Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-10-12
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Democratic journals of the country. Th'
ar'icle'is TOO long to copy entire. 1t il
headed, "THE VIoroRfEs OF THE South,
and an argument to calm the fanaticisn
Of lite more ultra eo-parIisans who are for
ever clamorng for a dissolution of the
Union. 1t shows that there is no sense in
pressing disunion at this time; that the
slave e-holdcrs, through the Democratic
party have obtained the complete control
ofthe Government, and that, while such
control can be maintained, disunion is
folly, Re. And in proof of his position,
the article was written, from which we
copy. The editor says:
~ .tew gears ago on actipe and po'rer-
-/mt anti-siauery element eristed in the DO
som of our opn commwn ity. Now the
citizens of the South are unanimous and
enthusiastic in support of their institu-
tions." -7'4N ''..
This, as everybody knows. is the simple
statement Of we'll known and undeniable
fact. All The early Statesmen Of Virginia
did, as this editor asserts, entertain strong
anti-slavety sentiments. 1t is equally true
thst-all the leaders of the Democratic party
in that, as in all other Southern States,
have wholly abandoned the principles and
sentiments of the fathers, and do nor,
enthusiastically support slavery" and
demand its extension into all our Free
Territory. s.I
Again he says 0 1..- ,s -.
"From the days of Washington and
Jefferson, down toa pery recent period, it
was the policy of the Federal Government
To- repress and restrict tho EXPANSION of
slavery. In 1855 the current OF legisla-
tion was REVERSED, and by the passage of
the Kansas Nebraska Bill, the Ordinance
Of '87, and the Missouri restriction were
rcpudisled as the prejudices Of an obsolete
age"
Never was there truer sentence written
than this. The Democratic party since
1856 have effectuallY rerersed the policy
of the Government rs established and up
held by Washington, and Jefferson, and
all the honored statesmen of the earlier
and purer days of the Republic. ,; i
Again the editor says t
"From the reign of MARSHALL to the
succession of TANEY, the South regarded
the Supreme Court with distrust and HOS
TILITY but the Dred Scott decision ex-
hibts that ancient citadel of Federalism
as the CHAMPION OF SLAVERY" /
True again. While such men as MIR
shall, and Joy, and Story-men who were
the cotemporaries of Washington and JEFF
erson.--graced the bench with their inn
mneula'e purity Of character, and pro-
found legal learning, "the South regarded
them with distrust and hostility" And
we'll may these drivers of slaves rejoice
over the change that has made such men
as Taney,r and Wayne, and Daniel, and
Cotron, their successors, and consequently. |
the rendering of the bred Scott Decision
u possibility !suo e.ga -sf ,h
Again the editor says goo l3' @
"From its organization till the Ba!ti
more convention Of 1859, the Democratic
party, albeit the onlyreliance of he South,
was compelled to observe significant
silence in respect to slavery. Then for
The first time. it pledged itself distinctly
And decidedly to the support of Southern
rights, and by adopting the Resolutions of
'98, signalized its renuuciaIions of the old
equiVocal policy"
True, again, every word of it ! But
low does it suit the honest Democrats of
ohio =? lfthe miserable doughfaces that
ire attempting 10 secure the votes of
honest freemen, would tell them the naked
ruth, over which the slave holders exu;t,
low many votes could they carry in Meigs
Ls
But the article continues
so. too, in regard to the Northern De-
nocracy. We acknowledge with peculiar e
atiStactlon. that they have YIELDED To THE {
TMosT DEMANDS OF THEIR SOUTHERN AS {
No t,uer word was ever uttered The a
'aders Of the Northern Democracy, have +
'uly yielded TO the utmost demands of d
neir imperious masters And while t
very slave mart is vocal with the n
raises of these subservient dough-faces IS
those purchased treason is paid for by t
he peoples money, these same unshamed
ycophants are traversing the free States,
nd with false pretense, and willful mis- |
attempting to deceive the '
nsuspecting voters into their further sup. s
'ort Is it not surprisingly strange? Ii
The article concludes With this general e
g IL
This. then. is the sum of the matter a
&c Federal Government has renoGnced the n
over Of limiting the ExrENsIoN of slavery n
le South is guaranteed an equal partici- :
'tinn IN the common domain by the