Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-11-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
Gov. Seward upon Old Party Pol
itiCS.

In speech, delivered at Rochester,
New York. on the 25,h of October, 1858
Gov. Seward said
"The very constitution of the Dem.
ocratc party commits it to execute all
the designs of the slaveholders, what
ever they may be. 1t is not party Of
whole Union, of all the free States, and
ofall the slave States; nor yet is it a
party of the free States in the North
west; but it is a sectional and local party
having practically its seat within the
slave States, and counting its constitu
ency chiefly and almost exclusively there.
OF all its representatives in Congress
and in the Electoral Colleges. two.thirds
uniformly come from these States. Its
great element of streag h lies in the vote
Of the Shareholders. augmented by the
representation of three-ffths of the
slaves. Deprive the Democratic party
Of this strength, and it ,uld be help
less and olpeless minority. Incapable of
continued organization The Democra-
tic party. being thus local and sectional.
acquires new strength from the admis
sion of every new slave State. and loses
relatively by the ADMISSION Of every new
free Stat into the Union. 4 party i>
N one sense A JOINT stock association,
in which those who contributed most
direct the aclion AMI mana cement Of the
concern. IN slavf holl -. e4n'ri5utin4
in an owe whei M. proportion to the
- :, n
thy necessarily dictate AMI prescribe 1t.
policy The inev table caucas system
enables them Ia do so with show OF
fairness and Justice II it werr possible
10 conceive for Il moment that the Dem
ocratlc party >hould disrbey the behests
of the sllveholiers. we shonld then $ e
withdrawal Of the slavcho dars. whicn
would leave h party to perish The
porti Of the party Which is found IN
thr free >ta'c, Is mere apPendt -. con
venient 10 m0stits its sectional char c,er
without imparlnS its sectional constitu-
ton, AMI i, less IF .ctlrc in regulating
Is movement than the nebulous tail Of
he com is in determining he appoint
ed though apparently eccentric course of
the hcry sphere from which it emanates.
10 expect the Democratic party to resist
Slav ry and flvor Freed I'm. it is as unrea-
sonable as to look for Protestant mis-
sionaries to the C.tholic propaganda OF
Rome. The history of the Democratic
party commits it to the pclicv ofSlavery
1t has been the Demo ratio party. and no
other agency, which has carried that
policy up to its present alarming cul-
mination.
Without stopping to ascertain. crlti'
cally, the origln of the present DHmocra-
tic party. we may concede its claim to
date from the era of good feeling which
occurred under the Administration Of
Presid mt Monroe. At that time in
this State, and about that time in many
others oithe free States, the Democratic
party deliberately disfranchised the free
colored or African citizen. and it has
petr,nactously continued this dIsfranehise
ment ever since. TINS was an effective
aid to Slavery. for while the STAKEHOLDER
votes for his slaves az INST Freedom. the
freed slave, in the tres States. is prohib-
tied from voting against Slavery. In
1924, the Democracy resisted the elec
ton of John Quincy Adams-himseli
before thai time an acc 'ptable Democrat
and in 1928 it xpellel him from the
Presidency, and put Shareholder In his
place, although the flee had been filed
by slaveho,der thirty-two out of forty
years. In 1886, Martin Van Buren,
the fest non slayeho ding citizen Of free
State to whose election the Democratic
party ever consented -s;cnalized his in.
ausuration into the Presidency by graf
uit)us announcement that under no cir
cum.tances would he e. er approve bill
f,r ab l,shins Slavery in the District ol
Columbia. From 1883 to lS4i, the
subject of aboiishing Slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, and in the National
dock ris and arsenals, was brought De-
re Congress by repeated popular APP
peals. The Democratic putty thereupor
promptly denied the right of petition
and efectually suppressed the freedom
Of sp ech In Congress, as far as the in
siitution OF slavery was concerned
"Feom 1910 to 1913, good and wise
men counselled that Texas should re,
main outside Of the Union until she
should consent to relinquish her ,elt-
Instituted Slavery but the Democratic
party precipi,ated her admission into the
Union, not only withoat that condition
even with covenant that the State