Volcano weekly ledger., 1856-08-30


gaze upon it with hope, wonder and admira-
ton, in order to establish on its ruins mod
ern Tower of Bable, is not only ungrateful
for the blessings which he Prominently enjoys,
but deserves to be termed traitor and should
receive the punishment due for such n crime
Let us see what effects will be produced
if that party succeed. 1t certainly cannot
be considered in any other light than as
sectional party, as its direct aim and object
is to deprive the citizens of one portion of
the Union Of certainri his to which they are
entitled by every consideration of justice and
honor as these rights were possessed by their
ancestors before the confederation of the
States and were transmitted by them to the
present generation unimpaired Now can ii
be reasonably supposed that that portion of
citizens claiming these rights, will quietly and
tamely submit to encroachments upon them,
by those who have entered into solemn
compact as firm as the Constitution that they
shall remain forever inviolate? such suppo-
sition would be directly in opposition % the
impulses Of human nature Then what must
follow as a matter Of course? why, the stern
est resistance to every attempt to violate the
plighted faith that had been entered into with
the most sacred assurance of its inyiolabllity;
civil war would arise in all its horrors; our
fair fields be drenched with blood; cities burn
ed and our boasted freedom become Kissing
and by-word among the nativesof the earth.
Does any one doubt the prediction, should
the principles of that party be carried into
effect? let him look at the result in Kansas
where they have been applied on limited
scale, and then question its truth if he can.
There, men from slave-holdng States claimed
the right of settling on perfect equality
with their Northern brethren; being possess
ed of certain property in the States from
whence they emigrated, they knew of no
reason why they were not just as much en-
titled to the privilege of taking that prop
erty with them, as those from any other por-
ton of the Union were Of taking any des-
cription of property that they saw fit; and
they certainly were by the Constitution OF
the United States, that guaranteed to all,
equal protection in whatsoever section of the
country his lot might be cast. Well, this
right was denied them by the people from the
Northern States who had emgrated TO Kan
sas in organized bands, expressly for the pur-
pose of forbiding the STAKEHOLDER the privil-
age which he had enjoyed at home; them
selves claiming exclusive jurisdiction in the
Territory, regardless of the interests of Others.
Under that state of things the people of the
Territory were divided in sentiment; the one
class declaring their right to hold slaves in
the Territory, it being the common property
of the people Of the United States, conse-
quently each citizen had an equal claim with
any other, to the protection of the U. S.
Government in his individual privileges: the
other class dsregarding such rights and
strongly opposing any protection of the op-
posite class by the Government These oppo
slug classes came into collision with each
other, and friends of either party came to
their assistance from different portions of the
Union; blood was shed, towns burned, prop
o.ft Il octr ra1 and IN ha fsf
civil war throughout the country. These
results naturally followed an attempt to cary
out the principles of the Republican party.
Deny it who may, it must be evident to every
sensible mind that there is no possibility Of
perpetuating this government as confedra-
ted republic while one portion Of the people
are using their utmost endeavors to annihilate
the just rights of the other portion; and it
is an indsputable fact that such is the aim of
that party. They say "that the Constitu-
ton of the United States confers upon Con-
gress the sovereign power over the Territories
of the United States, for their government" /"
therefore Congress ought to prohibit slavery
therein Any man who has read the Consti-
tuition and can understand the English langu-
age, must know that no such power is given
to Congress: but tina. part Of the subject
was sufficiently explained in former letter;
it is mentioned now to show their boasted
consistency; the deductions drawn from their
course of reasoning. They assume that Con.