Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-03-27

Fights, int5 iHe migBllest SLAVE empire the
World has ever teeh nv, Il is i,Rpossblr
10 deceive oures,tes longe1 The etcn,s Of
The sst years have disclosed the tlesisns Of
tNe Slave power, add the desperate mean,
II h prepared 70 use for their accomplish.
meht We esnLrt .shu, our eyes longer to
The Fact ,ha. INC slsvehelding in,erest is
determined to contract The tende ncies Of
'itoc ert ef civ''ixation, by its own cherry,
by its bold APPROPRIATION Of oil the powers
and agencies OF the Government, and by the
violation, H need be, of the most sacred
cSnpsc's Aha ccmpfomses 1t 10 tesulyed
that Slavery shsli be under The national Gag
.~that u ehall no longer be the creature oI
local Jaw, but that |, shall stand clothed
with all the sanctions, and sustained by oil
the power oi this great Republic. It Is de-
terminsd that The Presidcn, shall do its bid
ding, aud that Congress shall legisIatc sc-
corJihg to its decr.es, II is resolved upon
the dethronemeut Of the principles Of Re.
publiesusfu, and the establishment in their
stead Of an OtfGARcBY, bound together
by q common inieresl in the ownership of
shaved. ss
Nor hasslus aay fsssoh to believe that
Slavery vii hs corfeut With this abso lutte
supreaacy over t,s federal Government,
wh|eIft has slresdy 20 wsll-nigh achieved.
On ne eontssfy, si,e DARK shadow of its
sceptrs falls upon the sovereiehty Of the
several States, and menaces them with dire
disaster. South Carolina, abandoned her
once cherished doctrine OF State Rights as.
serts the Federal supremacy over laws made
by States, exclusively for the protection Of
their citizens. The State of Virginia in
eontesting, in courts Of law, the right Of
the State of New York TO forbid the exs-
tence uf Slavery within her limits. A Fed
eral Court in Pennsy yIvans has Genied the
right of that State to decree freedom to
slaves brought by their masters within her
borders, and has proclaimed that Slavery
exists by the law Of nations. The division
OF California, and the organization of a Slave
State within her limits, have been proposed
Senator on the floor of Congress has de.
manded the restoration Of the African slave
trade, and the demand is repeated by South
ern journals and by leading public men il
the Southern States.
When these great objects shall have beef
sccomplished--when the SAFES, rs we'll as
the General Government, shall have becom
subject to the law Of Slavery, and whe
three hundred and fifty thousand stakeholder
shall hold despotic rule over the millions O
THE Republic, Slavery cannot fail, from tn
necessity of its nature, to attempt Outrage
which will awaken storms that will swee
1t in carnage from the face of the earth -
The longer tyranny is practiced unresis;ed
the mercer and the more dreadful is tn
resistance which in the end it provokes. IIis
tory 10 full of instances 10 prove that nothin
is so dangerous as a wrong long unredresse
that evils, which at the outset it woul
have been easy TO remove, by sufTeranc
become fata to those by whose Indifferent
toleration they have increased. The ten
dency OF the measures adopted by the 1l1ss
holding interests to secure it's owh exten
sion, thro1gh the action of the Fedora
Govern ifent, s to give to Congress jurisdIo
ton of the general subject; and its Repre-
sentatives must be sagaeious enough 10 per
ce:ve that if they establish tha principl
that Congress may interfere viii Glsver,
for its protection, it may in,erfere With /
also for it's destruction. II, Therefore, they
succeed in such an enlargement Or the pow
or Of Congress-having alrsady discarde,
the principle OF comprom Use from legislalior
they must iorcsee tha, the natural eiiec
OF their encroachments upon the rights and
liberties OF the non.slavehoding populat ior
OF the country, will be to arouse them to tn,
direct exercise of the power thus placed IL
their hsndu. Whether II is safe or wis,
for that interest to invite such a contest
we need not herees con slider.
The time dfave nigh, fellow countrymen
when you will 5o<taI,ed on to decide upor
the policy and ~ principles of the Gener
al Governmept. Your votes at the approach
ing Presidentiat election will determin.
whether Slavery shall continue to be the
paramount and controlling influence in the
Federal Administration, or whether othe,
rights and other interests shall resume the
degree OF consideration Ia which they are
entitled. The issue is upon us by no act
Of ours, and IL cannot be evaded. Under a
profound conviction OF impending dangers
Inc grodnd' whereof we have now set forth
We call upon You to deliver the Constitu.
lion and the Union from the subjugatiou
which threatens both. Holding, with the
late Mr. CALHOUN, that "thc obligation to
repel the aggression is not much less solemn
than that of sbs,aining from making az.
gression. and that the party which submits
10 II when IL can be resisted 10 not much
less guilty and responsible for consequences
thsn that which makes H." we invoke a
surrender Of all party prcjudices and all per-
soma! fee lings, and a cordial and earnest
union for the vindeation of rights and li5er-
ties VIII ich we cannot surrender without
degradation and shame. We summon YOU
to send delegates, in numbers three times
as large as your representation In Congress,
to meet In Convention at Pl iiadelph on
the i7,h day Of June next. to nominste
candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency Of the United States. Let them
come prepared to surrender all personal pre-
ferences. ard all sectional or local views
resolved only To make such nominations,
anu to take sach action. as shall advance
the principles we hold aud the purpose we
seek to promote. Dsciaiming any intention
to Interfere with Slavery in the States where
II exists, or to inyalldAtc thoae no,,io,. of