Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-09-13
why Northern Democrats support the
Nebraska Bill

Hon. Amasa j. Parker, the Democratic can,
didate for Governor of New York, in his rec
marks at the great democratic mass-meeting
in New York city, on the Gath ult., uses the
following language:
" Gentlemen, the country has been flooded
in every available form by misrepresentation.
The questions that really exist and are at issue
before the American people have not been
arly presented by our political opponents.
The Democratic party is charged with being
pro-slaverv party. Nothing could be more IN
true or unjust. As party it is neither pro-
slavery nor anti 81 very. As party it defends
nonsinterventnn. As individuals perhaps there
is no one of us here present, who, as 9 settler
of Kansas or any other Territory, would not
vote ACCORDING TO HIS EDUCATION, To MAXI 1T
FREE STATE"
Again he says:
Il repeat, gentlemen, that we stand upon
the doctrine that the citizen of Territory
shall have the same right to speak, to act, Ia
vote for his own domestic institutions, THAT
VIZ HAVE IN THE STAETs"
II hold that it is now really
tie DEMOCRATIC faith to recognize EVERY
WHERE, that it is the true policy of the coun
Try to leave that (the slavery question to the
PEOPLE OF THE TERRITORIES"
Nv hen the question is settled, as | tell You
it will be, we shall have an end of this agita-
ton of slavery. 1t will be in each territory,
aud then il the laws are properly administered,
The people will vote as they have a right do
and the MAJORITY WILL DETERMINE THE CUES
TON THERE.
$50 tar from having any fears npon the sub
ject of the Territories, II WOULD BE AL
MOST IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE 1T OTTER
MISE THAN A FREE stale, BECAUSE
fHE EMIGRATION POURS IN FROM THE
NORTH ZEN 70 ONEl Why is 1t that our
opponents, Ohe Black Repubicans) affect to
have such fear of slave Statesf Let Us see
tor what reason. When our Union was form.
ed, nearly all the States OF our cuniederscy
were slave States now slave States are in the
MINORITY. In Congress, a. this moment, the
Tree States have q majority in the House OF
Representatives Why this pretended fear "f
the increasing Influence Df slavery-and iufu.
ence which we cannot cOntrol1 There is no
Just apprehension, when the relative strength
of each has been constantly changing IN .JdUOr
Of the Free States"
There, says the Griffin Union is an argument
for you-an argument to propitiate .treesOiLism
There is no lust apprehension" of the increa-
sing influence of the slave interest, because it
has been diminishing since the foundation of
The Unionl Give to the people of the Terri
tories the right to control the question, and it
'UiU be impossible" To make other than free
States out OF the territories, because the eni'
grafton from the North is 'tea 10 one" And
the speaker said that Of those present (the
crowd is represented to have numbered TO-
000) there was no one but would vote to make
Kansas free STATE. So much for Mr.. Amasa
J. Parker. the head OF Buchanan democracy
in New York. We may add, so much for the
great democratic swindle attempted to be per.
petrated on the South, that Northern democ-
racy sustdias the Nebraska bill.