The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-06-18

The sentiments of the following letter are
lust and ststesmanlke. No party can carry
out gres, political measures, if section
should form the test Of merit and not princ-
pls and the North and the South cannot be
arrayed against each other in contests for
power, without making men and not prncl-
pies the object of the struggle, and sndan-
gsring the stability Of the Union. The prop
aQandists Of slavery do not design to accom-
plish this, but relying upon the patriotism oil
the North and West, and their attachment to
the Union they take this ground to compel
Northern statesmen 10 yield comprom-
Use such as ultra friends Of the domestic in
s,itu,ion will accept, and by which they will
bs the only gamers. In this they may mis-
calculate. The South owes as much TO the
UnieD, as the Union to the South, and the
promulgation Of the principle of exclusion OF
all lNorihern men from power, not pledged to
sustain the ultra doctrines Of the Southern
advocates Of slavery, would be as fatal to
Southern ambition, as TO the just claims OF
Northern statesmen. Mr. Benton exhibits
prudent foresight in meeting the danger,
and endeavoring to stide firebrand which
will mos. assuredly scorch those worst who
first lighsit. ,o
ST. LsuIs, May 7, ls47-
DsAn m:--I take the FIRST monument OF
leasure after my arrival at this place 10 ans
wer your kind communication of the 18th OF
January, and to let you know how much
was panied at seeing the proceedings OF the
most respectable meeting Of which you were
chairman. Il was precisely to forestal and
prevent such manifestations in my favor, that
spoke TO the point Of the next Presidency
in my speech at Boonyille, in the summer OF
1874; and all the sentiments which then
expressed, remain in full force now, strength
sned and confirmed by all that has since
happened. then brought forward the gla-
ring fact, in above 6fty years existence OF
this federal government, the democracy Of
the north had given but one President to the
Union, and thst one but for single
term; and this (oflate) from southern oppo.
sition 10 northern men. And ! then took il
on myself 10 say that the course of things
would have to be changed, otherwise there
would be an end to the democratic party
founded on political principles, and express.
ed my qualification that Mr.. Folks early and
voluntary selEdsnial had cleared the way fol
northern Democratic candidate in lS4S.
These were my sentiments in 1874; they
are my sentiments now, and are not to be
abandoned at The coming election when
see new scheme developed from the south
for the permanent exclusion of all northern
men from southern support for the Presiden.
cy. The fre-brand resolutions introduced
into the Senate towards the close Of the late
session, and their practical application to
Oregon (by which we lost the Oregon bill,
and leave the people ofthat territory year
longer without law or govemment) reveal
this scheme, and present new test on the
slavery question, which no northern man can
stand, and which il adopted by the south,
must put an end to all future support of
northern men from the southern democracy.
Heretofore we, the slaveholding states, have
stood together on tive poihts--defence and
compromise defence Of property and
institutions and the compromises Of the laws
and Of the constitution; and on these two
points the great majority of the north, Of
both political parties, have been able to stand
with Us. But nov new position has to be
taken-one on which no northern man can
stand. Propagandism is now the doctrine
Of the poli,ical sect which assumes TO be the
standard bearer Of all the slaveholding States;
and 10 plant slavery. by law in all the terri
tories Of the United States, even the most
remote hyperborean--eveR in Oregon itself
and against the will of its inhabitants--be-
comes the design and the attempt! The
words Of the resolutions, the speeches in
their favor, and their practical application to
the Oregon bill, all prove this, and show that
the new doctrine il intended to be made
nev political test, to be applied to all Presi-
dential candidates in time to come; and
like ali new tests, intended TO supsrcede all
former ones, and 10 constitute the sole criter-
ion for The trial Of candidates. Now every
bedv must see that il this new test shall be
adopted by the slave holding States, there is
an end to all political support Of northern
men in these States-that the present organ
izasion Of parties must be broken up, and a
new party formed, bounded BY geographical
lines and resting on the sole principle of
slavery propagandism. am not prepared
for such a state of parties, nor for the
eiIec, ii would have upon the harmony and
stability Of our federal Union.
see great danger in this new move, and
fesl the necessity Of meeting it at once
In fact vs must meet it at once, or not at
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