The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-12-18

The Democratic Patty and Slavery.
1t is evident our Ancestors regarded
the extension of Slavery with disappro-
baton, sorrow and shame; aud saw if
continued, it would prove the cause of
future discussions, and perhaps result in
disunion and civil war. They preferred
the system Of free, and voluntary labor
and therefore determined to so organise
the Government that this system should
prevail; to accomplish this they based
the whole structure Of Government upon
the principle, that all NE" are created
equal.
BY the ordinance Of 1887, they died.
icated all territory that had not yet been
polluted by Slavery; to free labor, thence
forth and forever; and invited foreign
free labor from all lands and prohibited
the importation of African Slave labor
under al circumstances, leaving it how
ever so modified that each State could
abolish Slavery in their own manner, and
at their own pleasure; thus showing by
this modification that they presumed
slavery could and would not long endure
in the Union, and expected it would die
out, and entirely disappear. But fearing
their grand design of a Republic of equal
ity should not be accomplished, they pro-
vided, that, two thirds of the States
could amend their Constitution. How.
ever it is very evident their noble hopes
and anticipations have never been reali.
sed because n combination Of circum.
stances, aud the Constitution of the SC
called Democratic Party have ever favor,
ed and aided the extension Of slavery;
the policy of the Democratic party com.
mits it wholly to execute the designs,
and behests of the slave holder. Their
policy ever has been to defeat the admis.
sion Of free States, and secure the admis
sion of slave States. Under the Dred
Scott desision, they would carry slavery
into all the territories of the United
States, aow existing, or hereafter to BE-
organised.
The Democratic party is to some ex
tent a local party; its strength being it
the Slave States, two thirds of its Repre-
seutation come uniformly from the Siav,
States. Its great power lies in the vote
or the slave holders, increased by repre-
sentation of three fifths of the Slaves
deprive the patty Of this, and they
would become hopeless minority.
The slave holder dictates and pre-
scrbes its policy and should the Demo,
cratic party DIS hey the command Of
shareholders, they would withdraw from
the party. IL has been this party which
has carried slavery to its present position
| When the proposition to abolish slavery
in the District Of Columbia, and the dock
yards was brought before Congress, the
Democratic party thcreupon denied the
right Of petition, and suppressed il as fan
as slavery was concerned. In 1914 they
/ struggled Texas iuto the Union, and con
nived at the attempt to divide it into
! four slave States. In 1916 the United
! States became involved in war with Mex
! leo; when it become evident that the
war would result in the dismembermcnt
! of that country, the Democratic party re-
! jcctel declaration that slavery should
not be established within the territory te
be acquired by the war.
In 1890 the Democratic party refused
to admit New Mexico as 4 free state, bu,
l believe did consent when it could no,
be avoided to admit California as a free
State. They passed the Illuminating
Law for the rc,capture of fugitive Slaves,
STIMULATING that slavery should never
again be agitated in Congress.
In 1856 Kansas applied for admission
as free state-the Democratic party re
iected their petition, and endeavored to
force there submission to a slave code.
and at present keeps her excluded though
justly entitled to enter
ne democratic party has violated the
express provision of the Constitution
in suppressing the right of petition and
debate. 1t has abrogatcd the Mexican
Slave Law, and the Missouri Compromise,
and prohibition Of slavery in Kansas not to
open new territories to slavery, but to try
therein their non intervention and pop
ular sovereignty; or substitute the Eng
lish Lecompton Bill, or the bred Scott
decision. We have great reason to be.
leve, Judging from Their past policy, that
should they ever possess the power or gain
the strength in number of Representa-
ton, they would amend the Constitution
to suit their purposes and add to their
dark record the abrogation of the Law
which forbids the African Slave Trade.
b.