The Kanzas news., 1859-02-05

Il is a matter q The first importance that
thst the people d Kansas should begin to
ask themselves Were they stand. respecting
the doctrines of be szo great political par
lies.
Whether, in 1850, they will aid in estab-
fishing slavery il all ths free territories of
the United State. and in difusing its des-
potic influences throughout the whole gov
ernmental system or. whether they will re-
turn to the doctFPe.of the Fathers, under
whose auspices mankind drank the srst
pure draught of I iberty. For our own part,
we connot be an die speetator-indiferen
to the destiny of so great and good gov
ernment. Having tasted of the delicious
fruits of freedom we cannot forego its lux
urious and inyigoating repast.
At this janeture of affairs. we should se-
riously inquire, vhitherward are we drift
ing Whether are the powers of the gov
ernment holding on in the primitive course.
directed by the wisdom and patriotism of
the Fathers, or, have We left the benifcent
course marked ont and inaugurated by them.
and passed under the dictation and control
of slavery propagandists. To ascertain
more nearly our latitude and longitude, let
us ask what mean those numerous conces-
sions to the slave power by which this gov
ernment has enacted, within few years.
unjust and oppressive laws for the extradi-
ton of fugitive slaves-b5 which. the pre-
posterous doctrine of John C.. Calhoun,
hooted out of Congress in 1897 as being the
greatest absurdity of the age. is now adopt
ed and promulgated by the Democratic par
ty in its Dred Scott decision. as the supreme
law of the land-by which. slavery is said
to be firmly established in all the territories
Of the United States, and the free States
have become powerless to abolish slavery
In their own municipalities, otherwise TO
abolish pretended right to property in man.
assumed to be given them by the Constitu
zion of free country
This proposition of bringing all property
upon an equality, respecting the right of
of the institution which the South desired.
When this doctrine comes to be fully un-
dsrslood and acquiesced in. Senator Tombs'
prediction will then be fulfilled, that he
could ''one day call the roll of his slaves
under the shade of Bunker Hill monument"
Let US ask then. where stands the So
called national Democracy? We answer.
it is the uncompromising advocate of all
these dogmas. But it has not stopped at
this. It says that territory of the United
States has no power to prohibit or abolish
slavery therein-tbat if the interests of
slavery demand it, Kansas shall come into
the Union under slave constitution in der
ogaiion of the popular will, and for the ac-
ccmplishment of that object i: did employ
the entire patronage of the Federal Govern
ment. Indeed, there has been no policy
urged by the South to which the Demo
cratic party has not said amen.
You. who so loudly panegyrize the doc
trine of squatter sovereignty, should re-
member that it forms no part of the Demo
cratic faith. They have long since boldly
it rs an arraHt humbng, and even
the mildest advocates of Southern interests
substitute for it ''unfriendly legislation. -
Not that you can abolish or prohibit slavery
in your Territory. but you may so legislate
in regard to 1t that the institution may be-
come comparatively worthless. By throw
ing your-inierests with the Democratic par
ty you crush out the last vestige of the very
doctrine You so heartily admire. Let US
then draw the parallel between Democracy
and Republieanism. While the former
holds that slavery is carried. by virtue of
the Constitution, into all the territories of
the United States the latter holds that the
Constitution guarantees freedom to all free
territory While one offers itself as the
unoompromising advocate of slavery; the
other stands as the chosen champion of lib
erty. REPUBLICUS.