Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-05-31
The Nebraska Assaulted la Rear and Front
-Cross-Firo from Northern Know-Noth'
ings & southern KNOWN orhings.

Gross ire from North ern Know-Noth'
ings & southern Known orhings.
The simplest, most valuable, and what
seem after their discovery 10 be he most obVI-
Gus truths, ais those u. he knowledge oil which
mankind arrive by the slowesl aud most gradu
a approaches. Ii is 50 as we ali know H ply g
cs-tur all the wisdom OF Antiquity was not
competent to discover that the earth was a
sphere, and that the cause st so Simple thlng
as the tall OF an apple to the ground was ne
mutual attraction OF Two material bodies tor each
other. 1t is so in politics. Tor how lately has it
been that The tue principles popniarisevefn-
ment were first understood aud successfully put
in practice And ,ghal makes thisfenark&ble
fact the mere astonishing Is, that the simplest,
mosl papabp, and would seem the most lHGis-
potable Of these truths are the very cues which,
even uJisr they have been most ohstnateiy and
eneIgelcally resisted ny human skepllcistn aud
ignorance.
The political campaign Of 1856 in the u
States is going to be sIgnalized III history as
one 10 which our provei bIaily " ise and practice
al people got together by the ears over the eb-
vlous problem Whether the States, rather than
Congress, Should not regulatc the subject Of do
nestle slacefy and, mote particularly, whether
thts measure oi obvious expectancy should not
be applied to territories preparing 10 become
! he mere statement OF the proposition would
seem sufficient to command tor ii the ascent OF
all sound shd practical minds aud yet, the
perversity oil human lugeunlly, obs.Inacy, mad
ness aud folly has proved Itself d idy capable
of arraying against ia formidable dfuy of IN
iuFlaled adsersar.es st the North, and a goodly
number Of aiders aud abetlors OF these adrersa-
I,es ri the South. Now this last circumstance
strikes us as of all others the most amazins-
lint any Southern man VIA the least modlcum
oil common sense, philosophy OF gatnption
should hol fnerels deny the wisdom aud e1Pe-
diency ui allowing the States maturing aud
matures9 to regulate their own lnSlliuli0ns,
each fer nselt, uut should yex and torment his
brars Tor arguments 10 sustain HIM IL resisting
SUCH prop0stiou.
MAX the Ingenious diversity Of reasons by
which the Northern AID Southern wings Of The
Know-Nolhing "American" party have con-
rived 10 make common war as from dftpreat
poisls Of the compass on The obvious proprefy
OF atidWing HE people 81 the territories 10 settle
this domestic question: for Themselves, sHi5et TO
he tcdsral Constitution:
Fire in the Reor fl ON Fra in the Front from,
tAe Hirginia haoso Ii Ohio know .h0th-
Notaing,. ings.
3. That this Con- 4. Slavery /, local.
veEton doth most enr not national We OPP
physically condemn the pose its extension into
features of the Kansas any of our Territories,
Nehralka bill which aud the increase Of lis
recognize the principle polilosl power, by the
Of Squatter Sovereignty administration OF any
and The rights oi for. sla We State or olherwise;
eisDers to yele iinme- and we demand OF the
diaiei7 upou heir max general government an
iar declaration eiimealate redress oil ts..
'aeIF purpose 10 become great wrongs which
a. = iutsfe d., ciizens hava been Inflicted up
Of the Territories, be- On The cause ol freedom
lieying as We do tha and the American char
those featured are nor Acier by the repeal of
only in violation Of thai the bilssouIi Compio.
principles of oar natn misc, aid The in'rojuc-
raizaloh law ; hlt eth ton OF slavery into
iucnty calculated to Kansas, iu violation oil
create diesenfion in h. law, by the force 81
Territories, and 70 en- arraa, aud he desruc-
sere tle asceHdoucy o. tou 81 The elective tran
the aati.slaYefy sent chiaa.== Richmond En-
n1ent IN every Terrific amiHer
ry which may heteaf
ter be fnrmed oul If thel
pubilc domain Of The
United States