American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-08-12

up and take the bull by the horns in the
north, as do the southern Aristocracyf r.
When UM msn learn that there is now but
fOns issue before tie Apssriean people, and
thai is freedom or lavsry,---Amer'ean Dem
oerdt. q s-,-i - =. -. fiss
We elliptic above from brother Bea.y's
srlicle in his issue of the 4th inst. upon
the recent elections in Kansas, Missouri
and Kentucky f8t 91a83
n "An open confession is good for the SOUL
We have again and again refused to at.
fliate with party who claimed but a sim
gle sectional issue; party Of but zone
idea, whose ultimatum centred in the con-
temptible doctrine ofnegro equality, or in
the language of the Sd plank in a PLATFORM
adopted at Columbus on the 18th ofMarch'
1856, as the principles Of the Republican
Party OF Ohio, at which Convention w. B.
THRALL, ESQ, was President: the plank
reads thus:
sRssOlved, That zoe recognize the equal
right ofGH persons to the free exercise ofths
sisctrivs franchise.
Brother B,aty and Tunis P. and various
others Of the Bleeding Kansas family. have
sneered at us for our position, but now We
have il in black and white, under the sign
manual of s. Beatty. Esq, editor and pro-
prie,or Of thatimmaculate sheet, the Amer
icau Democrat. ht.d.t
Not that we would question Brother
Bealy's integrity, for hehas little in mar.
. ket, nor 60 we make any charges against
his political perseverance,, for he has serv-
ed with equal fidelity, all parties from the
death of Moses down to the advent o.
Kuntz. (the spiritualisD in the valley. :
But it makes our oldibones rattle, TO catcf
y gudgeon on a pin hook. and expose tc
view by sunlight, his monstrosities an(
trucking disposition, The enormous frauds
and wicked corruptions-the unparalleled
expenditure of one hundred mil.ors pc
annum. distributed for the purpose Of con
trolling our franchises, and corrupting ou
public servants, and the bare faced effort
that are now making to falsify and pervel
the charter Of our liberties, the Constltu
ton of the United States; all. all these
with thousand other questions involvin
the vital interests of the American citizer
are with him Brother B. as dust in tb
balance, when compared with his on
idea, or in his own words: "When ,Oi
men learn that there is sow 6at one isss
before the american people, and that is fre
dom or slavery" Where is the man
this land of liberty who trembles for h
freedom except those who have Jilsdthe
depositio,,s falsely their neighbor
horses, OF in some other way violated Il
statute in such cases made and provided
Who dare say that we are not, and OF rig
ought to be, governed by the will Of Il
majority? Who now pretends to deny Il
right of majority of American citizens
frame their own constitutions and ma
their own la VS., subject OILY 10 the POI
ers provided for, under the Constitution
the United States?
What man of sane mind and hont
heart will keep up constant howl ov
y subject Of "freedom or slavery" wi
all the above facts staring him in the fac
knowing, as he must know, that the Stat
as States, have no power over the subj
in the Territories, and that all queslic
OF the kind must be settled by legitimi
majorities in accordance with the ru
prescribed by the Constitution. Wekn
that uine-tenths Of the Republicans in t
- region think precisely upon these qu
tions as we do; they are Republicans
heart, and Americans 10 principle.
they suffer themselves under the impr
Of the momentto be dragged along
these one idea. ultra abolition leaders;
have said and again say that there is Ii
{ or no difference among the masses Of
mericans and Republicans upon these q
tions in Ohio. Why then shall we st
aloofu under the withering shade Of the
ner Of ultra party leaders. and suffer
LocofOco party to triumph with all its
-. litical abominalions?
Let us cast names to the dogs, igi
n party considerations and unite as one
'proelaimipg rfo tho world and the re.
mankind" that we, the PEOPLE are
compromislngly opposed to fraud, cor
tion and trickery, in whatever form it
"a manifest ITSELF Let us resolve in the
guage Of the immortal Henry Clay. q
no power short Of that Of the Almii
shall force us to carry slavery into I
tory where il does mo-, exist" And |
further resolve that we will maintain
Uuion, aud the Constitution of the u
Bates as paramountto all other poll
'7sa' M considerations, and to that end we hc