The Empire County argus., 1856-01-26
HARMONY.

hARnuOht.
Tne State Journal of Wednesday last hunted up
and printed the following resolution passed by a
Know Nothing meeting in South Carolina, Hon.
John NJ Berrien presiding, and thereupon con-
cludes that the "sgns of the times betoken torna-
do" which will tear the American party all to
pieces. Here is the resolution:
The territories of the United States we regard as
the common property of all the United States as
coequal soverignties, and as such open to settle
ment by the citizens of the States with their prop
erty as matter of right and that no power re-
sides either in Congress the Territorial Legsla-
ture the people of the territories while terrific
ry to exclude from settlement in any territory any
portion of the citizens of this Republic with their
property legally held in the State from which they
emgrate We repudiate, therefore, the doctrine
commonly called Squatter Sovereignty in the terri
tories.
Now if the foregoing betokens calamites to the
American party the Democratic party must also
be in an awful condition and sorely in need of doc
toring to preserve the health of the patient. The
last Democratic State Convention of Maryland re-
solved as follows:
Resolved, That it is with great apprehensions for
the safety of the Union that we see the Know Moth
ing party of the north united in common effort
with the direst abolitionism to abolish slavery in
the District of Columbia and in the Territories ;
the repeal of the fugitive slave laws, the repeal of
the Kansas and Nebraska bll and refusal to ad-
nit any more slave States.
Resolved, That therefore we are unutterably op-
posed to the Know Nothing party, arrogantly call
ing itself the American party Its precepts, its
organizations, its principles, and its objects
constitutional anti-republican, dangerous to free
institutions and destitute of sound morals and true
religion
Now hear the Democratic thunder of the last
Democratic State Convention of Ohio:
Resolved, That the people of Ohio no,c as they
hare alCas done, look upon slavery as an evil and
unfavorable to the development of the spirit and
practical benefit of free Institutions and that,
tertanng these sentiments, they will at all times
feel it to be their duty to use all power clearly Civ
by the terms of the national compact to prevent
its influence, to mitigate, and finally to eradicate ats
euIS.
1t seems from this resolution that the Democracy
of Ohio not only regard slavery evil, but are
determined to drive it out of the world altogether
if possible. strange tune this! the Democracy
of Maryland and Ohio are trying to play on the
Democratic fiddle. The Democratic Convention Of
Pennsylvania put down by an overwhelming ma
jority resolution that territories might into
the Union as slave State 1t their inhabitants should
so decide. The last Democratic State Convention
of New York adopted resolution declaring their
fixed hostility to the admission of another slave
State. Nevertheless, while such discordant resoIu-
tons are being passed, the State Journal can see
nothing but harmony and cordial love existing in
the Democratic family. Let Know Nothing con-
vention start little dscord and the Journal has its
vision filled with blood and murder; can think Of
nothing but the total annihilaton of the American
party. The Democratic party had better settle
some of their difficulties about the rights of prop
erty' and slavery in general before they begin to
rejoice the dissolution of the Know Nothing
organization. Better far to pull the beam out OF
their own eyes before attempting to pull the mote
out of the eye of the American party