Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-09-11
B, R cOHEN EDITOR & PROPRIETOR

oIa eseIu- 1HeSJdr1 proud Ddues, shat tn
adranee, 6at no farther shalt thox come
i James Buchanan. being one ofa Comm i
tee on Resolutions, reported the fcllowi,
lin1IsI9: lE = $40 ItiT IN
Resolved, That the Representatives i
congress from this District. be and they sr
hereby, most earnestly requested, to us
their utmost endeavors as members OF M
tionai Legislature to PREVENT rnE Exrsrrsc
for SLAVERY IN any of the Territories or State
vnieh may be enacted by Congress.
Resalved, That in the opinion
TINS meeting, the members of Congress,
who at the last session sustained III
laws of Justice. humanity and Patriotism
IN opposing the Introduction OF slavery in,
the States then protesting to be formed OF
of the Missouri Territory, are entitled TO tn
soarnlest thanks Of erery friend of humanity
Democratic New Hampshire Legislatur
in iS4s, passed the follow ing:
'Resolped By the Senate and House ofReprt
sentafives IN Genera Corrt ecnrsned, That
lOApesed 70 every form of oppression, the
people Of New Hampshire have viewed Wit
dee? regret the existence of Slavery. in thi
Union; that. while they have steadfastl
supported all sections in their constitutions
rights, they have not only lamenled its ex
istence as great social evil, butregarded i
as freseht Dith danger to the peace and ,oel
fare fthe natioa. !, - x =
"Resolued, That while we respect tn,
right ofthe slavebolding as we'll as free .por
tons of this Union-while we viii not viii
lingly consent Il at wrong. be done to an!
member, of the glorious Confederacy te
which we belong, we are firmly and xn
alterably opposed 10 ihs extension of SLAYER,
ooer an. portion of American soil now free
RESOLVED, That in our opinion, Congress
has the constitutional poreer to abolish tn
slove fr0de, ana Slavery an the District O
Colombia; and that our Senator be instruct
ed, and oar Representatives be requested
10 take all constitutional measures to accom-
plish these objects. [
The Democratic State Convention of New
York, in 1855, passed the following:
''Resolred, That while the Dem ocracy o.
this State will Iaithfully adhere to all the
co npronises of the Constitution, and main
tain all the reserved rights of the States
they deem this an appropriate occasion to
declare their fixed hostility to the extension
of Slavery into Free Territory.
."Resolued, That we regard the organiza-
ton OF bands of armed burderers, and their
admission into the Territory of Kansas, not
as bona fds settlers, but for the torcible
subversion Of the rights of its legal electors
Not only violation Of the peace OF the Union
and the rights of the community assailed.
but as distinctly subaersiye of the intent OF
Congress, as declared in the bill organizing
the said Territories to have the people per-
fectly free to form and regulate their own
domestic institutions in their own way SUBJ
ject only to the Constitution, ofthe United;
and that II power of the Federal and Ter
ritoriai Governments should be exerted to
redress these outrages and vindicate, the
rights of the people thereof"
o how fallea 20 make the lest of Demo-
cracy, now a willing instrument in the Slave
power, to fasten perpetually the calse OF
human Slavery; under the stars and stripes
of the Republic of Washington. The in
crease of Slavery upoa this Continent has
been raPid-its strides to power alarming
its control of our National Legislation,
enough to arouse every Patriot in the land.
INCREASE AND POWER OF SLAVERY.
There are sixteen Free States, with a
white population of13,443, oil having thirty
two Senators. Fifteen Slave States, with
a white population OF g., ,l85 ,24S having thirty
Senators. Free States have l44 members
in the Honse of Congress with 91,95S free
persons, as basis of Representation. The
Slave States have 80 members, with 6S.725
OF population of Free persons. giving the
Slave States thirty members Of the House
OF Representatives, based upon their Slave
population. This area of the Slave States
is 85l sos square miles. Free States area
6l2 ,597 square miles. Free States have
l76 electors, being one for every 10000 Free
persons. Slave States have 100 electors,
being one for every $1,000. No wonder
that in view of this monster evil, this curse
upon every race with which it is brought in
contact. the great Founder of our Republic
spoke after this wise: -r:r.y- .-i. e.
GEoRek WASHINGTON in l7s6, said:
81 can only say there is nota man living
who wishes more sincerely than do to see
a plan adopted for the abolition of it, tSla.
very;l but there lsonly one proper and effect
uaf mode in which it can be accomplished,
and that is by legislative authority; and this,
sofar as my suffrage will 60, shall never be
wanting.aa-[9 Sparks's Washington, I5S
sThere are in Pennsylvania laws for the
gradual abolition of Slavery, which neither
Virginia nor Maryland have at present, but
which nothing is, more certain than they
must have and at period not remote"
5 THOMAS JEFFRsoN, in speaking upon this
subject, uses the following language:
"Nobody wishes more arde Ltly than ] to
see an abolition not only of the trade, but
of the condition of Slavery, and certainly
nobody will be more willing to encounter
any sacrifice for that object
"The whole commerce between master
and'.slave is a continual exercise of the most
unremltting despotism Oh the one part and
degrading submission on the other" =
So "With what execretion should the
statesman be loaded, who permitting one
halt of the citizens thus to trampie on the
rights of the other, transforms those into
despots and these into enemies, DESTROYS The
morals Of the one part and the amor patriG
of the other! Can the liberties of nation
be thought secure, when we have removed
their only firm basis, conviction in the
minds of the people that these liberties are
the gift of God! That they are not violated
but by his wrath! INDEED, TREMBLE FOR
MY COUNTRY WHEN | REFLECT GcD is JUST
AND HIS JUSTICE CANNOT SLEEP FOREVER -
James Wilson, distinguished member
of the Convention thas framed the Fedora
Constitution, in speaking of the power Of
Congress over the Slave trade after 1908
says -.ur-,rs.......ll...-, .-.......a
81 consider this clause as laying the founda-
ton for banishing Slavery out of this coun-
try: and though the period is more distant