The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-09-24

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trato at the feet Of Slavery and oppros-
sion; whom they see the present leaders
lorsaking the principles of Liberty, so
sacrodly cherished by jefferson, and
selling their birth-right to the slave pow
er for mess Of pottagc; when they see
they have been deceived by spocious
promises, and led to believe q lie, then
the pcopIe of the Democratic party win
awake to their rights and the rights Of
mankind.
The principles of Right and Liberty
promulgated by the Declaration of In
dependence, loved and cherished by
Washington, jefferson, Adams, and tho
fathers Of our country will receive
thcir hearty support, and then the Re
publican party, known of all mon, will
guide and direct the path of the nation
in that course Of Liberty and Indcpcn-
dcnco, contemplated by the founders
of our Government. All true lovers
Of Liberty arc and must be Bcpubli-
cans; and with the principles Of the
party fully understood and clearly de-
fined, no one can object to them Tho
willul misstatcmcnts and pcrvcrsions
of our principles, made by interested
politicians for their own selfish purposes,
cannot always deceive; and when truth
triumphs over error and deceit as it
surely must, the principles we cherish,
! VIII be recognized and adopted by all.
81 will never be a Republican, says a
violent politician. Stay, my friend, not
SO fast why will you not bo a Bcpubli-
can? "Bccausc l do not like their prin-
oiplcs," is the reply. Not like their
principles? Answer me a few questions
Arc you an American, and do you
cherish the principles Of American Lib
orty? eyes, 1 do, as much as any man.
DO you believe all men arc born equal
| and endowed with certain inalicnablc
rights, among which, arc life liberty and
the pursuit of happiness? 81 do, fully
| Would you have this country q nation
| of trccmcn, or a nation Of slaycs2 GA
nation of ircGmcn, most certainly" Dc
you wish to protect free labor, and make
| it romuncratiyc and respectable? 81 do.
Do you believe Slavery to be a curse, OF
blessing? "a curse" Do you wisl
to extend it over all tho country, and
plant the plaguc-spot in every State, Oh
to confnc the evil where it is? "I
would not wish to extend it, but I dc
not see thatwc have any power over it,.
Has not Congress power to "makC
rules and regulations for the govern
mcut Of the Tcrritorics?" cit has, bu
it would not be doing right by the SoutI
to exclude slaves from the Territories.
DO you believe it right to exclude a lc
per from society? 81 do" Is ne mo-
entitled to equal rights and privileges
as q man, with you? Gle is, but self
preservation requires that he should be
excluded"
And docs not sclr-prcscryation require
that the great social aud moral evil of
Slavery be excluded from our tcrritor,
/ that is now free? Has it not lcpruu
| faint, that cOntaminates and dcllcs
| whatsoever it comes in contact with
| Does it not scorch and blast the very
soil upon which IL trcads, and scar tho
earth, as with hot iron? Can YOU mo-
trace its march through all the sunny
South, by choorlcss homes and barrcr
lands, thpt once bloomod fresh and fair
as the garden of Eden? And whcr
you see this lcprous evil fostering vii
corruption, forcing its way into th,
garden of the world, to rob your chill
dron Of the pure, free homes they are
entitled to receive as their legacy from
you, will you sit quietly by, and say yor
have no power to stay its progross?-
Now, whom the heat Of political excite
mont is over, whom the mind is calm
and reason on her throne, think Of it
review the platform ortho Republican pa.
ty calmly and fairly, and by whatoyo
party name you are now known, yor
will be constrained TO say, "If these ar,
| your principles, l, too, am a Rcpub
lican.