The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-02-19

Of intoxicating liquors are common NUS
snces the keeper Of such nuisances to DO
punished by fine not exceeding one thou
sand dollars. l.. y. Q.
We HAVE READ with some attention
the somewhat carefully prepared article
published in this weeks Democrat, head.
ed .The Political Crisis" At the close
Of the article we find this extract
1--WE arc surprised that the Southern de
mocracy do not see the true bearing OF this
issue. II Is fatal delnsion to suppose that
the Northern democrats who dissent from
this Lecompton affair arc black republicans
at heart, or that they are seeking to give AID
and CONT ort TO that sectional party. They
are fast friends 10 the popular sovereignty
principle-the only principle that can keep
the democratic party united-and will stand
by the fair application Of that principle,
whether IL make Tree or slave States"
In another and previous paragraph we
read:
"The question Is becoming q sectional one
in the democratic party and that not be-
cause the real interests Of the South and the
North in the matter ore antagonistic, but
because 1t Is misunderstood, or is perverted
by interested politicians. The South IS IN
error, and is nearly unanimous in insisting
that the trick Of convention, controlled by
ITS professed friends, shall override the
known will Of the people Of Kansas"
The two paragraphs, one speaking OF
the republican party as sectional party,
and the other presenting the case so that
there is no escape from the conclusion
that the democratic party is, in view OF
the Democrat, also sectional party, is
we'll calculated to recall incidents in past
history out of which has grown the. pres
ent political crisis, which threatens to de-
stroy the public peace and undermine the
foundations Of our government. For
near twenty years the slave power has
strobe forward in its onward march to de-
stroy the vital principles on which our
fathers based our government. We DO
but state history, when we say that its
approaches have in every instance been
through the democratic party. The gen.
crous vitalizing spirit OF true democracy
has been overpowered, and the slave pow
or operating through the democratic
party has succeeded ain and again in
its march to subvert the principle Of free
dom. What has the slave power done,
and what party has assisted it in its I'M
holy work.
lst, 1t assailed the right Of petition,
and the democratic party sustained its as
sault.
Cd, 1t lusted after Texas and the Dem
ocratic party pampered its lust.
Sd, 1t demanded a law to make man
that meanest of creatures in the shape Of
a slave catcher, humanity, and the Dem.
ocratic party bowed to its demands.
4th, 1t called for the perjury of the
nation and the Democratic party meanly,
listened to its call by striking
down the compromise Of 1920.
9Th, 1t sent hireling soldicry into Kas-
sas, to beat down the liberties Of the pco-
pie. encourage border ruffianism Of every
kind and shape, and the democratic party
it all.
9th, 1t attacked through tho Judicial
power, principles old as liberty itself, and
the democracy said it was right.
9TH, 1t now presents as its browning
act of infamy, the CULINARY point to
which its Unsuitable spirit has ever tended,
a measure bcgotten in violence, and born
in fraud, calculated not only to destroy
The rights Of the people Of Kansas but to
undermine the liberties Of the people Of
all the States, and the democratic party
tenders its assistance TO carry it through.
In the teeth Of these facts Of history,
men who are now relying upon the repub
lican arm in Congress to stop this last
of infamy,and who warn their
political friends in Congress against the
measure, declaring that it will, if accom-.
plished, destroy the democratic party,
have the assurance to talk Of the section
alism OF the republican party. Let them
talk. In this hour, when the predictions
Of republicans have already become
prophesy fulfilled. we shall not utter the
word Of reproach. We are willing that
men who have crawled on their bellies
and licked the dust from the feet Of their
slave masters, should while realizing the
position they have occupied, have the sat
isfactiou, il satisfaction 1t be to them, Of
slandering in the hour Of their travail,
the men on whose arms alone they now
rely to save their poor, miserable, de-
moralized party in the north from utter
destruction.
II men who have with craven spirits
solloxed the .laye power 10 the brink Of