The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-09-03
black Republican Trickery


To see knavish fraud practiced by the Re-
publican leaders, it IS only necessary to exam
inc carefully their platform.
BY reading their papers, and hearing their
stump orators one would suppose their party
pledged against all the evils in creation. They
were going to bring the government back to the
principles of Washington and jefferson. Ex-
anime their platform carefully and see how they
back water. 1t is cunningly devised, and full of
high sounding clap-trap phrases, but it studi-
ously shrinks from making asquare issue on any
of the disputed points on which they prated SO
loudly before the convention.
1.-The Republican National Resolutions of
June Is, 1856, do not refer to the Repeal of the
Missouri Compromise.
2.-They do not condemn the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise.
3.-They do not oppose the extension of sla.
very into territory now free
4.-They do not oppose the admission of fu-
ture Slave States.
! 5.-They do not pledge the party to restore
the Missouri Compromise.
6.-They do not pledge the party to prevent
the extension of slavery into free Territory.
They do not pledge the party to limit sla.
very to the territory where it now exists
8.-Thoy do not object to the Fugitive Slave
Law, or propose its repeal or modification in any
particular.
9-Ihey do not propose to give fair play to
the actual settlers in Kansas or any other terri
( tory.
1o.-All they say, in any way relating to these
subjects is chat it is the right and duty of Con-
gress TO prohibit in the Territory those twin
relics of barbarism-polygamy and slavery
and that this power of Congress should be exer-
cised only as to Utah, because 'po1ggGnag'' is
tolerated in no other Territory of tie United
States. This inference is conclusive upon them
because there are seven organized territories, and
they use the word "The Territory" and must
therefore refer to one Territory and not to all.
ll.-But they do not pledge the party to pre-
vent polygamy and slavery in Utah in case
they get the power. It's a mere allegation of
power in Congress without pledge that they
would use it.
l2.-The call of the Convention was express
ly to give an expression against the repeal of the
Missouri Compromise and to prevent the extern
sionot slavery into free territory; but the con-
vention neglected to express any opinion upon
these subjects and passed them in silence.
13.-These were the subjects they should
have spoken out upon, and their silence casts a
suspicion upon the honesty and integrity of the
party. The people demanded that they should
speak out plainly uIon them, but they kept 81
lent.
l4.-The Republican leaders and wire-pull,
ers stand before the people, charged with an at
tempted fraud, and will be tried in next Novcm-
Der, and convicted of the crime and pronounced
unworthy Of public support or confidence.
l5.-The Delegates to the Convention acted
for the whole party, and their silence upon the
Fugitive Slave Law, the cxtenton of slavery in
to free territory andupon the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise, is binding upon the party,
and the party is not pledged to any course not
declared in the Platform. A decent respect for
the silence Of the National Convention upon
these subjects, should produce like silence up.
on the Press and in the Circus Tent. 1t look,
bad to hear individuals telling that they are op-
posed to the repeal Of the Missouri CaRpromisc
opposed to the extension of slavery and the ad-
mission OF future Slave States, when the party
in National Convention has declared no such
thing If such be their honest convictions and
sentiments, they should leave the party at this
time.
1G.-The republican domagogucs and preach
ers OF false doctrine, are now going about the
country talking about matters not in their Plat
form-to humbug credulous men out of thcir
votes.
Let the people but understand the game at
tempted to be practiccd upon them by the Black
Republicans and they sre0 them out.