Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1858-05-01

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sI.,.. ~ Nm. ,.rn Renuhl;c.n administration Of
1hA ssrrmant r. ~. slavehoader carry his proper
~ ;ssr : Terr;torv. ihis District navy ysrd on
- s., !. NON slayehoIdjn1 State any where beyond
~ limit and nrisi; cton of The sayeholdng States,
! IL m,,st 40 Is at peril Of its loss II robbed BY
nbblic enemy or & domestic foe, the government
would not enforce restoration of his property
so iniesnn IN such case II must look on an im-
n.as;ve, "A neutral srectator It must abdcate its
n,,.r r .hneoate its duty 10 protect that proper
- m. government will be potent to destroy, but
;n Ia protect II may and must prohibit de-
nv and defeat his right of property outside OF the
ri.veholdinep States but NAV not and cannot ad-
NIT s,,stan And aecure the right The stakeholder
must live in perpetual quarantine, confined to the
apot on which he resides denied all egress BY land
or sen il the Territories, non slavebolding States
this District or The public vessels under menace Of
robbery of his property without recovery or indem-
nitv. He must keep in his bounds or become
an outlaw. beyond, governmental protection.
The government must not only abdicate lis power
tn nrotect Il must confederate with its enemies to
destroy the saveholders' property It must discri-
m;n.ts .oainst the South IN favor Of the North It
must denounce Southern laws, defining and regnla-
t;no nronertv "a inhuman and execrab le-Northern
laws m benign and admirable It must sustain the
latter and counteract the former Congress and the
Federal executive officers must become allies OF ab
clifton, and, in compliance with the behests Of the
original American Anti-Slavery Society," established
in 1888, must abolish slavery in ak those portions
of our common country which come under its con-
troll" or, in the language of this Northern Repub.
can platform, s.must the right Of liberty to all
persons within its exclusive Jurisdiction. In other
Words Congress must abolish slavery in this DIS
trict the navy and dock yards forts and arsenais,
and vessels at sea; must nhibit it in the Territories,
inhb the interstate slave trade repeal the fugitive
slave act, and in the language OF abolition orators
and essaYists, must - sever the government from al
connexi0n with slavery, ana enace SO 1oul oiot
from the national escutcheon. Thus. the const'tu-
ton which was designed to serve as shield to pro-
tect is converted into sword to destroy slave prop
erty Such is the programme OF federal legislation
laid down by abolition societies, tor quarter o!
century, and such is the import and meaning OF tn's
Northern Republican PLATFORM Ihose societies oe-
clare their meaning in language not to De mlsunder
stood. This platform only announces the single
measure OF inhihiting slavery in the Territories but
its declaration ot principles ana OF the power ana
duty OF Congress, commits That party 10 All tne
measures OF those socieues. lhose measures are
the logical and necessary consequence OF the prlnei
pies OF the platform put IN ACT.
zee more .ne 'gn. ana adty .; dsaesd ~ 1,a a
SSH slavery IN Inc States may DE farIv oedoced roH
the doctrines OF this notwithstanding the val" boast
that the rights OF the States and the Union OF the
States. shall ee preserved, 1t declares the pr,ncl'
pies promulgated in the declaration are embodied in
the neutrality-suspicious. the party maintain those
ted and embodied to be the right Of all men to TO-
erty, dc, and alleges that the primary object and
uIteriOr design Of the Federal Government so0s to
secure liberty to all men, scihin its erclusire juris
dietion. II true Why should not Congress SO egis-
late rs to secure liberty to all persons in the United
Satesl Where in the constitution, is found this
right of all men to liberty; or that to secure this
right to all men, within the exclusive Jurisdiction of
the Federal Government was the primary object and
Interior design of the Federal Government? Where
in the constitution do YOU find evidence that It was
the DESIGN of the Federal Government TO secure lib.
erty to negro slaves? Where. in that instrument.
do Won find design to secure liberty to negroes
wherever the Federal Government had exclusive ill.,
r;sd;ctona Where Is the nroof of anv Intention Of
the trainers Of that instrument 10 secure liberty to
an Terr;,or, or m this De,r;ct bnt not in
the several states /, What nriviIeoe ;mmuntv or
lhertv is onar.n,eed in Territory that is NOT .oual
s 10 ons,anieed in The states, 7, cannot 10 n.nd-
There is no evidence Of DESIGN ~ secure other or
rreater BLESSINGS liberties or r;phts tn men within
Territory. or where the power Of the Federal Gov
.rnn,ant 10 sr.,,,.;n. of a. Co., Coa..n,t. 10,
to men withins St.te o. where the Fed.r.i and
State governments NAV onera,s co,cnrrsn.l, There
can he shown M con,r.,Y J..;ons in
the Federal Const;tnt;on II T. bsd .n snt.sisverv
design nnon the TERRITORIES It had the same design
upon the States and mnst carry ont that DESIGN. TO
the extent of its MOWERS in The latter AZ we'll as the
former. :.
There ia abundant evidence in the constitution Of
fine design of its trainers ia sho, M oeogranhic.l
sectionaf or nerson.I nar,;.t;es bn, on he Contra
nv, to secure the same common and equal rights.
privileges nmunties and blessings to citizens Of the
United States wherever thew might dwell within
the bounds Of it's operation. 1t was intended to Sc.