The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-12-04

throughout the whole Union, II Is certnil
that the slAyeholding class ol American ciii
zena indulge this high ambition and tha
they derive encouragement ipr II from thl
rapid and effective political success Wh'ol
they have already obtained. The PIN NJ
operation l. thisl by continued appliance
~ patronage, and threats Of d,suniuur lHrl
viii keep majority favorable ~ these draiyu'
in the senate, where each State has an equa
representation Through that majority lhey
will defeat as they best can, the admission O
free states, and secure the admission 6i slave
States, Under the protection ofthe Judiciary
they gil, on principle af the Drrd Scott cugr,
carry slavery into all the Territories Of lht
United States nov eHisting and hereafter %
be- organized. Hy the action of the FresIlenl
and the senate, using the treuiy-muklnR
power, they will annex foreign hhyeholdiug
States, In favorable conjunoture they will
induce Congress TO repeal the act of 1908
which prohibits the foreign sla,e trade and
10 they will import from Africa, ~ the cost
of only twenty dollars head, slaves enough
10 iill up the the interior Of the continent
Thus relatively Increasing the number Of
slave States, they will allow no amendment
90 the Constitution prejudcinl tn their iuigr'
est and 30, having permlpently established
dieir power they expect the Federal Judiei-
nry TO nulliB nli State laws which shall inter
lcre with internal or foreign commerce iu
slaves When the free StatcA shall be suf
hclently demoralized 10 tolerate these designs
they reasonably conclude that slavery will bo
accepted by those states themselycs ] shall
not atop % show how speedy OF how complete
would be the ruin which the accomplishment
of these slayeholding schemes would bring
upon the country. For one should not re-
main IN Che country 10 test the sad expert
mcut Having spent my manhood, though
not my whole life In free state, no aristocra-
cy OF ouy kind, much less an arislneraey of
shall ever make the laws Of the
land Ia which shall be content % liyo.-
Having seen the society around me uniyGr-
sally engaged ia agriculture, manufacture and
trade, which were innocent and bcnoiccnl. /
shall never be a denizon of state where men
and women are reared Hs cattle, and bought
and sold as merchandise. When that evil
day shall come, and all further effort at ,e.st-
auce shall be impossible, thcn, II there shall
he no better hope for redemption than | can
nov forcsee, shall say with Franklin, while
looking abroad over the whole earth for a
Ecw and more congcnial home, "Wherc Lib.
crty dwells there is my country"
You will tell me that these fears are *.
iravngant and chimerical | answer, thcy
are 40, but they are 80 only because the do
signs Of the Shareholders must aud can be
defeated. But il is only the possibility Of de-
feat that renders them 30. They cannot be
defeated by inactivity. There ia no escape
from them compatible with non.resistonce.
How, then, aud in what way, shall the nccccs-
,hry resistance be madc' There is only one
way. The democratic party must be pcrma.
nenty dislodgcd from the government, The
reason ls That The democratic Ddiiy is mcr-
'ricabig c0mmned 10 the dc4,gHs oC tie Sldrc.
holders, tchsch 1 hare described. Let me he
"Sh uuHclaAouu. uo not cnarHc tnat tht
democratic candidates for public office now
before the people are pledged, much less that
The dcmoo attic masses who support them really
adopt those atrocious and dangerous designs
Candidates may, and generally do mean 20
act justly, wisely and patrioticslly, when they
shall hc elected but they become the minis.
IerS aud servants not the dictators, of the
power which elects them. The policy which
q party shall pursue at future period is only
gradually developed, depending on the occur
renee Of events never fully forrknown. The
motives Of men, whether arting as electors
5f m any otiIer caparity arc gchtfBiiy- pure
Nevertheless, il is not more true that ''lIcu
is paved with good intentions than IL is that
Earth is covered with wrecks resulting from
innocent aud amiOblc motives.
The very constitution Of the democratic
NhA " fnNlNilNN u W tNffN'f Nll the designs
lf the slayeholders, whatever they may bc.
II is not par y Of the whole Union, OF all OF
he free states and all Of the slave states nor
yet is 1t party Of the free states in the north
and in the northwest; but il is sectional
lEd local party, having practically its seat
within the slave states, aud counting its con
'utuency chiefly aud almost exclusively there.
Of all its representatives in Congress and in
me electoral colleges, two-thirds uniformly
'amc from these states. Its great element
u strength lies in the vote Of the sllvuhoid.
FRS. augmented by the representation OF three
ilths OF the slaves. Deprive the democratic
iurty Of this strength aud il would be help
css and hopeless minority, incapable of con-
nucd organization. The democratic party. /
4eiHg thus local and sectional, acquires new !
strength froni,the admission of every new
dave state, and loses relatively bs the atliiiis-
inh of every free state into the Union, A
,arty is in one sense a jointstock association
n which those who contribute most direct
he action aud management of the concern.
The stockholders contributing in an over.
4 hclming proportion 20 the capital strength
" the democratic party, they necessarily dic-
ate and prescribe its policy. The inevitable |
'aucus system enables them TO tlo so with a
how OF fairness and justice. If it were pos
ihle TO conceive for a moment that the dem.
'cratic party should dlSobey the behests of
he shareholders we should then see a with
travail Of the shareholders, which would leave
he party to perish. The portion OF the mar
y which is found in the free states is a mere /
convenient TO modify its sectional
character without impairing its sectional CON
tltution, and is less effective in regulating its
movement than the nebulous tail OF the comet |
$ in determining the appointed though APP
iarcntly eccentric courses of the fiery sphere |
rom which it eminates. To expect the dem
'cratc party to resist slavery and favor free
lom is as unreasonable as to look for Protes- |
ant missionaries to the Catholic Propaganda |
II Rome. The history of the democratic |
'arty commits it to the policy of slavery 1t |
has been the democratic party, and no other |
gency, which has carried that policy up to its
PRESENT alarming elimination. Without |
topping to ascertain, critically, the origin of !
he present democratic party, we may con