The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-11-14
q sOIJTJERN INFEUENCEyps

We have heard, says wrIierr IN ihe New
York Tribune, these. Significant words Of
ten, since the so-called Free Soil movement
has endeavored TO take possession OF The
public mind and in Connection with tliev,
invite attention 10 the following proposi-
tons: "a +"
II requires much time for principles 80
new and striking as those Of the Declaration
of Independence to bs everywhere received
andSmade living truths. Safe progsesssis
usually slow progress. II is only seventy
twoyears since the Declaraiion--o only the
lif.,ime of one man. A comparison Of The
beginning cad4the end of ttats period riH
show uhat has been done in relation 10 SID
pTy. - 'N ,''1''e1
Al the time Of tho Revelation, Slavery ex-
ised odlously all over The country. In cve-
ry State bu, Massachusetts il was acknowl.
edged and protected by law In New York
every sixteenth person was q slave 80 =
uArpfesent, in the territory of the on
ThiHeen. thofe are nine Free States1Aa
gain of eight 'aAi The Revolution ahefs
WIS but one Free Swie@-nCw thereiaFs
Ljgleen-- gain Of fourteen. ssal sloa' sfF
There were then twelve Slave sS,atfsA-s
now there are bui 6fieelin Then tho Slave
States were twelve 10 one--now theyaar
! only equal in number. 2 % ssghaia sbi ~
There has been new tcuitory acquiredby
the Union in six iuslances.s 10 pds 10 nH
Frst-The Territory Northwest ofaihs
Ohio River and Easi0f the mississippi, bby
;he praDlGof The old States. AilWgea portion
Of this territory was Saveterriorys gAH of
il has sinccbcen made By iaW fire foraver.
Second-'The great Province o. louisa,
na, purchased of France. II was all Slnyo
leniloty beiure IL came under our hlg.slA
lan of The Uuited STATES IN ls20 made of
il, North Of SO 2 80, free foreser,,s 1oa,,NA
TAhd-Florida; all slave ,er,itogy before
i, became ours, and i remains 50 .still,s,ao
Fourth -Texasi . Slave nation before she
joined us. She remains so sill, ,,,,,..,,, ,AA
I Fifh-Oregon, the Immense territory
North of 10 ; and West Of the Rocky
Mountains. The lar, ofAe last session has
made il free foreper. '' 81.
Sirth-Caiornia and New Mexxico--j,ist
acquired from Mexico-AH of il free a,
! Massachusetts.
Since HE Revolution there have been ad.
miited nine Slave States-all from Slave
Teni,ory--and eight Free States, a large
proportion Of which were from Slave terri.
IiOry. iFoi t"'s''u "'.'' ''tsN'@
i With all these acquisitions and admission
of States, VIC have not a foot of land thar
was free in 1776 and is now cursed with
Slavery. slapery has not rdodnced Sae inch
under our .tlog III any direction. g 's,''
On the other hand, from our most Eastern
wilderness to our farlllest Wesi-irom Pas.
samaqnoddy By to the Straits Of Fuca, and
fom the Gulfof California to Van Couver's
Island, our own laws have Established a freo
zone across the continent, spreading over
seven cen drg,ees Of latitude and near sixty
degees of longitude. In all that vast re-
ginn, there cannot be chain or a feiier, ex.
crpt for a crime. That This has been done
against great opposition from Southern men,
mikes il greater victory and surer progress.
That il has been done by the consent and
with the aid of The South, should teach Us
that the future is likely to be as well cared
for as the past. Every act of Congress Sc.
curing freedom has been passed, in part, BY
Southern votes and with 4 Southern Presi-
dent who might have vetoed il. .g
During the time ofthe Revolutionary Pre-
sidents, sectional lines were not regarded;
and il is only since Mr.. Monroe'o lime, that
any proper comparison can be made in the
mater of candidates for the Presidency II
is. however, true that during our whole hisio-
~, there has never been q Northern candi.
date chosen President over Southern one,
who would not have lnstlh election, il the
Southern States that voted for him had voied
against him; aud there has never been u
Southern candidate elected over Norihem
one. who would not have been defeatedaif
!, the Nmiherm men who vpied for him had
voted against him.. Neither section has ever
been able to give lis candidate votes enough
TO elect him over the candidate from the
other section. a
There has not been any trampling on the
Norih--no triumphant progress, Of The Slave
power. There is no Pro7Slavery Progress,
but the le,erse., The instincts of the nation
have always been in favor Of Freedom, and
have heen strongly and consistently follow
I'D. One hnndfed and Fifty years from lhe
Handing ,f oni fathers evolved The Declala-
Ir;on of Independence. Under lis influence
half that time has made US. wha, We are,--
Those who 1.-Two seveniy-five yeats hence
will probably see thai, wlihont civil war. o.
setviIc one, the split of Freedom and OF
Christianity will have wrought out prhblem
whichno sudden f0rco aar vi6lent measures
could ever have solved I> III moi wise ID rely
upon That Divine Pro~'|ruca. xhich. to thY