The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1859-02-16

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iss aInti-sIaVery in PrSncaple! WOuIi
as any principle they have ever pro-
lnstlgafcd free one slave! Are the
. Democrats sas "a pnTty, PrO-sIavery
in principlcs
Its we'll known fact that the Republicans
in 1856, proclaimed aloud in all their stump
speeches that they were an anti Slavery party.
They had Inscribed on their banners inthe
campaign of'5G: "Free KarSas-No more slave
States annexed to the Union-No more slave ter
ritory-Free negroes-A negro as good as a
white man." and many more such inscriptions
were suspended in the air upon the banners.
Let all honest abolitionists, and in fact all
parties see ifthey are what they proiessed to be,
an anti-savery party. 1t is now easily perceived
by any rational man, let him belong to whatev-
er party he may,-if he has any reasoning pow
ers or il he can think for himself, that this So
called Republican party has not one principle
that would free slave in the United States
In fact, they ought to be called the pro.slavery
do-nothing party, the humbug party long TO be
remembered of'56. See how their leaders are
crawfishing-such as j. r. Giddings, Wash
burn, of Maine, Seward and host OF Others,
some OF the greatest guns in the party. They
well know that the wisdom and intelligence Of
this great Democratic Nation, can not be hum
bugged more than once on any political question:
and when they are asked questions, which
would be nothing but fair for honest men to
answer, how do they answer? Why they
evade answering honest questions, just like j E.
r. Giddings did, when Mr.. Cox, of Ohio, asked
him if he was in favor Of allowing negroes to
vote in the State Of Ohio. How did he answer?
did he answer the question like an honest man?
No, he gave him an impertinent answer, and
hid under abush himself like whipped puppy,
and made few snarls at the Democrats which
is derogatory to himself and his party, and it
might also, knock the bottom out of that nice sill
yer cup which he expects on his retirement from
the House, and keep him from ever being Cover
nor of Ohio. But we must not think strange
of Mr.. Giddings evading honest questions, or
any of the Republicans, for they fear their dis
honesty will be shown open to the world and
that they must die as party, as they arc sink
ing fast into oblivion at present. But not wish
ing to digress from my subject, shall now en-
deavor to show to the world that the so called
Republican party are not antslavery, and that
their doctrine held forth in '5G, guled many
on honest abolitionist into their party thinking
they were really abolitionists and the consc
quence is now and must be, that those aboli-
ZIONIST who believe that slavery is morally wrong
must step out of their party for they very tru-
ly see, they were duped into the party-believ-
ing they were anti slavery. Then finding they
were deceived, they must necessarily leave and
go back to the old Brney party, for they well
see they are not an anti slavery party, as Doctor
Bailey, Editor ofthe National Era, has been tell
ing his abolitionist friends for the last year or
more. Let us see whether the Republicando doc
trine would emancpate slavery. In the first
place, they propose to leave slavery where they
find it in the States. In the next place, they
say no more slave territory. This is q part Of
that Glorious Fremont Platform of '56. For in
stance, they say hold on to your slaves in the
States. What would they say if it had one
hundred, five hundred, or five thousand slaves
in it? They would answer, most emphatically
you cannot be annexed as Territory-you
cannot come in the confederacy as State; be-
cause you have slavery in your boundaries. Yes,
poor bleeding, down trodden slave that
Johnny A. Bingham has shed 50 many croci
dile tears over, and the rest of the Republicans
in their stump speeches in the last campaign,-
How do you answer on this subject? Their
answer is we'll understood by their platform,
and that is; if you want territory with slavery
in, you must not be annexed,-you must stay
in slavery-we will not give you chance to try
to become free, and they also say to Territory
making application to become State, you must
stand out of the Union; because vcu have few
slaves in such Territory, and thereby this So
called anti-slavery party keeps all slaves in
slavery, and not only that, but they would d is
franchise every white man in such Territory Of
their natural rights and privileges. For in
stance to illustrate the idea that wish to con-
vsy,. suppose Spain would cast off Cuba and
have nothing more to do with her, which by so
doing she would be left as small weak colony,
subject to be subdued by any power stronger
than herself; but she then seeing her weakness
and perilous situation, would make application
to be annexed to the United States with her
10000 slaves. What ask would the Repub-
leans say2 Would they allow her to be annex
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If she thought best according to the principles
of Democracy? Any sensable person well knows
that their answer would be as it has been, and
Is at the present. No more slave territory
Stand you poor slaves in your slavery, you can
not be annexed to this great Republic; but keep
the yoke of slavery upon you, and if you are
subdued by force, or by foreign power be SO, for
or Republican doctrine is, you. cannot be an
nexed. Then again, if fsome of the slave hold
ders the Slave States would sell out their
plantations and EN- igrate to some of our Terri
tories to better their condition and take their
slaves with them and thereby plant few slaves
in such Territory, would make application TO be
annexed as State having the requisite number
OF the Population to entitle her to one repre-
sentative in Congress. What would the Re-
publicans cry out again2 They would call on
Greely to howl for them on the Dred Scott de-
cssion, and he would tell the people that there
wssslavery there ofthe BLACKLIST die imaginable.
Yes, hs would say with the rest of the Repub-
licays, you cannot come into this Union, and
you, 93,420 white people must bo deprived of