The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-11-03

my and Slavery" Now if it is the duty OF Con-
gresS to prohibit il is out of the power OF the
people to prohibit or permit: they can have no
voice in the matter; and yet, during nearly the
whole OF the last session of Congress- what was
the Republican party in Congress, and out oft
contendlng for, but the right fthe people of one
the nationol Territories to regulate their dOmes-
tis conccrns-Slavery included-in their own
way, and without either Congressional or Ex-
ecutlve interference? The truth is die RepuN
can paity-1 there as such a hiRs-t0eS not
stand upoa its plattoim, Hcucr did, ana probably,
DeUer gN Taking tho present state OF things
into consideration only, politicians upon the
other side now assert that there is now no Re
publican partp. BY the same rule there never
was any, Whether there is a republican party,
however, or not, it is not of the slightest con-
sequence; though the question whether or not
Mr. Corwin adheres to the Republican platform,
may be one tf some practical ltereSt. Our
sponsors in babtism sometimes vOuch for us a
little farther than facts will justify; and we are
slightly inclined to suspect that in this case Mr..
Corwn's sponsor, our highly respectable cotem
porary, has been rather more liberal than he
would bc-after a careful reading of the docu-
ment in question-permitted to answer for him
self
4 1kWell! well, here is pretty kettle Of fish,
Old Gid. takes one position and Tom Corwin
takes another; and it is all done for the benefit
OF "poor down trodden humanity" provided
they are of the black species. But then these
two artagonistc articles that we have given a.
bove are perfectly right and proper in the eyes
ofthat great party principle, called the black
republican party, and why? Because that par
ty is capable Of making declarations Of prime
pies to suit any place or any latitude. For in
stance on the Reserve, the black republicans all
belong 10 the "ruggcd issue" doctrine, and old
Gid's letter just suits up there; while in the
Southern part of the State the party has not
yet become abolitionized, and such articles as
the above from the Commercial must be put
forth to make the followers of that party in
Southern Ohio believe that the party is not as
much aboltionized as old Gid. and the "rngged
issue" men could try to make it out.
Some of the half way papers of the black re-
publican school are wondering which side Gov
Chase takes. Does he belong to the Gddings
oraCorwin school. So far as principle is con-
cerned, it matters but little to the Governor
which side he is on, ifho can only get the ambi-
ton OF his heart-to be President of the United
States. He would be willing to be on all sides
or sacrifice any principle by so dong he could
get the ambition of Gov. Chase satisfied. But
then this party Of principle can easily settle these
disputes about doctrines, if they can only get
the spois. Well, here is remedy: They
can make old Gid. the next Governor Of Ohio,
provided he gets votes enough; and they can
make Gov. Chase the ne xt President, if he only
is fortunate enough to get sufficient Of the same
article that Giddings needs to make him Gov
ernor and after Gov. Chase gets TO be Presi-
dent, he can appoint Tom Corwin Secretary of
the Treasury, an Office that he once held and
showed to the country that so far as financing
for Thomas Corwin was concerned, he could
not be easily beat. by doing these things the
Republican party can do as they always have
done when there was an opportunity of getting
spoils, sacrifice what little principle they pos
sessed. The spos is the great matter with
these men, after all their clamor about negroes,
tariffo any other subject, and they will let ev-
cry other consideration slide SO that the spoils
comes in as No. l.
But our readers no doubt, after reading old
Gid's letter and the Commercial article, would
like to read something that had some reality
and principle about it. 70 crafty them and
ourselves, we give them below a long extract
from Senator Douglas late speech at Gales
burgh, Illinois, where they can learn what the
signers of the Declaration Of Independence
meant, when they said that "all men arc Great
cd free and equal" i've it a careful reading,
and see how beautifully it knocks the wind out
of the abolition clap trap, that 'the negro has
that same natural and nalicnabe rights that
the white man has" We say again read the
following extract
tell you that in my opinion the Chicago
doctrine of Mr.. Lincon's declaring that negroes
and white men were included alike in the Dec
laraton of ofIndependence, made equal by Divine
Providence, isa monstrous heresy. The sign
CTS Of the Declaration of Independence never
dreamed of the negro when they were writing
that document. They referred to white men +,
men of European birth and European descent,
when they declared the equality OF all men
see gentleman here shaking his head Let
me remind him that when Thomas jefferson
wrote that Declaration he was the owner, and
continued to the end Of his life the owner of a
large number of slaves. Did he intend to say
that his negro slaves were created his equals by
Divine law, and that he was violating the law
of God every day of his life by holding them as
slaves? Bear in mind that when that Declara-
ton was put forth, every one of the thirteen
Colonies were slaveholdng Colonies, and every
man who signed the Declaration of Independ-
ence represented slaveholding constituency
Bear in mind that no one Of them emancipated
his slaves, much less put them on an equality
with himself when he signed the Declaration
On the contrary, they continued to hold them
as slaves during the entire Revolutionary war.
Now do you believe that? Are you willing to
have it said that every man who signed the Dec
laration OF Independence declared the negro his
equal, and then was hypocrite enough to hold
him as his slave in violation Of what he believed
! to be Divine law? Cries of NO, No'1 And
yet when you say that the Declaration Of indie
pcndence included the negro you charge the
signers Of the Declaration Of independence witt
hypocrisy. Now | say to you frankly that in
my opinion this Government was made by oui
fathers on the white basis. 1t was made by
white men for the benefit Of white men anc
their posterity forever, and was intended to b.
administered in time to come by white men,
[that's SOL But while hold that under ou,
Constitution and political system the negro i;
not a citizen-cannot be ctizen-ought not t.
be ctizen--yetit it don't follow by any means
that he should be slave. On the contrary, il
does follow that the negro as an inferior race
ought possess every privilege every immuni
Ity which he can safely exercise consistent will
the good society where he lives. Humanity re
n,,;ro., Gb.;st;on;t,y s1dc that oh II