The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-05-20


terms Of this proposition ,een pasposely stud
led to obtain as insulting and daring mode
of affirming the perpet IA and inviolsble right
of Slavery as language COZ Id con rive, obvious
y, no more definite and Q impact sizs could be
hit upon, than the use of the impssonal pro-
noun ITS, in reference q the b iRsn chssssl'
THE SLAVE AND IT'S IscrEt h"
And then he goes or q ain, Z th his rheto-
ric, assuming that not thi excii I'd the abhor-
ence of the Opposition, bt only ;he refusal to
give the People an oprnt nifty q rag whether
the damning iniquity st,ou be sancsi6ed. To
heighten the effect he tadd h:
@senaior crittenden. ,eudmt sn. makes all
right, By submitting q II the psople Uhether
they ell choose to ensltre' ahers, The perfect
right to enslave, If the PED We cAoase, not being
questioned or controw tie II Nsy, by such o
submission, as being tke cti6cas.o, and cure
of the whole mischief, 1t admitted that the
right to enslave is an Ell mentarJ, native, in
trinsic right of popular 90, ,reignty, gne of the
rights Of man, rightfulk Il be enasi ned in the
peoples bill of rights, and in the 8, 5te Consti-
tutionr
The remaining colun of the & sale is in
precisely the same strain of bite, invective,
all turning upon the assn iption i t the Re-
publicans have renounsed hostiitg Slavery,
and opposition to the EATEN ION of 81 Sery; have
become purely selfish IN ,eir aha contend
now only for superiority Of polij u power
were not shocked or ii,dt oant q ,e compli-
! Gated villainy that sous BIT taste, ilavery on
Kansas, because they .,er opposs to ensla'
wing others, but becsuSe d will L the whole
People in Kansas was not consult, that in
voting for the Crittenden aendm.,s, they ad-
mitted that the right to eI lave ID one of the
rights of man" the only privile, sdefended,
the only right insisted en-, the p :9ilege and
right of Popular Soveresgni , by its 8 to deter
!. mine the establishment and pc, etuity of
crime"v A.I.
Can it be that preacbert like et ,rs, some
times write for mere e4fec ? shass the glow
of composition, they at tin IS lose ht of the
metes and bounds of tru a? th,S occasion
ally passion for Antilles or eEb am, or a
fondness for brilliant. tn us of . Expression,
makes them forget to ask ae que,;s n, is this
just?
Be this as it may, DR.. heevers article is
more distinguished by its aeat, itC srath, its
sntithesis, its brilliancy of invectige than by
is truth or Justice. From begin,i to end,
he misrepresents the Rel ablican arty-its
doctrines, its motives, It's 'lcy, its ,articular
acknowledgement too he solitical lovement
with which they are idef tiff d.
We said that if the co, trc ling idea. fla Party
,e, justice to all within the phere Of ,:s action,
be protection and sdvanten sntof all legitimate
interests within the jurisaic 'on of shS Govern
aent whose powers it WILD On seeess 70 direct,
is all that philsnthropist : divins GOULD ask.
ieither would be justified denopr sing it as
elfsh, or disloyal to thu il terests q human
y. We say that this il I positi, of the
sepublican Party. Me,su ing It's response.
ilities by the powers of tie { oyernnf t it aims
80 control, its purpose is to ,rOtect rights,
Ind promote all Legitimate Iterests " thin the
srisdictiou of that Govern lent. v ,,uld you
ave it do more? Shall t D urp poSar, under
he pretence that certain great Ell cannot
;herwise be reached2 iShs it be &C .,demned
y giving aid and countel ,aD e to =. 7ong, be-
t..use, having no power IF edress, i, will not
Ssurpit? Will you arraign t as ah ..postate,
bF renounciDg obligasior =" whica it has
&ver recognised, and which have never rested
G9on it !?
In common with a large ejority of the citi.
ms of free States, it seq tds Slavery as
Isoral, political, economical, and social evil-a
y cong and woe to the Slave "a Curse to the
G.mmunity that tolerat:s t~rep2gnsnt to
Christianity and modern Civ lizstion. 1t sees
Il is evil within the States the Union pro-
t, cted by State sovereignty; t indssno author
il conferred upon the FEEDER II Government to
i. terfere with it; therefore, does not propose
t g abolition of State SLAYER by the action of
t Federal Government, for it has 10 right to
evil that good may cofle- mo right 10 usurp
sw-no right to break dow the sovereignty
of the States for the purpose ST reforming their
institutions. IN
But what it can, it viii. Finding, as it be-
lisves, authority in the C nsi tuition to prohibit
Slavery outside of the Ststesi TO prevent the en-
svement of human beings within the cxclu.
re jurisdiction of the Fl der Government, to
} event the extension o. 81 ,very int United
States Territories, and to fos 'er instit tions in
item, founded upon the pf nciple that man
o4ght not to hold man i,s p operty, I icy have
/ Idly asserted the exists ace of THE uthority,
a I'd their determination 10 ct unde It, so as
t establish Justice and ex, md the Iessings
Q Liberty. This is theiy pc sition, K 3wn and
r ad of all men. They pro' laimec I in their
+ atform adopted at PhiAdel ,his il. go, and
i roughout the Presideptial canvass, of that
var. There was not Repub lean elet I'D to the
l. ,tCoDgress, not one elected o the pr, snt Con-
ess, known to hold an Spo lite view The one
hsrpose which has given cob srencn, ,ity, and
Ra@er, to their organize ion has bees, the re-
five to defeat the a.teiipt e1tnnt. slavery,
AID to perpetuate the rine lple Of tsssvery in
or Federal Administration; the res to es.
t, blish Liberty in the Terrih ries Of Ia Union.
d subject the Federal sAdr lin;stfa alton to the
inciple of Liberty. They laS> i4eef true to
L &, from the hour of their irss IL up.ph-the
e ction of Mr.. Banks, as Speakt Is ire House
Representatives. The Kansa %(lasstion was
t., immediate and formal issue tius what in.
ts ;est would it have awakened, / "a it,not been
f, its intimate association with b. sreat CON.
fat of Principles9 Nay, thei euald have
b en-, but for this, no Kansas q sssiau. Was
1t the mere tax on tea that caus d .'ie Ameri.
G a Revolution, that constitute. tie Question
htween Great Britain and the { tic HES That
n 3asure was but an incident, an Sc asion-the
II tiignihcant application of vi eipple broad
e ongh TO form the basis of RI V lntinn