Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1858-03-25


IN this country that have tolerated the
extension OF Slavery. except one. has
peiished for that error already. That
last onc-the Democratic party-is
hurrying On irrctrevably toward the
same fate. Al Administrations that
have avowed this policy have gone
down diShonorcd for that cause. except
the present one. \ PIT deeper and
darker still Is opening To receive this
Administration, because It sins more
deeply than its predecessors. There
: a meaning IN all these facts. whiciI
il becomes Us 20 study well.
The nation has advanced another
stage; it has reached the point whefe
Intervention. by the Government. for
slavery and Slave States. will no
longer be tolerated. Free labor ha, at
last apprehended It's rights. it, inter
estS. IL power. aud its destiny, and !,
organizing itself To assume the gov
enment of the Republic. 1t will
hcnceiorih meet vou boldly and rcso-
lutely here; it will meet YOU every
where, IN the Territories or out of
them, wherever you may go to extend
Slavery. It has driven you back IN
California and in kanzaS; il will IN
wade you soon iii Delaware. Mary land.
Virginia, AMI Texas. 1t Viii meet
YOU in Arizona, in Central America.
and even in Cuba. The invasion will
he not merely harmless, but benefcieni.
if you yield seasonably.to its just anil
moderate demands, Ii proved SO in
New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania.
and the other Slave States, which have
already yielded in that way to Its all
vances. You may, indeed. get start
under or near the tropics. and seem
safe FOR time. but il viii he only a
short time. Even there You will
found States only for free labor to
maintain and occupy. The interest OF
the white races demands the ultimate
of all men.
Wh-thcr that concentration shall
be allowed to take effect, with needful
and wise precautions against sudden
change and disaster. or be hurried on
by disaster. or be hurried on by ,io-
lcncc, !, all that lcma rs for You 10.
decide. For the failure OF your sys-
TEN of slave labor throughout the Re
public. the responsibility will rest, not
on the agiiators YOU condemn. for the
political parties YOU arraign, or even
altogether on yourselves, lut il will bo
due to the inherent error of the system
Itself. and to the error which thrusts
it forward to oppose AMI resist the
destiny, not more of the African than
that OF the white races. The white
man neels this continent TO labor mp
on. His head is clear, his arm is
strong. and his necessities are fixed.
He must and will have it. To secnre
it. he will obligc the Government Of
the United States TO abandon inscrvcn-
tion in favor of slave labor and slave
States. and 30 backward forty years.
and resume the original policy Of IN
in favor of free labor and
States The fall Of the castle of San
Juan d'Ulloa determined the fate Of
Mexico, although sore siegcs and severe
pitched battles intervened before the
capture of the capital of the Aztccs.
The defeats you have encountered In
California and in Kanzas determine
the fate of the principle for which you
have been contcnding.
1t is for yourselves, not for us, to
decide how long and through what
further mortiiications and disasters the
contest shall be protracted. before Free
dom shall enjoy her already assured
triumph. | would have it ended now,
and would have the wounds of society
bound up and healed. Bat this can be
lone only in one way. 1t can not be
lone by Offering further resistance, nor
by any evasion or partial surrender.
nor by forcing kanzas into the Uni m
ls Slave State, against her will.
leaving her 10 cast off Slavery after
wards, as she best may: nor by com
pelling Minnesota and Oregon to wait.
md wear the humiliating costume OF
Territories at the doors Of Congress,
until the people of kanzas. or their
true defenders here, shall be brought 10
iishonorable compromises. IL can be-
lone only by The simple e,sd direct od-
MISSION II Me three new States as FIRE.
States, c,ttom quai i.fcot,on, condition.
or compromise. and 6y tie
lJandonme',t Of all further attempts 10
srfend .siocery under tie Federal Con-
You have unwiseN pushed
he controversy 50 far. that only these
,road concessions will now be accepted
" the interest Of free labor and Free
States.
For myself, I zee this fact, perhaps
he more distinctly now, because have
% long foreseen il. ! can therefore,
'ounsel nothing less than those con-
,essions | know the hazards incur
IA taking this position. / know how
ncn and parties, now earnest. and zeal
'us, and bold, may Vet fall away from
NJ, a the controversy shall wax
warm, and alarms and dangers now
for. shall stare them in the
ace; as men and parties equally ear
lest, bold and jealous, have done in
Ike circumstances before. But il Is
he same position | took in the case Of
'alifornia eight years ago. Ii is the
anne maintained on the great ocea-
ion Of the organization Of Kanzas and
Nebraska four years ago. Time and
ldded experience have viniicated it
incc, and | assume il again. TO be
to the last, with confidence
nat it viii be justified ultimately ty
lao country AMI by the civilized world.
fou may refuse to yield it now, and
or a short period. but your refusal viii
.,f,- a,s,,ato Tho f,;en9s If E,o.3n.,