Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1847-10-02

will render this impossible.
rejoice to observe that the glorious De-
mocracy of Old Berks ore buckling on
their armor, and preparing for the approach
| ing contest. II is long since any state
election has involved such important conse'
quences for the democracy oil the Union as
the approaching election for Governor OF
Pcnnsy lvania. On its result may probably
depend the ascendency Of the democracy OF
the Union for years TO come. Hence our
democratic brethren Of other states are
witnessing the contest with great anxiety
The field is a fair one our candidate we'll
tried, able and homes, and he has been
regularly nominated by the party. Should
he be defeated The attempt will be vain TO
explain the decision OF the ballot boxes in
any other manner than by admitting that
the wings have the majority. Our candi-
date for canal commissioner is, also, above
all reproach, both personally and politically,
and is eminently qualified for the duties Of
tina, importau, office. II, under such cir.
cumstances, the Democratic Keystone
should give way, there is great danger that
the arch may tumble into pieces. In this
contest, emphatically, he that is not for W.
is against US. do not apprehend defeat,
unless our willy foe should first lull US into
security by making no extraordinary pub.
lie efforts, and then, OF the eleventh hour,
quietly steal march upon US, as they have
done in some other states. Our vigilance
ought to be constantly on the alert, until
the moment Of victory.
The question of slavery, in one Of its an.
cient aspects, has been recently revived,
and threatens to convulse the country
The democratic party Of the Union ought
to prepare themselves in time for the ap.
preaching storm. Their best security, in
the hour of danger, is 10 cling fast TO their
time. honored principles. A sacred regard
for the federal constitution, and for the re.
served rights Of the states, 10 thb immova-
Bile basis on which the party can alone safe
y rest. This has saved US from the inroads
of abolition. Northern democrats are not
expected to approve slavery in the abstract;
but they owe it to themselves, as they val.
ue the Union, and all the political blessings
which bountilully flow from it, TO abide by
the compromises OF the constitution, and
leave the question, where that instrument
has left il, to the states where slavery ex.
lists. Our fathers have made this agree
ment with their brethren OF the south, and
it is not for the descendants Of either party
in the present generation, TO cancel this
solemn compact. The aboitionists, by
their efforts 10 annul it, have arrested the
natural progress Of emancipation, and done
great injury to the slaves themselves.
After Louisiana was acquired from France
by Mr.. Jefferson, and when the State Of
Missouri, which constituted part Of it,
was about to be admitted into the Union,
the Missouri question arose, and in its pro-
gress threatened the dissolution OF the
Union. THIS was settled by the men Of
the last generation, as other important and
dangerous questions have been settled, in
a spirit OF mutual concession. Under the
Missouri compromise, slavery was "forever
prohibited" north Of SO deg. 80 min. and
south Of this paraee the question was left
TO be decided by the people. Congress, in
,, the admission Of Texas, following in the
footsteps Of their predecessors, adopted the
same rule and, in my opinion, the harmo-
ny of the states, and even the security Of
, the Union itself, require that the line OF the
Missouri compromise should be extended TO
any new territory which we may acquire
from Mexico.
should entertain the same opinion, even
,, if it were certain that this would become
serious practical question but that it new
err could be thus considered, must be eviden
! to all who have at,en,ively examined the
! subject.
Neither the soil, the cimtae, nor the pro.
auctions of that portion Of California south
OF SO deg. 80 min. nor indeed Of any por-
ton Of it, north or south, is adapted to slave
labor and, besides every facility would be
there afforded 10 the slave to escape from
his master. Such property would be utter
ly insecure in any part of California. 1t 10
!, morally impossible, therefore, that major
ity Of the emigran,s OF that portion OF the
= territory south of SO deg. 80 min. which
will be chiefly composed Of our fellow.citi-
zens from the eastern, middle and western
states, will ever re establish slavery within
its limits. In regard TO New Mexico, east
), Of the Rio Grande, the question has been al.
ready settled by the admission Of Texas.
Should we acquire territory beyond the
Rio Grands and east Of the Rocky Noun.
tans, it Is still more improbable that ma
= jority of the people Of that region would
consent to re.establish. slavery. They are
!. themselves, in large proportion, a colored
population and among them the negroe
: does not socially belong to degraded race.
= The question is, therefore, not one Of
practical importance. Its agitation, how
= ever honestly intended, can produce no ef-
{ feet but to ALLEVIATE the people Of different
Jr,ons OF the Union from each other to
excite sectional divisions and ieaouses /;
) and to distract and possibly destroy the
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