Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-11-03
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to give Congress the power to prevent slaves being carried from an old State into any other State or territory!
 The democracy do not undertake to force the constitution. We stand upon the plain doctrine of the national Union, NoNINTERvEy- TIoN scih h's question of slauery in State and Territory; and from that nonintervention only can come, if it ever is to come, that emancipa- tion which some men are blndly attempting to force by pulling down the pillars of the Union. And there we leave it.
 Now, an apparent majority of the people of Massachusetts who go for what they call free- dom, totally differing from this democratic doc Urine, set up for themselves and their partzans m Kansas, right of revolution outside of the constitution. When they are met with the law and the gospel thus it is written."-they deny the constitution, they deny the bible and deny the God of the bible because none of these are anti-slavery. Hence, it is obvious that they cannot be satisfied with the Union the constitution has made and they must have another sort of Union. And so we find that they nave put up as a candidate for Governor MT. banks, formerly very active in the demo- cratic ranks, though l apprehend he was never there with pure conviction He tells them what sort of new fashioned Union they are to have without troubling themselves about the constitution, and that is "an united north and divided south" That is to be his Un- ion. And what is this mighty "unity, to be upon? Why an united north upon negroes, and divided south upon negroesi Why I could go into Africa and pick out wild Congo men who would make better government than such statesmen as Mir. Banks would leave to us, II they could have their way in dealing with the Union. Still 1 must say a word in Fau of II, l ;loiu4 q. some little improvement. Last year he was willing to let the whole Union slide, and now he wants to slide off only one half of it!
 Gentlemen, have little further to say, ex- cept again to beseech you to adhere to these great fundamental principles which make the democracy the party of the Union, the guar dians of its laws and of en independent judi clary. Let us deal with government and not with false sentiment With the question of the existence of slavery in the States, or its ex- tentlon to new States and territories that may choose to have 1t when they become States, the people of the north have no more to do than they have with serfdom in Russia. Leave it to those who have the control over and the responsibility of 1t. Why, sir if these med- ding men and women; these strong minded wo- men and weak minded men would let alone the true and chvalrous people of the south Who understand ther own duties and inter- estS in this matter better than we can ad- wise or threaten them, they will work out their own destination in their own way and with their own free agencies; and instead of a sundered Union, the great future of this country may see results in which patri- otism, humanity and Union may together re- joice.
 Here then the democracy of Massachusetts stand, and in the coming canvass mark what are the distinguishing principles of the two parties with which we contend. With sec- tional flag only to fight under the republicans would break up the Union and couse the ex- termination of the black race in their pursuit of ''negro freedom, ,"-while the " Americans" propose to rule America by making slaves of white men for the crime of religious opinion and the accident of birth placel With these doctrines the democratic party can have no compromise. Their moral power depends up- on their fidelity to national principles. What ever may qe the result, we can then extend an honest hand to national democrats throughout the Union. We can say to them that there are men in the north who will never salter in tideli- ty to the compromises and the obligations of the constitution. There we will stald or fall with you; one party, one faith and one national latform.