Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-04-12


vast deal of talk about the rights of men and the
interests of labor, but in action, these rights arc
generally betrayed, and these interests neglected
The government is in the hands of trading poti- |
clans, who consider its primary duties to be to
take care of them and every thing is bent and
warped to that end. The people are tired of it
and the popular mind is arousing to reform. We
say, God speed the good work We trust the
great masses will remain true to themselves and
their interests, and progress in the path opened
Up. Recolect, democracy is not an idle word to
help demagogues into office by tickling the ears
of the multitude, but it is that principle which
works for the right of the people and for the in
terests of labor against idleness and he who is
found in soul and life vindicating that principle
is the true democrat in whatever company he may
be found, or BY whatever name he may be known
Gr John G. Whittier has an article in the last
National Era that has come to hand, on the SUBJ
ject of the settlement of the slavery controversy,
which, it strikes us, meets the case exactly. Sla
very and republicanism are directly antagonistic;
it is impossible for the same breast to harbor a
devotion 10 both, ana where the. one exists the
other must die. The question then of the extern
sion of slavery, is really question of the exis-
tonce of republicanism, and those who know the
sFiri; o. the American people, can readily con-
ceiye how they will require the question to be
settled. There is but one way in which it can
be settled permanently, and that is in a manner
which will convey to the American people an as
surance that slavery will some day die. To con-
fine slavery is to kill it. 1t first exhausts the
soil on which it is planted and then dies itself
for wait Of sustenance. To extend it to virgin
soil is TO give it an indefinite lease of life. and this
we apPrehendthe American people will not stand
Henry Clay, southern man and Shareholder has
shown clearly that Congress has the right to abo-
lish slavery in the district of Columbia and to
prohibi! it in the territories. Such being the fact
any compromise which gives to slavery one foot
of new territory will not be satisfactory to the
people, and will by 10 means settle the slavery
question or put an end to slavery agitation. AS
we before said the spirit of slavery is directly an
tagonistic to that of republicansm, and whilst
a republican feeling exists in the popular breast,
it IS impossible that people can or will rest quiet
stream ofsIayery parallel with the stream of free
DOM 1t is not in human nature to do it. and the
only possible way in which the question can be
definitely settled, is for Congress to do what Mr.
'iaV Cha Ho prCi,ibit no +
slavery another foot This will stop forever the
growth Of the institution, and its final dissolution
and end can be seen and known.
Threats of dissolution of the Union If sla very
be not permitted to extend itself, should have no
tcrrors for rejecting patriotic men. The extern
sion and perpctaation of slavery would eventual
y, in our opinion, provo to be greater evil than
the present dissolution of the Union. To dissolve
the union would leave the inhabitants no worse
than they are now, with all their intellectual and
moral capabilities TO form a new and even better
government; but fascn upon the country and
people, slavery with its bghting, whitening in
ilucnce, and the Union will eventually be lost in
the rain and degradation Of the people, from which
there can be no recovery. If slavery cannot be
kept ont Of the new territories without dissoving
the Union, let the Union be dissolved; but there
is 10 danger Of this. If it be as Mr. Clay demon
stratcs (and tho south ought to accept him as
authority that Congress has a perfect right to
prohibit the extension of slavery, is the Union 10
be dissolved because Congress sees fit to exer-
else its powers? If Congress- may not or dare not
exercise its powers the Union is now practically
dissolved and the Congress of the nation is I'M
der the control of mob law Let our national re-
personalities do the national will in accordance
with the letter and spirit of the constitution, and
We are quite confident that no evil results need
be anticipated,
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