Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-11

IL 10 the Ooast OF the abolition organisation, In
tbs Territory, tn"t{nsy seek to found 4 "great
principle and that Is warfare upon The institu-
lions and constitutional rights of the south.--
Democrat. IA sol 9 h
O. For two weeks past, fhs Democrat nil
ing in its efforts TO mske capital Tor its candidate
by its low personalities and vulgarity, now seeks
to place the Republican party of this Territory,
and of the whole country, in false position be-
fore its readers, in hopes to influence chick
en-hearted Union saving patriot to vote for the
companion Of Douglas Co., and thereby en-
courage the South in the demolition of more COM
promises and the further extension Of Slavery
Conscious of the inroads the Republicans are ma
king upon the ranks of the Nebraska men, it be-
comes reckless in its charges, and dashes out in
to the stream Of Misrepresentation, nferring from
its own ignorance that its bold assertions will
pass for the genuine coin, when the ring of the
bogus metal attracts no extraordinary attention,
the sound being quito familiar to the public ear.
Now We deny that it is the purpose of the Re-
publican Party Of this country or of this Terrific
ry, to wage " warfare upon the institutions and
constitutional rights of the South" 1t proposes
no such things based on no such foundation
has for its end no such scheme. 1t would not de-
tract one iota from the rights of the South, con-
stitutional or otherwise; but it would defend the
rights of the North, so far rs it had power to do
so within the limits Of the Constitution. 1t pro-
poses to let Slavery remain in the States where it
is, believing that the States have right to legis-
late on the subject in the States, but that Con-
gress has not. 1t seeks to prevent the introduce
81 of hi,
ing that Congress has jurisdiction these Ter
ritories, and it finds nothing in the Constitution
to prevent the National Law Making Power from
placing its edict on its introduction there. 1t
deprecatcs the repeal of the Missouri Compromise
as a violation of good faith on the part of the
South, and asks for the restoration of that meas
ure. 1t claims that the Compromise alluded to
was as binding as the Constitution itself-that
its repeal has been fraught with evil to the whole
counrry-has aroused the indignation of the
North that was party to the contract, has open
ed anew the agitation of the Slavery question,
which agitation will never cease until the rights
of the North are restored. 1t insists that the
North shall no longer submit to the domineerng
and aggressive march of the Slave Power-that
where the South has Constitutional rights, those
rights shall be preserved; but where it has not
the North will not yield peg, but will maintain
her ground, though dissolution of the Union
should follow.
These are the guide boards that direct the Re.
publican party. Do they point to ga warfare
upon the institutions and constitutional rights Of
the South % Rather do they not distinctly aver
that the rights of the south shall be guaranteed
With what show of fairness then does the Dem.
ocrat exhibit when it talks Of the Republican par
| ty wnging warfare upon the constitutional
rights of the South? -.-...
The Republicans claim that Slavery is Sectional
not National, and therefore should lie confined to
the South. The South claims that Slavery is
| National, not Sectional, and should therefore be
spread all over Gods free earth. Here is the
battle-ground and here is where the fight will be
fought. Need we ask which side frecmen will
take? Need we ask which side is right and Jus,
and humane? Need we urge any one to espoust
our cause ? Does it not commend itself to every
man-bond or free
| Who talks of Disunion? Have not the South
| from the time John G. Calhoun ranted in the
Halls of Congress on his favorite hobby, to the
present moment, clustered about sccession-ds-
union, and hundred other fanatical schemes p
Has it not ever been the cry of our Southern
friends that unless the North yielded on certain
slavery issues, that the Union would be dssolv.
ed TO save the " glorious Union" the North
have yielded, and yielded, until her backbone is
nearly broken in two but she will yield no more
nor will she be driven from her position by even
so influential a print as the St. Paul Daily Demo
crat-the advocate of Slavery, Rum and Vice in
general.