The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-30

and unforeseen from the faculties of combination
Tween members Of the siayeholding class ana
carly rallied, and has al length made stand
not merely to retain its original defensive po-
whole Union. II is certain that the slavehoding class
Of American citizens indulge this high ambition, and that
they derive encouragement for from the rapid and etec
tive political success which they have already obtained The
plan Of operation is this BY continued appliances OF pat
Tonage and threats Of dsunon they will keepa majority
favorable TO these designs the Senate where each State
has equal representation Through that majority they
will defeat they best the admission Of free sass and
secure the admission Of slaves States Under the protec
ton Of the Judiciary they will the principle OF the bred
Scott case carry slavery into all the Territories Of the Uni
ted States existing and hereafter to be organized BY
the Of the President and the Senate using the treaty
making power they will annex foreign slavehodng States
In favorable conluncture they viii induce Congress to re-
peal the Act Of 1905 which prohibits the foreign slave
trade and they will import from Africa at the cost OF
ony twenty dollars head slaves enough 70 MI up the IN
terror Of the continent Thus relatively increasing the num-
Der Of slave States they will allow amendment 70 the
Constitution preiudica their interest and so, having
permanently established their power they expect the ede
raj Judiciary nufy all State laws which shall interfere
with internal foreign commerce IN slaves Whcn the Tree
States shall be sufficiently demorazed 20 tolerate these
designs they reasonably conclude that slavery will be
cepted by those States themselves. Shall not stop to
show how speedy or how complete would be the ruin
which accomplishment Of these slave holding schemes
would bring upon the country. For one, should
main in the country TO test the sad experiment Having
spent my manhood, though not my whole life free
State no OF any kind much less an astocracy
Shareholders, shall make the laws of the land in
which shah be content TO live Having seen the society
lures and trade, which innocent and beneacent,
shall be dcnzen OF a State where and
reared cattle and bought and sold merchandise
When tha evil day shall come, and all further effort at
resistance shall be impossible, then If there shall be
better hope for redemption that can forcsee, shall
say with Franklin, while looking abroad over the whole
earth for new and more congenia home "Where liberty
dwells there is my country" You will tell me that
these fears exravagant and chimerical answer,
they so; but they only because the designs
OF the Shareholders must and can be defeated.
But II IS only the r possibility ,o OF deisa, that
by inactivity. There is no escape from them compati-
biz with non resistance How, then, and in what way,
shall the necessary resistance be mades There is only
one way. The democratic party must be permanently
dslodged from the government The reason is that the
democratic party nextrcably committed TO the designs
of the Shareholders which have described Let me be
well understood. do not charge that the democratic
ddaes for public Office now before the people are pledged
much less that the democratic masses who support them
really adopt those atrocous and dangerous designs Can
ddaes may, and generally do mean to act justly wisely
and paiTotcay when they shall be elected but they be
the ministers and servants, the dctaors Of the
power which elects them The policy which a party
shall pursue an future period is only gradually de
yeoped depending on the occurrence OF events never
fully foreknown The motives of men, whether acting
as electors or in any other capacty are generally pure
Nevertheless il is not true that shell is paved with
good intentions, than II Is that earth is covered with
wrecks resulting from innocent and arablc motives.
The very constitution OF the democratic party
commits il to execute all the designs OF the slave.
holders, whatever they may be. II is a party Of
the whole Union-of ali the free States and all Of the
slave States yet is party Of the free States in the
North and in the Northwest but is sectional and local
party having practically its seat within the slave States,
and counting its constituency chiefly and almost cxclu
svey there OF all its representatives Congress and in
the electoral colleges twothrds uniformly from
these states great element of strength lies in the
Of the Shareholders augmented by the representation OF
three ths the slaves Deprive the democratic party
of this strength and il would be helpless and hopeless
minority incapable of continued organization The demo
cratic party being thus local and sectional acquires
strength from the admission Of every slave State and
loses relatively by the admission OF every new free state
into the Union. party in Joint stock
ciaon in which those who contribute most direct the
ton and management Of the The shareholders
contributing in an overwhelming proportion 10 the capital
strength OF the democratic party they necessarily dictate
and prescribe It's policy The inevitable caucus system
enables them 10 do with show of fairness and justice
II possible TO conceive for moment that the demo
party should dsobey the behes Of the Shareholders
should then withdrawal OF the Shareholders, which
would leave the party perish The portion OF the party
which l. found 10 the free States a appendage,
convenient TO modify lis sectional character without I'M
pairing is sectional constitution, and j. less effective
gulang its movement than the nebulous tail OF the comet
Is in determining the appointed though apparently eccen
trio OF the fiery sphere from which II emanates To
expect the democratic party 10 resist slavery and favor
freedom Is unreasonable TO look for Protestant mis-
sonares 10 the Catholic Propaganda Of Rome. The hsto
ry OF the democratic party commits II TO the policy Of sla
II has been the democratic party, and other
agency, which has carried that policy up to is present
alarming elimination Without stopping 70 ascertain,
critically the origin Of the democratic party,
may concde lis claim 10 date from the era OF good feeling
which occurred under the administration Of President
Monroe At that time in this state and about that time in
many oshers of the free States the democratic party de
hberatey DISTINGUISHED the free colorcd or African c
zens and has pcrtnacousy continued this dsranohise
ment ever since. This effective and 10 slavery for
while the STAKEHOLDER votes for his slaves against free.
dom the freed slave in the free States prohibited from
voting against slavery In 1872 the democracy resisted
the election Of John Quincy Adamshmsef before that
time acceptable democrat--and IN ISIS 1t expelled
him from the Presidency and put STAKEHOLDER M his
place, although the office bad been fc BY shareholders
the nrst mon 'sIsyehodIne citizen OF free state 10
whose election the democratic party ever consenied-
sgnazed his Inauguration into the Presidency by era.
tutous that under circumstances would
be approve bill for abOlshng slavery the District Of
Columbia From 1885 10 1ssi the subject Of aboishng
slavery IN the District Of Columbia and ia the national
dock yards and arsena brought before Congress by
repealed popular appeals The dcmocr ATTIC party there
uJon promptly denied the RICH, o. petition and cccuay
suppressed the freedom n speech IN Congress far
the institution e slavery was concerned From 1870 TO
1872 good and wise men counseci that Texas should
outside ~ the Union until she should consent g
lnaush her sefnsitriei slavery, but The democratic
PARTY prccipiaicd her admission into the Union only
tho0t that condition, but With covenant that the
State might b. divided and reorganzcd 20 as 70 constitute
four slave states instead Of In 1896 wher the United
states became involved m war with Mexico, and
the ACKNOWLEDGMENT q that republic which
= uon.shvcho.dng rover, the democratic party
rejected a declaration that slavery should not
D. established within the territory 30 be acquired.
When. ~ 1850 governments were q be ustssei 10 the
Territories Of Caforu and New Mexico the fruits OF that
xar tie derlcratc pary refused IL admit Ne Nexre a.
q ire state and only consented 70 admit California
Tree state on the condition. a. u has since explained the
TRANSACTION n leaving All n New Mexico aud Utah open
satery 10 which also added the q per
yetual slavery the District n Columbia and The pas
&c ~ al UNCONSTITUTIONAL ffWtt az lNt
thc recapturc q fugitive slaves With aiurthe 'paaon
fha the subject II slavery should never agan b. acl
IN ether chamber ~ tongfc.e Nhea, ~ is94 nc sake
holders Coutentcdy reposng on thesc great aivan
Lagcs then recently won, the democratic party unue
sriy, obviously and with super seryecabe bera,y,
awakc9 them from their slumbcr e. oer ami force on
Their acceptance the abr0gaou 81 the law wh - declared
that neither slavery involuntary serytadc should ever
exist within TIA, part u the ancient Territory o. lou
Witch av outside ot she state ~ NJ souri, al north
81 The parallel n 50 degrees 20 minutes o north latitude
a law Which With the exception ~ one other, wa the
only statute ~ freedom then remaining ID tbc Federal code
IN 1850. when Tie people ~ Kansas bal organized a
state within the region thus abandoned 10 slave
ry and applied 20 he admitted a free state nto The
Tni0n, the democratic party contemporary rejected
their ptti0n aud drove them. with menares and utln-
dcut With military power ~ enforce their submission b.
slave code established over them BY fraud AMI usufpa
AT every subsequent stage u The long contest
which has since ragged IN kanstF the democratic parry
has lent it's eympath its all, and al the powers the
vnyernrpeta wbal a controlled a. enforce slavery u1n