The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-05-02

merely galvanized corpse, without life or
motion beyond that impaired 10 Il by the
artificial stimuli Of political necromancy.
We repeat, slavery" negro slaroy and
negro siarry erfension, IS Tie sole question:
bsfore the country, andfo s determined in the
approaching Presidential election, and as Mr.,
senator Seward, above all other public men
Of the day, embodies the opposition to this
slavery extension, the democracy. If opposed
TO IL in common with Mr.. Seward, should at
once make him President.
For the good and substantial reason, It
says that the opposition'would be most eff
fectual when thus representH." Now here
Is frankness that we like, and good argu-
ment also. All opposed to slavery extension
should support Mr.. Seward, or somebody
who embOdies the opposition to the extension
of slavery. This is plain, - and there is
equal plainness and truth in the following
statement which it gives of the position OF
the democracy on slavery extension. Ii says
about this matter -
Bia The democracy are not opposed 10 star,
cry extension, or that winch ignorance and
delusion term slavery extension, and the
time is at hand when those who assume TO
speak for IL must understand what they are
dong in this matter, or they had better hold
their tongues, aye, had better cut out their
tongues thousand times over. rather than
thus help TO mistify and bewilder, and in
Jas1 dahauob tha common, ao,,a. of tho peO-
pie.
There is no deception in the aboye,-no
cheating under false pretences-such as we
find in other chicken-heartcd, border rufiiian
sheets. "TuK DEMOCRACY ARE NOT orrosED
TO SLAVERY ExrESSoS." This is frankness IT
self, food for the especial consideration of the
piOus, church-going patrons of the paper in
this vicinity. We rather like these extracts,
and believing that more Of the same sort
will aid in setting before the community the
true position of the democracy, we quote
again from its columns -
The Southern or mixed population have,
of course, the sane natural night to migrate
TO the common territory of the federation
as that Of the North, and this equal right,
actual and recognized, is the sole question
before the country. To admit il is the ex-
pansion of Southern society-the spread of
Southern population-the extension OF slay-
ery. To oppose ii is the concentration of
Southern society-the damming up SOUTH
ern population-the limitation OF "slay-
ery.' These are the facts, the things, the
actualities Of the question, and we ask the
Post where are the Northern democracy
with Seward, in shutting up the mixed pop
ulatiOn Of the South, in limiting " slavery"
or recognizing the equal rights of the South
in the common territory, and the consequent
extension Of slavery? If the former-if the
Northern democracy, deluded by lies, and
bewildered by the terms ''slaye' and "slay-
cry" are opposed to the future expansion OF
the mixed population Of the South, or, in
other words, opposed TO the extension OF
slavery, then they should have the honesty
and manliness 10 let their Southern brethren
know It, and thus give them chance to
prepare for the inevitable consequence OF
disunion-and their own preservation.
No, indeed, thousand, million times
NO, there Is not one single democrat in the
whole broad North, opposed to the expansion
rof Southern society, or so called extension
of I" slavery" and they only wait for the
truth to be spoken out, and things called by
their right names, to sweep the abolition
imposture from the Republic, and to bury
its besotted tools in the profoundest depths
the lowest possible deep of the popular
contempt.