Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-08-15
FOR TIE yorRyAI.
Has the Democratic Party im favor of the
Extension of SlaVeryp'
"By their acts re shall kn0v them"

FOX TIE JOURNAL
''as the Democratic Party fm faVOr of the
EXteIhsiOn of SlaVeryF'
"By their acts sc shall kaOp them"
There is now settled determination on
the part of the nigger-hunting, slaye-breed-
ing democracy of the North, to impose up
on the creduIity of that portion of their par
ty who, should they be led to see that the
policy of the party is slavery extension,
would at once abandon it as being hostile
to the best interests of the country.
This imposition has been practieed more
since the organization of the republican par
ty, and the nomination of Fremont and
Dayton, than at any previous time since the
democratic party in the North became, in
the language of James Buchanan, (whiIe in
the U. S. senate, in 1s43, in his speech
against the ratification of the treaty with
Great Britain settling the Northeastern
boundary, because it did not provide COM
pensation for certain slaves liberated in the
West Indies, after saying that call Christ
endom is in league against the South, upon
the question of slavery" "They have no
other allies to sustain their constitutional
rights, except the democracy of the North.
And in this base deception, as in all other
dirty work, is that most contemplate of all
political sheets, the Messenger, now en-
gagged. And under the caption placed at
the head of this article, we find in the last
issue of that foul sheet, the position clearly
and distinctly taken, that the democratic
party is not in favor of slavery extension ;
and an attempt is made to adduce proof
that that is the position which the party al
ways occupied. The writer there claims
that the reins of the government have been
in the hands of the democratic party, at
least, two-thirds of the time since its forma-
ton, and attributes the abolition of slavery
in the now free states, to that fact. Now
why did not the Messenger, if it wished to
have its readers enlightened on this ques-
ton, give them the history of the abolition
of slavery in the states referred to? and,
then, in as much as the democratic party
dis the only national party" and claims to
exercise as much power in one portion of
the Union as another, tell them why slave
ry has not decreased in Ike proportion
through all of the states, and particularly
so, since this great national democratic par
ty has always occupied 'freesoiI position q
But before proceeding to present some un-
deniable facts to prove to the most common
observer, that the democratic party is not
only not freesoil and anti-slavery, but ultra
pro-slavery and in favor of its extension, let
me use the Messengers own statements,
as full and clear refutation of its own po-
s.tion.
wish to call the attention of the reader
to the array of facts adduccd by the Nes-
senger to prove that it is in consequence of
the anti-slavery feeling existing in the dem
ocratic party, during the period of tine
which they claim to have held the reins of
government, that slavery has been abolished
in the now free states; and vet, in the same
article, and in immediate connection with
the facts, alluded to, there is most grave
declaration that "the democratic party have
nothing to do with this matter. And that
there is no power in the Federal constitu-
ton under which congress can legislate slave
ry either in or out of state, and that we
are not called upon even to express an opin-
ion upon this matter" Now as the Hes
Seager claims to be truthful exponent of
the positions and doctrines of the democrat
ic party, ask him to reconcile these two
positions attributed by him to the party
First, that the reigns of government having
been in the hands of the democracy two
thirds of the time since its formation it has
abolished slavery in fifteen states, and that
the party is opposed to slavery extension
Second, there is no power in the govern
ment by which slavery can be abolished in
any state, and that the democratic party
have nothing to do with it, not even to ex-
press an opinion upon the matter. Oh, con-
s5teney thou art jewel.
will now present some few facts to
prove that the democratic party is ultra pro
slavery, and desires its extension. In the
first place let it be remembered that the
democratic party claim to be the only nation
al party now in existence in this country,
ani that therefore whatever position the
party assumes in one portion of the Union,
must be taken as that of every other por-
ton. What then is the position of the par
ty South, few extracts from the speeehe;
of the leaders of the party in that portion
of the country will clearly show, and ther
the Democratic Messenger, of this place
will define the position of the party North
which !, IN narfaat uniOD with that Of the