The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-07-03
VOL. X.

The Democratic Party in the House a
mGSSe, aided by the Fillmore Know Notb1.
of the North aud South, went against all /.
quiry or action in the case, while the Rem.
cans, without an exception, voted for it.
We hope this is plain enough. And h..
let US say, that the conduct Of the various 10,
ties in the premises was entirely consis,a,,
The Party calling itself Democratic. is md.
the control of the Slaveholding OGgarchv. viii,
Is founded upon the assumption that one ~.
Is not equal in rights to another-and tina, a.
best condition of the laborer is personal q
very. Its necessities and education bar.,
taught it to deny the doctrine that all men
created equal, and practically to tramylc NM.
the sacred right to liberty, it is not worss.,
that 1t should come to regard the riobt r. r.
as not one whit more sacred. Besides. wR,,
ever may be the sentiments of some slavab,,s
ers, 1t cannot be otherwise than that I,A,.
with view to earn subsistence. IN s..
where the great body of the laborer, -.
servl!e and abject, and are owned bv . +.
wealthy men, must be regarded as ent;,la3
less legal protection than capital. The nc.
degraded to the condition of p cbst,oI O..
to be looked upon by the People who anti.
lie such state Of things, as SO much pr-,,.,
ty or merchandise, to be protected for the ne.
OF his owner-not as man. 10 be n-ota,,o !
on account of his humanity LIE i oboa
where the Law of Force prevails and wb,l
Is Slavery but Force? The life of labor,
man is very cheap in a country which hal
that the proper condition of the laborar =
be the property of the employer. An ant IN.
tration lies before us, in the columns Of Il.
Weekly Montgomery (4la) Mail of Y,,
10Th. Read the following notice, by its edi.
Of the killing of Heating:
Shot the Ringleader.-A few DAYS AGO y.
Herbert, formerly of Tuscaloosa. in this Stat.
NJ. L. from California, was attacked by q M.
of the walters at his hotel, in Washingl.o. ;.
promptly put bullet through the head.ws;.,
and then surrendered to the authorities. III.
Is no doubt he acted in selcdefence.
IL IS getting time that hotel Icaifers n RI.
further north acre cOnUinced that then ARE Il,
odrlts, and not gentlemen IN dixgfi,e n |
hope that Mis affair toW teach them prudeps
We have nothing to say of the character o.
the homicide-we would not PREJUDICE or pr-r
dice the case. But we quote this paraprarl
simply to illustrate the spirit Ia which PubFc
Sentiment, moulded by Slavery, is apt to n.
gard the rights of working people.
We say, then, that the Democratic PARTY n
the House, recognising as it does the suprer
acy of this sentiment, acted consistently n
rejecting all inquiry into the facts of the cs..
brought before it.
That the Fillmore Know Nothings di 4.
same, is easily understood when We rememlc
the different estimate they place on the rsi, /
of native and foreign.born citizens
As to the Republicans, they would have TO-
lated their principles By pursuing any ote.
course than they did. Their cardinal doctr7,
is, the equality and inviolability of the risha
of man, without distinction of race or coaii
ton. To show that in the motion made BY NJ.
Knowton, aud in the unanimous support Il
received from his brother Republicans. there
was nothing demagogucal, no view to mere
party effect, we may remark, that we do no,
know one man among them who can be peg
suaded that the Irish vote of this country can
be detached from the Democratic Party, nor
have we noticed any attempt in any RepuJI-
can newspapers TO make use Of the votes Of
our friends on Mr.. Knowlton's resolution 70. i
party purpose. We should not again have IT.
ferred to the matter, had not our correspond.
eDt called upon Us to correct miserable nj,
representation of it by Pro-Savery men.