The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-10-14

slavery In every Territory and state OF
the Union, and at the present time the
President is using every means to Sc
cure the reelection of those whom he
knows to stand pledged to carrying
out his darling scheme. This is the
settlement" of the question which
the slavocratic party have given us.
This is the settlement" which they
now call upon the voters of Michigan
to endorse; but who, we are inclined to
think, will set their seal in November
next against any more such "settle-
ments." ~
But how does this policy, as set forth
by the slavocratic journals of the north,
and particularly by such papers as the
National Democrat and Niles Repat6-
lican, accord with the opinions of the
President and the leaders of the de-
mocracy at the south. Let us see:
President Buchanan, in his letter to
Professor Silfiman, declared that
SLAVERY existed at that period
Os54 and still exists IN KANSAS
sW UNDER TIL E CONSTITU-
TION OF THE UNITED STATES.
This point has at last been. ~ FL
INALLY DECIDED By the highest
Tribunal Judge Taney) knoaon to oar
laacs. Hoo 1t could haze euer been
doubted IS a MISTER Y"
This is plain and expressive. 1t
speaks for itself and needs no comment.
But not more plain than the following
extract from his MESSAGE:
at has been solemnly adiudged by
the highest Judicial Tribunal that
"a SLAVERY EXISTS IN KAN
SAS BY VIRTUE OF THE CON
STITUTION OF THE UNITED
STATES.
80 KANSAS is THEREFORE
AS MUCH OF A SLAVE STATE
AS GEORGIA OR SOUTH CARO-
LIMA"
The Hon. L. NJ. Keitt, of South
Carolina, in a recent speech, made use
of the following language:
"The Democratic party, he thought,
was sounder now than it had been for
years. 1t was so because THE SOUTH
WAS NOW THE MAJORITY IN
THAT PARTY, and had driven off
from its numbers all the tainted, tin,id
and feeble members of it in the North.
He would not predict, bat IN his judo-
naent the Black Reru5licans aoould acin
the election IN 1850.
:" lie Went to Washington at the be-
ginning of the last session, resolved to
oppose the Administration, but when
he got there he found Mr.. Buchanan
UPON the platform of THE SOUTH.
1t was then he determined to sustain
the President cordially and ungrudg-
ingly.
The Washington Union, the recog-
nized organ of the Administration lays
down the law as follows:
"The purport of the bred Scott de-
cision is, THAT SLA VERY rs
| LEGALIZED IN THE TERRI
TORIES WITHOUT EXPRESS
La ", propria uigore OF THE
| CONSTITUTION; and, therefore,
the Introduction by express law is I'M
necessary, As ITS EXCL USION
BY EXPRESS Ia W WOULD
BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
That is the policy! There is no
denying it! That is the doctrine which
the voters of Michigan are called upon
to sustain under the cover of the miser-
able subterfuge set forth in the above
extract from the Republican. That is
the doctrine which the Democratic
State Convention at Detroit, few
weeks since, endorsed, and which every
nominee on the ticket pledged them
selves to carry out, by virtue of such
endorsement.
Voters of the Second District re-
member when you vote for the Demo
cratic nominee for Congress, you vote
to fasten the chains of slavery upon
Kansas The question is not settled
nor will it be while the principle exists
as it does exist in the Kansas bill, thai
szoye State can be admitted with g
less population than a free State.
!, Application will probably be made
to the next Congress for the admission
of Kansas, and it will not do to trus
the fate of that long and shamefully
outraged Territory to any but reliable
friends. 1t behoves us then to hav,
men in Congress who will stand NJ
boldly and manfully, to defend thu
principles of right and justice, mel
who can be trusted. The candidate
of the slavocratic party are not sucl
men; they are not to be trusted. The.
have been tried too often, and hav'
6 always been found wanting.
{ Election Returns.
The returns from Pennsylvania
t Ohio, and Indiana elections which wer
t held on Tuesday last, are very meagre
s thouph the news Is hiohlv encouraoino