Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-09-03

AhC VI hAS NifliiGNu "OAaN" ~AA
honest, firm and open policy in our for
eign relations would command the united
support Of the nation, whose d liberate
opinions il would necessarily reflect.
Nothing is clearer in the history of
our institutions than the design Of the
nation in a'ssrling its own independence
and freedom, TO avoid giving counten-
ance to the extension OF slavery. The
influence of the small but compact and
powerful class of men Interested in slave
~, who command one section of the
country, and WELD a vast political con-
troll as a consequence, in the other, is
now directed to turn back this impulse
of the Revoluti and reverse its princi
Piles. The extension of slavery across
the continent is the object of the power
which now rules the Government, and
from this spirit has sprung those kindred
wrongs in Kansas so truly portrayed in
one of your resolutions, which prove that
the elements of the most arbitrary gov
ernments have not been vanquished by
the just theory of our own.
1t would be out of place here to pledge
myself to any particular policy that has
been suggested to terminate the section
al controversy, engendered by political
animosities, and operating on powerful
class, banded together by a common in
terest.
A practical remedy is the admission Of
Kansas into the Union as Free State
The South should, in my judgment,
earnestly desire such consummation. 1t
would vindicate its good faith-it would
correct the mistake with regard to the
Missouri Compromise, and the North,
being practically benefi ted from the \
greement between the two sections, would
be satisfied, and good feeling be restor-
ed. The measure is perfectly consistent
with honor to the South and her vital in
terests. That fatal act, which gave birth
to this, purely a sectional strife, origin
ating in the schemes to take from free Ia
Dor, the country secured to it by solemn
covenant, cannot be too soon disarmed
of its pcnicious force. 1t is the only gc-
NAL region in the middle latitude whic h
is left to emigrantS of the Northern
Safes for homes. Il cannot be confer
red from free lAborer>, who We long
considered it as set apart for them, in
our inheritance, wi hout provo king a
desperate st: st:uggle, whatever may be
the persistence of particular class,
which seems ready to hazard everything
for the success Of this unjust scheme,
and which it has partially effected.
firmly believe tha, the great heart
of the nation, which throbs with the pa
triotism of the freemen of both sections,
will have power TO overcome it; they
will look to the rights secured to them
by the Constitution Of the Union, as
their best safeguard fro II the oppression
OF the class which by a monopoly of soil,
and slave labor TO till it, might in time,
reduce them to the extremity Of laboring
upon the same terms with the slaves
The great body of nonslavehOlding
freemen, including those of the South,
upon whose welfare slavery is an oppres-
sion, will discover that the power of the
General Government over the public
lands, may be benefcially exerted to ad-
vance their interests and secure their in
dependence. Knowing this, their suf-
frages will not be wanting TO maintain
that authority in the Union which is alb
solutely essential TO the maintenance of
their own liberties, and which has more
than once indicated the purpose Of dis
posing of the public lands in such a way
as would make every settler upon them
freeholder.
If the people entrus; to me the admin
ishation of the government, the laws of
Congress in relation TO the Territories
will be faithfully executed. All its au-
thority will be exerted in aid of the ma
ton will to re-establish the peace of the
country on the just principles which
have heretofore received the sanction of
the Federal Government, of the States,
and of the people of both sections. Such
a policy would leave no ailment to that
sectional party which seeks its aggran-
dizement by apprOpriating the new Ter
ritories to capital in the form of slavery,
but would inevitably result in the tri.
umph of free labor-the natural capital
which constitutes the real wealth of this
great country, and creates that inteIli-
gent power in the masses alone TO be re-
lied on as the bulwark of free institutions
Trusting that | have heart capable
of cOmprehending our whole country,
with its varied interests, and confident
that patriotism exists in all parts of the !
Union, accept the nomination of your
convention, in The hope that may be
enabl ID to serve uselully its cause,
which l consider the cause of consttu.
tional freedom.
Very respectfully, your obed'l serv't.
J. C. FREMONT.