The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-09-04

The Whig Party and the Extension Of
Slavery.
Rcnarks made - JoHS D, DEFaEEs. before Tie
EeFRb6caH association Of i.,ita ragolis
CONCLUDED.
The Legislature Of AL the iree States. Dem
Iocratic well S. Wing, in 1852. passed
Joint resolutions asserting the absolute power
Of Congress 10 interdiet slavery IN The Tern.
tories. and rec ues.lng II 70 be done. Indeed,
up 10 tha. time tie power had never been ques-
toned. aud had been practlced BY the govern
meuJ, from lis organization.
As measures Of compromise. Calfornis was
admitted having formed Constitution -xclud-
iu- slavery aud the Territories Of Utah snd
New Mexico We're organized withouta proviSo
excluding slavery. Me>srs- Clay and Web
ster declared such plo,iso to be unnecessary.
because, hy the laws Of Mexico. slavery had
already been excluded
The whole people (however obnoxious their
ae;ails) acquiesced IN these measures. Peace
and fra;eTual regard existed throughout our
whole country.
! In an evil hour. ambitious leaders OF the
selfSyied Democratic Party repealed tie
Missouri Compromise" BY which our faith
ers had agreed that slavery should never ex}s;
North Of SIS deg 80 min.
+ 70 restore this solemn compact, in words
OF in eject, new party. composed Of men ot
all parties. has just been organized. Il has
taken the name "REPUBuc N. because the
word he>, expresses the principles which Il
asserts 70 be for the good oi the Republic.
For the purpose Of prcJudicinr tha minds OF
the people against this new party, the leaders
1T the slavery extending Demo craey denounc-
ed Il as the Abolition party. and t.asrority tie
Sv1Prort Of Clay Hhigs'
Let Us, as honest men, anxious inqu;rers
after truth. examine hi, charge. II il bc true
there mast be some evidence showing the fact,
Where l. IT,
This new Party. At its recent Convention
held in Philadelphia proclaimed The following
sentiments in relation to slavery:
! Il ResoIrfd. That the maintenance of tie
principles promulgated in the Declaration Of
Independence, aad embodied in the Federal
Constitution. are essential 10 the preservation
Of our Republican institutions; and that the
Federal Constitution. The rights Of the S;atcs.
and The union Of the 5 ates shall be preserved.
- ke>o'red. That with our Republican,
fathers, We hold i II be a sell evident truth
t.al all men are endowed with the unaIienable
night to lite. liberty. and the pursuit Of hap
pine>>: and that the primary object and III
I@rior design Of our Fedora! Government Were
t1 secure those rights to all parsons within
is exclusive jurIsdleliou: rhat as our Repub
ucan fathers, when they had Abolished slavery
in all our National Territory, ordaiuel that
no person should he deprived Of Iafe, liberty,
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