The Kanzas news., 1857-11-14
Communicated to the Detroit Advertiser.I
Are the Democratic Party Pros .Slaveryf

Are the Democratic Party Pro-SiaveryP
In the decision of the Dred Scott case,
the Supreme Judge said, s'That the descen-
dantof the eAfrican has no rights that white
man Is bound to respect, and that he may
justly be enslayed.' If not rightly quot
ed please correct.) And all leading Nor
thern Democrats approve the decision.
Rev. DR.. Ross, at the meeting of the Sc
eeders from the New School Presbyterian
Church, held at Richmond, Virginia, Sept
l2, 1857, is reported in the Independent, to
have described il his speech at that meet
ing, "THE THREE THEoPIEs OF SLAvERY"
1.-The sin theory; the liberation theory; and
the ordained theory. The sin theory is the
theory of the abolitionists.'' (The. term
d6olitionist, is applied 10 sll who believe
I Slavery and its extension IN the United States
to be wrong, without any particular refer
ence to the Garrisonian abolitionists.)
"And here I say the abolitionists are more hon
est than the conservative men of the north They
come out boldly and say that the whole system of
/ slavery Is sim They are honest. They hold that
the doctrine Of an eternal right and wrong, for
bids one man to own another property. But
my answer to that is that eternal right and scrOag
not doctrine of the Bible" PRO slavery Minis
tiers and democrats at the north, think of that
See what You must come to If YOU continue relig-
ious and in political fellowship with slave-hold-
! ers.)
But the abolitionists holding the doctrine that
slavery violates the eternal rights of hon
est in their mode of avOwing it for if that doc
triRe is true could but be abolidonist myself.
" The next theory is that the relation of master
and slave is not a wrong or sinful relation, but
that somehow other, the system of slavery built
upon that relation Is IA system of national evil,
never approved of God, but only tolerated That is
the conservative theory. That is the theory which
for long time prevailed at the South, and which
is the theory of the Philadelphia conservative
men in the New School Church, and of many at
the north. 1t is the liberation theory.
Now, what is the true theOryf Here it is.
This is the third theory, that StGueTy ordained
God good to the master, TO The stare, and 10 the
community. That is what the Bible asserts.'-
| Where! Why not name the chapter and verse u
That l affirm to be Bible doctrine. What follows
from the adoption of this theory! Why, it fol-
lows that the master is not -steaer that he
is not outcast that he is not tiger. 1t fellows
that he is not to apologize for, or be looked
upon with pity and contempt. 1t follows that the
master is invested with patriarchal dignity and
power, and is the representative of God in great
work of beneUOLeHee That Is the only true theory
Every other theory Will foster in the North CON
science antagoH:stic to the south.
" Now the south will no longer bear the sin the
ory. few short days more, and the liberation
theory will be thrown overheard. After the
tire south has adopted this theory, the north will
likewise begin to study it. 1t is the only theory
that will conduce to peace"
The above speech was made in opposition
to a union with the Old School Presbyterian
Church, and in favor of forming New
School, slave holding Presby terian Church;
and such parts as did not directly apply to
the subject of slavery has been omitted.
Now, will the north adopt this theory?-
The course on the subject of slavery, be-
ing pursued by the Old School Presbyteri-
an Church, and some of the New Presby-
terian Church, and by the $50 called dem
ocratic party of the north, is what induces
southern ministers and politicians to believe
that slavery will finally be triumphant and
perpetual in the United States at large
The limitation of slavery where it now is,
or its indefinite extension, is the great and
only issue at all of our elections. And yet,
there are men whom we esteem as honest,
who will not believe that the leaders of the
democratic party are pro-slavery; and while
opposed themselves to slavery extension,
are SO blindly attached to party, that they
will vote for men pledged for the extension
of slavery, as was Buchanan; as all of his
proceedings in regard to Kanzas demonstrate.
Editors of democratic papers are doing
all in their power to aid the south in the ex
tension of slavery, by sustaining the for
mer and present administration, in their eff
forts to subjugate Kanzas to the control of
slave holders, by misrepresenting and con-
cealing the facts in the case; and few blind
followers of the party still believe their pa
pers. Why should democratic editors and
politicians at the north do all in their power
against northern interests, and In .faUOr Of
southern? Can democrats at the north de-
ny, with the least show of honesty or truth,
that they are not pro-slavery, when they act
at elections, in Congress, and in all cases,
and under all circumstances, in the most
united harmony with slave holders on all
questions where the interests of slavery are
directly or indirectly concerned. Pro-slav
cry democrats had the audacity last fall to
print, and proclaim in their stump speeches,
that Buchanan was opposed to slavery ex-
tension; and displayed their banners tBu-
chanan and free Kanzas;" and some were
stupid enough to believe the lie; when any
candid man, with one eye half open, might
know that shareholders have not, and will
not, unite in the nomination or support of
any man for President or Vice President,
unless they know him to be reliable pro-sla-
very man; perfectly auGiIa5Le for any use or
emergency that slavery may demand. What
strange, shameless, ridiculous inconsistent
cies are northern doughfaces. or rather mad
faces, guilty of in their efforts to extend
sIaveryf Look at Gen. Cass' popular SOW
ereiguty addition to Democracy; designed
from the beginning TO carry slavery to Kan
zas and other territories. How often in his
stump harrangues last fall, did be exclaim,
my friends, don't you love to govern your
selves?'' and then mount his poor, ring
boned, spawned, poIl-esil hobby. squqtter
Sovereignty, and ride 1t till dead and pros
trate, and in his dotage, still set astride, try
ing to maui it into life. And now behold
Buchanan, Cass and CO., keeping an army
of q. S. soldiers in Kanzas to compel the ac-