Democratic banner. (Bowling Green, Pike County, Mo.) 1845-1852, 1850-06-17
From the 81. Louis Daily Times.
ABOLITION IN MISSOURI.

tion, is entitled 10 the credit of this incendiary
Abolition production-just as it appears. We
do this because Of our suspicious, that to carry
out the desperate game Of humbuggery and fraud,
begun and acted out at the late Benton conyen-
ton in this county, this precious specimen of
the table and fearless support" which the St.
Louis Union gives to the true Democratic party
Of Missouri, will not be published in the week.
ly Union for the country. Such exhibitions Of
Abolitionism will no doubt suit the mass of the
Bentonites of St. Louis-but it will be hazard
ing little too much to send such incendiarism
to the honest yeomanry of Missouri, who have
been duped into the belief that Benton is oppos-
ed to Freesoilism and Abolition. If the course
Of this delectable Abolition sheet, and the op-
position of Col. Benton to the compromise bill,
do not open the eyes of the honest masses in the
interior they could not be convinced though one
were to rise from the dead, and proclaimto them
in voice of thunder, that Bentonism is but an
other name for Freesoilism and Abolition. But
a few days since, fhe Barnburners met in con-
vention to nominate ticket for this county, and
made full, unqualified, and emphatic endorse
ment Of the Union. The whitewash was hardly
dry, before this article appears in the columns
of that press-and we are bound to conclude
that the nominees, one and all, endorse the opin-
ions and views Of the Union. If not, they have
committed palpable fraud upon the people, in
order to bolster up one press and destroy anOth-
er. There is no escape from this conclusion
mo getting around it, over it, under it, or above
|it-and we shall so treat the matter, until we
have undeniable evidence to the contrary. That
such sentiments may be disavowed by some Of
the nominees, is possible; but that they are the
real opinions of the mass of the Benton men Of
this city, as well as of the Union, does not ad-
NIT Of doubt, in our mind, or with those who
are acquainted with the strength Of anti-slavery
feeling in this city. 1t may be denounced by
some as very bad policy to have given express
sion to such sentiments in the midst Of slave
population and in slave State at this particular
juncture of affairs. The Union may be scolded
by some, for this honest confession, because it
interferes with the Janus-faced game Of their
great leader. But will any one question that if
you could change the latitude of these traitors to
the institutions Of Missouri, and disturbers of
the peace and social order of the State, but that
they would be enlisted under the black flag Of
abolition, and act in harmonious concert with Sc
ward, Garrison, and Phillips? We invite es-
pecial attention to this article. How fippantly
the writer uses the cant phrases Of these huck-
sters in philanthropy, and pharisees in politics
and morals. "Human rights, "human liberty" ,"
l"righteousness and "unrighteousness" cut a
conspicuous figure throughout this precious pro-
duction, as if the writer had come fresh from
the lecture room of Garrison. "Far better is il
Ito 60 to work righteously on this subject at the
beginning" Here we have the higher law of
Seward in all its force and beauty. We mus
not violate conscience-we must act "rightsous-
Ily."
The Constitution is dead letter whe1 it con-
aicts with the Unions ideas Of rightOusness.-
What, though the Constitution requires fugitive
slaves to be re-delivered: "cn SO vital princi-
pie as that of human rights, "let justice be done
though the heavens fall," says the Union
What, though the patriots of the land pass the
omnibus bill, and afford remedy for the re-de-
livery Of fugitive slaves from Missouri and the
South--the people will submit to no such law
Sdesigned against the progress of free govern
ment and human liberty" The North will new
er permit such law to be enforced. Northern
Righteousness, and eatern conscience will nd
yield obedience to the provisions of such an ''u''
'lriehteous act" Such are the sentiments Of thiI
able and fearless supporter Of Democracy. Sucf
liz the plain and explicit meaning Of the genera
and indefinite terms under which this Abolition
editor has attempted to cover up his nefarioui
and reasonable sentiments.
d But whence has originated this Abolition out
,lburstP What has led to this disgorging of tn
ldeep seated Abolition Of the Unionp The arti
lcls from the Union will explain the cause AM
1.-The occasion which has called forth these traitor
lous sentiments. The friends Of the compromis
.bilI, now before the Senate to which the patriot
|. lof the country are looking with such anxiou
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