Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1855-09-04

MBER 4, 1855. 4. Z.
workings Of the Democratic principle would
abolish slavery. But ihe precipitation ol
/ the Kanzns. Nebraska bill startled the coun.
ltry and resolved Tho Norih 10 treat The pro.
lpigahdisins OF slavery as ihe issue--,he only
issue 10 politics; This, has brought Us all
liogelher. We never differed, excepIas To
tbs lime Of meeting ihe issue, and now al;
ready iho issue issmade. Il Is moi possible
10 avoid i. We areihen all'broueh TO-
gerber on The common principle tina, Slavery
lis SECTIONAL, moi NATIONAL We occupy
the same ground with Patrick Henry, with
Jefferson, with Washington, We will no,
in,erierawi,h S,ayeryin Ken,ucky. Lei
moi The place-holding enemies Of The Repub.
liacn movement for one moment falsify our
Position. Wewill moi interfere wi,h slayefy
.Iin, kanuckYsand slayeryin Kentucky mus,
not interfere with us hers. tEdfnes, up.
1plause.) j have said than only stand where
stood The ,Fnlhers Of The Republic. Il was
the objecl Of Thomas Jefferson 10 exclude
slavery from ullnew territory. and he only
lniled because of a rule requiring, in the
| passage Of such an ordinance; a majority of
all the States; but being Represented when
the first ordinance came up foi4adoption. six
outCf the nine supported the general proh.
bition. Jefferson soas a Democratic Saint,
bu the lale leaders Of The Democracy have
setup SainrFrank and Saint Stephen Ar.
mold. (Laughier,) ,.s3 st,a, .asar,
| When the Constitution was framed, the
Slave Slsses:ptevailed III The adoption OF q
clause providing that Congress should have
no power 10 iegisla,e slavery out Of The
States, also in tbs clauses giving .he right
10 representation In Congress for ,wo,6flhs
OF oil their slaves, and for The right Of re-
capturing persons owing service or labor es.
Gaping from one StaIein,o another. Never.
theless, the Fathers ofe,he Nation were no,
willing slavery should become dominant,
and following close upon the adoption Of the
lCons'iiniion came from ller haads The or.
dinance Of 1897, forever prohibiting SLAYER,
| from territory northwest Of the OHIO. "a
By and by, however, the policy'of the
| Fathers was departed. from. Irememberlhe
wi. OF an Ohio Representative in Congress
when describing the new theory Of parturi.
lion and CESSATION, which was, for the nation
TO bring forlh--no. every time free Stale,
as provided for by the Fathers Of the Re-
lpublic, but two, one whtc and one black.
lTLaughter]l The slavery propagandisss
tstye the new theory more politely, "poliih
cal equilibrium ''e Contrary to the prohibi-
Lion Of sthe ibs,Du,ionn from specified ,er-
Iri,ory, Missouri applisd fgr admission as q
slave SIaie OR faihers rebeiled. The
Y country 7s ''''rsd q n7y'' s'ses'
Imade. 10 consideration ol that great con.
lcession BY The North, all the territory nonh
Of So deg, 80 min. was secured 10 freedom.
! Did The South observe the compacr they
themselves named solemn compaclr' SO
generally was the new prohibition regarded
as forever binding, thar as late as The first
proposition for organizing Nebraska Terri.
tory, Senator Atchison stated in The Senate
that he had no hope Tor repeal Of the Mis-.
souri Compromise
Douglas, Senator from the Free State OF
Illinois, came forward with his Kanzas Ne
braska bill, and with his aid the South re-.
pealed that Missouri Compromise. Myself
and my colleague struggled and voted, no.
My friend Campbell and his colleagues in
the House, fought the treason galIaH!ly, but
at midnight the act was accomplished. i
remember the dark hour of that deed of
darkness. When the struggle was over, the
Senaie adjourned; we were walking down
from Capitol Hill, alarmed, desponding,
when the insulting cannon doomed over the
city, fIly eliminating the oulrages of the
the night. ...s.,
The echoes Of these Insulting cannon
reached to Maine, and from every river and
lores, came an indignant response. Iowa
heard them, and set upon the acl her seal Of
condemnation. Yes, and you here, in my
own Ohio, heard the premplure revel Of the
yiolaers, and hurried from theiriseals Of i'll.
gotten power all within your reach--you
have sent TO Congress an unbloken dplega-
lion OF ,wenty.one s,auhch. men and true.
We were united for result SO beneficial
last Fall. What was the bond Of the Union
then? The mere passage Of the Nebraska
act, though lis friends perambulaled all The
STATES 10 assure you that the Interests Of
freedom were safe in Kanzus, because the
Northern emigration ,hilher was strong;
squut.er Sovereignty would make them free
States. What mites us this FalR The
greater bond of Union, that Kanzas is al
ready in,he hands Of Slavery ptopagandisls
lin the hands Of A,chison and the String.
fellows. [Cheeriug]. The. danger is no
longer one Of antcipaton; the designs Of the
yioIa,ers are deyeloped--the crime is com.
mitiea. We are uDied now TO rescue that
fair land from ,he clutch Of slave Stale banda
who have invaded, Kanxas, subdued The
squuller sovereigns, and organized Them
selves into Kan2as Legislature!
Iiwas pply yesterday ,hasi wasshown a
Isuer from gentleman travelling ihrongh
Missouri, an which he remarked thai he had
Just parted with farmer in that State
Missouri had mounted his horse 10