Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-12-15

A parry is in on" sense a pint stock
lssocia ipn,in wi ich those who canirbn'e
mu>l dir-CI the action and management
IF the Concern. The slavehnl,IrrS rou-
in an overwhelming proportion
o the capital strength of The Democratic
p1riv, they necessarily dictate an PEE
scribe lis policy. The inevitable caucus
system enables them 10 do 50 with show
nf fIirne: aud jus ice. If il weIe pos
Sible Ia conc, i've for moment that the
DamocrhIic party should disobey the be
hest of the Slaveh1lders, We should then
zee a withdrawal Of The sllvrholIsrs.
which would ! ave The party 10 perish
The portion of The party which i found
IN The free States is a mere appendaIe.
10 modify its sectional chIr
acter, Without imrairing lis sectional con
Siiiution. and is less effective in regulating
its m lvempnt than the. nehulous tail OF
the comet is in determining The appointed
though apparently eccentric course ofihp
fiery sphere from III ch it emanaieS.
To expect the DemDcra;ic pauv 10
resist Slavery aud favor Freedom. is as
a. fn look for Prnlrsiam
missionaries 10 the Catholic Propaganda
of Rome. The history tf the Demo
critic party commits it 10 The policy Of
slavery 1t has been he ID m3rralic
pIrly. and no nihrr agency, which has
carried that policy Up 10 lis present
culninaiinn. vi honi stopping
10 ascertain. cIi icalIv, the origin of the
present d moUralic parry we may con
cede its claim To date from The ara n:
aor4 feeling which occurred nnl-r the
Administration of President NJ nroe.-
Al that Time in this State, anl abom IA,
time in many 9th, RS oi the free States
the Democratic party deliberately dis
francIIi>ed the free rlOred or Africa Cit
as. and il has perinaCiously v continued
nus disfranchi>ement ever since. Thi>
WAS an IF utive ai,l to slavery, for ihr
<i'.veho!der votes fIr his slaves against
Frerdnm, the freed slave in the free.
StdleS is prohibited fro.n voting against
S,av,rg.
IN 1921 The D mocracy resisted The
ion Of JIh1 Quincy Adams-him
: l. before tina lin: an acceptable Dem
ncra'-and in ls25 il ID him frou.
the Presidency, aud PM Shareholder ia
his place, although The oliise hId heen
filed by shareholders thirty Two oat oi
frty wears.
In Is36 Martin Van Buren-,he 6r.t
non slLvrh1lding ciIiZ-nS of free Stale
TO whose cleo ion the d. mncraric parry
ever consented -signaliZed inauguration
inin the Presidency hy graiuitous an
" ,nncmeni, that und,r no circumstances
would h" ever approve "A hi for III"
ab ,Iiribn of Slavery in the District Of Co
| lrnIia From 1888 To 1911. Tho sub
jeci Of ab1iishing Sl,very in Tie Dis,ric'
III Columbia anl in the national dock
yarls and arsenals WIS brought before
'.o'gres> by repeated popular appeals
The Democratic parry lhereupon prompt
" denied the right Of petition, and effect
nails suppressed the freedom of speech
ia Congress, 80 FAR as the institution oi
> ave w ) 'OHCefDtO.
Fr IN 1910 10 1913, COOL and wiso
m III counSeIled tllat Tx IS s!lsu!d remrin
olt i lie Of The Union Until she could coa
sent to relinqui>h her self-instilu,ed Slave
ry; but the DIN rcraIic party prccipita'-
ell her admission into the Union, not onlv
without that condition., bnt even with Il
c)venan, That the State might b. divi Ie'l
an recognized Sd as to constitute fur
slave Sales, instead ofone.
In 1916, when the United States be
came involved in a war in Mex'c1, and
il was apparent that the s'rueg'e Won d
eni in The disnembermen; Of that Rapub
ic. which was non-sIaveholding P.wer,
The D-mncrar C parry rti~c;t d declara-
ton that Slavery shDuld not be establish
ed within The territory 10 be- acquired
When, in 1850, governments were to be
Instituted in The Territories of California
and New M"xico, the fru Is of that war.
The Demo ratio patty refused In admit
New Mexico as free State, and only
consented to admit CIlfrnia as free
Stale on the c1ndili,n as il has since cx-
plained the transaction, of leaving all O.
New Mexico and Utah open 10 S avery.
To which was als1 a1iel the so l
nf perpetual Slavery in the Distrsct ot
C,'umbia, and the passage of an uncon-
s'ituiional, cruel. aud humilia,ing law,
for the recapure of fugitive slaves, with
4 further sip IlaIi0n that the subiec; OF
Slavery should new, again be agi;ated in
either chamber of Congress When, in
1851 the Slaveholders were conteuiriiN
rrpo-ing OIL this great advantage, iben
recently won, the Democratic party uu-
neces>arilv, ofiiciou sly, AMI with super
rvicPable l.brraliIy, awake them
from their slumber, 10 Offer AMI force on
their acceptance the ahrogaiioh of the
law which declared that neither Slavery
nor involuntary serviIude should ever
exit within that part Of TIE ancient ter
ri;ory OF Lou siana which lay outside Of
the State of Missouri, aud north OF the
parallel Of go 30 min, of uorIh latitude
"a law which, with the exception Of one
other, was The only statute If Freedom
then remaining in The Federal coir.
in 1886 when the p; ole of Kansas
had organIz new State within the re
'gion thus ablnd ,ned to Slavery. and ap-
piled to be admitted as a free State into
the Union; the Democratic party con,
temp u 'usly rejected their petition, and
drove them, with menaces and intimida-
tions, from the Halls cf Cungaess, and
armed the President with military Fow-
er to enforce their submission 10 a slave
code, eIsblishe over Them bv fraud and
usur?aiion. Al every subsequent stage
of the lonJ cort.st which has ragged in
Kansas, The Dtnocraiic party haS lent
its sympdthies, lis aid, ant all the powers
If the Government whici it controlled,
10 en!orce Slavery upon that unwilling
and injured people.
And now. even at this day, while it