Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-18
N. o. WALLACE, Editor.
FAYETTEVILLE. TENN:
Thursday Morning, NeyemberlS,lS
The Democratic Party and Slavery

We do not know, says that excel
lent paper, the Huntsville Advocate,
bow we can better answer certain
el,ss Of so-called Southern journals
in the know nothing order, who, while
cordially united with and rejoicing at
the recent success of the abolition
lists over the democratic party, yet,
with matchless impudence, charge
that the democratic party is false to
the rights of the South, aud they,
forscotb, are its true friends, than by
making an extended extract from a
speech made by VIM. Ii. Seward at
Rochester, N. Y, on the 18th day OF
October. Read what this great and
acknowledged leader of the abolition
isis says of the democratic party and
of its fidelity to the South-reaG 1t,
we say, and then tell us, what is the
duty of Southern men? If it is their
duty to unite with Seward and the aoo-
litionists to defea. and drive that par
ty from power, and give the control
Of the Government to the abolition
lists, or is it the duty of Southern
men. if true to themselves, to Join
and sustain the democratic party?
Reader, when rabid know nothing
asks you why you are a democrat,
dose him with Stewards speech. aud
ask, why is he against the Demo
cratic party?
You will tell me that these fears
are extravaganza and chImerical. |
answer, they are SO, but they are so
only because the designs of the slave
holders must and can be defeated
But it is only the possibility OF de-
feat that renders them SO. They can
not be defeated by inactivity. There
is no escape from them compatible
with non-resistance. Vow, then, and
in what way, shall the necessary re-
sistance be made? There is only
one way. The democratic party
must be permanently dislodged from
the Government. The reason is, thai
the democratic party is inextrleably
committed to the designs Of the slave
holders. which have described.
II
To expect the democratic party tx
resist slavery is as unreasonable as e
look for Protestant Missionaries tt
the Catholic Propaganda of Rome
The history of the democratic party
commits it to this policy OF slavery
It has been the democratic party AMI
no other agency, which has carried
the policy up to its present alarming
elimination. Without stopping t.
ascertain, critically, the origin OF the
democratic party, we may concede its
claim to date from the era of good
feeling which occurred under the AID
m;nisfration of President Monroe
At that fine in this State, and abou
that time in many other of the FREE
States. the democratic party dellber
ately DISTINGUISHED the free colored o.
African citizens, and it has pertlnaci
ously continued this distranchisemenf
ever since. This was an effective
aid to slavery, for while the slave hol
der votes for bis slaves against Tree
dom the freed slave, in the ire'
States. is prohibited from voting a
gaiust slavery. In1S24 the Democ
racv resisted the election Of JohI
@. Adams himself before that tim,
an acceptable democrat and in 1879
Il expeiIed him from the Presidency
and nut Shareholder in bis place, al
though the office had been filled .,
slsve holders 80 outof 40years. Ii
1886, Martin Van Buren-the hrs
non-slaveholding citizen OF a iTe'
State to whose election the democrat
IL narty ever consented-signalize'
Ills inauguration into the Presidency !,
bv a gsatuitous announcement tina
under no circumstances would ne eve
anproye of a bill abolishing SLAYER.
n, the District of Columbia. . From !. },
1888 TO 1914, the subject Of abolish
inc slavery IN the District OF Column
b;a and the national dockyards ant
arsauals was brought before Congress
BY repeated popular appeals. In
democratic party thereupon promptly
denied the right Of petition, and Ell
fsctually suppressed the freedom Q