The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-07-06


vet we fearlessIy declare that throughout
the contest they resorted solely to the
movers secured to them 6y tie hzlc and tie
rules of the House; and the passage Of the
measure through the House was effected
only through a subversion of its rules by
the majority, and the exercise OF power
unprecedented in the annals of Congress
sional legislation.
The deed is done. 1t is done with q
clear proclamation by the Administration
and by Congress that the principle which
it contains extends not only to Kansas
and Nebraska, bu. to all the other Ter
ritories now belonging to the I. States,
and to all which may hereafter be ac-
quired 1t has been done unnecessarily
and want only, because there was no pres
sure for the organization of Governments
in Kansas and Nebraska, neither of which
Territories contained one lawful inhabi-
tant who was a citizen of the Z. States !;
and because there was not only no dang
er of disunion apprebended, but even no
popular agitation of the question Of slave
ry. BY this reckless measure the free
States have lost all the guarantees foE
freedom In the Territories contained in.
former compromises, while all the States,
both slave and free, have lost the guar
antees Of harmony and union which those
compromises afforded
1t seems plain to US that, fatal as the
measure is in these aspects, it is only q
cover for broader propagandism of slave
~ in the future. The object of the Ad-
ministration, as we believe, and of many
who represent the slave States, Is to pre-
pare the way for annexing Cuba, at what
ever cost, and like annexation of half
dozen of the States Of Mexico, to be ad-
mitted also as slave States. These ac-
quisitions are to be made peaceably, II
they can be purchased at the cost OF hun
dreds of millions; if they cannot be made
peacefully, then at the cost of war with
Mexico and war with Spain, with Eng
land ard with France, and at the cost of
an alliance with Russia scarcely less re-
pugnant Enmistakeable indications ap-
pear, also, of purpose to annex the cas-
tern part Of San Domingo, and so to sub
Iiugate the whole island, restoring it to
the dominion of slavery. And his is to
be followed up by an alliance with Brazil,
and the extension of slavery in the valley
of the Amazon. 1t is for you to Judge
whether, when slavery shall have made
these additions to the United States, it
will not demand unconditional submis-
sion on the part Of the free States, and,
falling in that demand, attempt Il with
drawal of the slave &ta.es, and the or
gaHization Of u separate Empire in the
central region OF the continent From an
act so unjust and wronsfal n itself, and
fraught with consequences SO fearial, We
appeal equally to the North and to the
South, to the free States and to the slave
holding States themselves.
1t is no time for exaggeTation OF for
passion, and we therefore speak calmly
Of the past, and warn you, in sober SER
iousness, Of the future. 1t would not be-
come Us. nor it necessary, to suggest the
measures which ought to be adopted in
this great exigency. For ourselves, We
are ready to do all that shall be in ouz
i power to restore the Missouri compro-
mise, and to execute such further meas
urcs as you in your wisdom shall COM
mand, and as may be necessary for the
recovery Of the ground lost to freedom,
and to prevent the furthez aggre8sions of
! slavery.
SOLOMON FOOT, Chairman.
DANIEL MACE, c.
REUBEN E. FESrox, Secretaries