Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-10-30

common nestlIng-place of bowling bed
l2mites. We obomiaate tie system be-
cause the schools are free, and because
they make that which ought to be the
reward of toll, and earnest, ardent, and
almost super-human efforts, cheap, com
monplace, priceless, and uninviting.-
AS there is no royal road to learning.
so there ought to be no mob road to
learning"
"a little learning is dangerous
thing'-to the individual, to society, to
learning itself, to all conservatism of
thought and all stability i'll general af-
fairs. The sole function of the free
school is to supply that little learning; :
and thus it is charged to the brim with
incendiarisms, heresies, and all the ex-
lplosiye elements which uproot and rend
and desolate society,""
From the Richmond (ya.) Enquirer OF June 10.
The True Issue.
| The Democrats Of the South IN the
present cdn0d&s cd"n0t rely on the Old
grounds Of dete5tce and e,rcuse for .Slu-
cer,y; for they seek not merely 10 retain
It aehere IL is, but to eGtend Il into regions
,rtere ii is makmo'ca. Much less can
they rely on the mere constitutional
gaardnties Of Siacery, for such reliance
is pregnant with the admission that
Slavery is wrong, and but for the con-
stitutional argument for slavery, stand
ing alone, fully justifies the Abolitionists.
They are clearly right, if Slavery be
morally wrong, for to get rid OF it under
the Constitution, or by amending the
Constitution, is confessedly impractica-
bic.
In truth, the Constitution cannot help
Slavery, if it be violation Of the laws
of God and of morality. In that case,
the Constitution should be changed, or
the Free States should sccede, rather
than continue to guarantee what they
consider immoral and profane. The
Constitution cannot help Slavery, for
another reason. That institution, ex-
tending through fifteen States, and in
ter-ramified with the interests, the feel
ings, and the very existence of many
millions ofmen, is much stronger than
the Constitution. 1t would be far cas-
Ter to change or violate the Constitu-
ton, than to abolish Slavery. Besides,
Slavery is older than the Constitution,
existed before it, and independently Of
it. We derive 10 right to Our slaves
from it, and weaken our cause by seem
ing to rely on it.
Nor will it avail us aught to show
that the negro is most happy and best
situated in the condition OF Slavery. If
we stop there, we weaken our cause by
the very argument intended to advance
it; for lce y,rop0se To introd'tce into me,o
territory, h,waen beings achom eeo assert
to be u,ft for h6erty, se!f-goreT1me,et,
and eqltal association ariM other men,
We m"st 90 q step .tdrther. We must
show that African Slavery is a moral,
religious, natural, and probably in the
general, q necessary institution, Of Socie-
II. This is the only line Of argument
that will enable Southern Democrats to
maintain the doctrines of State equal
ity and Slavery extension.
For # Slacery be not legitimate,
usetul, m0ral and egpedte1h institution,
ere cannot, acithoUt re}rocf Of conscience
and tie blush Of shame, seek to e1tend
~, VI tSScft Cttf cYNNt"J UtH btD"C
States hdcing no such institution.
Northern Democrats need not go tins
Jar. They do not seeh to c.ctend .Sla-
oery, bit oIely agree to its e.rtetsion, as
q matter Of right on oar part. They
may prefer their own social system to
ours. 1t is best that they should. Our
friends are conservatives at home, and
conservatives of the Cnion-conserva-
tive ofreligion, ofmarriage, ofproperty,
of State institutions, and of Federal in
stitutions. But whilst they may prefer
their own social system, they will have
to admit in this canvass, that ours is al
so righytH and legitimate, and sanction
ed alike by the opinions and usages of
mankind, and By tie atah0rity and er-
press iJunctio,,s Of Scripture They
cannot consistently maintain that Sla-
very is immoral, ineXpedient, and pro-
fame, and yet continue to submit to its
extension.
We know that we utter bold truths.
But the time has now arrived when their
utterance can be no longer postponed.
Tie true issue should StQnd ont so bold
IL and cIearly that none may naiStdhe it.
What the National Democracy is, as
Stated by its Friends.