Oroville daily Butte record., 1856-10-30
The Great mud Paramount Issue.

The new fusion, or Republican party, as
they miscall themselves, contend that the
great ana paramount issueis, The agrees.
ion of the slave power" Their leading ora
tors say that the great question is, Are
YOU in favor of freedom or are you in favor
OF slavery" and they are now doing every
thing in their power to combine all the North
against the South. They deny that they
would dissolve the Union Mr.. Senator
Sumner says, 1--WE are for the Union, proui.
ded We can drive Slavery out of it,"
But suppose they cannot 'lrive it out Of
the States or out of the territories, and keep
the South in the Union, what then Let Mr..
Speaker Banks answer. He says then, 81
am willing to let the Union slide ~ Anoth-
cr dsunion witness for Fremont. The New
York National anti slavery Standard, speaks
Of "the necessary division Of the Nation in.
to two parts-the Northern and the South.
ern-of which the principles shall be Slave.
ry and Anti-slavery" But" says the
Standard, "the lines are now drawn and
the hosts are now encamped over against
each other. The attempt to keep up delu-
sive alliance with natural enemies has been
abandoned"
The Boston Liberator supports Fremont
and holds the following language: 1.-The U
5. Constitution is a covenant with death,
and an agreement with hell" And this is
the issue made public in the Liberator since
Fremont's nomination 'But one issue--the
dissolution of the Union-a new revolution
has begun another secession is to take
place, and freedom for all secured upon Il
sure basis. No union with Shareholders!
This plausible question, then, care you
for freedom or are you for slavery" is not
the real issue. The real question is, care
you for the Constitution or against it Are
you for upholding the government of the
United States or for anarchy, revolution,
and disunion ?" That is the question. If
you are for the Constitution, then you are
for the existence of the Union under that
Constitution just as it stands, with slavery
existing. just rs our fathers found it. Not
as a National, but as State right institu.
ton, with the principle inseperable from the
right of self government that grows out OF
it, to wit: the right Of every political COM
munty to regulate that matter for them
selves under the Constitution. That is the
Democratic doctrine to settle all these sec.
tional and geographical differences, which
by agitation are made 80 often to threaten
the Union
The Democratic party propose q clear and
distinct settlement of all these sectional
quarrels. 1t is "the principle of non-inter.
vention by Congress with slavery in the
States and in the territories " That is sim
ply the fundamental doctrine of Democratic
institutions the right of self government
wonderful pacifcator, if we will only ap.
ply it to the Union, the State, the territory,
each in its proper sphere, each under its
own proper constitution.
No National, conservative, intelligent cit-
izen can close his eyes to the fact that the
choice is narrowed down between Buchanan
and Fremont-betwecn TIE Constitution as
represented by the one, and disunion as rep
resented by the other. The election of Fre-
mont would dissolve every tie binding these
States together. The national men in the
North and South who still support Mr.. Fill
more are either the willing or unwilling al
lies of Mr.. Fremont, though Mr. Fillmore
has denounced in terms of withering, bur
ming eloquence the platform upon which
Fremont stands
The fearful issue--the eminent danger
these evil times require and demand all na-
tional, conservative men-all true patriots
to unite readily, cordially, heartily upon the
strongest national candidates, Buchanan
and Breckenridge. and rebuke the spirit that
tends to disunion, by electing them by over
whelming majorities.