The true Democrat., 1856-03-25
From the New York Day Book, March, l,
 The Two Conventions

During the past week there have been two political conventions Tn session in Pennsylva- mia, at which the all absorbing and eternalv agitating "nigger question " has over-rode everything else At the Know Nothing con- venton, which was composed of men from all the States of the Union, there was an effort made by that portion who reside in states where the negroes form part of their population, to shut out this question and leave 1t where 1t pro- rerly belongs, to the states in which slavery exists. But the meddling creatures from the non-slaveholddg states were determined to bring it into the issue; they seemed to consi- der themselves the proper representatives of the free negroes in their respective states, and totally ignoring the interest of their white bre- thern, made the negro the all-important sub- feet of their deliberations. To them white men were nothing, negroes everything; and Massa- chusetts, Connecticut, Ohio and the other north ern and western states, ruled and controlled the convention and prepared the great Know No- thing party for delightful fall into the arms of the nigger worshippers next June.
 At the other convention, held at Plttsburg there was no difference of opinion or sentiment It was a convention of northern States held with the avowed purpose to get control of the United States government, and govern and rule the southern States. The Kings and Manns and Glddlngs, and GreelevS have, over and over again, declared this their end and aim.-- For years they have openly avowed their in- tention to get control of the United States gO- vernment, and subdue the south and bring it under subjection to the north. Their platform and resolutions, though not declaring their full intentions, lead to the same end And now let us ask our fellow citizens, our tradesmen, merchants and mechanics, what if these north ern men should succeed? What if they should really dc all they profess to desire to do? Sup pose they should succeed in getting control of the government, and attempt to bring the south under subjection, what then? Do you, gentlemen want to be party to such an at tempt? Do you wish to see these men in con- tro of the government for the purpose of sub- jugatlng the south? What have the southern people done to you, or to your city or State, or what have they proposed to do that you would like to see them brought under subiection to Giddings, Greeley, Mann, King and Co.,, and made to bend the supple knee" to the arro- gant philanthropists?
 The Pittsburg convention was convention of northern men; it contemplated no interest ol the south, but the south's humiliation and de struction, and of course the south was not invited And now fellow citizens of the north you are called upon to decide whether you vii l join these northern men in their contemplated warfare or oppose them. Do you wish to divide l your interest with the southern States anC southern people and declare hostility to then and thelr future posterity, or do you wish tC
 live on, on friendly terms with them as you have heretofore lived? Now is the time for you to decide. The time has come the issue Is forced upon you, and you must take your posi- ton. You can no longer dodge the question Ou cannot shake off the issue or shrk the re SponSlblity of the stake You may for a while longer play around the Know Nothing camI and pretend to "know nothing" about politics but the enemies of the south have taken thei stand and declared open hostility to the vita interest aye, to the very existence of sixteer sovereign States, and you must join them ol oppose them
 If you wish to destroy the south or attemp to destroy tiff you are willing to go to wa with your brethern on this negro question, vol must say SO and prepare yourselves for tht fight. For just so surely as Giddings and Gree ley and Mann and their black cohorts succeed just so sure V war, and a war to the knife commences with the southern people. The, have proclaimed their designs; help them t. put them into execution, and the very first ac will be resisted by powder and ball. Attemp to force the south to submission to these men programme, and you will find such opposition as no country and no people ever yet encoun tered and survived. Men of New York, vii you join this great fanatical party on who's banner is plainly and visibly written in letter of blood, the submission or destruction of on hals of these United States to the will of tn other half?