the Kansas-Nebraska act which - would defeat
it. The South may demands equality:" of rights f
. 'No "insidioui or injuriouS: distinctions:"
. be all id bet . •
must ow . o eon the :people or the
property 'of aaeriEti' sections—in other
words, the,sisiteholOr , must he atria to
go :into the; TiiiiiPries withYls " niggere,--
for that is *hit they mean ; at' the - &nthby
property—the same as the man ft•oto, itt.,Noitti
is allowed to go with hiitorse'iir his wagon
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. 6 .-:rlE'gclon: - "k'
Ise,there would be an ""invidious"
and " injurious distinction." „And, to terry
out the,, doctrine, the some unbopded_dib
erty mist givek tbe slave-owner. to
tale his: chattels into the 'Free Atatei, iii
spite of iltxtat laws and Conrt'de4tons,Ot ke
set up "odious," "invidious,'' and injuri
ous" distinctions between - tlie.:people and
" property" , iof
_diffeOnt sections! This is
State Equalit.V—" tire equal rights of all the
States." . tint let its see. if it is to be
,timind
in the 011Cillhati •
In the :kJ 'eetion of tln Ist resolution of
that Maffei-in we read:
That:bythe uttiforta:npplic
eratic principlel to the organiza
to the athnissioh of new States
. -
ine_qtic filiCery,!na they':: mar
RIGHTS OF ALL THE TAT
Intact "
And, nga'n in Owd
" A liigh and sacred duty • i
Democratic parts of this;count
Union, to uphold and maintain
ERY STATE, and tbereny the
Yoo know the Sonthern PropaLtandists of
the " Peculiar institution"... -3y, if they can't
have their " - equal rights," State Equality„or
the right to !carry tlpir slaves whet'ever a
Northern man ntavi ' carr . ,.• his horse, they
will (Xissavel the :rnion.l. The Democratic
party,leing, the ‘ll7iiion pirty,'.of 'Course it
" devOlVes' lupon it . ito *rant- them these
"rights;,' , an thus; save the Union. Thegoe
trine Of Stat F.fivalitY, A.< h perec is-c, is con
tainedin thel
Cincinnati - P
atforni in 'words
sufficiently plain to lie t.
ula 1
nstoocl by the in ,
itiated=as the Iliehrnon •I!l:nquirer' said.
f .,' to Carry along with- it.
:which we destre"- 7 -yet in s
such connect ion 'as not.
. tentioilor e.x .l rite the Sitspi`4.
acquatitted with its its meal ,
• hear vfbat this same- Richl
though,t, about it, after - tl,
made. !: One of its Editors
icnded:the t . .,inireation as 1.
ginia,and - se - ed as Clic of it
mediately a v er the 4rloptit
he sent hornt4 his
,paper'
resoktitions, whidt werepul,
ing . itlitorialOOttne 6, IS,
witrZthe foll Owing pointtd
•. "'With the tmost pOssible re
Fig of language, these resolution.
talluiticiples,rs.t,tof the Gosst:s„of SLAVER ; and secondly, ,.,
• OF T,HE STAT. ..7, with respect
f..
dignity and po i ideal rights. I
couchismve terms the doctrine nf
1y is 4EPUDI ATED h, sl, Di.
crane hart
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it.be borne in mind tlliat, the IZielifilond
EriPirer is the great . leading; standard organ
of thb Dollocratie Tarty: in the Southern
lv:StateS; that it not only reflects the sentiments
of the party et the South, lint gives to it tone
'and
,direction ; it is the Great" Dictator and
Grand Mogul of the paitY. - . •And let it be
further borne in M ind, that' it is the boast of
the: Demociatio:party everywhere,-that its
sentiments are the same. North ttmot.Bouth.'
' The ; party papers throughout the Southern
States echo the sentiments Of theiliehmond -
Zirpitrer. boldly,. while a the
,North, and
West they_ do the same •as far as they dare.
NO Democratic paper of a y note has dared
to I deny or controvert its °shims, nor will
• any duly.' The Democr cy of the Sandi
ntayjie regarded as the . etnueracy of: the
natiqn r for it Dot . only constitutes fUlly two,
thirds of the entire party, but has for years
given
. to it shape and direction' as well
,as
PlatOoms. I The party hi in,g, according to
its onve government, exelu itely "national,"
it Must, of necessity be tli same North that
ti ll
it is soutii. i The Ricbmou Enguirer being,
therefore,, the standarl org of the:•-party, I
choose to qt ote front it in preference to oth
er papers, ,itonching poin, s of doctrine or
questions . Or' . party . policy. 1 It can hardly be
Supposed that. this paper can be ini;daketi as
:to - what is the true) issue in the cauvass-wli at
its meant by State Equalitywhether . it is
I l eontained in the Cincinnati Platform—and
i:... hat is Mr.lluehanan's potiition in regard to
the ;same. -; To settle the . question, then,
shomilmlititere still be any doubt, as to whether'
the Platfurrn contains ihe doctrine, I quote.
again upon that pvint,
Frani the Richmond Enquirer of 4 kgast 27, I 556.
"CAN ANY I
,Socrtteus NAN I. trey ?—lt jg A 11119,1 a
work of supererogation to offer further proofs upon
the entire soundness of Jambs Buchanan upon the
question of the ronatitutielital rights ff the South.
The issue lia4 been fully made, and upon. argumermt
the South lueirdecided to Grit ter votes for the Cin
cinnati nominee.s, whose past I isterysind present at-'
fitude show' them to i* thann ghly reliable. What
-Teasel) is there for the. heory tl. • t Buchanan is a `seer:
lionel' candidate, 'should the w mole : South go for him?
HE STANDS I.7k)N .A PLATFaII F TIIE lIQUA.LITY OF
TIIE STATES, and of full and exact justice to every
§ectiOn of the Union.. The Pi tform and the candid
ates were adepted by the Note of,the .united Democ 7
racy representing every distri tof every -State of the
trier. The Pernocratie ithrty islthe only party that
maintains THE' SAME GROUND - in'• every State of
the Union. 1 The GREAT -FETURES of the Dern
-4.1
-ocratic PLATFORM, which J c,s Buchanan has me-
LT AND SQUAP.ELY EsnousEn, nd of which he is a
fair *unoontENr, arc the EQLAL RIGHTS OF ALL
TLl$ STATES, and 'sections—the quicitinq of the
Anti-Slcireil( excitement, andhe guardians* of the
.
boner and interest of the platen."
Having shown-that .th • doctrine - of State
Eqtzality is in the Cinci nati Platform,' and
th4,Mr. Buchanan fully a utsquirely endors
es ii.; I proceed to show what it is, and that it
deo, aces to the statements of its own'
friends; constitute, the issne. I 'have said that
the South 'demands the right, wader the Con.
ablution,' to carri , their slates wherever •ei
Northern plan
. .may. citrr what is regarded
property in the Free Staes. Let me make
that gool:41 I quote now fr m a speech publish
ed tot the l ' Charleston Me cury,'_(S. C.,) April
19; WO, and deliVered i ihe House ofAcp
resentatites, April 7, 18 ~by . the. Hon. :L.
M. Keitt, ,M. C., from outh Carolina. 'lt
may also be found! in- the ' Congressional
Globe' of April 8. ,He is speaking,,,•of the
.1.
Presidential.", contest!' '
"Sir, the next contest will
It will turn Upon the question
constitutierial-rights of ate St
establish in . the Platform tt
-
MOAT OF A pOIITITERN VAN Td
ITSIENOTII Jan BILKADTiI, XN I
ZAN MAN TO Ws nonsE. She
nition of thCiight full, coral
This is what is meant
You pirceive be sayse the
lish thia doctrine in the F .
the South dictate what sh
OCRATiC P:LATFCII3II3 I Ph
cinnatil Xotice also t
claimed under the Cosi
to this, I quota fratn an ei
V i nton and ATEIF4I6I4 3 ,pt
Tennesaeik May „17 1 11
speilia4 or 4 discuss ion
o'; : gila. l 7:- . -A:la'AiiH . 1T'..'0, - RAV'EP.v...AV:j:
_.-.•nbi'AlOi...'9.
i •
1\10: r ' 1 ROSE,:: Tfri*p..B.l 7 , - . ocToji*
.().:; 1856,.
Lakin of this Demo
`tun of ferthories and
with or without. do
cket, the EQUAL
will he preserved
elution
devOlved ormn the
as the pally of the
he RIMITS OF EV - -
Union of the States."
-1
the eklnsequences
lueli language and
iro.nttract th at-,
ion of thoSe unz
viint4 -. 2- llnt let us
t ninnl: ' Enquirer'
I o'Platform was
pir'.. Ritchie) at
)elegate &mit Vir- .
4 Secretaries. Inst
n ofthe Platform_,
is three principal
i lished in the lead-.
rio,'accompanie.d
statement
?...,.
reelslon and etapha
s aflirni the 'great:Vl-
TIiTTIONAL lIVAIIAN.
.of the EQUALITY
to their .Forercign
i equally clear and
&limiter Sorcreipt
furin (if ate liphio-
'le a momentous one.
of SLAVERY, and the
tinst/t. The South should
:e principle, THAT. THE
HIS ELATE 15 EQritL, 121
E RIGHT Oka, "NoExu
should make the reco
ete, and Indisputable,
1 , STATE EQEALTTT.
South should estab
latfure. ..Does nut
all• go into the Dia
d it not de iota Cia
.l
at this " rightrls
1 Trrros. Apropos
itorial in the h-D_aity
frWished iNooh-va kJ.
- l'fio,‘ XliY l '. :is
d in. the State Leg-.
isisture, a shart time preiious, on the - Slavery
;question., Hear him
"Messrs. Daily, 'Smith, iAil others, went so far as
to assert, in effect, that Slowly' could, only be ear-
rich where it is protector by focaf_, legislation; which
is in DIRECIKDENIAt TA; ricersurs or THY SOUTH,
THAT Ella CONSTITUTION co TICE UNITED STATES
recognises Slavery, andtßpriocti t 7 WREREVER TtIAT
IIidTRUMENT RsrEiDl.Ticeit are AtCtS, hard, stub,
born facts, white no ingenuity fanevade, or sophist
ry. i)er "
Vert.
•
Does not, " that instrument extend" over
the - Free States, as well as over 'the Slave
states ? And, if so, does it not, according to
this doctrine, " reciktniie" • and ' " protect"
Shivery as . ..well and is completely in Ohio,
ma ss a c hns e it s , or Pennsylvania, its it does in
Vir g ini a , South Caroina, or Louisiana? Who
can deny it? Y:et thts is
_precisely. whA the
advocates of s tate lEt r ality contend for.
Yield tolliern in their demands; estahligt
the doctrine Apt . .. State": Dinality as the doe: ,
trine of the Constitution 'and the, policy of
this grovernMent, and. tbty so 4 show
you whether they enimot br;i,!* their slaves
, into your midst. eallltla - 4 roil in the shade of
Bunker Mill. Monument, or then 61 . (4A-
Mg throUgh Iho fields (?f'fitiriok I\ 7 li:k.t of
your Stine 1a vs and 'Col:e4titutions.! It they
"conflict" with the COli , titution of the linked
States, yon :innst niter =thorn. Tliere must
be no " invidious", or i` injurious distinctions !"
And this,' yon.nre told,• is THE DOCTRINE OF
THE SOETH,. , How long. let the ask, till it
it will bb " the doctrine" of the tional De-
mocrary,<North and South 3
.
Ali extract now from the Great Dictator,
on THE TRUE IWAr.,.in which the doctrine of
State Equality. will - be mare clearly de fi ned.
Front the Richmond Esquire,' -of June 16, 1646.
"'Tim TarE 4i:ca.—The Democrats of the South,
in thepending canvass, cannot rely on the old grounds
of apology and excuse for Shivery ; for they,seek not
nurely to retain it where ; it it, but to EXTENIS IT twro .
lIKCIOSS WIIERE IT IS 1.71:?..;(1q, much less can they
rely on the metro comiti tit tional imarantees of Slavery,
for such reiiance is . pregnant with the adinisAon that
Slavery Is wrong,.an4 but for the Constitution;sbould
be atxdkled. Nor wall It avail :us aught to show
that the negro is most happy and best situated in the
condition,of Slavery. ,If we stop there, we weaken
our cause by tho 'Tory argument intended to advance
it ; for ice propose to introducer into ~ew Urritory,
human taings whom we adssort to',Le unfit for literly,
self-governnient,- and equal association with other
men. .We thust show that African Slavery is a non-
AL, at:majors, riTrbiAt.,.and , pitobably, in the gener
al, a N'ECOZSAY Minn - rum or /*Crew. 27lia is the
_ .
only line of arguer t that willer - titblt Southerners to
maintain doe: of STARE O EQUALITY AND
`SLAVERY EXT :SION. F oi, if Slavery be not a
legitimate, risef moral; and ixpedient institution,
we cannot, wi out reproof of conscience and the
blush of shame seek to extend it, or st.sr:cd
Epuality with th ose i States haring no ;;;en institution."
"Onr Northern frienda 11 .:; - .-4 not go thus far. They
do not SEEK. fo ;:xtend
. S.larcry, but only - AGREE to
-its exte: - ..;ion, as it Matter of right on our part. They
may prefer their own sbcial system to ours—it is
night that they should. ;But, whilst they may prefer
their own social system,, they will hare to admit, IN
'nits eANCA.4s, that ottrs isi-also rightful and legiti.
mate, and sanctioned alike by the opinions and usages
Of mankind, and Ls the authority and express injunc
lions of Scriptittc: They cannot consistently
fain that Slavery is- itrimmal, kexpedient, and pro.
(sac, and yet esmtimtc to subnp,i to its extension.--- .
We know that wintter told truths, but the Limo has
arrive u when their. ittiqrniver tau
-pressed. THE TRUE ISSUE SHOULD STA.XD
OUT IN BOLD RELIEF,'SO THAT 'NONE MAY.
lILSTAg_E IT,"
Thus you have preSented by the great lead
, ~.
pa •
leg' organ the TRUE :ISSUE between t he r
ties in this canrass;and in unmistakable lan.
geage. State Equality and Slavery Exten
sion, used . ias synonymous'. terms: And,
mark : " :The-Democrats of the South, ix nits
ckgvAss, seek not merely to retain Slavery
where it is, but to extend it into regions where
it is unknown." . Northern ;Democrats need
not go thus far." (how very kind !) They
de not seek to extend' Slavery, but only agree
to its extension, as a matter of right, on the
part of their Southern masters.. But there is
one thing they have to do: " They have to
ADMIT, in this
_canvass; that Slavery y right-
Intand, legitimote,, and sanctioned alike by
the opinions and usages of mankind, and by
the authority and express injunctions of Scrip
ture." . ..You., they are only required to admit
it :.1)y the tiext•canvhsi; they will have to
swear ill- i Was - ever ser4ility more abject,._
than Southern DerOrrats ‘are demanding of
their Northern allie'S? • Are you, reader, a
Northern Democrat, inteditig to . vote for
BuChatcut ? .Then,. you . ar l
ene of those cal-
It4l"Our .J.Vor !hero friends." •Y on see what
is . required or you.:., Are ,you prepared fOr
such servility—to ' be . need „tet a tool in the
lianas of the Southern"' tbigarchy, to htl.lp ex
tend SlaVery over the - free •Territories 7
But the Eirlationcl Euquiree is nut alone
in its views of the arse i•sueand State Equal.
its'. I i - piot , front ati9tl):r pemcratie.or
gan, of hi , !lt authority ; from which it will be
seen 'what Northern Men must admit, to be
" consiste.nt."l who sustain. this dktrine
voting for the Cineinnati,Platform and riona
inees.
From the Charleston (S. C.).Vereury of• 1 pril 1, '56.
" Pike ensuing Presidential 'eAa-ass will-Tturn al,
most solely on the question of Encatrrr. None can
consistently or effectively contend for STATE EQUALIF
Tr, who do not norm that the institutions of the South
are equally rightful, legitimate l ittoral, and promo
tiie of human happiness, with those of tbeNorth.—
It slave sodety be inferior in these respects to free •
society, - we
-of The South are wrong and. criminal in
proposing to extend it. to new territory, and the North
wow in frertiiiy itself to the utmost to
_prerefirulteh
extension. But Igo farther: We must contend ours
is the best form of society ; fort social organisms, so
opposite as those of tha North tind the South, =riot
be equally well suited to,peOple in all other respects
so exactly alike. We must surrender the doctrineof
STATE EQUALITY AND SLAVERY EXTENSION, unless we
are prepared to meet ,the attacks of Black Republi
canism on our institutions , natiking equally rigor
ous assaults on theirs.' ,Te !PRESIDENT, in his an.
Anal message, has clearly indicated this as the PROP
ER MODE OF DEFENCE--the true answer to Abo
r •
.
Do you; my Buchanan friend, "hold" that
the " institutions of the South"—that is, Ste,
:very and its ex!vqion into fr l etterritory—are
equally rightful, moral, andipromotire_of hn.
man happiuevi, with the free institutions of
the-NOrtbi • Ws() ; -vote. for Mr. Buchanan
directly, or ilareelly by throwing your vote
away
.on Mr. Fillmore. - ...lf you donot so
"told," then, is not the North " nion'r in, ex
erting itself to the utmost tot prevent sue.h..ex
tension V.' :Atitliwill yoir ilotvcite with.the
. peep 'that - is -.-" nten..r" • on 106 qupition 1—
. 1
Th is , is the, issue. :: Ilow do you voti €--furor
against ~. , ,
An b ow does taj eAUtulpropo e - to_
meet
the ettaeki of the Ilepublitains on harinstitti.
tionst. By As stoiOus assaults" 'an ours 1 7 - , .
What are the institutions of the North! ~- Free
Speech andyree Press. And that accounts,
the n,'=for the rect.' it ° ,-" " siigol i iiiii assaults" '9u
the :14 4 ieedore 7 of: 8 - Pee& an of -the Press_ in
W:
-40ihingten - and. Kansas, IOW ,lind the
Piii4idenc,‘.. indicated this as the proPsr; mods
,rioc.
of defence!" lt Is well " ' think .4141 Jest
thinv and then ask, Who lam the teen, and
- • •
What tile : 1
nreasures'and
'about toivoto for . ?
call - I •
I . ti your attention, to one more extract
up'on the Oubject ofStatiEquality. • kis-Irani
the groat Dictator, an . , , speaks direct to the
point. you will perceive •that it' calls it a
"new 91optririe ;" that the Cincinnati Cenven
tion ‘‘‘rii,c,s,no room t4 l 4ltruhilts popularity ;
and
. thati- tire T "Demo4Caey of the country"
(that meiins North and louth). yieldeto It—
this 4 ,tiel4 doctrine"—a 1" cheerful; lin-hesitat
ing, and Cordial assent. 7 -it' also lays out the
programme of what-the . South -must do,•in
order. fo'reialer `" her 4Jictery. complete," in
her struggle to - carry Slavery. all over the
States mai 'territories this Union. - It is an
in art ~
teresting icle.: . '
•
i- • i
'Tram 110 Richmond Eng irery.fulic 13,.1550. •
1 ..,
"STATE ILQUALITT.— I
Thi new doctrine is thc9unst
popular e'er,) broached by la political. party. - In its
applicatimi to our Territoti kit was formally sug,gest-.. ‘
ed , but A ftlw months since. Yet it already commands
the chell ; imhe.gitatittp, - 4Tatltardtai apriat of the
DEMOCR CY . O.F THE CO:INTR." - , Whci constitute
a majmitr4of the peentk.,..atUl is besides, applovcd by
fer m
ry a with a Sonthrtfn heart in his oosom, no
.matter to ,what patty lie. htilongs., , Many men, loyal
to the South, thought it .unsafe to repeal the Missou
ri Comprt4nise. They earll !Iltillk: so .no Tonger, for
that Coniptomise never did ! 'Ye satisfaction to North
or South." TIM North viol tied it the ease of Cali
fornia; and originated apu (the Free-Soilers) Whose
motto was; no , more slave , t rritory, , It.as the fruit;
ful parent f 'abolition', bees tise it maintained and as
serted ab Won. • If Govenuent niiglit . and should'
prohibit . very north of ;it deg. mo, min. ft:ntiglit.
i
and should prohibit it in s rf alie Ten itin ies.. ' If Slave
t7 *as wrOng land itteipedi 'ni in the Territories, it
.1111i4 equalty wrong. and in 1 pedient in the State; --
_There is do eseuse left to;
i tty Southern man, What
ever, to e mplain of the eel of the CoMpromise.
The (Inc ;snail Cortrenti leaves NO ROOM TO
DOUBT I Hat the principle c 1 . Ali EQUALITY surpas
ses that . .''clutproToise .zn i opularity, NORTH' AND
1) r;,.1.
SOUTH. 1 L ' f •
'l` it,.
. e rejoice that the cal
will TVIIN)ON 211.1 S noc-ratIVY.
South hdri &lila-pry Shirr,
i
1
tends now Mr its crud e i
forms and roust. contend t
r.rtritsiort;, lhr• old group !
will avail: her' nothing. .S.
'and statiz,, ies, antl prove t
vided for,Os happy ;hod -co
mull) LAtionErts. She can.
better oillin all thole respe4
skies; far.lrsiaditleil to ii
1
that slave-owners. are the_
courage, and intelligence,
It will bejeasY to prove dui
It 'rill opjly remain for fr
,rterraetioni .Slcircv, AND •ft
i• • • .
PL'ETE. „
1 '
• INOtil ,
one thing in
T .. ..,.....
. , },„•
ry is w on HIM inexptotent in the .terrno
fr4s, it is equally wrong and inexpedient in
the States. The cotiCrse of this,argument
is r -If Slat cry is right! and expedient in the
States. K where it exists) it is• equally right
and e4dient in the Territories : arid, 'fright
in the totes. then it i4j equally tibia in all
the'
lutes.
Sla es. 1 This must °ow, as a matter of
course. And this 'is , retis'Ofthe course of
argutne t the South inl lids to purrue, aban
doning he old " grounds of'itpology and e x.
ease. - , First establish the doetrihe of State
Equality, which is to 4, done by the elt:ction
oi dinars Ilueitation, as he 14 the 1" embodi
ment" ,of Out doctrine,( and it being also can
t:Ho—, ..... - a-... N- ..... ...I r tittnrt ttr- •.....14,.h
( 1 1,
gives t the Southern, man the righlt to carry
.Ifis slaves into any
and all the Terlritories of
the. United States, an to how tftem ihere
without let. or hinds'ee,
1 2 nd thoiOrst eicat 1
step will have been umessfully akeit, not
only thwands-spreading Slavery er all the
Territories, but over Ithe Free Stites of the
North and the West !`I This "new i doctrine,"
if established will give the Southern Itive.
driver , the • same righl and he will claim it,
,' throughout the Free sl.:ites that itlwill in the
Territories; the long and ;he
_short of which
is, in the language of t he member from South
Carolina, (Mr. Keitt,) "'that the right of a
Southern man obis slave is equal, in its length
and beadtti, to the right of a Notithern man
to his horse." If yott doubt it, ask yourself
' now F ong; and broad is the right or a North
ern man to his horse? If you ettn tell this,
you can tell the " length and breadth" of the
right which State F.qality proposes to give
li
the Southern man to tie shire, I,lemeinber,
this right' 'he /dread possesses -toithin the
slave States;" it must the.refbre bei OUTSIDE of
theta ilutt it is sough by this doctrine tb se
cure the right. ' •
yi
i
The next" step----an it will be a easy one
aft e r the first has bee taken—will be to es
tablish the'doctrine tin t Shivery is 4" moral,"
-.religions," and " ne essay}" institution; the
normal condition of s iety; and, as Gott. Mc-
Duflie.,.of South Caro inn; said, ."!the corner
stonclof our republi n edifice, avid sheet an
chor 'oPciur libertie "—(Messayf, 1830 1 -.7)
1 ,
—by I incorporating t into the next Demo
cratie Platform. A ti- this is . likely to he r
done, if they socce in electing ;Buchanan ;I
for ittottfir takes four years, by' actual count,t
'turd sometimes less, 1 for the Northern wing
of that party to adopt and advocate any new
doctrine or measure 4troposecl bye the Great
Dictator, the Richniiind Enquirer, however
absurd or monstroos it may be. And this is
to be the process by lwhich Slavery, with its
blighting curse and it's long trainlof evils, is
to be spread .over the , yefree States, of this
Union! Think of ii, fief men, a l id before it
is too late! I
In a late number of the Riehmend Enquir
er_ we find the 'font:ill-mg, under jute head of
" The Sh,very eigittition—Row lio Entrit."
From the Richmond Enquirer of Sep ttell, ltihB.
d Obviouqly, the onl-mode of combating a. party
possessed with • such a p lort, and pursuing so relent
less a policy, is to (weep its men cksperate term*, and
determine, once fur all, t e issue in controversy. The
Democracy have adopts this plan, and have promul
gated it with nil the autbority of their great Convene
Lion. The, principles at lam basis of the Akti.Slavety
(Republican) oiganizatitin could not be more directly
and boldly controverted! than they ere controverted
Ix VII DPIOCRATIO PL I LTPORSI. The eonservatiatn
and constitutionalism oil the South could not have a
more fit arid signifita4 representative" titan JANES
BUCHANAN. As THY. calm or TR; PARTY dearly of
inns the Eousuilir or TOW STATES, and the Illegality
of any Federal rest.tictidt on' the rights of the South,
so (Wes its candidapt declare his approval of the re.
peal of the Miasmal aimpromise, and commit him
self to the support of sirs THY OCARRANTEES . OT BLASE..
ICY in the Union and wake the Constitution."
Here, ' then, again it is affirmed that the
doeti ine of StateDivality is in, the. Platform,
which has been. elearlyshitwu to mean SLAVE
RY EXTENSION. • Bllt . .notice another declara
tion. "The basis 4f the Republican organi
zation"---which everi body knows is Noa-sic
izionos lay SLavEnv--" could"not be more
directly, and,- boldly edutroverteil" than is
dune Witte "Democratic Platform." ; .-Bence,
in order to,directly and boldly cuntroyert the
basis of thai oti,,Ogittion, it is neeessary to
maintainitS " converse, which is, EXTENSION
OF SIAVICEIV Who earldouft, then, that WI
le ibe nAusonsii thel, the:: Dernteratiectigtiti l
ea °4a1 4 3 1 t 4 : ll °W btl4l4lk4:44ili"VigiAli in
favor of thi Elonthern doctrine Of 04LAVEILY
tFRAZIER SMITH-:PiJ.I3I_,IS.I-itiiii*OLkt.;:,4N4s.-4..
octrines, winch I am
-AT ISSUE, in the eanyass
~lhegause it will force , the
7i on privriple. con
tiwtion .frith other social
it is eyttall u teorilly of
IS of •apolngy nd excuse
10 must CU: ine history
uit slaves are 4n well pro
licuted in theigeneral, AS
1 . easily vhow . tbat they are
its than irelinirs ' and, be
iione.. She Inuit also show
equals in inumlity, piety,
o bosses and
nt are their anprriors.
let to show thfit the BIBLE
;En VICTORY W!ILb VE cok
this extract : I
i"ifSlave-
Ernmsumi I Has :not Ihis.been the leadinn,
.
idea' of the party for llie - Jest two ; ears ?--
Was not the repeal of the Missouri Compri).-
Mise a measure directly in fever of Slavery
Eit,ension ? Do you deny-it I Was Slave
ry in Kansas.kfore this repeal ? No: 'Could
it go there? No: Has- it gone there Since ?
:find is. it•there nOw ? Yes. ' . 'Why ? - But: the
:repeal of the Comproniiie was not only a
measure favoring , the extension . of. Slavery,
'ink it was done expressly to open• the Teiri.
tory - to Slaver. Do you doub . t. it? •• We
are- not left to • Ur. own conjeatures; and to
what letter-writ rs say to.determine this. mat,
ter. !This very ' purpose was avowed in-,the
United States Senate by noiless a personage
than. the Hon. Jo s iah J. gvans,Senat4 from
South Cart - Ain:yin 'his speech in reply to Mr.
Sumner, deliveted -June. 23, 1556: .. 1 quote:
" Well, sir, Kansas , 4hhottgh it is hut one State
when added, trill hi sc:rod - against TILKEE . MORE.—
Anti was it strange, then, that Me Squib 4ontd
itjx,meturat grifaniao, azeiel* . ao a
,ryxaranieelti
These, Mr. President, are the reasons Why we deilre•
Kansas; but it was .sot alloweill The Veil instant
-
IT WAS OPENED TO THE SLAVE rppuLvrio,..
.
that instant.thefe s sprwig up a contricance t a machin
ery was . set in operation, of which I do not. choose to
speak—the object of 'wilts+ was to DEFEAT' TIII
ACT OF CO.i . G.IE s . ',in), as was 'gala by the.Cenat
tor lion) 3rilschusetts, to &rote this 7e szitovgib a
free
TWei you-ec.„thnt. when the- Conipmnfse
wog repealed, the Territory *a9 " openect to
the slave populalion'-'--4o Slavery . ; and
the etlitrts,of the,•Emigrant. Aid Society, - and
the people of -the Free States, to devote-the
Territory 'to a free . population=to Make -a
free State 411 it--:wagto "DEFEAT TILTS AtT
CONGRESShence it is plain, tnd it is here
avowed, that :`':this act ilf.Congress;" which
repealed the 0 - nnpronlise, ups to mph 'KCI7I•
sas a slave St'iite! Reinetnberoltis Was. raid'
a . United States Senator, on the floor of
the South% in itie.prea‘nee of Douglas, Cass-,
Btighti and all the Northerti Deria;ratieSen...
aturs ; ,yet nu . unr. &Med it, or made any
planation, hut' t acit ly -aektiowletired that. it
was true. IT *AS , TUVE! . •
!next give you an extract from anothTdis
tingnished Democratic Senator, the lion. A.
G. Brown -of Mississippi, delivered in the
United States Senate., April 28, 1850. 'This
is the. titan who visited. Mr. Buchanan after
the Cincinnati Cmitention, to inform him of
his nomination, and • mho said of him, in his
letter to lion. S. R. Allamsilpublisbed in the
Richmond Enquirer of August 27, 1556,)
Ire my judgment; lie is es 'worthy:of South
ern eon fidenee'and Southern totes as Mr.. Cal
houn ever. was," In his speech he says
" The advocates of Sr .tic ItionTs . have always held
that the Tertitories are the common property of the I
States; that One State has the same interest in them
as another; and that a citizen of one State has, the
sinte right to go to 'them, as alcitizen of .any other
State. The corollary therefOre has been, that a c4i:
:en of any one Statelsas the same right as the citizen
ang other State, lo go into (he .7'crritorici, and
take with him whatever is, recognized as prolurtij in
the State from which he . goes.. ! Thus, if a citizen of.
ifassachusctts miry go and lake with him a:bale - of . 1
„goods; a citizen of Tunnessee inamle and take a barrel
of Whisky ; and if a citizen .of New York may gdand
take a horse, a .eitizen of _Mississippi m ay go and
TAKE A SLAVE.• It mast be so, or else the EquAp-
ITV as THE. PARTIES is destroyed. Tennessee
becomes infbrior to Massachusetts, and the tight of
the MisiissipPian are inferior to those of the New--
orker,"
. .
There is no4nisunderstarnling or,. evading
this language. Let no one "doubt ' now that
c.--tritte of Equlurry means the right to
carry slaves ' 4 .1 free Territories; - and'ir into
them; into the free 0u........., 60. _
And thiSdoc
trine you supportfreader,." J'' - -.lotion 'Bu
chanan and the Cincinnati .Platform.. _ __., ,
Lest it should buiaid that. I have given On.
ly the testimony- of slavehOldeis and Southern.
Democrats, I will give you a little from. the
ether side a the line. • But - do - not' forget, I
beg yon, that she National" Democracy is
the 'saute in all . the States, North and South,*
The followin g is &OM. the speech of Hun.
John Cadwallader, ut Pennsylvania, made in
the Hall of Congress, March, • 5,1850. Mt.
'Cadwallader is a leading Democrat, and " in
timate. personal friend - of Mr. Bueharian,"--
He- is speaking of Kansas and the Repeal,
and, you will' see that his testimony agre es With that of-Senatorkvin . s. •. . . •
"But astlie Mexican laws locally in Ott, e bad ex.
chuled Slavery from thews territories, (the:Nerritories
acquired from Mexico,) the application of ON rinci•
ple to thew was Illusory, as farsts any possibility of
participation in their farther settiement brslarchold
ers might be concerned:, Property in slaves was thus -
in effect excluded wholy- from - their The
principle of the forrrier partitions having become in.
applicable, and slaveholding settlers having been al
together excluded from thiS territory, the alaeihold
ing States tiere E of right, entitled to an inclemnijica-: .
tion for their lose, could be afforded, by GIVING
TO THEM ACCESS WITH THEIR: SLAVYS TO VIII= TElinl-
TORY. This principle. as the: *oast nista of that
praiseworthy legislation • of1854"---the repeat of the
Alissouri - Compromise ! • -
• Here it is. distinctly avowed= agitin,.on the
floor of Coiigress, that the object in the repeal
of the Coir.promise was . ,:to open the Territo•
ry to,Slavrty. Two bolitchatupions of the
Modern Democracy avow thisjit - their places
in eotigrcss—one in the House and the other.
in the - Senate--:. and no one denies it! Who
now will believe the lie, that it was' not the
intentiOnOt the Kansas-Nehrnskabill to" LEO
ISLATE!SI.AVSnY INTO Tk.ItRITORi 1 17
° 01)041o:ire:extract, and I done.. In the
Richmond Enquir'er' . o( September 3, 1.850,
we have:the ••• . • •
" The elietionof r. Briehaniznordy, and probably
will, - originate a reaction' in public opitelois i that Witt
mrcovainamur S.ISSXSION. Or 114.COXSCRTAT'Llift
LY
STITCTION OrgLATERT ? It *ould" - be a reactionary
movement IN FAVOR . OF SLAVESTAND:CON-
Sp.RVATIS2I.". ' .
And 'in thesamenitiele : ' '
"Let the South present a cainonet 'and - Undivided
front; Let' her show to-the 'ainssataxsthai.her
sparse population offers, little hopes of plunder ;_her
military and Velf-reliaiii habits,`, and her mountain re
treats; little prospects of Victory ;• and her firm union'
and devoted resolution, no chances of conquest.,
Let-her. possible, detach Pertirsyhianirs, Southirn,
Ohio,' Southern hurrern a, - and Simi/tern Illinailfrons.
the North, atutinnae the highlands between the Ohio
and the Laken the,dividing line.' Let 14 4 South treat
with Csiwoasta, arid ifreeessary; ALLY HERSPIr.
wait 111.7851.4 k, WITH AND BRAZIL
-.Thue you bave:the whole frograt - nnte... Sla
very: -...ExtehOott into the; `Territories; )4- (air
or "by: foul means; and ''then . litio the free
States; and all over the Pontitkent or; if tinti
blo to-do that, on • account or the bdrioriat.is"
of the North, ':their:. detach
.reansy lvanik
Southern Qhioi InAinnit; - :and F The
electiOn of Mr , -Blichanah.Will.turn',the - scate
hi' (* . yew of this itietionley movement;" -end
the- Whole: Detnociley .North - 44 , - WelLei
South, will cry out that -;" illi s ,-040tiOn( Aces
'been. settled , Ay! a . 41 . 0/01 41 ,-..-9/ - (Wf.:
:1 5 eajile -
You proliably..thittli..e peOple'. of 'Ate
Nutheim 'States ought 400: ,00).
frtto. the TercitOsitskli.'lltb.`ktititii, - o . eper:iy , "...
‘he same us we. I k Aw 'ss fiagaing.of equal.
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justice , . icrat-Ifdron&„ l . ll :,****s tIP\
Northern:.people, andlict**lnssbir dan
ger that they will Widttaikved - b,f,0111 IsPei
eibus plea of State kquatity . ....;Bat,ioti . must
bear in mind„ that - the elaim tint up• 1714 •
South is not that - theit-inay take with.thent
their PROPERTY into the Terrikaies;Amt that
they may take with thent-tbeitimml34T/A2N;',
STITUTIONS-TIIBMI LOCAL LAWS. , It ha . been
deeided, over and over again, by the highest .
Courts in England and in this country, tha
Slavery cam only exist where, it iamaititain
ed by LOCAL - STATUTE; : Th,,Soprem 4 .Courts
ot Louisiana, Missiisippi, - Missouri,Kentucky,
and probably most of the Stav e. States, have
thus decided. If the wplcOf the Skive States
may carry their local laws and. peculiar State
institutions with . ,tkein into the free lerrito.
ries, then may the people of the, Frealltates
carry theirs , with them, :which is botbitbsurd
and impossible. One of the " histituthnne
of the Free Skates is a Feen Passe.
,Buts
free preis 'and Slaveri c.i k wubm uPTUPeifollif,
TIIE SAME STATE OR TERRITORY , . xpu.twore
an example in Kansas. One must yield s and
give'w.ty, to the other. Which, sholl it t .beit
W hieh of these " institutions,"
,the 0pe':1.04 ..
li a r to the South, mid the other te.tliellortlie
shalt* be-maintained- a nd protected ialbe
ritories by, the Geneml
_Govcrnment, as it ill
ungiwsible for both to existtogethert
swer. the one that is expressly guaranteed by,
the Con,stitution the United Stat.* and is
in`accord:Tee witb . .the true idea u 4 genius- . ' .
of our Republican form of Govermtrerkte...
Freedom of Speech and of the Press. Ifther...
people of the Territories are to have the
ilege of deciding this question of Slivery for .
themselves, in the Dame of all thatis fair, and
just, and - right, I say, keep Slavery out-antil
such decision-has been made!, • .
Brit what right haTe .the South to claina -
Kansas 3 Look - at facts.- The LouislanaTer.
ritorv, purchased of France, ,cost us, Princi-- -
pal and interest, over twenty-three millions;
Florida, principal and •interest, over six mils
lions.; expenses of Florida wars, since, one.
hundri.4l tnillions; Texas, for boundary, in.
demnity, creditors' elaims,.lndirm expenses,
purchase of navy, Sic., dimly-seven millions *
tii:►ktit_ in all, the enormous Sum, of ,
DuNDers"AND. fax.Ty-slx. MILLIONS oF4)OLLARS : I , '
ho-THIRDS OF, I'D'S • SUM HAS Jasict PAW BIC
THE FREE STATES.. How have these Terrip—
'ries been appropriated Florida, Louisife' , .
Arkansas, Missouri, and all of Texas, (.which :
istlarae enough, and may be divided intolone s .'
morn States,) - have been given to the South .
—to Slavery ; While .to Freedom and . .the .
North has been given lowa and `,a .chance
fightlor Kansas., with all..the weight of a Pm-
Slavery Democratic Administration venial', -
them ? These - "
"are facts; an_stubborn facts,
that cannot be denied! . And' what renders.
the thing worse, and mere infamous, is,.tta*
when the. Louisiana pufrehase emus trre
vided between the parties Kansas,. AO all .
- north of it was (riven to Freedom by49lemn
compact. The (r iven
have reptdiatcd,
c'ontratet ;Nand - unifier - "the - pretence of Sxeie,
EQD. itrr, are determined to takei the 'Orhele r
Freemen .of the North,. is this right f -
_The.
South doiiA not deed it.. She,* plenty of
room; plenty of outlet for her surplus -ppd:
lation, in Texas, - Arkansas, and south of 341
deg. 30_ - and will have for a century-to
come. Sat WANTS
,KANsASrourouncAL
ER-7Normsoi ELSE! ...Men of morality ara
justice and patriotism ; men of honest_piu.
pose and stern intfgrity-; men of theyet Free:
North—l appeal talon Shall these . thin*
go on much longer! Shall such deedi bei •
this enlightened age and countwid
..
Rights "---tOo; of Democracy and flat
The case, reader,
it without rg
aument.. It.2has .....116.` `""` l t':
pcLse to givo you rsors, mul,leaveyou
your own Judgment and decisicin.. Theuum
of the matter is just this : If you vs in flkVat
of human bondage- 4 -mA for yourself,ll4
your fellow4Min—tind ofitsextensiop Of you.
would like_ to fill all out Taritorfes in the
West with. negro Slavery, so that there wilt
be no new country where your children and
children's children can.,go, in order tolet
themselves ' firms .or homes, but where they
will have to . Work alOntside of the degraded ,
stAvx, and for sLAYES' WAGES if you .erish ,
to -see Kansas a Slave State. made so by,
oppression and outrage anatit ual leattly ;
if such are your sentiments and Wishes—ryour
Course is clear.: VOTE FOR JAMES. BIICSANAN.,
Or, if you do not wish to vote directly for' :
him, vote for Millard . Fillmore, an& then, Ira
ease Buchanan is elected, and theie principle*
and measures carried out; you erill-have the -
pleasure a knoiving; that while you helper -
te elect him, you Farina:l=lo fool. yoistsedt
"with the idea that you was not doing so
Do sur TIIRow AWAY YOUILVOTE--YONe Care.; ,
TRY NEEDS IT. It. is worth While to make One
metro effort ID save this Republio'frookdeo:
potism ,and. ruin—the Stift ofilope, to the ,
oppressed nationsof the earth. 4 4relgtited, as -
it is, with the blessing and; joys and fleareit.
interests of Millions yet, unborn. -If you nw
opposed to the despotism of Slavery A ,4d to
its extcPsion into_yreoTerritOry . 4otrf more
Is also Clear—lv:Re flaraiMONT 4N0, 1
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DOM • vote fur the
,Pathfinderof Faripiie—the' I
.Conqucrcr of - Califoruiathe liumboldt off,
Amcrieik—and the man who= placed tlie Stan - .
of the American Constellatieti newer : the Stara.
of Heaven - than any other:man..ll,4l - 41 above
=party and party priejudisevi buratrolundar
the shackles that 'bind you.; 'benot longer - the
slave to Slaiery, itself; beak
do your duty.`,; ,- Y-ote for,Youti CL FRF.stont•
TIM MAN von wint-Tnass—bert I cOONTEfe
SECOND 6 WASMIXOTON I , - .
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lar At thelAing Island':ConsocietiOn et
Congregational Churches -held ni ld
t *
son on Thursday, Oct': I 44, it way unanimously
"Resolved,,'that in view of theAlnaea'tigly . •
solemn issue before_ the country,.. betereto
rreetiont ami-Slavery in thopet4 Pro*.
dentiaT election, 176 i-salt give;,:: . nielvs to.
earnest prayer, both ni prliete 14= 0
that the great Ruler ornatkovz •
a majority of the, AUntrigagt Peota- Sl a v ,
nounce dearly, pgainst ,the extenst of; cum-
-cry, by their votes, aii:d that thiti : '4),st:dation -
he fead,publitly '4,0 - aeh *tot' , oz the ifsb.
bath day to laistengregatioa." •
tW,The cobillibile Chirammi,lets
offthefillovring e-lhtless the fro:4W whims
the:of North be chAnged• aluni*t luttlit,
able,-Tbe-Abelidee partv or the! , NArgilS .
comparatively O small one; bar
we tly iii - thepeeple'ffeeeed*.fTrait;
taily,Aire ortbe South,eaeleoerdiii - 04 - 41W
titietion. tithe metittitkowefehoscronipt
not to be awns:led, into Writer: 911Metkitl
commodbY Atia•Vii° 4001 4 ) -it , 'W - S! * I A
be abolishe44," '
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