Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-08-15

one foot of Mexican territory am op-
posed to carrying on this war on such
terms Mr.. Calhoun in great excitement
exclaimed: Il am southern man and 3
STAKEHOLDER. I say for one, would rather
meet any extremity npon earth. than give
up one inch Of our equality" Gas though
equality is found only in slavery extension.l
Mr.. Bagby, of Alabama, ayerred: aIf the
time should come when this principle was
to be acted upon, that no more territory
was to be acquired lest southern iastitlaiOns
should exist in such territory, he would say
dOay Oit1 the Union" This gentleman,
the more efectually to secure the object Of
the war, introduced into the senate reso-
luton declaring that, 'If territory is hereaf-
ter acquired by the United States, either by
treaty or conquest it shall not be eompe-
tent for the treaty making power, or con
gress to exclude slavery from such territory
either by treaty stipulation or by act Of
congress" Mr.. Butler, of South Carolina,
''would before God warn gentlemen, if the
south was to be regarded and treated with
inequality they would tear up the instru-
ment the constitution to which they had
subscribed in good faith" To these con-
fessiOns of shareholders, I will add the tes-
timony of Gen. Cas-, given in private let
ter of the 10Th of February, 1s47, but
which found its way into the newspapers.
"The WilmOt proviso viii not pass the SEN
ate. 1t would be death to the war-death
to all hopes of getting an acre of territory
death to the administration, and death
to the democratic party
In August, 1s47, negotiations were
opened for peace with Mexico, and Mr.. Trit
was appointed to conduct them on the part
Of the United States. The Mexican COM
missioners were instructed to procure stip-
ulation by which "the United States shall
engage not to permit slavery in that part of
the territory which they may acquire by
treaty" In an official dispatch to the Sec
retary of State, (James Buchanan) of Sep
tember 4th, lS47, Mr.. Trist SAYS: "I as
sured them that the bare mention Of the
subject in any treaty, to which the United
States was party, was an absolute impos-
sibility, that no president would dare to pre-
sent any such treaty to the senate, and that
if it were in their power to offer me the
whole territory described in our project, in
creased ten fold in value, and in addition
to that, covered foot thick all over with
pure gold, upon the single condition that
slavery should be excluded therefrom, 1
could not entertain the offer for a moment,
nor think of communicating it to Washing
ton" The foregoing extracts, with many
others that might be made, show conclusive
ly the object the south had in view in slls-
tanning the Mexican war And that the
democratic party have always endorsed tho
war, is a fact too notorious TO need comment.
1 will now pass over all that has been
done by the present administration, for the
extension of slavery into territory once Civ
en- to freedom, as those acts are all fresh in
the memory of my readers. and adduee the
truthful (0 Democratic Messenger to prove
that the party are not onlyin favor of slave
ry extension into the territories, but into the
State of Ohio. In the Immediate connee-
ton with the foregoing statements in the
last Messenger, in regard to the position of
the democratic party, may be found the
following: "We look on it slavery as
mere question of political economy. As
such we [the democratic partyl do not be-
lieve it for the best interests Of Ohio to
have slavery" hold says the objcctor,
you were to prove by the Messenger that
the democratic party are in favor of slavery
in Ohio. So l will, just as strongly as the
above viii prove to the contrary. Here Is
the proof: "and neither do we 1.-THE demo-
cratic party1 believe itfor her [Ohios] inter
est to have free negroes to compete with
the white man." There you have it.
Free negroes in Ohio are not to compete
with white men, and as there are a large
number Of such persons in the state, and no
law by which they can be compelled to leave,
what does the democratic party believe
shonld be done with them9 Why, enslaye
them of course, for mark the language, it is
Stree negroes that are not to compete with
white men," Then let the labonng class in
Ohio mark the avowed sentiment of the
democratic slave-hunting party, that it Is
slaves that are to compete with YOU. More
anon. An ADVOCATE OF FREEDOM.
Col. Benton and his Sd Volume.
| In the last speech of Col. Benton, made