The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-10-08
Whither ana Ra Drifting7

1t has always been regarded a sure road
to success. the keeping Of the enemy on
the defensive. II nation can carry che
war into the hostile counlry-subdue one
post after another, and retain all that il
has woui complete victory must soon
perch upon It's banner, This policy is
no less sagaoious in political warfare
The Slave Power long since adopted this
plan, and in this way have gained vioto-
ry after victory over the advocates Of
Freedom. Itgained important ooncess.
ions in its favor At the formation Of the
present general government. not by d.
rect expression in the constitution but by
construction aud inference. 1t carried It's
point then, it has since made Slave States
out Of free territory belonging to the Uni
ted States; it has annexed foreign slave
territoryl il has converted free territory,
obtained by CONQUEST, into slave territory:
IL has repealed an act Of Congress prohib.
iting slavery in large portion Of the pub
lio domain, il has forced the people Of "a
territory, desiring to have free state, to
remain oui Of the Union Unless they con-
sent TO slavery; it has made the Supreme
Court to decide that slavery exists cons'i.
tutionally in ell the territories Of the Uni.
ted States; and, that consequently there
never was aud never can Ce, Under our
constitutions any free territory. Here is
a series Of victories. growing more peg
nant and decisive as you approach the
termination Of the list. But this end Is
not yet. The Africanization Of .he I'M
ion must be total and complete, The
"nigger" institution must be set UP eve
rywhere. This is the ultimation which
current events seem TO be Fastening with
railroad speed, Each of the measures we
have named was, in its inception resisted
as was thought at She time, earnestly
strongly, and with confidence of success,
It was said Of each new move that it was
too absurd to be thought of, and could
not possibly find favor with the Ameri-
can people. But the slave powet insisted
with greater pertihacity and more daring
assumptions, that the rights Of the South
would be trampled upon by a denial Of
their demands; and when the discussion
became protracted and wearisome, the
attention Of the political leaders was draw
TO some more audaoious proposition, anC
thus & cheap and easy victory was won.
During the very next administration
after the conquest Of a portion of Mexico
ard inviting slavery into Utah and New
Mexico. the Missouri Compromise was
repealed, and Kansas and Nebraska mad
slave territory under the disguise of Pop.
ular Sovereignty. Scarcely was the ink
dry which penned down an organic act
for Kansas and Nebraska giving the peo-
pie CT each territory the right to permit
or exclude slavery, when forcible con-
fiot ensued as to whether Kansas should
be free or slave State. The Slave
Power, having the control of the general
government, used its power and patron
age to doom Kansas to slavery, and tram
pied under foot the doctrine Of Popular
Sovereignty by refusing to let the people
determine ia their own way. according to
the will of the majority, whether they
would or would not tolerate slavery -
And thus, by virtue Of force. slavery has
to-day a legal existance in Kansas; and
the great main point is gained This
fcreshadows another worse issue, which in
substance is a slave code to be enacted by
Congress for the security, aud projection
Of slave property in all the territories in
which il already has, according to the
Supreme Court, a constitutional existence
Ito be followed by a similar code for the
subjugatiou of every free State in the
Union to alike pains, and finally estab-
lsh, what is now only in Its incipient
stage, great sIaveholding Oonfederaoy.
Such, fellow freemen of the Ninth Con.
gtessional District, is the doctrine to
which Judge Hall asks you to subscriber
or, in other words, to endorse the course
he has already purstsd. which is about
paramount. Judge Hall stands on the
record in favor Of forcing slavery upon
Kansas. and urges his reelection that he
may "bless" the sovereign State Of Ohio
with the tread Of the shaokled slave. and,
in the language OF a southern Votary Of the
same stripe. hail the day when under the
protection Of despotic rule he may call the
roll of HE slaves at the State Capital. En-
! dorse the course Of such men rs Hall, ana
sooner or later the ffeemeu Of Ohio will
have their tongues fast in the loop Of the
"psculiar institution, " and be forced. .thro'
penalty of a term in the States prison. to