Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-11-20
Ube Autt- 5lauerp Buole.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THE
DEVIL WITH WHICH 1T Is POSSESSED.

A In his speech the other day at Rochester Mr.
Seward gave the following account of the demo
cratic party from the period when it began to pu
off it's Republicansm. 1t is worthy of the perus
al Of such members of the democratic party ar are
under the deusive notion that they sill follow
ers Of Jefferson.
Wthou stopping to ascertain critically, the or!
gin of the present democratic party, we may con
cede it's claim to date from the of good feeling
which occurred under the administration of Pres
dent Monroe. AT that time in this State, and
about that time in many other of the free States,
the democratic party deliberately dsiranchised the
free colored or African citizens, and it has peril
naciously continued this disfranchisement ever
since. This was an effective aid to slavery for
while the STAKEHOLDER for his slaves against
frecdou the freed slave 10 the free States. is FRO
hibftcd from voting against slavery. I'm 1924, the
democracy resisted the election of John Quincy
Adams-himself before that time an acceptable
democrat-and in 1928 it expelled him from the
Presidency. and put STAKEHOLDER in his place,
although the Office had been filled by Shareholders
thirty-two out of forty years. In 1896, Martin
Van Buren-the first non.saveholding citizen Of a
free state. to whose election the democratic party
into the Presidency by the gratuitous announce
ment that under no circumstances would he ap'
prove bill for abolishing slavery in the District
lof Columbia. From 1888 to 1914, the subject OF
abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and
in the rational duckyards and arsenals, was brought
before Congress by repeated popular appeals
The democratic party thereupon promptly denied
the right OF petition, and etfectualy suppressed
tho freedom of speech in Congress, ,as far the in
stituton of slavery was concerned.
From 1910 to l843 good and wise men counsel
ed that Texas should remain outside Of the Union
until she should consent to reiinquish herself in
stituted slavery but the democratic party precip-
itated her admission into the Union, not only
without that condition, but even with covenant
that the State might be divided and reorganized SO
as to constitute four slave States instead Of
one. Fs.a-
In lS46, when the United States became involved
in a war with Mexico, and it was apparent that
the struggle would end in the dismemberment of
that republic, which was u nom laveholdng pow.
or, the democratic party rejected declaration
that slavery should not be established within the
territory to be acquired. When, in 1850, govern
ments were to be instituted in the territories of
California and New Mexico, the fruits Of
that war, the democratic party refused to
admit New Mexico as a free state, and
only consented to admit California free
state on the condition, as it has since ex.
planned the transaction, of leaving all of New
Mexico and Utah open to slavery, to which al.
SO added the concession of perpetual slavery in
the District of Columbia, and the passage Of an
unconstitutional, cruel and humliating law, for the
recapture of fugitive slave. with further stipula'
tion that the subject of slavery should never again
be agitated in either chamber of Congress. When,
in 1854, the shareholders were contentedly repos.
ing on these great advantages then recently
won. the democratic party unnecessarily ofhcious.
ly aud with superserycablo liberality, awaked
them from their slumber to oser and force on their
acceptance the abrogaton Of the law which declared
that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude'
should ever exist within that part Of the ancient
aerrritory OF Louisiana which lay outside of the
state of Missouri and north Of the parallel SO deg
80 min of north latitude. law which, with the
exception ef one other, was the only statute Of
freedom then remaining in the federal code.
Ia 1856. when tho people of Kansas hid organ.
ised new State within the region thus abandon
cd 10 sidVefyi auu npPheu W Do uumil'eu as Tree
State into the Union. the Democratic party con-
TEN ptuously rejected their petition, and drove
them. with menaees and intimidations, from the
halls of Congress, and armed the President with
military power to enforce their submission to a
slave ooie, established over them by fraud and
usurpation. At every subsequent stage of the
,oug contest which has since ragged in Kansas. the
Democratic party has lent it's sympaties, its aid,
and all the powers Of the government which it con-