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column reply our article of the previous Clay.
insWhich we stated. AS al we'll known and ndis.
putable fact, that $50 far as the Black Republi.
canparty, ss distinct political Organization is
concerned, there is no evidence existing of any I
intention onsits part, as the Examiner alleges
to employ any and nil means to extrfpate slayeryi
from the Southern States, whether by the bayo |.
net of foreign enemies, or by the torch. and
knife of the5:ebelltous negro.a We added: thatE
mo such purpose bad ever been signifed by /
the Republican party, aud no such threat ever T
made, nor doW we believe that any such purpose
OF that any such silly threat towards the South
will ever escapesfts lips. SIS
The Ezaminer, We think, IS singGIarly unfor. /
tunate in the mode of reasoning it employs to /
show the -Repob licans, as a party; propose to |
themselves "to extirpate slavery from the Sou.
ltheTn States by violent means. It oyerlooks |
entirely the National and State platforms Of the |
Republicans, in5none Of which can be found |
single sentence, line, word or syllable, remotely
squirting towards Congressional or Executive
interference with slavery in the States where it \
exists Their platform of principles, as put
forth by the Philadelphia Convention, which,
Nominated Fremont has been read and re-read
by the Examiner and the whole Southern peo>
| pie. Is there any thing in that platform looks
ing to the abolition Of slavery in the Southern
States? Will the Examiner assert that there
is3 The respective State platforms of the Re
PuOltSdu tIuN6 u6GI1 ulSO, peTuSeQ OY' I06
Examiner and the whole Southern people. Is
there any thing in any of those platforms,
which indicates purpose or conveys a threat
on the part Of the Republican party, ito employ
any and all means to extiIpate slavery from the
Southern States, whether by bayoGet Of foreign
enemies, or by the torch and knife of the rebel.
Ilious negros Will the Examiner assert that
There is?
/ We affirm that there is not word in either
the National orthe State platforms Of the Re.
Ipubcan party, which can be tortured by any
Ingenuity of construction into shadowing forth
the idea of apurpoSe on their part to interfere
with slavery in the States where it exists And
if there be nothing in any of these numerous
ard repeatedly adopted platforms looking to
such interference, is it not Just and reasonable
to infer that no such design is harbored in the
breasts Of the Republicans, as partyP Is, it
not incredible even TO presume any such folly
and madness on the part Of q large body OF
4 rejecting, intelligent shrewd men, no matter
what, their horror of slavery may be2 We
submit that the Examiner has signally failed in
l Its efforts to sustain its broad aud sweep
in charge against tho Republican party
i We submit, too, that it will fail much more
lsgnally in its mischieyiOus endeayor to fill
the minds of the Southern people with needless
approximations of violent attack on their nsti.
tutlons By the Republicans of the North. We
feel 1t our duty to whisper in the car of the
Examiner that is sadly mistaken in suppo-
sing the Southern people to be fools and igno-
ramuSes, and in taking for granted, therefore,
thatit can easily induce them to believe that
the Republican party mediate the violent overs
throw of slavery in the Southern States. 1t is
Iequally mistaken in supposing that the great
mass OF the Southern people are not as familiar
with the principles, purposes and designs of the
4 Republican party itself is Being able to
read, and being in the habit Of reading, they
have long since acquainted themselves with the
fact that there is nothing in the world in the
teachings and avowals ofthe Republicans, as a
party, which indicates the atrocious Abolition
intent which the Examiner, obviously for party
purposes, inputes to them.
But, overlooking and passing by the National
and State platforms q the Republicans, the
Examiner turns its attention to the declarations
of some of the Republican leaders, and claims
to have found in those declarations positive and
convincing proof that the Republican party is
committed to the idea of .employing any aud
all.means TO extirpate slavery from the Southern
States, whether by the bayonets of foreign enc.
miles, or by the torch and knife of the ebcl>
llouS negro. 1t quotes, in the first place, the
'irrepreSSble conflict" declaration oil Seward,
with which our readers already familiar
and argues that that is an evidence Of the pur-
pose It attributes to the Republican party
when, intact, it processes to be Onlysan oDiniOn
"a 6ettef On the part of Seward himself, that
Siaveryiand Freedom cannot exist together.-
AND yet, IN that same speech, is found the ems
phatic declaration of Seward, that as much as
he desires the abolition of slavery in the Sou
thern States, he does not expect or hope for
such result, except through the action Of the
people OF the Sla0e Suites, and in conformitv
totth their respectire Constitutionsp-a which
declaration, in the Ezaminer's opinion, amounts
to nothing ut all. 1t quotes extracts, also, from
the anti-slayery harangues of Lincoln, Sumner.
Wilson, Wade and Banks all Of which, ;We adj.
init, attest their hatred OF slavery, but not one
of which shows that either of those men. pro.
pose or desire "to extirpate slavery from the
Southern States" by violent means Least of
all do they shcw that the Republicans, ns a
party, entertain any such design.
FRoI the statement of Mr. Collins, consular
agent at Amoor river, in Asiatic Russia, it ap.
pears that American commerce at tho Amoor
lis steadily increasing. Five American built
steamers are now plying on its waters, which
are navigable for steamboats, $500 miles. The
commercial products of that region at present
consists principally of furs and minerals, but
tits thought that when navigation shall have
developed the internal resources of the country,
trade will be proportionably increased. From
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