Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-07-10

fiy these Twin relics ol O1tOdsfon P~4. ='.J aliN
slavery.
Itwas fashionable in the days of the Rev
oluiion an. for long time after the great
battle was fought, 10 believe in the DEcLAR-
ALTON us IspEPrxDEScE, and condemn the
institution oil Slavery as a rurse 10 both
u.sstet and slave. This is cur resolution:
Resolved Thai ,l,e r,aintenenre Of the principle:
promulgated In thc Declaration Of lEdependence
and embodied in the feti-ra. constitution are es
renfial TO tie n ssarfcn of nur republican insii
ttions: anA .h: the FEDERAL cansi niion.ih rights
OF the 81 ties AMI xhc union OF the States shall bc
preserved.
1t was also fashionable in the better days
cf oar Republic to improve By means of ap-
propriaticns out Of the National Treasury,
ur,r rivers and harbors. and protect the lives
and property of the People whether upon
xal water or fresh-apon land or upon sea.
Resolved. That railroad TO the Parihc Ocean
hy the most central and practical route i imPcra-
lively demnnded by the interests OF the whole
country and that the federal government ought 10
render immediate and efficirG aid IN lis con-iruc-
lion and as nuxilinry thereto ;he lrnmrdla,e
construction of an eniigrant route on the line oil
the 'airo d.
Resolved That appropriations by Congress ior
the Improvement of rivers and harbnrsot nation
nj character required for the hccJm'no lailnn ana
security of our existing commerce, are authorized
bv IN. Constitution and justified BY the obligation
nf government to protect the lives and property OF
iis citizens.
Where stood the Democratic party on
Slavery Extension in 1919! JAMES b.
cHasAx, being one OF a Committee on Res
oIulions, reported the following:
Resolved That the Representatives in Congress
Il al.xr
from this District he and 'hey are hereoy; mosr
earnestly requested. TO their utmost endeavors
ns members of National Legislature, TO PREVENT
TEE EXISTENCE SLAVERY. in 0Ey of me IerrHories
or States. which may be enacted by Congress
Resolved, That in the opinion OF this mee'lng'
the members of Congress. who at the last session.
sustained the laws OF Justice. humanity and Patrl-
otisn in opposing the inrroducticn OF slavery into
the State rhcn protesting 10 be formed out OF the
Missouri Territory. nre entitled 10 the oaTnest
tkam&s Of every friend Of hsmaHdty,
Democratic New Hampshire Legislature
in Isto, passed the following:
..Resoiped 5p the Senate and House q Rsprescn,
f6fiees IN Generoi Court conrrtied- That opposed
90 every form oi oppression the people OF New
HanoslIire have viewed with deep regret the eH-
i.tence of Slavery in this Union; Ihni while they
have sieadasiy supported all sections IN their con-
s.ituional rights they have not only lament+d ats
existence ms great social evil. but regarded II AZ
fr1ngLf eih danger 10 The peace aud re!'are q Mt
..Resolyod. That while we respect the rights OF
The slnyeholdns Us well Tree portions oil tlii>
union---whle We will not willingly consent Ihi'
wrong be done to any member oi The glorious Con-
federscy 10 which we belnnc we are trmiy dnd
rnaiteray opposed 10 the eItension Of SLdrery orer
onp portion Of American soil nor free
SReed-ed That in Our opinion Congress has the
ronstitutional pcCer 10 abolish the Stare fraae ana
Nqrery in the District OF Columbia; and that our
Senators he instructed and oHr Representatives be
-o....f.S f,Le I'll rotsllaffOnQ[ measures to lc-
comp,ish these objects.
The Democratic State Convention OF New
York, in 1855, passed the following:
Resolved That while the Demrscracv of this
State will faithfully adhere to :: the compromise
of the Constitution and ma ntain all the reserved
rights of the States ihy deem his an appropriate
occasion 20 declare their fixed h1sriiy 10 the ex
tension of Slavery into Free Territory
.Resolvrd, That we regard the organization oi
lands Of armed bordcreTs, and their admission INTO
the Territory OF Kansas, not as bona fde settlers
but ior the forcible subversion OF The nights OF Its
legal electors. not only violation OF the peace OF
the Union and the rights ut the community assall-
ed but as distinctly subversive OF the Inten OF
Congress as declared in the bill organizing the said
Territories 10 have the psopir perfectly Tree 10 'orn
and requisite their own domestic INSTITUTIONS IN
their own way subject only Ia the Constitution oi
the United States; and that all power o the enera
and Territorial Governments should be exerted Ia
redress these outrages and vndicate the rights oi
the people thereof.
1t is said that principles never change out
men do; why this turning wrong sice up OF
the Democratic party in SO very short a
tilnei did the intereS.s of The North or the
People of the North require it! did the cause
of Justice or humanity demand it! why was
it Democratic and constitutional to oppo e
the extension of Slavery FOR fifty years, and
now unti Democratic and unconstitutional
There is but one answer TO these interroga-
tories-the three hundred g. forty seven thou
sand Shareholders of the South made the de
mand ard the No thern Dem crats who now
support the present Administration bowed
the knee and licked the dust 10 please their
masters. This Southern Oligarchy is a
power in this Cove rnment. h The six mil
lions of poor whites in the South have
no voice in The making of laws. They are
as effectualIy Iru!ed by the shareholders as
the slaves themselves. Who can contem-
pIate their condition and not see the demur-
uHzing and destructive consequences o:
Slavery upon the white as well as the black
race.
Shall twenty millions of Free People,
with Constitution to protect them in the
endowment of their Freedom, be any longer
ruled and governed BY three hundred and
forty seven thousand dealers in human flesh,
is the grave question involved in the coming
election.
Democrats. American citizens! how long
BY $, ch Tyrants shall our land be trcd!-
What estimate would We have pat upon the
men of l776 if they had tamely submitted
to George iii their names would have
been a by-word of reproach ard kissing
scorn. Shall we initiate their noble example
s. and leave our great heritage of Freedom for
the full enjoyment of Posterity.
WHO /. EEspoHsIBLE FOR SLAVERY AGITA-
TIoSl
We have heard much about the Compro-
nises of the Constitution, and studied ef-
fort to fix upon the People of the North a
determination to keep mp continual agita-
ton of this exciting subject in violation of
the constitutional rights of The South. How
stands the case! Slavery existed in perhaps
all but one oil the States at the time of the
adoption of the Constitution. As the Con-
stiuiior was the result of Compromise upon
other questions % political opinion, So 1t
was upon this. On this que stion of Slavery
there were three Compromises only.
lst. That the foreign slave trade should
continue until the year 1898.
I'd. That in the apportionment of Repre-
seatatiges thrt e-fifths of the slave poPula-
tion should be enumerated.
Sd. Direct taxes should follow this ap-
portionmeut, The South under the leader
ship of John C. Calhoun, devised the Pro-
tectiSe Tariff measure as means o! rere-
nue., and no direct Taxes were ever levied
and no money ever raised. 1t was no part
of the arrangement that Slavery should be
extended or another Slave State added to
this Confederacy. But, on the other hand,
il wss believed and the opinion of all the