American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12
IS. We declare that Congress has moth

ness. We declare that Congress has moth
ing to do with it. That Congress recog-
nizes it in three instances, ,.snd that beyond
this recognition il is local thing. We are
not insensible to the fact that the bill erect !
ing governments in Kansas and Nebraska
has caused great agitation, and has REM
dered the interposition of the conservative
men Of all sections necessary to tranquillze
the country. But how can these conserv-
ative men act? Can they do anything but
invoke the people to survey once more the
true character of this question, and apply
TO il the old doctrine Of our fathers, that
Slavery is a local Institution, aud must be
regulated by theapthoriries having compe-
tent jurisdiction over it? 1t is impossible
to restore the Missouri Compromise, be-
cause the people Of those Territories have,
under existing laws. rights which Con-
gress cannot touch. No patter what may
be thought of the folly aud recklessneSs of
Mr.. Pierce and HIS cabines in re.opening
the slavery question, by passage Of the
bills in question, all dispassionate men
must admit that their repeal is now an i'm
possibility, or,if practicable, that the re
peal would only widen the breach between
the North and the South. : & 50.
Under the treaty by which we acqui-
red I1oisiana. slavery within its limits was
placed on the same footing thatit was in
Iotherterritory of the United States. But
the South, in 1890, for the sake Of peace,
eonsenat that it might he 'excluded from
the a y north Of SO 80. Mr.. Pierce
sand ~ multiplying friends. North and
South, were not satisfied to let well e.
nough alone. Nothing would satisfy them
but to reopen the question, and to do so
under the pretence that the Compromise
rIof 1850 required the course they pursued.
Now, put it to YOU. fellow citizens, and
to all intelligent meni in our country, II
am not speaking according to the facts
4 when assert that If the proportion to re-
peal the Missouri Compromise had been
made a part of the Compromise of 1850,
;. the whole measure would have been
! lost. -e .-t .. . . h--t
!, Nobody ever dreamed that the final set
tlement Of the slavery question at thai
period had reference to other objects thar
those proposed in the Compromise. Blu
, it was necessary for Mr.. Pierce and hi:
adjuncts, North and South, to get up an
other agitation, and they accordingly
threw this brand. The North coult
say that the pro-slavery men had violated
compact. and cancelled the obligation t.
, execute the Fugitive Slave law. TIL,
t South could say that it had obtained a
last its rights, and that the nulifiers were
!. victorious. What cared they for the gooC
Of the country, provided that the agitation
, gave them the power to make Presi
, dent? "a.
THE CONCLUSION. --
In this manner, said the speaker, W,
can elect President who will not iisgrar,
the country with 0steud Conference; il
this manner, we can wipe out the staiI
which has been cast upon us Of introdu
cling corrupt foreign influence into ou
! national councils; in this manner we car
J teach those who seek to use the Catholic
] vote as political monopoly. that whilst W,
respectful the rights Of religious freedom
, we know how to disarm the advocates Of
system that makes the allegiance due t.
e the United States subordinate to tha
e whichis due to foreign potentate.
: What say you, then, gentlemen, to ou
+. platform? Do you not justly me in fiyin
q 10 it for relief from the coalition which ex
f.. lists between Mr. Pierce and the Nullifer
n ann Abolilionists? A coalition, which di
n more to build up sectional jealousy an
= strife than any other coalition which la
g ever existed in our land '.t
a By this coalition, notification enjoy
Il the honors aud high places Of governmer
J in the South, and Mr. Gushing knows ho'
TO tell his old Abolilonists to rest quiet
II that principles with truth to Wilson, Sun
a. ner and Seward, that Offices are sma
= things when weighed in the balances wit
I'd great measures Let the South have i
y time to-day, ours will como to-morreS
st 1t will be made impossible for the chiva
e. rous Davis, the seI-sacriicng Douglas. n
i TO allow us the privilege blowing the
IL example.
al But we tell these smart higher law me
4 the spirit Of Washington and Jackson is n
TO extinct, or that the people are rallyng,
OF IN the days ofold, to tho preservation
'g the true principles of The constitution; tn
r men, tried men, are taking their posts al
It. that the cry americans sh0H rule Ams'
OF ga" will sweep from the miserable ju
OF glers who, under the guise OF Democrac
d. would sell the country to the Pope
- Rome providing they had the privilege
SO monopoizing his favors. 90 ''t'.
st Let our motto, then, be, "0Ur Fed
ih al Union-h must and shall Do preseret
n ".4mHicdnS sk0ltraie America" +" 'T
or A Small Specimen Of Sag Nicht Lying
ar In order that the Americans OF o
g. county may be fully appriscd Of the S
: Nichls falschoods abroad, we give them
u. small extract from the Cincinnati Z
nd quirer, ..~ heA "a
u. "KNow NorHING TRroE.--A tempe
O. ance meeting, WAS called a day or T.