Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-07-30

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;ional opinion, so far as it undertakes TO
egitimatze Slavery in the Territories o.
the United States. and denies the power OF
| the people thereof, acting with the assent
of Congress, and of Congress itself, to ex-
clude Slavery while the territorial condition
continues. Such doctrines are at war with
the Constitution, which confers on Congress
authority to make all nced,ul rules and regu-
latiohs respecting the Territories, snbver-
sive o. The principle of self-government,
destructive TO the righ of irea people;
and from the tr bunal which has undertaken
O establish them,I appeal to Il power high
er and above even this Court of last resort E,
whose name is The People, and who will,
/ trust, in due time reform this sectional
Court by increasing the number of Judges,
or otherwise placing upOn the benah fair
proportion of Northern members.
Feliow-citzen5, have endeavored to
place before you the Republican creed as it
is. II was Sne creed of the men who
achieved our independence and framed our
Government What fault have you to find
with itl Our political opponents find none,
save they deny the just authority of Con-
gress over the Territories, as have attemp-
ted tn show. They falsely attribute to Us
sentiments we do not entertain, and make
war upon them, thus paving an unwilling
tribute to the correctness o: our principles,
which they would have no occas ion 10 mis-
represent if the truth would serve them as
well.
Why then will you not, one and all, rally
with the Republican party and rescue the
country from the peril into which the action
of The seIf-styled Democracy has brought it!
have pointed cut to you some OF the diff
ferences between the professions and pre-
lenses of that party ;have shown you that in
the name of the Constitution they have set
at naught its most sacred provisions; that
protesting devotion to the Union they have
brought it 10 the brink OF dissoluiion: that
in the name OF self-government they have
in one part of the Republic suffered the Peo-
pie TO be deprived of that inestimable right,
and are now engaged in attempting TO force
upon them by the aid of Federal officers and
troops government against their ;that
they are banded together for supre macy and
making the extension OF African Slavery
The grand object and end o: the Government;
excluding from al! participation in its aff4irf,
wherever they have the power, all mon who
do not acknowledge the nationality Of Sla-
very and its legitimate eXi.tence in the
Territories of the United Sites; that hav-
ing control of the Federal Government.wth
is immense power and patronage, ,lhey nave
wrung from sectional Court ar opinion a.
war with rs former decision-the former
pr ictice OF the GovfrnmeGt and the Consti-
tuiiOa-and which il assenied 70 and car
ried into effect must spread Slavery over the
whole Union.
Now is the time peaceably to arrest the
carrying Ou, those principles which are fast
iderminirg the Constiiu,on,and must soon
wholly subVert it if permitted TO go on 1t
will not DO to wait till the despotism is fas-
tened upon Us. We may learn experience
from our friends in Kansas in this respect.
The people now there would have no diff
Guilty in asserting their rights but fer the
drspotism already establ lshed. The previous
action OF an usurping Legislature is now
made the excuse for using the whole power
OF the Federal Gov-rnrr,r-uu urr puf forco SIC
enactments, and it is diff ut problem to
determine how the people by peaceful means,
till the Republican party takes possession
of the Government, are to extricate them
selves !rom the political thraIdom under
which they nov labor. Who believes that
a single Territorial official in Kansas could
hold his place for day. if The voice of the
people of that Territory could be Justly
heardl Being uuable TO resist the first en-
croachmen;s upon their rights when thplr
invaders drove them from the polls and cleo
ted officers 10 rule over them, the opportu-
nifty, now they have the ability to protect
themselves if afforded fair chance, has
passed away. All history, as well as that
Of Kansas. warns US that a people who
would preserve their liberties must resist
the first entertainments upon them. The
people of the United States have stood by
and seen the people of Kansas subjugated.
Tie same power which PerPetrated, that
great wrong is continually and not slowly
making entertainments upon your rights
| warn you not 10 wait till, like the people
OF Kansas, the fetters are npon you; Till the
doctrine enunciated by the Supreme Court
is carried into practical effect, and Slavery
is established in every State of the Union.
The peace ful remedy is now through II G
ballot box. The South is united as one
man for uPholting the supremacy of the
Slave Power in the Government, but, un-
aided by the North they Can do no,hing,an
Slavery will sink back tn a local Southern
institution, as it was considered by all par
ties prior 10 1854. Are the rights of white
men less sacred, or is freedom less dear.
that the North refuses to unite to sustain
.hem! Or is il because of the love of power,
and through the influence Of the ten thous-
and Federal officers feeding npon the T'rea-
sury pap, and banded together FOR their own
aggrandizement, thIt the North is divided?
If we would change the existing state oil
things, we must begin at home. and dismiss
from the public councils the Northern men
who, from ambitious or other motives admin
lister to the purposes of Slavery.
The Neio- York Day Book "a leading organ
nf the sel:-siyIed d. n,ocracy in late issue.
says: All that the South wants in Kansas
is SOUND opiniOn-thc a-cendancy OF Democ-
racy-l population that viii always vote as
Vrg mia and Mississippi vote The editor
Shen instances Iliinuis a a Stara watch hid
voted tor Slavery extension, aud which
never gave vote which was not South rn,'
or which differed from Virginia
How long will the free people of this
great State suffer il to be held up as favor
able 10 Slavery extension and an
example of smbservIency to the Sl.ve
Power! The Republican party in this
State was organized only about yer ago.
In the first trial OF It's s.rengtE it took pos
session of tle State Government, and nau-
gurated at It's head my gallant friend Col.
BisseIl-who is as capable to lead tue iree-
men of Illinois in the great battle which is !
to ne fOun IN hptwpnu tho ~, ,,If