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


party r,rr roliseufel-siPnaized hs inaugu-
ration into me presidency hy graiuitnus an
nouncement that under no rrcumstances
gould he approve hl fnt uholising slhyr-
~ in the district N Columbia. Prom 1894
10 lsi4i lhr subject Of Rbolishng slavery ii
the dialuct Of Columbia and in the national
lnck-yau auds and nrsruals VIA brought bul0ra
cougtr's hy repeated popular appeals. Tho
drMprliuc party theIeupOH promptly dtuied
iho right ofprilion aud eilecluhllj suppress
ed the freedom NJ speech iu Cuugress a.
for as tho institution Of slavery was Coucern-
ed.
From 1870 to lsis good and tiAs msh
cpunselled that IcEas should Temain outside
Of the Union until she should eonsent 40 re-
linqusl her sclfinstituted slavery but the
/ democratic party prrcipIfaird her admission
into the I'iIiin, not ouly without that condi-
iiuu, hut even with q cIscuant that the state
might BE divided aud IeIrganizrd ~ ~ 10
constitute ionr sl1ye states instead of ouy
one.
10 1910, when the United States beeama
/ involved ln q war With Mexico and IL We
/ apparent thar the struggle would und In the
lismrmberuenl uf that republic, which was
/ non slAyebuldlng power tie democratic party
rejected q atllaFston that slavery shnulJaBft
bee established within the territory 90 be- ao-
quired. When, in 1850, governments we're
a. be- Instituted in the territories Of Cslifor-
nin and New MeSgu, the fruits ~ that var,
/ lle demdcrur party refused 10 admit New
MeHico as iiee state, and only consented to
admit Cal'finin as nee state on the eondl-
ton, ~ ii has sircr explained the ;rusaetion,
Of leaving all Of New Mexico aud Utah open
20 slavery, % which Wm ulsu added the con
ccssion NJ perpetual slavery in the district Of
Columbia and tho passage of an uuconslltu.
tional, cruel and humiliating Law for the re-
capture Of fugitive slaves with further slp'
u'alion that the subject Of slavery should
never again be agiLtrd Ia either chamber Of
CongrsN Whom, in 1854, the shareholders
~ere eontentedly reposing 10 these great adj :.
yanlagcE, tlcu ~ recently Won the demo-
cratic party unnecessarily oiIci1usly and with
.upencrviornblc libcraliiy, awaked them from
their slumher, 20 offer and force upon their
acceptance the norogaion Of the law which
declared that neither slavery nor involuntary
soryitude should ever exist within that part
OF the ancient territory Of Louisiana which
lay outside Of the state Of Missouri and north
ol lhc parallel u 80 dog. 80 min, Of north lat
lt4de, q lHw which, with the exception Of one
other, wna the statute OF freedom then re-
manning IN the federal code.
lu 1866, Nhrn the people Of K,nsas had
Organized q new state within the region thus
abandoned 70 slv,ery, and applied 20 be adj
miIted az free state into the Union, tho
democratic party contemptuously rejected
their petition and drove them, with menace,
and intimiiations, from the halls of Congress
aud armed the President Niih military power
"a enforce their Submission to slave code,
established over tGelz by fraud and usurpn-
ton. At every subsequent stage Of ths con-
test which has since ragged in Kansas, the
democratic party has lent lis synipathies, lis
aid, and all the powers uf the government
which IL controlled, 60 enforce eiayery upon
that unwilling nnd injured people. And now
even to this day, while il mocks us with the g
aSsur inee that Kansas IL free, the democratic
party keeps the state excluded from her lust
aud proper place in the Union, under the
hope III she may yet be drngooned into the
acceptance ~ slavery. The democratic party
finally has procured from u supreme judiciary
fixed in It's interest, decree that slavery ex-
lists by force OF the constitution, ia every ter
ritoyy of the United States, aiamount To oil
Legislative authority, either within the terri
tory or residing in Congress.
pohe9SSh h9SSh San 9 Or 4f1Tef sgfae f5f Pa6y 6haosa or G
or manufactures, or commerce, or education,
or internal improvements, or for the protcc-
ton OF even the security Of cvil or religious
liberty, II is positive and uncumpromiNing
in the interest OF slavery negative, eompro-
msing, and yncilutng in regard 70 every
thing else II boasts is love Of equality. aud
wastes its strength and even It's lie in forti-
l ing the only aristncracy known iR the land
IL proicssrs fraternity, and, so often IA sl1yc-
~ requiies nllics itself with proscr rtion.
IL magnhcs itself for conqucah in foreign
lands, hut il sends the national eagle forth
H.wHys WIN MINIS ruJi-uu the uiivc brunch
IN his faugs.
This dark record shows YOU, fellow citizens,
What ! was unwilling 10 announce at on car
der sTfr II this nrgumcut.-that OF the whole
ueiaiious schedule OF slavehulling designs
which have submitted TO you, the democrat,
&c party has l"tJ oItv uur vet TO G consunl.
ibrogntiou Of the law " hich for
bids the African slave trade
Now know very wen tuat the dlmocrntic
party has, NJ every stage of these procecI-
ings' disavowed the motive and the policy OF
tnrIiiying aud extending slavery, ana has eN-
cuscd them on entirely different and more
plausible grou ld,. But tie IN oisistcncy
and iriNolIty of these pleas prove still more
conclusiyely the guilt I chrrgc upon that
party Il mist indeed nee,.ss trily rxruEs
sucii guilt before mankind aud even 10 the
conscieuces of It's own adhc.ants. There is
an instructive adherence uf sllvery, and nm
Unborn and adherrg love Of freedom in the
human heat which render puliasion OF such
sruss misconduct Indispensable. II diAfran-
chSed the ireo African on the ground OF a
teaF-that il-ieit TO enjty the right of suffrage
he might seduce the free white citizen into
amagamation with hiS wrong and deSpised
race The democratic party condemned and
depostd John Quincy Adams because hc 'cx-
pended twelve millions year, while il iusli-
iie' his favored successor in spending seventy
millions, eighty Millions and even n hundred
millions NCar. 1t denies emancipation in
tho disirict Of Columbia, even with conD.nsI.
ton 10 masters and the consent Of the ncople
on the ground of an implied constitutional
although the constitution express
ly coniers upon Congress sovereign 1eyisln-
tive power IN that district and although tho
democratic party is tenacious of the principlc
of strict construction. II violated the rx.
press provisions Of the constitution in sun.
nrcSninu nntiIinn and hnl,ntn IN IL ...h,-I.