The Woodville Republican. [volume] (Woodville, Miss.) 1847-1853, 1852-09-28

rote COT Gen. scott, TOT 1 desired 70 casl
Tote against slavery.
Pcfhaps I ought to say. from the com
mencement Of The public life Of Mr.. Sew
ard. | have bad the most unwaverng con-
6dence ia him as a mau. as a statesman,
AMI a true aud reliable friend Of freedom.
50 far his influence shall prevail doubt
not il will be Just and constitutional To-
wards the North and toward the South
towards the STAKEHOLDER and towards the
slave.
From the first announcement Of the do
ings Of the Democratic Baltimore Conven-
ton, IL the adoption OF its platform aud the
nomination OF Gen. Pierce, TO the present
time, I have regarded the country as in a
state Of imminent peril. The ninth Hrtl-
Gle Of that platform had been twice placed
before the American people, and received
with great offence by a large portion OF the
democratic party, insomuch that IN 1913
many Of the leaders of the party as well
as thousands Of the rank and file, planted
themselves upon the Buffalo platform,
pledging unyielding hostility to slavery
With tbs movement | symraihigea aha
co.operated in good faith. Judge then of
my surprise to find this same ninth article
again adopted, with explosives if possible
infinite lyt more a%nti.republican aud often
sive, closing up with the most unreasona>
BILE, unphiiosoplical and insulting resoiu-
ton
"ResoIced, That the Democratic party
will resist all attempts at renewing in Con
gress, or out of it, the agitation OF the
Slave question, under whatever shape or
color the attempt may be made"
To all this Gen. Pierce, the nominee for
President, responds 81 accept the nomi-
nation upon the platform adopted by the
Convention, not because it is expected of
me as a candidate, but becase the princi-
pies it embraces command the appreciation
of my Judgment, and with them, | believe
can say there has been no word or act Of
my life in conflict" Immediately all the
democratic papers, Barnburner and Hunk
err, from Bennatt's Herald and the Albany
Argus, down to the lowest country issue.
fell to glorifying the Democratic platform
aud the nominee, Ger. Pierce, without a
word against ST very and all this is echoed
forth by the public speakers-the Van Blu.
rens, the Buffers, the Dlxes-down to the
smallest bunker that holds forth his senti,
ments in the forum of a bar>room
Now, in all this, are the party and its
nominee honest and candid If so, they
should be indicted aud punished for treason
against humanity. and for a cowardIy and
craven surrender Of liberty to slavery; if,
on the other, this is simply a ruSe to gull
the South, then are they dishonest, and for
that reason are unworthy to be trusted.
For years past the Democratic party
have ruug the changes OF the words ''I1ar-
monious Democracy" aud the wing press
has furnished amusing proofs OF the absurd
ity of such a play upon words. But now
they are full Of mea% aing-they are porten-
tous. 1.-THE party succeeds, we are to have
slavery in perpetuity, without agitation in
Congress or out Of it, under the special
care and authority Of tine government; or,
the party are practising a 1uSe, and the
South are cheated.
turn from the Democratic to the wing
party. In no instance, | believe. have the
Wing party adopted sectional slavery doc
trines. An attempt was made at the cons
mencement of the present session Of Con-
gress to pass the Compromise measures
through a wing caucn of members OF Con
gress. But a fragment of the party were
present, and though 1t was declared formal
ly passed, such were the indications attend
ING its passage, that in t e Judgment of both
the South and the North, it was berelt of
all strength.
Again, at the Baltimore Wing Conven-
ton, the adoption of the platform (Which
must he admitted to be wrong in principle
and offensive in language) was but the
work of but a portion OF the Convention,
aud to this day the South refuses TO regard
it as affofding any security that the party
or its nominee will favor sectional slavery.
Both the Convention and Gen, Scott, as
its nominee, have gone quite as far as, in
my judgement, they could, with any show
of consistency to convince the South that
both stood on a national and not a sectional
platform; an, that while the Federal Gov
eminent would not interfere with State
sovereignty, by legislating for or against
slavery IN the States where 1t exists, il
would by no means consent TO its extcn-
sion into territory where it does not exist.
1t is right aud proper that the parties
should be national, the South has rights as
well OF the North, and these are 10 be re-
garded and protected by the Government.
But this does not cover the whole ground.
There is a political ell ment in American
slavery, which is far more effective for good
OF evil than all the questions of abstract
ri ght. In the very necessities Of the case
slavery must rule or must be ruled, and Up
TO this time none can fail to see that what
ever there moy have been of the carrying
out of the doctrines of the Declaration OF
Independence aud of the Constitution, has
won by yielding to slavery 20 much that