The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-08-15
The New Democratic Doctrine.

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but 10 be made the universal conaihoR 81
The LabOriRg classes Of society.
Ii is not negro Slavery or simply thu
question ofextending Slavery that isat ISSUE
in the coming Presidential election. The
question of the right Of one man to make q
chattel of his fellow, to make him toll fol
him without compensation, and to destroy
all the attributes of freedom which, to use
the expressive language ofThomas Jefferson
their nature and natures God " entitlt
him to, is at issae,-in fact, the great par.
amount overriding issue of the CAMPAIGN
1t is not whether BLACK SLAVERY is right,
but whether the principle Slavery without
regard to color, is right.
The doctrine asserted In the Cincinnati
Platform, or that part which relates to Slave
~, Is tantamount to the declaration that
SLAVERY Is NOT MORALLY WRONG, and no dis
tinction Is made us TO whether 1t is Slavery
Of Whites or Of Blacks. This will appear
from this resolution Of the convention which
asserts that the people of" all the territories
including Kansas and Nebraska may from a
constitution WITH or WITHOUT Siarery" &c.
This doctrine under which Slavery might be
even established in our own State by the
people is an express denial Of the wrong OF
the Slavery principle, and however specious
may be the arguments which are used to
justify it when stripped of all disguise is a
recognition Of the moral right Of Slavery
1t is, in fact, saying that Slavery is not to
be confined to the MICRO race but may be
made to include IaJOring WHITE men also
This is the doctrine of the Platform in which
Mr.. Buchanan lost his identity, and which
every man who votes the Buchanan ticket
will subscribe to. The Northern Democrat.
ic presses some Of them assert this, but the
majority of them try to blink it by cunning
sophistry. The Southern, however, with a
boldness gained by successful aggrcssions
upon the free principles of our government,
distinctly put forward the righ,falness Of
Slavery applying it to White as well as
Black.
To show the exact extent and nature Of
this doctrine of enslaving WnIrE men, we
quote the following from an article on the
subject in the last Kennebcc Journal.
The Richmond Examiner, one of the lead
ing Democratic papers in Virginia, ardcntly
supporting Mr.. Buchanan, holds the follow
ing language in late issue:
Until recently, the defence Of Slavery
has laborcd under great difficulties, because
its apologists, (for they were mere apologists)
took halfway grounds. They confined the
defence Of Slavery to mere negro Slavery ;
thereby giving up the Slavery Prinap!e, adj.
hitting other forms Of Slavery to be icrong.
The line of defence, however, is now
changed. The South now maintains that
SldrCryis right, natural and necessary, and
does not depend upon difference Of CON-
PLEXION. The laws of the Slave States
Justify the holding of WHITE MEN in
bondGge."
Another Buchanan paper, the leading one
in South Carolina, says:
"Slavcry is the natural and normal con-
dition of the Iaboriag man, whether WHITE
or black. The great evil of Northern free
society is, that il is burdened with scribe
class of MECHANICS and LAB0BERS, un-
III for self:qorerRment, and yet clothed with
the attributes and powers OF citizens. Mas
ter and Slave is a relation in society as nee
essiry as that of parent and child; aud the
Northern States will yet have to Introduce
it. Their theory of free government is a de-
lusion."
There's f" Democratic" doctrine for you,
with vengeance sour theory offree gov
eminent a delusion ~" iaboring men
whether ,rhiie or black TO be slaves" YER
lily matters are coming to pretty pass with
W..
The Richmond (va.) Enquirer, Mr.. Bu-
chanan's confidential organ, and considered
by the Democratic party as itsablcst pa
per in the South, speaks as follows, in a re-,
cent number;
Repeatedly have We asked the North
I. Has no, the experiment Of universal liberty
FAILED? Are not the evils of FREE So
CIErY INSUFFkRABLE? And do not
most thinking men among you propose to
su5rsri and reconstruct il? Still no answer.
Tnis gloomy silence is another CONCLUSIVE
evidence We have furnished, that free sooay
in the long run is an impacticable form Of
society il is everywhere starving democrat
ICED and discretionary.
"We repeat, then. that policy and hui
manity alike forbid The extension Of the eriis
Of free society to new people and coming
generations.
Two opposite and conflicting forms Of So