, 1855-06-22

shore, (where order reigns, whereat th
centrifugal force could lie broken fo
greater liberty. But the disturbances hav
all been upon the centripetal tendency. TIL,
Delegated Power has at times Assumed to b
greater than the Plenary. Men becam
clothed in Power, and Equality was hart
principle TO keep sight Of Such measure
as aU. S. Bank, a High Protective Tariff
and an artificial slave boundary line, hav,
at times disturbed the equilibrium of thl
central tendency and almost collapsed th'
general system. Bot the Union, 10 ever
emergency, has found enough true friend
to roll back the mighty tides Of encroach
ment, and thus far has oscillated to its cen
tire, and preserved its equilibrium.
FORMATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The Democratic party originated in tht
feeling Of Equality and marShaIlcd itsel
around the constitution, under the champi
onship of Jefferson whose clear mind en-
bodied anew the great Truths of the Bill
of Rights in bis immortal 0phorlsm oi
Legislation, " the greatest good to the
greatest number" General jackson crush
ed that Monster Of Monopolies, the U. s
Bank, and left as legacy to his country
the first distinct recognition Of the princi-
ple-that all power originated with the
people, and had to be delegated before il
could be exercised by their representatives,
His notices, "a strict construction OF the
constitution" NO exercise by Congress OF
doubtful powers" are still the staunchesi
planks in the Platform of Democracy
James X. Polk crushed that monster OF
Aristocracy, a High Protective TariI,
tins breaking the last leg Of that great
hobby-horse Of. Henry Clay, his American
System" which left that talented but dan
gerous Statesman hor@de combat, and his
party routed, horse foot and dragons,
and glad to cry out in 1913, "No Party"
The ORDINANcE OF "'s7."
1t was before the line of policy OF the
Democratic party had become distinctly
drawn, and its leaders and banners and
soldiery mnrshalled into distinct array by
the fiery combats Of party contests, that
The cesSion of n. W. Territory was made
by Virginia in 1881 containing a restriction
utterly at variance with the very clements
Of the governments. The prohibition OF
the Slave institution upon that soil by the
National Legislature was usurpatiou.-
Virginia could not lawfully obtain con
dition incompatible with the principles Of
fraternity and equality. Nor could Con-
gress impose a condition Incompatible with
the requirement of unconditional sovereign
ty, which underlies the confederative prin-
ciple, in the strata of equality. Condi-
tional liberty is provincialism, not sover-
eighty. That cessionaI condition imposes
non-slavery in perpetuity. Now suppose,
Ohio Indiana, or Wisconsin should pass a
law creating slavery Would that fact
work forfeiture, and the State revert to
VirginiaH The absnrdity of such asconse-
qnencc is not less apperent than the error
Of its postulate.
INTERVENTION AND NoN-IETERyENrToN
New Territory having been acquired by
the purchase Of Louisiana in 1920, the
Missouri slave boundary line Of $3.50 was
adopted by so called compromise Of Con-
grcss, which was bn. another violation
Of mans right of self-government. This
nullity was for a long time acquiesed in
till finally Texian annexation, and the Mex
ican war, brought more Territory 10 the
Union. Then the Old Virginia principle
was received under the name of Wilmo'
Proviso. But Gen. Cass came forward as
the head of the Democratic party and took
issue against the right of Congress to lay
n restriction upon the personal rights oI
our citizens who should go to settle those
new lands. In other words that Congress
couN not create, nor forbid Domestic Re
iatiOn, that right having been retained by
the citizen as the subject Of State or Ter
ritorial Legislation. General Cass wa:
defeated, but that issne survived, and the
result was the so called Compromise o
lS50-in which the Democratic party
gained the recognition of the principle o
aon-interreRti0n, north of the $3.50 line
1t was left for Senator Douglas in 1854
by the provisions Of Kansas Nebraska Bill
TO gain the immortal honor of sweeping
away the last vestagc of usurping legisla
tion upon that subject, by removing tht
restriction on the Territory south Of $500
Thus steadily step by step, the Democrat,
party ireading in the pathway Of "mani
fest destiny" has brushed away the cob
webs of compromise and restored the Con
stitntion to its purity.
The Abolitionists and the "higher Law
men," a party who repudiate the assOeia
, tire principle, or fraternity, and go i
entirely upon the individual or selfgovern
ment principle,) dislike the terms of th
agreement Of l776 by WHICH the right t
, enslave the African and treat him as prop
, erty was recognized as State Institution
. aud agreed to be protected by the genera
government, the same as any and ever
: koiher social (municipalt Institution whic
was republican, in form that any Stat
might adopt.
| The three to FIVE slave vote, the right c
recapture, Fugitive slave law, and tn
= protection which the National Governmen
cast over that Institution in common wit
4 every other Of the Domestic class, wer
regarded by those WHO made and entere
c into that Great A orea,nant ne onlv euual