The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1859-03-24

o to have, an established form Of religion, o
: Church and State united; but, in spite o
/, all, we are asked to purchase this island
and to place thirty millions in the hand
: of the Executive, to begin the negotia
tions--that is, to buy up the officials !
Does any one believe that it is for th
: benefit of commerce, or the safety of nav
igation, that we are asked to do all this
II so, why not seek to purchase the Brit
ish West Indiesl Have We not as muct
to fear from England as from Spain p
And where is Canada and the other Brit
i>h possessions, that stretch all along ou,
Northern frontier. from the Atlantic to
the Pacific No; it is not for the bene-
Et of commerce, nor to guard against in
vasion, that we are asked to purchase Gu
ba but it is for the benefit OF slave bree.
ders and human flesh mougers. And yet
these Democrats profess that they want
to get Slavery out of national politics.
Would to God they were sincere Would
to Heaven this beast of prey would take
the carcass Of the slain into its lair 1t
might gnsw the flesh and craunch the
bones without N molestation from me But
instead of that, it asks me to hold its VIC
tim while it sucks the blood. But this,
God helping me, | never will do. Take
your pound of flesh, ifit is so nominated iu
the bond, but do not ask for the blood as
we'll.
Read over the whole message, and you
III ed - Slou,ry
Every topic is discussed with reference
to It's bearings on the subject of Slavery.
And yet the Democrats, with an impu-
deDce that challenges our admiration for
its subliTity, turn to US. and say, ''Do
not agitate this subject" Do not keep
up this sectional strife To sgitate, to
cgislate, to make treaties, to annex ter
ritOry, to purchase eupires for Slavery, is
all right, but do anything against Slavery
is wrong and sectional.
And here is another phase Of this fa-
na,ical spirit, which has taken up its
dwelling place in the Democratic party.
Il Identifies Slavery with the nation, aud
especially with the South
Now, [ am reckoned as ultra and ex-
treme as most on this subject, and yet, 20
one ha- ever heard NE say anything a.
gainst the South. 1t is only against SIa-
very that | have spoken, aid | propose
to assail that only iii those modes justi-
fed ty the Constitution; yet an section
al, aud Republicans are sectional. When
they only seek to prevent the extension
of a system which is under the ban of
the civilized world, they a-e charged with
being sectional IN Illinois, We have sup
ped full of this horror And what i, the
proof! azD, We have no delegates from
slave States 10 attend our Natiol Nomipa-
ting Conventions. Why have We none
Mark; because if delegates attend these
Conventions they are mobbed and driven
into exile. What if We, in the free States,
should say 10 the Democrats, IF you at
tend the Charleston Convention, We will
hang yOu,;' and thus keep them at home,
and then reproaeh them with being sec.
tioual party, because only the slave States
were represented We'll, you have no
votes in the slave States; your principles
do not circulate with US at all; you dare
not even proclaim your doctrines among
Us" And why do not our principles cir
culatc in the slave Statesl They used,
for they are the principles of Washington,
and Franklin. aud other founders of the
Republic. The reason why our prinei,
pies do not circulate 10 the slave States is,
that this de>potism has, like another Ma
poleon, crushed out the freedom Of speech
and Of the press. Allow US free access
TO the minds OF the non slave bolders of the
South, and 10 one year We would have
more Republican votes in proportion, in
slave States, than there are Democratic
votes in the free States. '!Your principles
do not circulate down here" boasts the
Slayery propagaudist. Sacred history
tells US of certain rich uan who died,
and was very unfortunate in the selection
Of future home; but. though an impass-
able gulf rpread itself between him and
better world, it seems he could converse
with those more happily situated. Sup
posing, now, this mau should lift up
his voice, and sending it booming across
the chasm that yawns between heaven
and bell, and say, "Ho. Abraham. Isaac.
Gabriel, aud your ceestials generally, you
are sectional party up there; your prin-
ciples do not circulate down here" And
Why does not Heavens truth circulate
down there Because the inmates are
SO wicked that they will not tolerate the
presence of any agel preacher This man
must have been a good, sound, national
Democrat. And so, | suppose. was that
iIlustrious parsonage whom Milton has
described as bridging the chasm that
spread between earth and the place of
bis exile, and who claimed the right of
carrying the local institutions of bis realm
into Paradise.
And this reminds me to say that the
Democratic party, led on by this insane
iaDaticism, which holds Slavery to be
morally right, under the guidance of a po-
litical harlequin aDd trickster,, has pro-
claimed the constitutioDalrigh ght of Slave
~ to 60 into the Territories without let
or hiuderance pIiohted uational faith