The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-10-24
TO THE RESCUE.

The men Of the North have stood by the
Principle which have protected and governed
the constitutional! rights of the Soqth always
and every time. They have stood by the
Southern men when they have been present.
cd as Presidential candidates, far bettor and
more faithfully than the South have stood by
such mon as Henry Clay, who to them "wcre
native, and TO the manor born" Tho time
has now arrived when it is necessary for Nor
thern mon TO stand by thoir rights. and this
has become to be no vague, senseess term
to stand by our rights in these davs, means t.
do something-io take responsibility, to as
sumo position, and to keep it. Hon Lewis
ID. Campbell, in speaking TO tho citizens OF
Oakland county OF Monday, told them candid
y and explicitly that it was tho determi ntion
of true Northern members of Congress "to
take tho bull by tho horns" vote, in short
against the civil and Diplomatic bill. through
which the Pres dent of the United States, the
Governor and Secretaries of Kansas and Ne!
braska. and all the long train of civil and di-
plomalic officers, obtain tho means of keeping
body and soul together, until such times as the
South and tho recreant members from the
North, are willing 10 reinstate upon the stat
ute. book of the nation a compact which the Y
have made. and which has had vitality for
moro than thirty-f,ur years.
This proposition is tancible--it tonds t.
bring matters to point and 10 make practical
what under other circumstances, might be 70
gardcd as only visionary and etcal-stop
tho supplies-stop the provender-stop the
grog-stop the means Of hiring or buying syc-
ophants and cownrds-and with these various
stopagcs comes the cessation of this eternal
trucking to tho spirit of slavery aggression
which has disgraced the North to aggrandiso
the South-whieh has placed Southern Sena.
tors and Representatives under whip and spun
and left hem, so far as the estimation of their
fellow citizens is concerned, in the situation
oe scrfs and slaves.
The timo has come frecmen of Michigan.
when il is necessary TO act together. We have
nominated for Congress, William A. Howard.
Henry Wadron, David S. Walbridge, and
Moses Wisner: these four men have been
known to us for many years, three of them long
and Familiarity, ono of them-Mr. Wisner-
was for long time law partner. We know
them all to be true upon tho great question
about which the freemon of Michigan arc now
concerned, and we know, too what is more to
the point AMI purpose, that not one of them
will give a vote for the civil and diplomatic bill
or for any other bill designed or calculated 10
keep the wheels of government in motion, with
any reference to tho support of the Terrific
res of Kansas and Nebraska, until The southern
slavery extentionists and northern towards
shall walk up to tho line, adopted and acted
nnder for more than thirty four years, saying
to slavery "thus far shalt thou g, and no far
ther and here shall thy proud waves be stay :
ed"
Hero men Of tho north is a practical issue
vote for no man who is not willing and able to
stand up to it-discard no man who is bold and
truthful, and fearless enough to put upon all
sycophants and towards the stress of losing
their bread and butter, as tho price of their
cowardico and rocrcancy to their Constituencies.
Detroit Inquirer.