The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-05-23
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From the Ohio tSate Democrat
The Democracy of Ohio on the
Slavery Question--Know Moth

AuG O6noCIdCy VI OA1O OA GAO
Slavery Question--Know Moth
ism.
The editor of the freesoil organ at Col
umbus, in noticing our paper copies sem
tence and comments thereon as follows:
without an utter abandonment Of their
princl Piles, Democrats cannot act with the
Know Nothings.'-(0hio State Democrat,
April 26,h.
"We welcome Mr.. Flood to the editorial
chair. He commenced the publication of
his new paper at Urbana, on the 96lh ult,
with salutatory from which we extract the
sentence which heads this article.
"Mr. Flood intends his paper to be what
its name imports, 'Tke Ohio State Demo
crat'-a staupch and fearless advocate of
State Rights Democracy as understood in
Ohio.
"But how about National Democracy p
No two things can be more inconsistent than
Ohio democracy as expounded by the plat
form of l848, and every subsequent year
till the last, and National Democracy as
expounded by the Baltimore platform of 49,
81, and The acts cf the Pierce adminstra-
ton
"Does the State Rights Democrat pro.
pose to serve two masters?
Democrats cannot act with the knownoth-
ings without an utter abandonment of the r
principles.
"IIow then can democrats act with slave
holders, and perpetualists and extensionists
of slavery"
The Democracy OF Ohio stand up m diff.
erent ground from that which the Columbi-
an places them. They neither act with the
perpetualists' or 'extensionists Of slavery
Their position is one which they have bold
ly proclaime6-one to which they are de.
termined to adhere. They seek no conceal
ment of their views; they will not suffer
them to be misrepresented. The declara.
ton of principles, by which the Ohio De-
mocracy are TO be guided in the contest is
thus laid down by the State Convention
which met at Columbus on the 9th Of Janu-
ary last, and nominated the ticket which
floats at the head of our paper. All having
the most bearing on the slavery question is
embraced in the following:
Resolved, That the Democracy of Ohio
are attached to the union of these States,
and to the Constitution, in which are ex-
pressed the principles and the compromises
upon the faith of which the Union was orig
inalIy established, and by a strict adher.
ence to which alone that Union can be pre-
served; and they denounce as dangerous to
the peace and liberties Of the country, all
attempts to organize political parties with
reference to geographical or sectional dis
tinctions.
Resolved, That this Convention, on be.
half Of the democracy of Ohio, hereby affirm
the platform Of resolutions, adopted at the
National Democratic Convention which as
sembled at Baltimore in June 1859, as a
clear and distinct declaration Of our political
principles.
Resolved, That the people,of Ohio. now
as they have always done, look upon slav.
cry as an evil, and unfayorable to the deyel
opment ofthe spirit and practical benefit c
free institutions; and that, entertaining tlles,
sentiments. they viii at all times "ieel It t.
be their duty to use all power clearly girer
by the terms of the national compact to pre-
vent its increase, to mitigate and finally t
eradicate the evil; but be it further
| Resolved, That the Democracy of Ohio d.
at the same time fully recognize the doc
trine held by the fathers Of the Republic
and still maintained by the Democratic par
ty in all the states, that to each State be.
longs the right to adopt and modify its Owl
municipal laws, to regulate its own interaa
officers, to hold and maintain an equal snt
independent Sovereignty with each and ey
cry State. and upon these nights The Nation
al Legislature can neither lsgialate nor en-
croach. s1 .ws Es 81Ma1
e To the irst plank IN this platform, NJ
one save q politician ofthe Abby Kelly .
/ Of the secession schoolr-a fanatic Of ID
IsNorlh ora fana,ic Of the South--will objecI
The sscondreso.ntion embraces the. BAH