Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-06-12


for fear oil consolidating all power in that
Government. Can this course be the re-
suit of mere chancel Il so the slave is in.
deed unfortunate. Or can it be possible that
the leaders of the party north of 'Masons &
Dixon's line are secretly and at heart the
advocates of slavery; that they believe, with
the STAKEHOLDER, that 'chattel slavery is the
-, best possible condition for the votaries of
human toll!
Such a conclusion would seem to be un-
fair, and yet the whole .gist of their argu-
ments. they have measurabl; abandoned their
reiterated defence Of the sacred rights, of
the 'toiLing millions against the rested rights
Of privilege and monopoly must assuredly
indicate change of feeling not favorable
Z to human rights. In fact, it is utterly i'm
possible for tho advocates of the rights Of
'lGJor' to become the allies of the slavchold-
er. The two classes are necessarily anita
gonists. and before they cln cordially unite
one or the other must yield their principles
On the one side, historical facts show that
the shareholders have become more and
more determinedin their defence of Slavery;
that they even aim to reopen the 'Atrtcg1
Stare trade for new supplies, is not to be
denied. On the side of those who profess
to be the advocates Of the rights of labor
no one, who notices the tone of the press,
which sustains the Fugitive slave law and
the ha3sas-Nebraska bill, can fail to per-
ceive, either its change of principle or its
reckless subserviency to the slave power.
The judiciary of free States too, has evil
IDENTIFY, in many cases, changed its views,
and become the ally of the slave holder
and l. not speedily corrected, by an over
whe Ginning public opinion at the North, will
soon enable Mr.. Toombs to call his ,lIre
roll from the summit Of Bunker HiE,' and
every other STAKEHOLDER to pass through ths
free states with their human chattels in
despite of public opinion.
With all these facts stlnding out lin blld
relief, it really seems to Indicate lack a
correct information, or want of moral
courage, in the rank and file of the Demo-
cratic party, who do ,detest slavery, to be
led into the support o. high t,ned federal
ism in order to extend and perpetuate hs-
man slavery. Let ME then entreat my fellow
Democrats of the rank aid file of ,he party
to pause in this dangeruus-this thoughtless
career.
Our late opponent, the 'Whig Party is
dead, if you cun, with your eyes half closed
se- that portion of the dead party, " he, stood
upon the 'Whig and Slavery platform of
'52, are silently from sympathy Tor he
Peculiar Institution merging into the De-
mocratic Party, and some of their leaders
basking in the sunshine of Democratic f,x-
ecutIve favor. They will be hailed as d.
nocrats whilst every true Jefferson Demo-
crat, who has the moral courage to stand
firm and maintain the Strict construction
doctrine which was the watch word of the
party in its PaImiest days, will be ostracisal
and denounced as TRAITORS and BLact r.
pu5iicaas.'
Snail these ePiIhets deter Us from per.
forming our solemn drties TO our country
and ou selves, to posterity and to God! Noi
never-GnlesS the sacred fires which burned
upon the alters OF Liberty in .>eyentv-Six'
have been utterly extingu shed, a,,d the
blood which cuufs ihrough-ta veins OF
our Revolutionary Sire5 has been in its
descent TO Us, contaminated by our prnxitni-
ty to d 'dcSpOiism,' which Mr.. Jefferson in
his Notes on Virginia denounced because
It perm IS one-hali OF the citiceaS thus to
tramp,e on the rights of the Otiie-, trans
forming those into Dtspots and these into
enemies, destroying the morals of the one
part, AM the amor Patria of the o;hfr'
What fund of wisdom, trrt!, and ratri-
otism 10 here developed. Now let Us see
now this Uld-fashionei Democracy is carried
out by the Pres dent in his la e progressive
Message, on the que ton of 'Sublec, Races
Slavery permits cne-helf of the citiz.as To
tramPle Oh the rights Of the OTHER What.
'Higger' one OF the subject races TO pro-
gressive Democracy to be a citizen ard
have 'riyhtSH Mons, nse. Why, Mr.. Jes-
ferson must have been Deist to proparste
such political hereeies, and thus to question
the DNine and Bible righr of President
Pierce to domineer over the subject RAGS
Again, slavery 'traDslorms those the mts-
ters into Dsxpo.S, and these the slave into
elemteS' Worse and aorSe. What au-
dac " in Mr.. Jefferson 10 call the lea ers of
The progressive Democracy 'de<po!s,' mere
iy-because they regularly .progressed' from
the old fashioned democratic idea that all
men are eq4ai, to the sublime democratic and
Christian principles avowed and propacated
in President Perces la'e messages
Once more slavery destroys the morals cs
the one part the imaSters anG the AMIR
pairia OF the other D! shame, Mr. Jeff: f.
son, thus to sIander the character of tho.e
~ no rignteuuSly, and in accordance with the
4 Il,... # Ind
care OF the subject races and curruburate
the assertion by declaiming, the man must
be prodigy VINO can retain his morals un-
by such circumstances.' An. whs,
fanaticism' ito tremb'e foryour
Oh account of the degraded position
vi the subject races mercy because .GuI
IS yGSt, aud II is Jus ice cannot sleep forever
sld to Loye .tor a tIts! abolition of slavery,
tJf one oi the subject Races whom yo.Ir ~
IustrlouS successor officially proclaUs thai
',hc wise and brave statesman of that duy,
icing engaged in no ex:ravaIant schen. Of
social caang1, lett ds tney wer,..
Mr- Jefferson was not one in the above
views All the wise and brave statesmen
.; that day entertained the same nob,e sen
t meats. MesSrs. Madison, Hsmilton, anil
E lsworth in an address to the continent al
cen IT. IS, whi,h that auguS. body unanimous
ly dIop;rd in 1888, have left the following
re,o Gmongs; the archives OF the L volu-
ton:
.'Le, it be remembered that il has ever
been the pride aud boast Of America tina,
the rights ior which she contend d were tn.
r rttts Of HUMAN NATURE. BY the ol,sSin.
vi the AUtIor ct these rights, Il the mrau4
cXerteG IN their drieuSs, they prevailed a.
gainst all opPo<ii'r, and 10 IN d tie basis of
:nirteen independent States
Add to the members of This ccn.rsSs the
name oi Mr. Jefferson, anI We have a host
Oi w ise aud brave statc,m-n.' whese mcn,-