The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-05-10
WHAT WILL THEY DO:

next, III addition 10 nominating candidate lor
Governor, has imposed upon that body the oner-
Gus du,, Of selecting four delegates a. large TO
misrepreseu; that STATE, in the Convention to be
held at Charleston in jane 1860. This leads US
to indulge II q few sperUat;oas as to tie course
that vii be pursued ia the mex, Presidential
Campaign BIZ the various factions and c,iques ip-
to which the pro-slavery party are divided.
In the discussions that occurred in the L. s.
Senate during It's session last winter, broad,
deep, and apparently impossible gull separated
the faction Of a,ch Douglas, Stuart and Pugh
are Representatives. from the more Southern
wing OF that party. But men VIGOROUSLY
dishonest as are the leaders Of Inc Douglas Dem
ocracy Gad no officially and feel no compunc-
ton. OF co1sc'.uca In DasteEipg their principles
TOR the prospect Of power and place - coose-
quensly we are n9J sarp i5ed to see It's organs de-
clare IS they do, their readiness to abide by the
decision Of the Charlest,a Convection, no matte
ehat MAY be as platform 81 'rho IL candidate
The truth j.. the D.ecls@ men haze been
brow -1c,,,-u nd '.oae'ed .n,a they arc oora
pletely coaed, and Gre ready to get down on "af
iours" and yror.a arms, legs and all at the dicta
ton OF the slave Power.
On the other hand the thUnders OF retributioH
upon an administration rccreant 10 every princi
pie of right, tina. roll down one after another
from the North, may possibly 50 far intinidate
the fre-eateTs Of tie South thai they viii permit
1. platform 70 5e constructed, OF doubtful or
double meaning tx. tue shield Of the Knight
Ueck 20 one man, and greea TO another
indeed, they all mol lac!y relnqush this pol
lev which has proved go successful 70 them here
tofoTe, and thousand Of hardy laborers Of the
free States vii undoubtedly be- Green enough
to be again taken in by il.
But no intelligent man can foF moment be-
feye that that thc Shareholders viii relinquish
their bold demand for co-pl-ts and ample pro-
lection 70 ,deir property il the territories of tie
United States, %, ,ha, the Dou1icace- Of North,
~ho have spewed out, for political ends, the ai-
in;nistra.or If BncLalsr ain Mt ~o'"-.' 1ta
dos, 10 their yomit, aud v-!lOw again il the
nire of Southern dirt.
But what a spectacle WI BE- presented 10 al
enlightened people, when the Popular SoveI-
eighty, River and Fa.hor Improvement and Tar
if Democracy o. one section Of the country shall
meet and minS.c il .he solemn concl,vc with the
Disuuion, Slavery Ext osion and Free Trade
Democracy oi the ether. - and how rich the
scene D. they unite in crdorsug The aiministra-
ton OF James Buchanan, aud pledge each other
TO maintain is policy! The offspring of such
an unhailoSed union can but be odaus "a a Cali
ban, and toul as the brood that sp-ang from the
cmorace OF Sia and Death!
Tie leading measures that are already adopted
BY the pro slavery Democracy as bases of the en-
suing contest are these: The acquisition of ca
ba, The revival Of the African Slave Trade, and
the Prc.octjoa OF Slave Property in the Terr;to-
ries--the bitter euvolgi"- the virtual and con-
plvt. .-I.-..- e - .'.-;,-a dnot,;ua nf IN,
ular SoytTCl4u-y.
w. believe there are thousands Of the rank
and file of the Democratic party who viii repu-
diste these oIipas measures agl enroll them
selves in tn Republican ranks. We see cheer
ing signs OF such course, especially in PennsyL
vania There The men who refused TO endorse
the infamous treason Of the Lecompton Cons,i-
tuition, have proved their devotion to Liberty by
their works, and bill fiir TO hold out faithful to
the end Unlike Douglas, while protesting to
sustain Popular Sovereignty, they have not Gu
dorsed the bred Scott decision, that utterly an
initiates that doctrine and while he scouts the
idea Of the iucomp,.i5,lty of Freedom with
Slavery, they boldly proclaim it to the world
For this they have been formally read gu. of the
Democratic party but judging from the tone of
the following extract, which we take from the
Philsieipbia Press (Forneys paper.) we think
they will survive even tbis affection:
"Thc servii,y OF the Administration to the
naughty and arrogant demands Of the slave pow
er has thus apparently reached il climax. Not
content with endeayors TO force Slavery upon
the sol, OF Kansas against the viii of her citi-
liens; not contert with advocating theory de
signed to force Slavery, by positive law, into all
the territories vet unsettled, against the wishes
of those who are to inhabt them; not content
with squanderins the money OF the Federal
Treasury with reckless extravaganza, 70 purchase
in the North venal white slaves 10 obey the be-
hests of Southern ultrais,s not content with the
thirty-mliOa bride bill for the acquisition Of Gu
ba, the Administration has crowded It's pyramid
of infamy nv shameessiv rcclectjng IL Official
duties for the purpose OF couniying at the reyi-
val of traffic. SO oiious that but FIVE yesrs ago,
scarcely a single human being in America would
have dared to advocate it--a trade justly ranked
in the same category with the the blacklist of hu
man crimes-which has no parallel in is fendsh
iniquity but piracy in its most hoVrid forms, and
which has been Justly denomirated the sum of
all viliainies.
'if the statements we have taken from Sotuh-
ern papers are true, there i now 10 efficient
barrier TO the revival Of the slave trade. The
whole drama has been played out aud the exist
ing laws completed. set at defiance. When
cargo of slaves land upon our shores--no matter
if the guilt Of the murder of hundreds Of human
beings rests upon the souls OF her crew--a South
EN- jury viii ignore a bin of Indictment against
them. II a deputy marshal, in the centre OF
Southern State, has enough Old fashioned integ-
rity, notwithstanding his Southern education aud
pr,judices, 20 suppose that faithful execution
of existing lawsis just and proper, We have at
Washington President 10 ,hwart his legal and
humane efforts, either by his silence or his d.
rect orders, and thus TO sanction and confirm the
inhuman, Illegal, AMI blood stained right by which