The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-01-23

settlement and CULTIVATION, the Country was 4
astonisled By the demand Of the Slave Pow.
er for The abrogaiiOn Of the Missouri prohi |
bilion. At first The demand was heard with 1
iucredulOus amazement. and then with IN /
ayaling indignation, IL availed nothing
to appeal to plighted faith; nothing
10 apeal 10 Pneient policy oi Constitutional
guarantees. The great dominant power Of
Slavery demanded the sacrifice Of Freedom.
and the obation must be made. The Mis- |
souri, Prohibition was repealed; the Conpro. !
mise Of 1890. performed 10 the letter. and |
far beyond the letter, by the Free STATES, |
Was broken up and destroyed by the Slave
States to avoid the fulflmsnt of is only
stipulation in favor of Freedom.
The pretences under which this wrong
was perpetrated. give additional keenness TO
the sense Of injury.
1t wts boldly asserted that the prohibi-
tion was unconsti,ut "nal. The power to
prohibit territorial slavery had been exer-
ri>ed by the first Congress under the Con
s,itudon in the act providing for continuing
in full effect the ordinance of '87. The
Constitution, in expr. SIS terms had conferred
on Congress the power to make all needful
rules and regulations concerning the Terri.
tory of the United States. This provision
had been uniformly regarded as authorizing
all neccs AIRY territorial Legislation. Almost
every Congress had exercised the power.
and almost every President had approved
its exercise. The very persons who denied
the pJwer to prohibit Slavery. asserted the
power to establish territorial governments
and to define their departments aud wels
and therefore, in denying the power of pro
hibltiUn, were reduced to the necessity Of
! DENYING that the greater n3udes the less.
Under these circumstances, ~afler the
prohibition had remained unquestioned for
mere than the third OF a century, The denia.
OF its consilutionality rather provoked in
dignaliOn than excited doubt.
4 1t was, also, insisted that the doctrine Of
popular sovereignty required the repeal Of
! the prohibition. This was mere abuse Of
terms. The true idea Of popular sovereign
ty demands as primary essential Condl-
o ton the recognition OF ilalienabe personal
tights, There can be no genuine popular
: sovereignty where u portion of the popua,
2 ion is ensiaved. The prohibition Of slavery
is therefore necessary requisite to a
= real sovereignty Of The people. In the sense
: ofthe apoIosist for repeal popular sover'
eighty signifies nothing but the right of q
portion of the community to enslave the
d rest. It 6rginS by the denial Of the natu
o raj rights OF man. 1t must end in the tota
subversion OF the fundamrntal principles oI
c American inst utions. Fo. free an in
= deuendent people; it would substitute a
= community OF masters, dependents, and
. slaves.
Sneh is the repulsive theory. In pracG
S cal operation it has not proved more atrac
It tive. AS embodied in the Nebraska K m
sas bill, it has been frlittul OF nothing bu
o evil. 1t has not conferred Stag le subStan
d tiaI benefit upon the settlers of either ter
} riory. In no respect are they distinguished
:. from The settlers OF Minnesota. where SlA
" very Is prohibited, except by exposure Il
d its evils. The sole special effect Of til,
T. Nebraska Kansas act npon the ttrritorje
organized under il is to open them to thu
" introduction of slaves. In one of them
j. has led To desperate attempts to effect tina
IL object-to invasion, usurpaton, violence
If Observation-Disclosures to civil war. Crime
y hike these are not the legitimate traits q
IS that doctrine of popular self government /
the maintenance uf which our fathers pledg
t ed their lives. their fortunes and their hon
or
y In all these things our own State has
z degp aud peculiar interest. Our own his
l. tory furnishes the most complete vindica
ton OF the policy Of slavery prohibi ion
| NJ, 80, ba frnr
the bI4 ht of slavery by the ordinance I
1887 For more than half century til
" people OF OHIO have be a'c ,somed t
81 regard that Ordinance with mingled enc
Of tions OF graft ude and pride. Consplcuou
A Among It's prov SONS and in fit companion
Of ship with its sacred guarantees of siou
Ill freedom, Of liberality towards immigrant:
y OF the inviulabIli!y Of private Contracts, {
" the security of private property, aud {
e, universal education, stands the great inter
n dict against slavery. acknowledging an
in impartlaIIy protecting the rights Of man Il
e man. The words 10 which VIZ alway
e recur when seek ny in the Ordinance III
t: pecu lar springs of on prosperity and pro
a. gtess are those which embody this p OH
0. Diuon. Never did the noble pioneers VIII
&c laid the foundations. on which we no
p, Iloyully build complain OF that lnterdict I
II an abrIlgement Of any rights, personal I
o political. On the contrary they have eve
30 spoken OF it as the pillar Of fire by night an
d: OF cloud by day which guided and protect
der them ia the wilderness. M5re than an
CT other State, Ohio, as the first born Of ii
" Ordinance, and ndeb ed to the Ordinanc
II 'or her proud position as the third State
b. the GonIederacy, and first among the ne
i, States, is bound to cherish and defend j
ii great and btneticent principles In S
ID doing we shall be fellow workers nth j
e. IlIus,lious trainers in their own Geclarr
II policy and puopose OF "extending the fun
u darnenlal prn, ipIes Of civil and reIgiot
IN liberty whereon these repub lies, their Law
x and coStlutions are erected, and fxln
e. and establlIhlng those principles AS III
he basis VI all laws, constitutions and govern
T. ments which forever hereafter shall
he formed in American territory"
to No political duty appears 10 be more Ill
ID gem Than this.
ll The question Of Slavery, it is almost un
verSal y conceded, transcends in present in
~ portance all other political questions Of
u aaiona character. The repeal of the Mi
he sour Compromise, opens anew the who
81 subject Of the relations OF slavery to Il
ry Union, to the States, and o the Terrtorie
h, In determining the true line Of duty, und
al these circumstances, it seems TO be the pa
C of wisdom to recur TO the acts of the Foul
he derS of the Republic, and to the principl