Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-01-04

| Convention, IN the Constitution itself, pro-
| viling against the importation of slaves af-
Is0s, declaring the binding validity Of he
engagements entered into by the Congress
of the Confederaey on The government Of
the II. States, 10 excladeit frem the Terri
tory, and securing to toe aew government
the power Of nualting si,hilar provisions for
future acquisition Of territory. The fifth
regulation to restrain the progress of slave
ry WAS that Of the Compromise of 1920
the sixth, that of 1850.
Ii is remarkable, thas although these
great measures had their origin with Demo-
cratic leaders, Federal ami Wing leaders of
greatest renown united initheir support
The Constitutional provisbns on the sub
| iect, had the uuaninoas slEfrage Of ali the
lillusfriems men in the Eonvention who
framed the Constitution of the United
States; and from the siletee on the subject
| In the State Conventions ealled TO ratif the
constitutional may we'll BE- presumed that
these also were nnauimoul in their approval
of what had been .lone ursaer the confeaera-
cy. aud in the new constihtion TO restrain
| the introduction and linitthe extension Of
slavery. And may not men of all parties
now unite to restore wlIatfhe patriots Of all
pastics. during the first Isevcnty years of
our government eontribut49to establish
The work Of restoration is simple and
easy, IL tho men who abhsr the late innova-
tion on The long-settlea fblicy of the ma
ton can be induced TO relaquish petty diff
fereaccs on ifansitory topas, and give their
,united voice, ID the next Hresidential elec-
ton. for some man whose Bapacity, fidelity,
md courage can be relied ppnn TO oppose
the Issue which the preserk administration
has made 10 coasrcl il. Che contest has
grown outsof Presidential aspirations. The
decision Of the people pt tse polls, in choo-
sing a chief magistrate, Wi end it. SEN
ators will easily comply when the nations
demand s bisgeu rfsziacatial power
and patronage, and hopes of the future,
which animate the leading members of the
body.
The administration has staked i.Salf on
the support of the party of priyilege-of
class interest-Which makes it a unit. 1t
confides in the success which has crowned
the oligarchy everywhere in the Old World
and secured its triumpils on the maxim,
eDivido and conquer" The Wings and
Democrats Of the South are combination,
te~carry into the next Presidency some can
didate absolute in maintaining the repeal
ing clause of the Kansas bill, which nulli6es
the principles Of the ordinance, the pro-
visions of the constitution made to give
them effect, and ali the compromises which
have been made in pursuance of them, with
the sanction of all sections of the Union.
II the majority favorable to The policy
built up with our Government will unite,
accept the issue rendered by the Admins
tration, aud make the repeal of the repeal
ing clause Of the Kansas act paramount in
the impending contest for the Presidency,
all win be restored that has been lost TO
free institutions by opening the territories
North and South, to slavery. The compro-
mises of 1920 and 1850 being restored,
there will not be an inch of the territory of
the United States, once exempt from slave
ry, on which it can legally in.rude: and
Mr.. Atchison'S attempt by an armed force
to carry out the notification plotted in the
caucus whish gave birth TO the Kansas bill,
viii like the attempt Of his prototype, Mr.
Calhoun, to give effect to South Carolina
notification, be paralyzed by the frown of |
an indignant nation, made potent by an hon
est and firm executive.
And there will cad the career Of those
gentlemen who srrogate to themselves the |
exclusive tutelage of the Democracy of the |
cauntry, as ended that Of Mr. Calhoun and |
his proselytes, who took the peculiar charge
of the State Rights party. They sunk, un- |
der the universal conviction that their zeal
for state rights was an ardent passion to |
reach political power, at the hazard of ex-
tinguishing in the blood of the people the
wise and free institutions it bad cost so
much to establish.
Our inneyating Democrats, who put un-
dor foot the representatives principle; who |
violate the known will Of their constituents
who scorn their instructions to redress the
wrong they have committed; who reply to |
the suffrages that condemn their conduct.
that they are not Democratic suifrages; who /
in the plouitude Of them infalihility, read |
out of the Democratic party Maine, New
hampshire, Connecticut, New York. Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Indiana Michigan, Illinois,
Wisconsin and Iowa, because they will not
submit to the viii of these, their represen-
tatiyes. who have set up test which must
ever exclude Massachusetts, Vermont aud |
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