The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-01-05
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IN the success which has crowned the oil
garchy everywhere in the old world, and Sc
cured its triumphs on the maxim, "divide
and conquer The wings and democrats of
the south are combination, to carry into
the next presidency some candidate absolute
IN maintaining the repeating clause of the
Kansas bill, which nulifes the principles Of
the ordinance, the provisions of the consti,
tuition made to give them effect, and all the
compromises which have been made in pur-
suance of them, with the sanctions of all
sections of the Union.
If the majority favorable to the policy
built up with our government will unite.
accept the issue rendered by the administra-
tion, and make the repeal of the repeating
clause OF the Kansas act paramount in the
impending contest for the presidency, all will
be restored that has been lost to free institu-
tlonS, by opening the territories, north and
south, to slavery. The compromises of 1920
and 1850 being restored there will not be a
territory of the United States, once exempt
from slavery, on which it can legally intrude;
and Mr.. Atchison's attempt by an armed
force to carry out the notification plotted
in the caucus which gave birth to the Kan
sas bill, will, like the attempt of his proto-
type, Mr.. Calhoun, to give effect to South
Carolina notification, be paralyzed by the
frown of an indignant nation, made potent
by all honest and firm executive.
And there will end the career Of those
gentlemen who arrogate to themselves the
exclusive tutelage of the democracy of the
country, as ended that of Mr.. Calhoun and
of the 80 state rights party. They sunk, un-
der the universal conviction that their zeal
for state rights was an ardent passion to
reach political power at the hazard Of ex-
tinguishing in the blood Of the people the
wise and free institutions it had cost so
much to establish.
Our innovatlng democrats, who put under
foot the representative principle; who vio
late the known will of their constituents;
who scorn their instructions TO redress the
wrong they have committed who reply to
the suffrages that condemn their conduct,
that they are not democratic suffrages who.
in the penitude of their infallibility read
out of the democratic party Maine, n. Hamp-
shire, Connecticut. New York, Pennsylvania.
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin and Iowa, because they will not submit
to the will of these, their representatives,
who have set up test which must ever eX
clude Massachusetts. Vermont and Rhode
Island from lis ranks; who have bartered
away rights secured to them all by compact
will soon learn that democracy does not
reside III the organization Of intri guers. but
in the mass of the people.
Its the glory of our great republic, that
its democracy springs up from the soil and
fourishes in the fresh air Of our widespread
country; and that its rich harvests impart-
ing health strength and spirit to our whole
system, are gathered annually at the polls
The democracy which is bred in caucuses
and cabinets, is a sort of hot-bed Species
suited TO the taste of epicurean politicians,
whose appettes are their principles In
cumbents and expectants of offices and dig
mites, claim sort of patent right in the
machine of government to create democracy
adapted to their purposes. Their innovations
in the machinery are contrivances to renew
their privileges for new terms, and the peo