Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-01-24

The ns.t.nces nn,le, which This wmns WAS
nerpe,ts,.d. give additional keenuers 10 The
senss m ;niusy
II uas h1I5iy o,.e,ted 4bai ,be nroh;bitnu
was Unconstitutional The movers 10 ptobjbit
teu;t,Gal slavery Ind heeu e.ercjsed Nv ne
s,st rapsrrs na5sr the Constii..ion in ne aet
nsovi ling Tor eontinuius IN fun eiFeetth or.
Iinonne ~ i7s1. The CONSTITUTION, In en-
nrexs ierms. bsd conferred on CONGRESS The
roref 10 make an needn't fules and feeuIs.
lions cnnrs,ning The TeI,iinry OF fhe fjni,ed
s,ass This n-,ovisiou has been uni5o,mls re-
s.,,,.S =, s.,bn,i,inr III neresssry t-s,;to,isi
lsg;sls,ion AImosi erefv Oopvress hsd eyer.
ciseJ ths mover. and almost every prrsIdeak
had annreyed its exercise. The very rersons
,.hn Jan;.,a az as,ys, n ,yahihi, Slavsrvy a..
ss,tsd ~ nnwa, IL ss,ablish ,efyi,or,si sa,.
yrmsn,s an, n aesns ,L,ir ,ienar,menI ana
naw,rss AMI ,bsrsfors n densins ne oower
Of nrobibiiion, we're ,rluced 10 the necessliv
or Jsny;ng ,hst M greater inc,udes the less.
JJn,let these eirenms.anees after ire bru-
bIbition ha ! rems med unoues,ioued tot more
than a thitd of 4 century. The jrpi.l az ~
consiitatiopaliiy rather bfoyoked ind,suation
than excited donb,.
II was, also. insisted that the doc.rine Of
pouulgr Sovereignty. reu,ired The reneal az
The prohibition. This was . mers abuse of
terms. The true idea OF popular sovereignty
demands as a primary essential condition the
recognition of inalienable psrsonal rights
There can be no genuine nopulaI seyereientv
where A portion OK The populaton is easIayed.
The prohibition Of slavery IS therefore 4
necessaro pre requisite 10 a. real soyereienty
Of The peuple. In The sense of the spolorist
70. repeal, popular Sovereignty signifies moth.
ing but The night of D portion Of The communi.
" 10 ~enslaye the rest. ID begins BY The denial
or lhe natural rights ofman. IL must emil IN
The total subyersion OF the Fundamental min.
ciples of American institutions. For A 'free
and inlependent people, il would constitute
"a community Of masters, dependents and
slaves.
Such is HE rcpulsive theory, In practical
operation il has mot proved more altrac,iye.
AS embodied ic The Nebraska Kansas bill,
il has been fruitful of nothing but evil. II
has not conferred a single substantial benefit
upon the settlers Of either territory. In no
respect are they distinguished from the set.
tiefs OF Minneso.s, where slavery is prohibi-
ted, except by exposure 10 IFS evils. The sole
special effect Of the Nebraska Kansas act upon
the Territories organized under il, is To- open
them TO The introduction os slaves. In one Of
them i. has led 10 desperate attempts 10 effect
that otiect-io invasion, usurpation, violence.
observation-disclosures to civil war. Crimes like
these are not The legitimate fruits Of lha, doc
lrine or popular self government, 10 the main
:enance of which our fathers pledyed their
lives, their fortunes and their honor.
In all these things Our own Slaie has a
ieep and peculiar interest. Our W history
rutnishrs The most complete yiniication Of
The policy OF slavery prohibition. We occuny.
in part, The soil projected from the blight Of
slavery by the ordnance or 1887. For mora
than half century the people OF Ohio have
been accustomed 10 regard that Ordinance
with mingled emolions OF gratitude and pride,
Conspicuous among its provisions and in 6t
cmnpanionsbip with It's sacred guarantees Of
religious freedom, OF liberty towards immi-
grants, of the inyio!abiliiy of private con.
Tracts, o f,he security Of private properly, and
of universal education, stands the great inter-
dict against slavery, acknow %IrIging aud i'm.
panlaily protecting The rights of man as man.
! The words 10 which we alway, rrcur wheu
seeking in The ordnance the peculiar springs
OF our wonderful prosperity and progress, are
| hose which embody his nrobibiiion. New, +
did The noble pioneers WHO laid the foundation
in which we now ~ioyr,lly build, comploin ~
tina, iaterdicl as an abIidgement OF any rights,
nersonal or p~olitical. On The CONTRARY they
have ever spoken OF il as the piller OF fire By
nipht and ri clond by day which guided and
protected them in the wilderness. More than
any other State, Ohio is the first boru Of tie
Ordinance. and indebted 20 The Ordinance Tor
her proud position as The third State Of lhe
Confectionery, and FIRST among the he States,
II hound 10 cherish and defend It's great and
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