The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-11-16
The DsmOc,atic Party and thr Devil with
which u II FsOss,ssUd.


which 10 II Possessed.
In his speech the other day, AT Roches-
ter, Mr. Seward gave the following ac-
count of the Democratic party. from the
period when it began to put of lis Rcpub
licaniom II is worthy Of the p"rusaI Of
such mer bers of the Democratic party ~
are under The delus've notion that they are
still followers of Jefferson:
Without stopping to ascertain, critically,
the origin of the present Democratic party,
We may concede its claim to date from the
era Of good feeling which occurred under
the Administration of President Monroe.
At that time in this State, and about that
time in many Others of the free States, the
Democratic party deliberately dstranchls.
ed The IL g cnlored or African citzens, and
it has pe'tlaSciously continued this di,fran
chisemcnt ever since. This WAS an rtfrc
tive aid TO slavery; for while the slave
holder votes Cor his slaves against freedom,
the freed slave, in the free States, is pro-
hibitcd from voting against slavery. In
1924. the Democracy resisted the election
of John @. Adams-himself before that
time an acceptable Democrat-and in 49,
2S it expelled him from the Presidency,
and put a STAKEHOLDER in his place, altho'
tho office had been filled by shareholders
thirty two ont Of forty years. In 1886,
Martin Van Bnren-the first non .slavehod
ilg citizen Of free State 20 whose eloc
tion the Democratic party ever conSentcd--
signalzcd his inauguration into tho Prcsi-
dency by gratuitous announcement that
under no circumstances would he approve
a biIl for abolishing slavery in the ristrict
of Columbia. From 1898 to 1874, the
subject Of abolishing slavery in the District
OF Columbia and in the national dockyaIds
and arsenals, was brought before Congress
by repeated popular appeals. The Demo
cratic party iherrupon promptly denied the
right of petition and effclually suppressed
he freedom Of speech in Congress, as Gar
rs the institution of slavery was concerned.
From 1870 to ls43 G. d aud wis" men
c"uns~lIed that Texas shou remain out
side of the Union until she consented B.
=. linqni,h her srlfinsitutel slavery; but
the Democratic party rccipitaicd her al
mission into the Union, not only y without
that condition, bu, even with covenant
hat ilrc State might lie divided and re or.
raniz Il so Ms 10 constitute four slave States
/ II Of enc.
In ls46, when the United States brcan,e
! involved in a war with xico, aud il was
apparent that the struggle would cm! in
| the dismcmb,rmcni Of that republic, which
WAS n n.slavrh"l ling power. the D'no-
cratic party rejected a declaration that
slavery should not he established within
the territory to he acquired. When. in ls
! so, government werr to b" instituted in
the territories "f California aud New Mexi.
co. the fruits "f that war. the Democratic
prrty refused io admit New Mexico rs y
| free State, aud only consented to admit
Calitania IA free State on the condition.
as II has sil CO explained the transaction.
of leaving all of Nrw Moxicn and Utah
open 10 slavery, to which was also added
the c"nc"ssio, Of perpetual slavery in tn"
District # Columbia. and the passage of
an Unconstitutional, cruel and hurnilia ing
law, for the recaptnre If fugitive slaves,
with further stipulation that the subj ct
Of slavery shouln never agnir b. agi,alrd
in either chamber "f Congress. When, in
1854, the shareholders were contrntelly
rel,osing on these great advantages, then
81 recently won, 'h Democratic party uD
necessarily. officiously and with superser
vceable liberalty. awakcd them from their
slun Der, to Offer aud force on their accept.
ance the abroga,ion If the law which de
clared thai n.i,hor slavery nor involuntary
s"rvitude should ever exist within that part
Of the ancient territory Of Louisiana which
lay outside Of the State Of Missouri aud
north OF the parallel Of i6 deg. 30 min.
of north latitude, law which, with the
exception Of one other, was The only stat.
ute Of freedom then remaining in the fed
eral co e.
In 1856, when the people OF Kansas
had uTpanzad new State within the re-
gion thus abandoned to slavery, aud ap-
piled to be admitted as free State into
the Union, the Democratic party contemp
tuously rejected their p-tition, and drove
them, with menaces and intimidations,
from the halls Of Congress, and armed The
President with military power to enforce
their submission to slave code, establish
ed over them by fraud and usurpation.-
Al every subsequent stag of the long
contest which has since ragrd in kanss-,
the Democratic ,srty has lent its g mps
thies, its aid, and all the powers 4 the
government which it controlled, TO enforce
slavery upon that unwilling and injured
people. And now, even 10 this day, while
il mocks US with the assurance that Kansas
is frer, the Democratic party keeps the
State excluded from her just and proper
place in the Union, under the hope that
she may yet be dragooned into the accept
ance Of slavery. The Democ, attic party
6nsllv has procured from Supreme Judi.
ciary, fixed 10 is interest, decree hat
slavery exists, by force Of the Constitution,
in every Territory Of the United States,
paramount 10 all legislative authority, eth
or within the Toritory Of residing IN Con.
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