The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1856-09-03
"to resentment soured," and that no hat
red is so keen, deep and precious as that.

"to resentment soured,n and that no hat
red is so keen, deep and precious as that
"And to be wroth with one we love
Will work like madness in the brain.'
He has read the book of our history. t,
still less purpose, who has not learned tha
the friendships Of these States, sisters bu
rivals, sovereigns each, with a public life
and body of interests, and sources o
honor and shame of its own and within it
lself, distributed into two great opposing
Igroupes, are of all human ties most ex
Iposed to such rupture and such transfer
nation gas - sogj
have no time in these hasty lines, ant
there is no need, to speculate on the de-
tails of the modes in which the triumph o.
this party would do its work of evil. tt
mere struggle to obtain the government
as that struggle isconducted, is mischiev.
GUS to an extent incalculable. That thou
sands of the good men who have Joined il
deplore this is certain, but that does no,
mend the matter. &appeal to the con.
science and honor of my country that if il
were the aim of great party by every
species of access to the popular mind
by eloquence, by argument, by taunt, by
sarcasm, by recrimination, by appeals to
pride, shame and natural right--to pre-.
pare the nation for struggle with Spain
or England, or Austria, it could not do
its business more thoroughly. Many per.
sons, many speakers-many, very many
set a higher and wiser example, but the
work is doing.
If it aecomplishes its object and gives
the government to the north, turn my
eyes from the consequences. TO fifteen
States of the South that government will
appear an alien government. It will ap.
pear worse it will appear hostile gov
ernment. 1t will represent to their eye a
vast region Of States organized upon anti
slavery, flushed by triumph, cheered on
ward by the voices of the pulpit, tribune
and press; its mission to fnaugurate free
dom and put down the oligarchy; its con-
stitution the glittering and sounding gen.
eralities of natural right which make up
the Declaration .of Independence. And
then and thusis the beginning of the end
| If necessity could be made out for
such party we might submit to-it as to
other unavoidable evil, and other certain
danger: But where dc they. find that!
| Where do they pretend to find Il? rs Il
to keep Slavery out Of the territories!
There is not one but Kansas in which
slavary is possible. No man fears, NO
man hopes for slavery in Utah, New Mex
leo, Washington or Minnesota. A nation
al party to give them to freedom is about
as feasible as national party to keep
Maine for freedom. And Kansas! Let
that abused and profaned soil have calm
within its borders; deliver it over to the
natural law of peaceful and spontaneous
immigration; take off the ruf6an hands;
strike down the rife and the bowie knife;
guard its strenuous infancy and youth till
it comes of age to choose for itself--and
Eitwill choose freedom for ITSELF and it will
have forever what it chooses.
When this policy, so easy, simple and
Ejust, is tried and fails, it will be time enough
to resort to revolution. It is in part be-
cause the duty of nrotect;on To the loca,
oettlers was not nerformed tho. ,hs ,dsr-
ocratic narty has already bv the action ~
it's GREAT renresentative conyent;on resol.
we'd to nut ont of Office its own admins.
tration. That lesson win and must not
be lost on. anybody. The country demands
that Congress, before itadjourns, give that
territory peace. If it do, time viii iney-
table give ii, freedom.
+ have hastily and ;mnerfsct,v .xnres,e5
nv opinion ,throupb the nnsat;sfactorv
forms Of letter as to the immali ate duty
of Whips, We are to do what wa canstn
defeat and d;sbana the sreorranb;cal nar.
ty Rur by what sneci6c action car we
most effectually contribute to snch : re-.
suit is question of more difficulty. It
seems now to be settled that we present
no candidate Of onr own IF wa vote at
all then we vote for tho. non;neos ~ ,he
American or the nominees, of the Demo.
cratic nartv AS between them T shah
not ventura ~ counsel tbe ,vb;rs of Naive