The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1856-07-23

Oe Te5druSQ as matter Oh HaeiOllli CoHCSlui SS-
pscially in respect to the influence it is, when
united, capable Of exerting in state to which
has been conceded the high honor Of having, by
its unexampled exertions and complete success,
securing the republican triumph in the civil
revolution of 180o-which has on subsequent
occasions rescued the democracy Of the nation
from thu impen1ing defeat by interp'sing in its
favor vote which no other state could give,
and without the support of which no man has
yet reached the Presidential office
1t n,elsd not our recent experience to show
that occasional disruption Of party ties are una
voidable in respect to all political associations.
While they continue, discontinue and humilia-
tions are the portions Of the disjointed sections.
Of these you have on both sides had your full
share, and justice to yourselves as well as the
general interest, relursl that you should put
an end to them by reunion, whenever that
could be accomplished without dshonor. There
is no reason to question the good faith with
which the conflicting opinions that lay at the
foundation Of our divisions were entertained,
and we would have been more than men, if in
enforcing our respective views in moments of
great excitement, there had not been faults on
both Sides You have we'll decided to forget
past collisions, and to enter upon generous RI.
valry in the sacrifice Of personal feelings upon
the alter ofharmony. This is the best, if not
the only way in which such reunion can be made
effectual.
The subject upon which we have differed, is
that which now furnishes the leading issue be-
tween the principal parties in the coming elec-
ton, and to which all other matters have become
subordnate--that of slavery in the territories.
My own course in regard to it has been one, by
the record Of which shall always be willing
to be Judged, whenever and wherever the acts of
an individual are deemed ofsufficent Importance
to attract attention, The same thing can /,
doubt not be said by those Of you who have dia
ferred from me, and there we must leave that
matter. We cannot control each others opin-
ions, when arguments fail to convince, and shod
not desire to do so five could
/ have, from the beginning preferred the mode
Of dealing with the subject of slavery in the
territories adopted at an early day by the foun-
ders Of the government and continued to re-
cent period, and have uniformly resisted de-.
parture from it. No man in the country can
have been more sincerely opposed to the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise. l was informed
of it under circumstances calculated to make an
American most sensitive in regard to all domes-
tic acts from which he thinks there is reason to
apprehend danger to the perpetuity of our polib-
ical institutous-in foreign land, surrounded
by the subjects and advocates of despotic power.
Deeply sensible Of its injustice, and forseeing
tn, extent to which the measure would reopen
slavery agitation---the deleterious effects OF
which few were more capable of appreciating
than myself did not hesitate to condemn the
act. But the measure has been accomplished,
and the question that presents itself to those
who agreed with me in that condemnation is
what is the best step to be next taken in the
matter with reference simply to the public in
torest. The propositions brought into view by
the principal parties in the approaching election
con 'ists Of 1st. The restoration Of the Missouri
Com promise; I'd. The settlement of questions
relating to slavery in the territories, by the di-
rect legislation Of Congress; 81. The immediate
admission of Kansas as free State under the
Topeka constitutions and 4th. The execution
Of the Nebraska Kansas act without regard to
the latter movement.
Upon each Of these propositions will say
enough to possess you with my viows in regard
to them.
1t is worthy of remark that, notwithstanding
the seeming fitness of the form of relresss EN-
braced in tho first proposition, there has no
from the beginning been anything like unanin1
ty in opinion, on the part of those most opposei
to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, in "a
vor Of max NJ its restoration principal issue in
the contest This has doubtless arisen in part
from distrust Of SUCCESS, foanlel on the politi
cal condition of the Senate. The length of time
1t must tax, to press the point with hope o
its accomplishment, AMI the weight of influence
the propositions must encounter. But othe
considerations have, | believe, contributed t
this result. The only territories left for Nilsson
ri Compromise to act upon, if it were restore
are those in Texas and Kansas. The restora
ton Of the Com3 3romis, if ef,ctel, might CON,
IN s5lsou forths CONVERSION Of the Texas terri.
tory into aslav5 stats or states, but one car
scarcely doubt that ths Kansas question viii
havs been settled before that of the restoration
of the Com promise, with howevsr much eners,
the latter might be ursad
OF tho restoration Of the old mods Of settlin;
such questions will speak hereafter.
The Convention which framei tho Topek:
constitution was canvenei, in despite Of the viii
Of the territorial government. which it recogni
z,d as egitimate by the by the federal ex,cutiv,
and did not even profess to represent more than
a part Of ths people Of the territory. But tn
objections to the admission of new state int
our confederacy, organized under such circum
stances, are sought to be removed by the grav,
charges that the Legislative branch of the exist
ing territorial government, was not chosen b
the people of the territory, but by the lawles
AID, in some instances, armed intrudes fror
Missouri, who interlered in the matter with tn
design to mlks the territory slave state
} agIinst the wishes of majority of the psopl
thereof-thst a rdress of this grievance througl
} tho iistrum,atllity of the judiciary is, for rea
sons assigned, impracticable, and that the Presi
! d,nt AMI Territorial Governor appointed b.
him, desiring to promote the policy Of the Mis-