Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-06-18
To II. Edito, of lie Belmont Chronicle.

must be attributed to his "Zeisung." for l
have been a reader of it for the last four
teen years.
/ can perceive but one argument in his
column of tirade. He says, "To say there
il no distinction between slaves and other
property is a very different thing to saying
there is no distinction between free ne groes
and property. Judge Tsney has not said
all negroes are property under the Consti'
tuition of the United States, but that al
slaves are property in contemplation of that
instrument" No one has assumed tina,
free negroes are property. According 10
tie Patent Democratic creed, they are
things, the same as horses, wagons, ETC.,
which can be made properly at any time
Our knight, it appears, was in a dilemma
and ike gallant knight Of old he might
have cried out, "A horse. A horse." if nc
other, give me one that is "woolly;" and be
mounted the following: "lf a master brings
or consents to his slaves coming into a tree
State, where the law of tie State has for.
biGden him 10 come, the slave is instantly
entitled TO his fret dom, l. he choo. es to as.
ssrt IT." He must be "genleman" o
more than "ordiIary intellect" 20 see how
this is done. without making a distinction
beta cen slaves and other properly. He
msy, like the .Argoose msn," see with Q
hundred eyes. He must be one very great
man, but sure he has made "ein gross
Feliler," for his master. Judge Taney, said
"no distinction should be made between
slaves and other property" and it cannot
BE- doubted that Monsieur Taney had the
diclun OF Judge Kane, of Pennsylvania. in
his mind. and meant to confirm it. Judge
Kane said that the Legislature of Pennsyl.
vunia could not deprive STAKEHOLDER of his
slave property nor weaken his title to it
No Slate has the constitutional right to pre-.
vent the citizens of another State from
bringing their horses, cows, or other furni.
ture within Its Jurisdiction, or from holding
or using them, any STAKEHOLDER taking his
slaves into any State can hold or work them,
for any law setting them free would make
a distinction between slave and other pro-
perty. Ii the Constitution of the United
States recognizes slaves as property, we
can see nothing in the law, as interpreted
by Judge fancy, 10 prevent the slavehold-
ers coming into Ohio with their slaves, and
at St. Clarsville, or any other place, open
ing slave-pen and an auction block, for
the sale of black men, women and chi idren,
and know no gentleman" that would
make better agent or overseer than the
editor of the " Zeitung," and no law of the
State could prevent him from acting. Ii
there is any doubt on this subject, the
decision on the Lemon case
will remove it. As to the balance of the
"gentleman's" trade Qer it was only abuse,
not argumenD will answer, and then am
done with HIM He may think my answer
"undignifed." but |, with my less thar .'or-
dinary intellect" and great amount OF sig
norance," will adopt it, for it is just to the
p int. A traveller started on a Journey
and was asssiIed by cur dogs as he passed
along. He drove them back every time
they attacked him, which was many times
during each day. The Consequence was
that much of the travellers time YVES taken
up in chasing the ours. At last he was
overtaken by neighbor, who was going
the same road, who had set out long tune
after him. The latter traveller was very
much urprised t3 find the other no further
on his journey, and on hearing the reason,
alas! said he, is it possible that you have
lost 20 much OF your time! These animals
have beset me ali the way, but have saved
my lime and my labor in taking no notice
ef their barkings; while you have lost yours
in resenting il suits which did you no harm,
and IN chastising ours whose manners you
can never mend"
Mr. Editor. party spirit is what makes
partizsns sacrifice their conscience to their
party, and the desire for office is, OF slI
things, to be deprecated. Every American
should have SO much intellectual and moral
development as To be aole to Judge his par
Iy. Every one should be acquair ted with
the Declaration of our Independence, the
oil the United States, and the
history OF our country, so they could UNDER
stand and know the dolngs of our Fathers.
during their troubles, and in framing the
Constitution, (witbout the aid of spiritualists
or demagogues,) because, just in proportion
to his energy, every one affects his couniry's
future. If we "go it blind" and go with
our party "because daddy always belonged
to it," and are led on by party demagogues,
our Government will soon be no better than
a despotism. Always put Right above party.
Examine the doings uf the so-called Dem
ocratic party for the past four years, and
has il been SO very Democratici" l will
give you a lew quotations from some of the
leading Locofoco journals of 1856. "Slaves
we must have. If there are not blacks
enough, we will make slaves Of the damned
Irish and Dutch" Make the laboring
man the slave Of one man, instead OF the
slave OF society, and he will be mucn better
Off" slavery, " bite or black, is a neces-
sity. The poor maH's children would be
better off to be sold as slaves" "This is
the position of the whole Southern Demo
cratic party, and the Northern part dare not
demur. The North must offer no obstruc.
tion to the extension of our institution of
s avery. The North musi lei the slave
breeders alone in their invasion of the Free
States, or the fire-eaters will never close
the temple of Janus. The slave breeders
will wage an unrelenting war upon the
Fee States until they submit, and permit
the spread of slavery over the whole Union,
anu recognize property In men, in all the
States and Territories" THIS is modern
Democracy. How different from the prin-
cipies OF our Fathers. Yet they (ihe Loccs)
claim to be "Jefiersonian Democrats, ,'"true
Jeffersorians. will give ou prediction
oi Jefferson's, written years ago. ave
already see the power installed for life, re-
.ponsible to no authority (for impeachment