The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-03

subilmlty, turn 10 US and say, do not agI
tate this subject Do not keep up thi
sectional strife. To agitate, to legislate, t.
make treaties, to annex territory, to pur
chase empires. far Slavery. is all right. bu
to DO anthing against Slavery is wrong ant
sectional.
And here is another phase of this fanati
cal spirit, which has taken up its dwelling
place in the Democratic party. 1t identifi
es Slavery with the nation. and especially
with the South.
Now, am reckoned as ultra and extreme
as most on this subject, and yet, no one has
ever heard me say anything against the
South. 1t is only against Slavery that
have spoken, and propose to assail tha:
only in those modes justified by the Con-
stitution yet am sectiOnol, and Republi-
cans are sectional. When they only seek
to prevent the extension Of system which
is under the ban Of the civilized world. they
are charged with being sectional. In Hi
noi., we have supped full Of this horror.
And what is the proof? o, We have 10
delegates from slave States to attend our
National Nominating Conventions. Why
have we noneo Mark because if dele
gates attend these Conventions they are
mobbed and driven into exile. What II
We, in the free States, should say to the
Democrats, "If you attend the Charleston
Convention, We will hang you" and thus
keep them all at home, and then reproach
them with being sectional party. because
only the slave States were represented >
well, You have no votes in the slave
States; your principles do not circulate
with US at all (; you dare not even proclaim
your doctrines amoug us" And why do
not our principles circulate in the slave
States They used, for they arc the prin-
ciples of Washington, and Franklin, and
other founders of the Republic. The rea.
son why cur principles do not circulate in
the slave States is, that this despotism has,
like another Napoleon. crushed out the free
dom of speech and of the press. Allow
US free access to the minds ofthe non-slave-
holders of the South and in one year we
would have more Republican voters in pro-
portion, in the slave States, that there are
Democratic voters in the free States
Your principles do not circulate down
here" boasts the Slavery propagandlst.-
Sacred history tells US Of certain rich
man who died, and was very unfortunate in
the selection Of future home; but, though
an impossible gulf spread Itself between
him and better world, it seems he could
converse with those more happily situated
Supposing now this man should lift up bis
voice, and send it booming across the chasm
that yawns between heaven and hell, and
say, "Ho, Abraham, Isaac. Gabriel, and you
celest:als generally. you are a sectional par
ty up there your principles do not circu.
late down here" And why does not heav
ems truth circulate down there! Because
the inmates are SO wicked that they will moi
tolerate the presence of any angel preacher
This man must have been a good, sound
national Democrat. And so, suppose wa.
that illustrious parsonage whom Milton ha
described as bridging the chasm that spread
between earth and the place of his exile
and who claimed the right of carrying
the locol institutions IF his realm into Par
adise
And this reminds me to say that th,
Democratic party, led on by this insane ia
naticism, which holds Slavery to be moral
ly right. under the guidance of a politica
harlequin and trickstcr, has proclaimed th
constitutional right of Slavery to 90 in.
the Territories without let or hindrance.-
Plightcd national faith is broken and dis
honorcd Principles once declared sacre,
by this very leader, and said to be canon
lied in the hearts of the American people
are ruthlessly and recklessly trampled uu
der foot We had an angel of Liberty sta
toned at the portsls Of our Territories -
For thirty years, this sentinel had KEEP
watch aud ward and guarded that magnif
cent domain as the heritage Of Freedom
and, with the flaming sword Of the ord
nance of the patriots of the olden time
kept out Slavery from this Eden. VIII
chased away this angel, and broke down tn
walls that enclosed that empire, consecrate
to the sons and daughters of Freedom as
dwelling place and home, as long as the su
and moon should endure! Who did th
ruthless, reckless, damnable work Th
Democratic party, under the leadership
the individual | have indicated Unde
what plea was Slavery thus allowed to e,
ter in and ravace the heritage OF Freedom
On the same ground opens the pest hou;
to let leprosy plague and cholera, rush fort
as did the winds from the fabulous cave,
walk at midnight and waste at monday =
\ man with contagious disease must n
stay in his own house, nor be confined
the hospital, but must be allowed to roa
abroad, to spread disease and death amor
his fellow men . What is this, but the ve
I lest madness that ever raved in Bedlam
, | kuow it is slid that there are two win
to the Democratic party. | am aware
: that. and | know. also that the two win
belong to the same vulture, and. althou!
one has been slightly out of joint. it h
now got back to its place, and both will A.
t in unison, to bear the carrion bird back
. gorge and fatteu on the carcass where
I has gorged and fattened SO long.
But the strangest and most impious pha
Of this fanaticism is, that it claims the san
ton of the Bible for American Slavery
|, have neither time nor disposition to ent
! into pathological argument on this que
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