Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-28

4 Of sIsveholdefs to bring their slaves int,
Free States without let or hindrance, an,
that that Court kas slresdy prepared ,h,
wsy BY deciding that the Constitution o
the United States (Which of course over
rides all State Const,tutions) gives this un
restricted privilege in the Territories
when they see the Democratic efforts to re-
peal our neutrality laws, which would make
our flag the Asg of every bandit on every
sea-when they hear the demands of Con.
yentions in that section, whose demands the
pressn. Democratic party never dare to u.
more, that all laws prohibiting the in famous
and accursed slave trade shall be not only
nulified ss they are DOW. but also repealed
when they have already heard the appeal
OF Democratic Presiden: that be should
be clothed with the war making power. and
the key Of the Treasury a,so placed in his
hand, TO acquire BY the sword or tho purse
moro Slave Territory, the people will lear.
tsterIsso, If they give this party new
lease of power, tina, its leaders will fathom
profunder depths Of political iniquity than
ever before.
We hold then thst success 10 duty which
we owe not only to Republican principle,
but 10 our sge and country, and that any
concession, short of principle, necessary
ITO insure that success. is not only wise and
exeedient. but also patriotic and obligatory
Ho,c shall that success be assured?
We counsel no surrender OF principle. no
abandonment Of our organization. no over.
ture TO unite with snv portion of the OPP
position who msy piofess to be more Prn-
Slavery than the Democracy themselves:
but we protest. if it can be avoided. against
there being again. as in 1856, division of
the Oppnsion in the States which are to
decide the Presidential contest; and a re-
newal. thereby, Of the lease OF ill-used
power which our npponents have thus OBJ
tanned. Hundreds Of thousands Of voters.
not yet enrolled in our ranks, sympa,hze
with us in our desire to prevent the ex,en.
sion Of Slavery beyond its present limits;
and. TO be more particular. we alIude to those
men of whom Horace F. Clark. Haskin.
Hickman, Broderick, &C.. a-e the ivpa on
the one hand, and Edward Bates. John Bell,
10y Morris and Washington Hunt are the
type on the other. Shall we foster and pro-
mote their union with Us 10 the work o.
overthrowing the Democracy. or shall we
repel all union, and from an over-estimate
perhaps Of Our own strength, hazard a sue
cess that with wise couasels is already in
our grssp!
We differ somewhat from those ardent
who demand the nomination
Of their fayorite "Representative Man."
whether popular or unpopular. ald who in
siet thar this must be done ~sesAa if We are
defested." We do agree with them in de- |
claring that we shall 90 for no man who |
does no, prefer Free Lebor and it's exten.
zion; who. though mindful of the imparti. |
,iity which should characterize the Execu-
i've of the Whole Union, will not fail to re-
ouke all new plots for making the Govern
ment the propagandist of Slavery, and com
pei promptly and efficiently the suppression
of that horrible slave trade which the whole
civilized world has banned ss infamous,
and accursed. But In q Rebu1li-
:sn National Convention, if any man could
be found, North, East or West, whose in
tegrity, whose life and whose avowals,
'erdered him unquestionably ly safe upon these
questions, and who I'D yet poll one, two
Or thyee hundred Thousand votes more than
Inv one else, we believe 1t would be both
wisdom and duty, patriotism and policy, to
him by scclamstion, and thus
render the contest IN assured success from
rs very opening. In word, IL heroic old
Zack Taylor were alive, slthough he might
rot be technically a straight Republican.
We should most cheerfully vote for him for
President, as we did once before.
But to this another class of DIRECTORS re-
,ly, "we have 4 Republican majority elect
d to Congress and have thus proved our
,ower to elect any one we please" But to
his we answer. that of the four battle-
.round States. two of them. New Jersey
md Penusvl lvania, were carried last Fall
,niv by union of the Opposition. and the
Republican sentator gained in the former
3tate was the fruit of that union. but which
straigh, Republican issue would inevitably
have thrown away. And Indiana and Hi
,ois, the other two, we're really about drawn
,attlse, though in each of these States we
lad the aid of a few thnusand votes outside
,ur own ranks Nor is II iirpra1Iv Irue that
he Republicans have secured majoriry in
Congress- Even with the two members
rom Minnesota. whom we hope for, the
House can onlv be organized bv the olur.
litv rule, as in 1855, or by a union of the
Out Of 237 members Il9 ia
msjoritv. and there are elected thus far l04
8 North American, who will
probably vote with them Garter and Briggs
,f New York. Nixon and S:rstton Of New
Jersey, and Joy Morris, vsree. MiIwsra g.
Wood Of Pa, sll elected on Union tickets,)
and eight Anti-Lecompion Democrats
Davis Of ind, Adrain and Riggs of N. j.,
Clark, Hsskin and Reynolds Of N. Y. and
Hickman and Schwartz of Ps..) not count
Ing the five illinois Douglssites and Mont
comery Of Pa, who, az q regular Democra.
tic nominees, we fear will be found forget
ting their Anti Lecomptonism at the door
Of the Democratic caucus.
When our sanguine cotemporaries assume
as It is so easy to do, that there Is straight
msjority In every District which
elected an Opposition Congressman. they
forgot how large prorortion Of them owed
their success TO that very union of the Op-
position who are hostile to Slavery Ex,en-
sion, to which we have been slludinQ. IF
this was eminentiy judicious In District
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