The true Democrat., 1855-10-23

the Unlted States, have become or Will become free States.
 THE NORTH SHOULD LET SLAVERY ALONE. The people of the north are uniformly op- posed to slavery, not from hostility to the south, but because it is repugnant to our senti- ments In conformity with our views, we have abolished slavery here, and, having exercised our rights ln our own way, we should be will ing to let other communities have the same rights and privileges we have enjoyed. We are bound to act upon our faith in the principles of self-government. We have enough to do at thlS tune to secure good government for New York. Let us leave each State of this confe- deracy upon the high and honorable ground of It's constitutional rights-not trying to injure by assault, nor to degrade by sympathy. Let us show our respect for the rights of others by respecting our own; and our desire for good go- vernment elsewhere wisely and we'll. Let us trust that each community like our own, when left free to act, will find out for itself and not through others, what coucern its progress, hap pness, and good government.
 INTERFERENCE WITH OTHERS
 1t Is obvious that agitation with respect to slavery Tn the StateS-meaSures for advancing personal interests under the cover of protec- tive tarllis-tor profuse expenditures for inter- nal mproVements-t for the support by the pubic treasury of different schemes to pro- mote private wealth and interests-have con- mon origin i'll mistaken views of constitutional law
 The hereslcs of coercive temperance laws, know nothlnSlsm, and sectional organizations, have their origin inOne common error-a de- sire to Interfere with the actions, consciences, and affairs of others. The moment the demo- cratic prlncples-that men are to be let alone unless they invade the rights of others, and States allowed to govern themselves-are de- parted from, we know not into what vagares and cOnsclences communities may run If New 4ork must be agitated by the conduct of other communities, let Us notoverleap the broad eXpanse of our country and the great Missouri and Mlsslsssslppl rivers to denounce the hardy pioneer struggling with the trials and hardships of frontier life.
 MASSACHUSETTS ARRAIGNED
 Those who wish to engage in the impertinent business of denouncing the conduct of others, without wandering to the remote south, or los : ing themselves in the western prairies, can find themes enough in the past history and present conduct of an adjoining State, which invites criticism by its political and legislative policy. Would 1t not be more consistent and useful to enter into this field? But what should we think of men who should propose to organize party against Massachusetts, because they could show that she paralyZed our arms and threatened open treason and alliance with our enemies in our last contest with Great Britain for rights es- sential to our national existence, dignity and honor; that it annually commemorates the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth Dnnly h ,l,,ti, f,, +l II
 which led them to fly from oppression in their native land; that sine offers up praises to the providence which guided them over the dan gers of the great deep, and for the rest of the year denounccs government for letting more of the poor, oppressed and persecuted find a home in our abundant and fertile territories that she boasts of her early commercial enterprise, in- cludng the slave trade, and demands that the south shall make immediate restitution for the wrongs to the negro; that she insists she will not give up the fugitive slave because he is poor and oppressed, and yet sends back across tue ocean feeble women and children to perish with the exhaustion and fatigue of the return voyage, merely because they are dessitute and weak; that she raises contributions to send ther citizens to western territories and sends back to Europe others because they have been thus aided; that she collects money and organ izes bands of men to control legislation in Kan ss, and is shocked at the violent Interference of Missouri? Itis mentioned among recent items of news, that a slayer sailed from Boston to steal Africans and carry them into bondage; but this circumstance will be forgotten in the ndigna- ton aroused by pulpit and press, by an unfound- ed report of a transfer of slaves in Kansas She insists that the negro of the south can and should govern himself and passes coercive temperance law because she denies the ability of her own citizens to practice sclf-control- She demands punishment for illegal violence upon its citizens by Missourans, and refuses restitution and remedy for outrages upon de- fenccless women. She is so much engaged by lawlessness west of Missouri, that she cannot see the blackened walls which tell of the out rages of mobs within view of its seat of govern ment. With laudations of Webster she prac- tlces upon the principles of his great rival, Cal houn; she dcuounces nulifcation in South Ga rolina and follows her example, and is at this tune particularly engaged in seeing that the acts of Congress are obeyed in Nebraske and re- sisted Tn Massachusetts.
 THE NORTH SECTIONAL
 If, instead of correcting our own abundant faults, we must have a sectional party-a holy alllance-to interfere with other States, it sure ly should be arraycd against those who have an undue representation in our national coun- clls; who have sought and obtained special le- glslatlon for their peculiar advantage; who have demanded tariffs and banks, and extravagant and corruptng systems ofinternal improvement. The democracy of New York can never array itself against the States of the south, who have always stood by the right on all of these great questions and who have never deserted our country in the hour of its peril.
 But we deny the necessity of any sectional party. Massachusetts will soon recall to mind its better days, and feel that it is urbecoming a State to become truculent and factious because the course of events has destroyed its compa- ratlve consequence.
 Let us stand up for our whole country-from Maine to Georgia from the Atlantic to the Pa clflc. Let us know no geographical distnc- tons, but content ourselves with correcting our own faults, and upholding sound principles of government.
 REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.
 Those who are trying to form asectonal par ty found their hopes upon differences of opinion among democrats with regard to territorial ques- tions. and they expect to draw some into their organization who differ from them on ninety nine points, because they may possibly agree upon one and that one not involved in this election. It is true that the repeal of the Mis- souri compromise WITS condemned by many, re- gretted by others, and approved by third class Many deemed its repeal great wrong; others regretted it as inexpedient and others again be- lieved the only way to dispose of agitating questions dangerous to the peace of our coun- try was to leave them to the disposal of the communities particularly concerned believe there are few who wish to contend for the re- storation of the Missouri compromise. It has been the singular fortune of this act of Con- gress to have been denounced at the north and south at the time of its adoption; to have been generally condemned during the period of it's existence, and to have created political con- vusion by its repeal. We are now trying the policy of allowing the people of the territories to govern themselves. Heretofore the general government has exercised a control over their affairs. Our vast acquisitions of territory could not be foreseen by the framers of our general government, and we are left upon these great uueStiOnS tO he pOyarnad hv tha .no1ooo, of