Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1855-07-26

eral Government shall do nothing to uphold,
sustain, extend, or perpetuate Slavery beyond
what is expressly, and clearly required by the
constitution of the United States--soNue OF
them think that nothing is required by that
constitution, others think that Congress is
bound to pass a law for the reclaiming OF
Fugitives from labor, with the right OF trial
by jury, to the Fugitive.
Is this Sectionalismi Is this proposing
bond Of union to be bounded by geographical
lines! What though the men of this party
may be, mostly, Of the north, or Free States,
does that make the principle sectional! Does
that make the party sectional! A party is to
be characterised by its principles, not BY the
locality Of those composing It.
We want slavery confined to the states
that nov tolerate it. We want no more con-
quest; no more provinces added by purchase
or other wise, and the people thereof na!ur-
allied by treaty, to extend, and strengthen
the power of slavery. This, we say, is ne
cessary to preserve our liberty, and that 1t
will be beneficial to the master and the slave
10 the bond and the free, and the Free states,
and the slave states, and to the whole coun-
try. Was it ctonalism to oppose the pro-
lection of American manufactures, because
the protected manufactures, and the friends
to such protection, lived in particular sections
o. the country!
The opponents of protection said let man.
ufac;urers sustain, and extend, .ond perpetu-
ate their favorite Interests. This was not
sectional, yet it was as much SO, as to form
party to prevent the protection, extension,
and perpetuation of slavery. The friends OF
the spolicy of prote sting American manu-
factories, were its friends because they thought
they ought to be extended and perpetuated.-
t Many, if not all Of them, are opposed to the
| protection, aqd extension, and perpetuation
/. of slavery by the Federal Government, be-
cause they believe slavery to be great evil
We have many other interests in the coun-
try, any of which are as much sectional as
slavery. The cotton, the sugar the tobacco,
the wooden, the iron, and the foreign COM
merce interests, are each and all of them
. sectional,& in the same sense that savery.is.
y Must the Federal Government be permit
= cd to use all its powers to sustain and pro-
= mote any, or all these interests, because those
'. . who have investments in them, or those who
~ favor such measures, live in one, or few
- - states, and those opposed, in other sections
u Of the country! Must we have taxes and
," war to sustain these interests without the
privilege of using our voices and the press,
- and forming parties to oppose them if we
u think them wrong!
~, We have party, of mer in this country
~ favorable to the restoration of the Foreign
slave trade. They are confined to particular
10 sections Of the country. Should party be
4. found to oppose this measure, it would be
" " subject to the same objection. As well might
~ the action of the General Government bo
:; condemned as sectional, in opposing nuliifco-
- u, ton in South Carolina, trcause it was con-
- fined to single state.
q Blu, from whence comes this sophism that
o to oppose the action of the Federal Govern.
~ ment in favor of slavery, is sectional! 1t
y comes from those who participate in the re-
'e cent Southern conventions--From those who
with revulvers and bowie khives and strong
70 drink, with the words "popular sovereignty ~
~ on their lips, by ,rute force, drove the legal
az voters Of Kansas from the polls, and have
~ for months treated that beautiful territory OF
ne the United States, entitled to protection from
no our Government, as conquered country. II
IL comes from the open ur disguised advocates
= of slavery, as a kpostive good, and of the
90 divine right o. tho master to hold and buy.
~ and sell human beings. And are the Repub-
az licans, the Wings, or the democrats, or the
" W Know Ndthngs. or any Of the free voters oI
>" these United States to be intimidated, OF
ol -, silenced by the sophistry of those. who would
nc force such theories, and the measures to
" " carry out such theories ,pon US! Never
'le 'le until they a-e prepared for vessalage, serf.
'o' dom, or slavery.
10 BELMONT.