Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-08-11

Posimaster-General's contract, and it wen
to a Committee-whereon was membe
from Missouri-and slept. tackled il or
to the Post Office Appropriation bill, ant
] three Members from Missouri voted against
! it two of the three were from this border
one of them your own representatives.
lVoice-"He is not in town.'1 Icare not
should say the same were he here. Zap.
plause !
The South molds the policy of the Dem
ocratic party, and it is against that policy
for the West to expand; they only desire
Slavery Extension, and for this policy they
oppose the West and her interests. As
long as the Democracy lives you get moth
ing, unless from God himself, who planted
The gold at Pixies Peak which has been SO
opportunely discovered, to give new State
anda centrsl, route to the Pacific. for the
deleat ef shat party. fsss5s---s--s
You must look elsewhere than the Dem
ocratic party for aid. Our interests as a
State are opposed to the South in This mat
ter. Missouri lies North of the Slave
States; she is surrounded by the Free
States, with which her interests ere ideD-
tical. Misses and cheers. Cries of go
on and "turn him out."l have not the
least idea of stopping. IApplause. llli-
nois lies on our eastern boundary, Iowa on
our northern, Kansas on our western, which
will soon be Free State in spite of Le-
compton and the Administration applause, /,
and Arkansas, weak and Of little conse-
9uence to us, on the south. have some-
times noticed in the papers that little
beeswax and few muskrat skins come from
there, which is the amou mt OF our interests
with Askansas [applausel !, while our con-
nection with the Free States is intimate
and extensive.
We must look, in our national concerns,
to the real advantage Of the State. tod
you + sirorrld speuh freely -ef- -Slaperp--it ia
the question of the day, or you would not
see gentlemen from this section vote as
they do. As understood it, the Died Scott
decision is the stand point ofthe Democracy
on Slavery. Calhoun first promulgated the
doctrine that the Constitution, per Sc. car
ried Slavery into the Territories. You
know what his Democracy was in the days.
OF Jackson-ihen no prominent statesman
thought of agreeing with him. Voice
Calhoun was right."] ] think not. He
was opposed to the doctrines of jefferson.
| f you refuse Jefferson 10 take Calhoun, do
so boldly, and don't "steal the livery Of
Heaven to serve the devil in" At the re-
quest Of Monroe, Calhoun, when in his
Cabinet. signed writing asserting TO the
Missear; Compromise, and admitting its
1t was an afterthought
ot Calhoun's as of the Democratic party,
that the Constitution carries Slavery into
the Territories. 1 but ask the protesting
Democracy to deny the name they disgrace.
From the days of Washington to Pierce thu
Territories were held to be under the con-
tIol of Congress. Now, one STAKEHOLDER
with his negro can 90 into Territory and
frame laws for all that follow-this is Squat
ter Sovereignty.
True, Douglas says the people of a Ter
ritory may decide whether Slavery shall
exist there, but he admits the constitution
hlity of the Dred Scott decision, which car
ries Slavery into the Territories by the |
thus knocking SqTa:ter Sow
ereignty in the head. In this way Douglas
rides both. sides OF the fence. hold. with
the fathers of the countr, that the Republ-
can party is right. Applause and Kisses;
cries of ''Kick him out!"-reply, "There
will be more than one TO kick out."1 ]
shall be kicked out in good company, with
Jefferson ard jackson; the Democracy
would kick them out if they dared. find
no fault with those no differ from me; but
now can any one call himself Jefferson or
Jackson Democrat and receive into fellow
ship with Toombs and such men, who
always abuses Jackson! The sentiments
uttered by jefferson, Jackson and others are I
now called Abolition, and for which any
one would be read out of the Democratic
party. Half of your delegation, half of the
Legislature and of the Democratic delega-
ion from Georgia were old Wings; and old
Buck, the Federalist, at the head, worthy
leader Applause and hssesl-worthy leader
,f the Federal host he led, when charging
1t the head of the Lecempton column, he
idn'. need the black cockade to designate
hin.
have said that Congress ought to keep
he Territories for white men, and not for
and their negroes; and this is
called Abolitionism. Thank God have
lived long enough not to care for nsmes -
This struggle going On is the same as that
ought under jackson the combination of
capital against labor; the banks against
Old Hickory. A part of the shareholders
n the United States Bank wanted the Uni
ed States deposits, often fifteen millions,
% loan, for this they proposed to regulate
he exchanges, and make uniform curren-
". Shareholders are smother lot o! cspi-
alis,s, who wish TO seize the Territories for
themselves and negroes, and throw out The
poor white men. The plea is plausible
similar 10 the bank plea. But the Terrific
les should be kept Tor the &c neral good, and
not for a few slaveholGers. ] so for keep
ng these Territories for free white men,
'or the goud OF our State; to build up rich
States west OF us, TO be tributaries 10 us
Whoever opposes this is against the good
IF Missouri Applause and Kisses. =
Iwil revert to another para alled-the
contest between tie Gracchi and the pa,ri
clans. Though the narrative cones frGm
writer's of the oligarcb, and iAry are called
,grarians--ihus giving them a bad neme,
IS am called an Abohtionis,: "Give dog
, had rame " SC the Grsccai only claims
thu, the lands conquered by the Roman