The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-08-12
THAT DREADFUL REPUBLIcAN PARTY.


have taken this view Of the matter last December
and just settled the:Nuestion then Applause
THAT DREADFUL REPUBLICAN PARTY.
But the Kansas question is but an incident
an episode in the plans and purposese of the
great Republican party--purposes BY no means
limited to bringing Kansas in as Free State.
If Congress can Justly refuse to admit Slave
State because she has slaves, she may reject one
already in for the srme reason. IL Slave State
can't come in and associate on an equal footing
with Slave and Free States, then Slave States
that are already in may, with the same justice,
be kicked out. TApplause.l
The great Republican party is the Strongest
organization in the Union, unless the Demo
cratic party is stronger. 1t is the only great
living vital organization that has or can with
stand the Democratic party. 1t is a powerful,
a compact, hopeful organization.
Its principles are what? I'll tell you. They
are The admission of no more Slave States
into the Union
Mr.. Breckenridge then read extracts from
Senator Wilson's speech, delivered Feb 1858,
and the paragraph from Mr.. Stewards speech (3d
March, '5S), concluding THE interest of the
white race demands the ultimate emancipation
of all men, These are the principles of the
Republican party. Don't deceive yourselves,
telowcitzens; such ore the principles you
have to fight.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
These Black Republicans say the Declaration
of independence declares all men to be free and
equal-they say we must be all slaves, or all
free. If the Declaration is to be thus interpret
ed they can do what they will with the Consti,
tuition. Why the Garrison men are more hon
est They acknowledge that the Constitution is
in their way; but these Black Republicans stop
at nothing. Give them the power, and they
will carry out this purpose. They are attempt
ing now to array one part of the Union against
the other and when You do that. the Union is
already dissolved-as dead as belted tree when
the sap can no longer how--doad because the
affections cannot flow from one section to the
other [Applause.l
Republicans don't mean to change their name
or their issues they are too strong, too power
ful ltoo confident for that, and yet you are in.
vited by some Kentuckans to go in with them
and form Peoples party, TO break down thi;
great dominant party. This is the feast you are
invited to. Have you any appetite for the ban
quet? [Cheers and cries Of "No."
We are now approaching crisis; the ques
tion is to be settled, whether is TO be made by
the dominant party on fifteen of the States
Of this Union. The great men Of the country
foresaw this, and warned their countrymen,-
Would that they were here to do it again to-day
that glorious triumviate Calhoun, Webster and
Clay.
But one political party has survived the
slavery struggle. The Wing party went down
before 1.-THE noblest party nave ever seen ex.
cept my own--bold, open--with its banners all
to the breeze, and its principles on them--but il
sunk under the slavery question more than from
any other cause. 1t was succeeded by the
American party. 1t undertook to take ground
on the slavery question, and split and died--not
entirely, however, from that question, but from
an inherent weakness of constitution with
which it was born [Cheers. l can say of it
without disrespect, that it has not answered the
expectations of its friends. 1t was party of a
single idea, and our Government, with its varied
interests, could not we'll be administered on a
single idea, especially when that idea was
wrong. Laughter and cheers.l
The American party lived faster and died
quicker than any party l have ever known,
leaving a large number of very honest gentlemen
anoat, laughter, but in danger of plunging
with the wreck pell NELL, heller skelter into the
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