Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-08-26

conferred upon IL certain peculiar privileges
or rrpir'lahag both man and chattols with.
on, being really either. In its representa-.
tive c anc,cr Of man, it may vote for Prcs-
ident. Members OF Congress, and according
to recent legal cSposi,ious mag steal and 10
a fclou and 50 attain TO the highest and
lowest results Of manhood, as a chattel It
/ is cotton cin or cane press and 50 reaches
the highest mechanical results. In u GER
tain abstract" sense the constitution is
supposed to recognize it as person, and pro-
vide Tor it the right OF representation, and
anon ccntempla,cs it as a chattel liable "to
escape" as owing service" and TO be
&" sent back" As a personality it Is 80
charged with subtle forces that il the Tract
Society but speak TO IL. It will burst like
"an Internal machine an rcnd IN twain
the church militant, and anon II is the sub
i,ti aud o5ioci OF Chis,ian missions. II isa
ihisc to he used by the master. and a p>rson
to vote for hin and aguins, R'rif, and 70 10
eyangclired by the Church. The absurdi-
itcs are endless and painful. Now We oceu.
~. ns party, the high moral, social and
political underground Of unqualified d''.
,,ai. to All modern pro..layery dosmas. ju-
dicial. executive or legislative. whether by
/ Intervention or non.intcrvcn,ion, a. contra
~ to the theory OF our government, the gen.
eral sentiment Of tho people, the uniform
currcn, Of judicial decisions. Of legislative
and executive exposition and as essentially
pernicious and dangerous; and We main.
tain, affrma;ively aud specifically, tha, the
Constitution does not recognize property in
man. black or white, or the possibility of
IL. that 1t does not carry slavery into the
federal territories. and thA; slavery doe. no,
and canno, exist, IN thi, nation, except by
force OF the local law and tina, outside Of
thnrlocal law the master has no rights.
. On thi. side Of ,hcse questions there can
be no doub, i. the moral sruiiment Of the
nation and the great body OF the people Of
the free States Where Do those stand who
do not declare with us1 Tho Democrat"
in the North? In ,hc free States?
The sound National Democrats" &C.
e0riing TO rcccn, classification hold afHrma-
lively TO all and singular that southern
statesmen inculcatc and the Administration
as-ents to. This mus, be expected and need
not be complained of, especially Of those
who maintain cogfd,Hnai relations to tue
Administration.
The " National Democrats hold 10 the
same wganr,ly, with the right to refer to
the supreme Court to enter up Judgment.
The difference between these and the Err,
class Is small. immaterial, and !, only tho
natural diT renee between the -" Ins " and
the Out.. and no, more hopelsl.
The q" Democrats, amplc Democrats. 10
no, exactly know whether 1t ,hi, moment,
they 10 or q, no, believe in slave property
under the Con.,i,ution, the Dryd Scott dc.
ci.ion. and the constitutional right Of the
STAKEHOLDER 70 carry hi. slaves into the terri.
torres these they regard As grave questions,
rather judicial in their nature, and hard for
the Democracy to settle.
They ar, undecided, confused on these
points. bat however these questions may be,
Of one thing they are clear, do know. are
willing with their great leader to be com.
mltted. viz that the people Of the ter.
ritor.cs have thu absolute right" Of ,rtai' ,
q decide the character OF their domestic in.
.,iiuti1ns in their own way? TO exclude
slavery? "No. not exactly that" What
then? "why, il slavery is in the terrific
rie- under the Constitution, 1t NAV be that
the people cannot exclude il. but we hold
they possess the right % bc unlrienlly 70
70 1t. to refuse to lesislate for ITS protec-
tod and support" These men it is plain
hang on n iallacy, Ani when they see it and
that their leader knows it to be fallaey,
and only supports it asa makeshiit, they
will abandon IL and him. What is left 20
this class? They must abandon Democra-
cy, Lsc,mp,on, and Buchanan, or submit
ana swallow all Verify thy servant is
not a dog" and yet many will do this lat
ter ,hins-morc it is hoped will not.
I, sdistinctiyoly claimed that the Con.
.,i,ution recognizes property in slaves, that
under 1t. the master may carry his slave
property into the territori :, and there by
force OF it may hold it; that it cannot bs
excluded ihsr,irlm, and that it is the du.
" Of the territory to protect IL. aud II it
fails TO DO 50, It is the duty of Congress to
protect il. Thi. claim assumes that slaves
are property by virtue VI the Federal Con-
s,ituiion, aud being so the nation is in
good faith bound TO protect it. Already
two branches OF the Federal Government
have informally recognized these claims rs
substantially the legal and constitutional
rights Of the slave States by the great body
Of the people Of this country-its jurists
and statesmen, although hesitate not to
declare these to be the opinions and policy
Of the Administration and Of the dominant
party. | DO not forget the significant fact
that there Is a division in that party, and
tina; ihe Norihrn portion Of tie party does
not give lts full assent TO all that is asserted
Il is important u understand upon what
the leaders divide, and what the real differ
euce between the advocates oi slavery nndcr
the Constitution above the the reach OF
the people and entitled tn protection, and