Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-09-15

PaTlls anu Nhlrh hah never cNtnaAth US
tinct name, has been the successful party of
our history. II has achieved a more signal
and a longer asccndsncy than any other par.
", and /, has done II, not by superior ability
nor a more illnslrious viriuc, bu, by dint Of
Us tact, and a compact aud pcrsisicn, deter
mina,ion. It's leaders, percci,ing at an ear.
" day that they should play losing game,
Il they attempted to stand alone, trusting To
the ordinary mCans Of success, TO the uat-
ural supremacy Of talent, to the growth of
numbers, and to tic rcclludc Of their cause
hit upon the aiailable eSpcdicni Of ideu,i-
fying themselves with the popular party Of
The Forth, and, then having accomplished
that, OF gradually directing that party to the
defence aud spread II their peculiar doctrines.
No, satisfied with the concession, which
every inlelligcut and Judicious uorberncr
was thea glad to make that slavery vas a
system exclusively within the control OF he
States, It first insinuaisd aud then insisted
that slavery was not to be discussed a, an at
the North, because a moral interference was
quite as iniolcnblc they said, as a direct
political interference. This prg,cuson-
which was JUS, the same as II Russia Or
Turkey should insis, lha, the principles OF
,bsolulism should not DO discussed IN the
United Sa,cs, because Russia and Turkey
had commercial treaties with the United
States, We, found merchants sordid enough lo
ins,icaie mobs araius, those Who questioned
Il, and politicians wicked enough io cntr,nch
d, behind the laws.
We, the taboo Of saac,iy did no, stop
thcrc. bu, was drawn around regions in
which an the states were clearly and equal.
ly in,erc,,cj,-as the District Of Columbia
and the public lands, while the Pos, OfTlcc,
common to an, vas forbidden 20 carry in.
ccudtary documents. as every argument or
appeal agains, the system was called, and
petitions to Congress referring in tho reno
t,., manner to o., were treated With coutumr-
Us and the uimos, d.sjain. II was reserved.
however, tor an eminent leader of the South.
i'r Mr. J. &. Calhoun, while acting as Sec
rcary Of State, TO engage In an official de-.
fence Of i, before the tribunal of the world,
and 20 disgrace the nation I've de- not use
too strong a ,erm) by representing the Fed.
eral republic as the apolory., and defender
of1ho mos, mean and offensive species Of dcs.
No,sn.
This po.n, once reached, !, was easy to
take a bolir stand, and To clamor with an
ne vchcmencc Of plr,ran heat. for the intro.
llc,iou Of slavery into those new and virgin
territories, which Providence had opened on
our western borders, as We had fundly hoped,
for the reception ofihe ou,cau republicans of
Europe, and ior a new and CnnIer display
oG toe bencfccn, influence OF republi-1nism.
And this impudcri clatm,--a clam which
h1d no validity TO- law nor sanction Boo human
ry.-thc prs,sncc that local institution, cN.
isunc entirely by municipal usage, aud with.
ou, an ioa of validity bCyoni that, should
override M considerations Of Justice and polr-
cv and policy under ,hrcl, Of civil war, 90
c1so Of rs d.s1llovarcc-Uls ro, tno much
mot 10 pot too fine point on ii.as Mr.. Snacs-
hy saws iu Bleak IIousr) lor the forhclance
of the North. IN o., arden, devotion to peace
,ni the Union, An how one submission
hcrc's another. until ihc chains Of crushing
srrv,iudc are rIycicl around the neck. Of the
victim The southern party lhgs iriumphing
ln lhe territories, demanded IN tho ncyi place
tia, the fte, States should be made huD,.
inc ground ior slaves, tha, every m1n n the
North should be compelled by law ,o DO wba,
no gentleman orths South would DO FOR him.
SELF or could be. under any circumuancss.
forced to DO for others, c., put himself on a
level with blool.hounjs. and become 4 slave
c1irhcr. and the law was passed Wrestling
the power from the States, that 1t might be
exercised by Congress, which was noiau,hor.
izr to exercise il, II was passed creating til
bunals Of justice which Congress was not au-
ihorized tO create, rejecting from us prc,i.-
ions III. most sacred rights Of trial by lury
and habeas corpus, this lave was pas'sl, i'm.
posing unusual and offensive penalties upon
all who should refuse to take part IN 's exc
cution, and br.biug the officers appointed to
administer II by offers Of higher wages in the
case Of a decision adverse to the poor fuGi-
tive this odious aud disgraceinl law vas
recorded On the statute hooks oribo "Model
Republic" in the central, the eliminating
year Of the nine,senlh century. Its passage.
however, was not the worst feature Of the
transaction; the craven acceptance vouch-
sared it BY the pulp,ts and the commercial
circlss, the p.ian, case with which the North
benz 60 ,,o in,ul,, ~ss significant f"s' IN the
proceeding, which more than al others COW
cred many an homes, face with shame.
|, is proper to say thai one consideration
prevailed in inducing this ready humiliation,
the hope Of removing the question from the
sphere Of political agitation. We are bound
to believe, IN Justice to human nsiure'ihai the
many who welcomed the compromises Of 1850
dld so in the sincercst conviction that they
would put an end to the difficulties between
the North aud the South, and We must also
confess that j, seemed for a time, as II that
result was about to be effected. The national
conventions Of both the great parties acqules.
eed in the settlement; president was chosen
whose inaugural address was little more than
a long proclamation Of intended fidelity TO it,