The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-07-21
Notification and Disumiom.

Modification and DiSumiom.
One of the chief staples, which make up the
political stock in trade of quite number of DEM
ocratic presses in the State, is Republican "nuI-
t!fca'ion." To doubt the immaculacy Of the
Supreme court to question the righteousness
OF the fugitive slave act to exercise freedom Of
opinion on great and vital interests of the coun-
try, is notification and disunion Criticisms
on the political acts of judicial despots, are not
to be tolerated in the true democratic church
the inalienable rights Of man and the laws Of
God, are of no account when overrued by the
judgment of courts. Silent acquiescence pass
i've submission, are the duties of all men, when
Judge fancy has spoken and pronounced an
opinion. "The King can do no wrong" there.
fore, let the people meekly bow their heads in
silence; TO murmur or find fault is disloyalty to
the government and Qualification" Such are
practically the teachings of the democratic small
lights. Were Thomas Jefferson now liyinc, he
would be secuted by the modern democracy, as
most unmitgated nufer. Seward, Chace
Sumner, and host Of others, have been de-
nounced by the democracy both in the free and
slave States, for uttering sentiments far less
strong in respect TO the United States court,
than Jefferson employed. Among his opinions
left on record of the dangerous usurping tenden-
cies of the Supreme court, is the following in a
letter to the Richmond Enquirer, under date of
December 25th 1920:
g The Judiciary IF the United States is the Sub.
tile corps Of Soppers and miners eonsta1iLy mark
t"g underground to undermine tie foundation Of
mr. coyederated fabric. They are constituting the
Constitution from a coordination of a general
and special government, to a general and su.
preme one alone"
These doctrines of Jefferson at the time thew
were uttered were extremely unpalatabe to the
Hdherents of the old federalist party; thew IA
vored consolidated power, and finalities beyond
the reach OF the people. So with the modern
democratic party it has revived the federal idea
OF power, and practically incuIcates like senti-
ments. And since the great body of the party
has now its numerical strength south Of Ma
sons g. Dixon's line, and does as effectpallv a.
lence the freedom of speech and the liberty of
the press, in most of tho slave States, in respect
to the peculiar institutions of the country, as any
despotism on the globe, it is not strange that
the northern democracy should sympathise with
the southern democracy, and both unite in de-
nouneing as nullifers, those who question the
acts of the great pro-slavery Court at Washing
ton. Judging from present indications, one Of
the silly electioneerng shams which will be the
prolific theme of the democracy in the next cleo
ton will be twaddle about notification. All
this matter of notification, which seems so in
tensely to exercise the democracy, and which |
they so persistently charge on republicans is |
simply this republicans exercise the right of |
protesting against nsurpation and wrong ,wheth-
err it be the act of the Executive, Judicial or
Legislative department of the government
And while they denounce the wrong, they main
tain the people have the right, and that it is
their bounden duty to rectify it. This is the
treason, and nothing more, over which the de-
mocracy affects to be afflicted
But while so much is being said about ropub-
lican notification and disunion, democrats
have nothing to say about disunionists in their
own ranks. Not week passes but some prom
inent member Of the democratic party, utters
sentiments of bold notification and disuniop. -
Indeed, such is matter of so common occur
renee, that it seems to excite no Rotce from the |
democratic press. Senator Brown, of Missis-
sippi, has quite lately made strong disunion
speech, declaring for dissolution in the event of
the election of Republican President1 Ex- |
Senator Rhett, of South Carolina, another dis
tinguished de mocrat, made an Grafton on the |
ourth Of July, inst, in which the idea of a great
outhern confederacy, was held up to the admi-
cation of his auditors. He too expressed him
sn1f 10 &c ~,
tion as follows:
eff, in the Presidential electian, our rights are
victorious, then we have a guarantee and an
augury of a better future; if, on the coatrary,
'chtch think most likely to be the case then, NV
friends, let us separate from the North: let the |
glorious day-spring of a southern Confederacv
vt length arise upon our troubled counsels"
Another distinguished democrat, Hon. Mr.. |
Stevens, of Georgia, lately addressed large
concourse of people at Augusta. Mr. Stevens
leader on the democratic side, of the House
in the last congress he declares the South will
have more slave States slave code for the
Territories, a revival of the foreign slave trade,
&c. In the event of the south being defeated
in these demands,and hemmed in by freedom he
was for resistance in other words, a separation
from the north.
What Republican, recognized as SUCH has ev-
or given ntterance to disunon and notification
sentiments such as are of almost daily occur
renee by distinguished democratic leaders and
influential presses Of that party? Gov. Banks
it is said, once in stating given contingency
remarked "let the Union slide = the democratic
party protested to be horror struck at such
a sacriligious expression, although it was facti.
tiously uttered by the speaker. Yet the demo-
cratic ieaders,-the shining lights of the party,
may declare in favor of dissolvng the Union
proclaim the consideration of chattelzino hu
manity, of greater importance than the bonds of
our American Confederacy, yet it is all right
with the party.
LIBERIA.-The late accounts from this negro
republic on the west coast of Africa, represent
it as making great progress in agriculture. its