Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1856-09-11
With my undoubting convictions, l kno,

and Madison did-as Jackson, as CLAY, as
Webster lDved it. Such even is the here
ditary and the habitual sentiment of the
general American heart. But he has read
life and books to little purpose who has not
learned tha. "bosom friendships" may be
''to resentment soured," and that no hat
red is 50 keen, deep, and precious as that.
''And to be wroth with one we love
VIII work like madness on the BRAIN
He has read the book of our history to
still less purpose who has not learned that
the friendships ofthese States-sisters, but
rivals-sovereigns each, with public life,
and body of interests, and sources of hon
or and shame of its owl and within itself.
distributed into two great opposing groups,
are of all human ties most exposed to such
rapture and such transformation.
have not time in these hasty lines, and
there is no need, to speculate on the details
of the modes in which the triumphs of this
party would do its work ofevil Its mere
struggle to obtain the government, as that
struggle is conducted, is mischievous to an
extent incalculable. That thousands of the
good men who have joined it deplore this
is certain, but that does not mend the mat
ter. appeal to the conscience and honor
of my country, that if it were the aim of
great mind-by eloquence, by argument,
by taunt, by sarcasm, by recrimination, by
appeals to pride, shame, and natural right
to prepare the nation for a struggle wi. h
Spain or England, or Austria, it could not
do its business more thoroughly Many
persons, many speakers-many, very many
set higher and wiser example, but the
work is doing
If it accomplishcs its object, and gives
the Government to the North, | turn my
eyes from the consequences. To the ff-
teen States of the South, that Government
will appear an alien Government 1t will
appear worse. 1t will appear a hostile
Government. 1t will represent to their eye
a vast region of States, organized upon
Anti-Slavery, flushed by triumph, cheered
on by the voice of the pulpit, tribune and
press; its mission to inagurate Freedom
and put down the olIgarchv; its constitu-
ton the glittering and sounding gcnerali-
ties of natural right which make up the
Declaration of Independence. Ard then
and thus is the beginning of the end
lfa necessity could be made out for such
a party we might submit to it as to other
unavoidable evil, and other certain danger.
But where do they find that? Where do
they pretend to find it? Is it to keep Sla-
very out of the Territories? There is not
one but Kansas in which Slavery is posi-
bic No man fears, no man hopes for Sa-
very in Utah, New Mexico, Washington or
Minnesota. n national party to give them
to Freedom is about as needful and about
as feasible as a national party to keep Maine
for Freedom. And Kansas! Let that
abused and profaned soil have calm within
its borders; deliver it over to the natural
law of peaceful and spontaneous immig gra
ton; take off the ruffisn hands, strike down
the rifle and the bowie knife, guard its
strenuous infancy and youth till it comes of
age to choose for itself--and it will choose
Freedom for itself, and it will have forever
what it chooses.
When this policy, so easy, simple and
just, is tried and fails, it will be time ENOUGH
10 resort TO revolution. 1t is in part be-
cause the duty of protection to the local
settler was not performed that the Demo
cratic Party has already by the action of
It's great representative Convention resolv-
ed to put out of Office its own administra-
ton. That lesson will not be and must not
be lost on anybody. The country demands
that Congress, before it adjourns, give that
Territory peace. If it does, time will in
cvilaby give it freedom.
l have hastily and imperfectly express
ed my opinion through the unsatisfactory
forms of letter, as to the Immediate duty
of Wings. We are to do what we can to
defeat and disband this geographical party.
But by what specific action we can most
eflectually contribute to such a result is
question Of more difficulty 1t seems now
to be settled that we present no candidate
OF our own If we vote at all, then we vote
for the nominees of the American or the |
nominees of the Democratic party As
between them shall not venture to counsel
the Wings of Maine, but | deem it due to
frankness and honor to say, that while |
entertain high appreciation of the char
acter and ability Of Mr.. Fillmore, | do not
sympaIhise in any degree with the objects
and creed of the particular party that ncmi-
mated him, and do not approve of their or
ganization and their tactics
Practically too, the contest. in my ludg-
ment, is between Mr.. Buchanan and Col.