The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-11-16

policy, State or Federal, for finance, or
trad, or manufacture, or commence, or cdu-
cation, or internal Improvements, or for
the protection or even the security Of civil
or religious liberty. II is positive and un-
comp omisipg in tho interest Of slavery
negative, compromising ana vaclllating in
regard to everything else. II boasts it,
love % equality, and wastes its strength
aud even its 'ife in f'rtifving the onl, aris.
tocracy known in the land. Ii professes
fraternity, anl ~ ofLrn a. slavery requires
allies itself with prescrl pion. II lnagni.
fies itself for conquests In foreign lands,
but il sends the national eagle forth al
ways with ch ins and not tho olive branch
in his f,ngs
This dark record shows ycu. fellow citi-
zeps, what WAS unwilling to announce at
an early stage Of this argunsnt-ihat Of
the whole ncf;,rious schedule of savebold
my designs which | have submitted 10
YOU. tn democratic party has left only
one yet to be consummated-the abroga.
tion Of tho law which forbids the A frican
slave trade.
Now, know very well that the demo.
cratic party has, at every stage Of these
procee,li q, disavowcd the motive and the
policy Of tortifying and cxtcnding slavery,
and i'as excused them on entirely different
and moge plausible grounds. But the in
consistency aud frivoity If these pleas
prove still more concusyely the guilt I
charge upon that party. L. must. indeed,
necessarily excuse such guilt before man
kind, ana even to tho consciences Of It's
own adhereuts Thero ia an instructive
adherence Of slavery, and an inborn aud
inhrriug love Of freedom in the human
heart, which render paliation Of such gross
misconduct Indispensable. II dsfanchised
the free African on the ground e fear
that if lit to enjoy thr right OF suffr' ,e
he might Seduce the free white citizen into
a,nalg nation with his wronged and de-
spiscd race. Tho democratic party con.
dcmucd and deposcd John Quincy Adams
because he expended twelve millions year,
while it justifcs his favored successor in
spending seventy millions, eighty millions,
and even en- hundred millions year.
1t denies emancipation in the District Of
Columbia, even with compensation o mas
tors and tho consent Of the people, on the
ground Of an implied constitutional inhibi-
ton, although The c. Institution expressly
confers upon Congress sovereign i gislative
power in that district and although the
democratic party is tenacious Of the princl
pie Of strict construction. Ii violated the
express provisions of the Constitution in
suppressing petition and debate on the sub,
irct OF slavery through fear Of disturbances
of the public harmony, although i; claims
that the electors have right to instruct
their representatives, and even demand
their resignation in case uf con,umacy.--
1t extended slavery over Texas ani conaiv-
rd at the attempt to spread 1t across the
Mexican territories, even To the shores Of
the Pacific Ocean, under plea Of cnlarg-
ing the area Of freedom. 1t abrognied
the Mexican slave law and tho Missouri
Compromise prohibition Of slavery in Kan
sas, not u open the new territories To
slavery but to try therein the new and f,s.
cinating theories Of intervention and
popular sovereignty; an finally 10 over
throw both these new aid elegant systems
Of the English Lreompton bill anl the
Drcd Scott deci,inn, on the gtoG"d that
the free States ,g, 1t n: to enter III I'm
ion without a !..!al.i''n equal To lhe re-
preventative bass Of one member If Goa
sress, although slave States might come in
wuh"ut inspection rs 10 their numbers.
Will any member of the democratic
pariv, now here, claim tlIt, the anthor ties
chosen by the suilr..ges Of tn party, tran
seconded their PARTISAN platforms, anl so
mi-rcprescntcd tho party in tie various
transaction, l have rec.ledl Ther | ask
him 10 name one democratic statesman or
leg -ator, from Van Buren, to Walker,
who either tim,dly or cautiously, like them
or boldly and detian,ly, like Douglas, ever
refused TO execute hehcst of the slave
holders, and WAS not Therefore and for no
other cause. Immediately denounced, and
,l"posrd from his rust. AMI rep dated by
the democratic patty for that contumacv,