The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-19

by the new CONSTITUTION and laws they invited foreign free
mporeaon of African slave labor at all times, in all
pac IS aud under all circumstances whatsoever II Is
uc that they necessarily and wisely modified this policy
Of freedom by leaving to the several States affected as
they were by differing circumstances, TO abolish slavery
in their way and at their pleasure instead OF
the slave States while yet retaining the system Of slave
three hhs representation Of slaves in the fcIeral
Tn h hey should ana thsmse,vv able
these notifications fotfes my position that fae fathers
kne@ thai the too systems could not en0ure ,cithis
ould doppeoy f6rcrer Moreover, in c<ler that these
notifications might not altogether defeat their grand de-
yded ,ha, two thirds Of the States mI amend the con
sttutiou. remains say this 20 mt only word 70
guard against msapprehenson these States are again
Fay with what violations Of III constitution that end shall
be accomplished. O~ the <Aer hand, schile do conf
land Of .smussal freedom, 10 not expect nat soin Dc
made so oherwie Stan dyrgh the action Of The seerdl
states cora,iag vs,A he taras gorms.. and . a.
The strife and confession concerning slavery, which
gensy disposed persons abitually deprecae is nothing
mere than the ripenng Ct the conflict which the fathers
themselves not only THIS regarded with aver but which
they may b. said 10 hare instituted.
is not 10 re denied fowever that thus far the Of
that contest has been according to hcr humane antci
patons and wishes In the field of feral politics, sa,
very, deriving un oked for advantages from commercial
changes and enccges, and unforeseen from the faculties
OF combination Between members eG the shveholdng
Cary rallied, and has at length made asand not merely
10 retain its original defensive posSon but TO extend us
eiavehodn class of American csdzeas indulge this Ugh
ambition ard that they derive encouragement for it from
she rapid aad effective political suocsss which they nave
already obtained.
TIE WAY IT is DONE.
The pla- OF operation is this BY continued appliances
Of ratronge and threats of disunon they wikeep ma
ority favorable 10 these designs in the Senate where
each has an equal representation Through that ma
ority rey will defeat they best can the admission of
frppG
Under the protection Of the judiciary they will, on the
nple Of the bred Scott case carry slavery into all the
Territories of the United Szacs existing and hereafter
10 be organized BY the rton of the President and the
SeBGte using the treaty masking power they will annex
.y ,ci induce Congress repeal Tie Of 1905 'ehics
prohibits foreign Stare trda and they s import from
eS at s ne cost e y . aas @ thus Sss
lively increasing the number of slave States, they will
allow amendment 10 the constitution prejudciai TO
their interest," and having permanently established their
power they expect the federal Judiciary to nully all
State laws which shall interfere with internal or foreign
commerce slaves When the free States shall BE- stuff
ceny deoralised to Tolerate these designs they reasonably
conclude that slavery 'l be accepted byaose States Themselves
THREATENS EMlGR-ArE.
shall not stop 10 show how speedy or how complete
would be the ruin which the accomplishment of these
savehodng schemes would bring upon the country For
ope should not remain in the country to test the sad
experiment. Having spent my manhood, though not my
whole life, in free State, arstocracy Of any kind,
much less astocracy Of Shareholders shall make
the laws of the land N which shall be content TO i've
Having the society around universally engaged
cent and benefcent shall never be denizen of State
where and women reared as cattle, and bought
and sold as merchandise When that evil day shall come,
and all further effort at resistance shall be impossible
then, there shall de better hope for redemption than
can foresee shall say with Franklin, while look
ing abroad over the whole earth for and more con-
genial home, "Where liberty dwells, there 10 my
uy.n You win tell me that these fears cxtravaeant
and chimerical Ianswer, they So but they
only the designs Of the shareholders must and
be defeated. But is only the possibility of defeat that
renders them So They cannot be defeated by inactivity
her nj
he pooas THE DEMOCRACY TO DESTRUCTION
How then and in what shall the necessary resist
be made? There is only way. The democratic
party DC permanently dsodged from the government
mid 10 the designs Of the Shareholders which Ihare described
Let be Wen understood. do not charge that the de-
candidates for public office before the people
are pledged much less that the democratic who
support them really adopt those atrocous and dangerous
designs Sanddass may and generally 90 mean TO act
but hey the sy Sha noe @
,aors OF the power which elects them The policy which
party shall pursue at future period is only gradually
developed depending on the occurrences OF events never
fully foreknown. The motives OF men, whether acting
as electors or IN any other capacity are generally pure
Nevertheless it is not more true that he is paved with
good Intentions. than is that earth is covered with
wrecks resulting from innocent and amabe motives The
very constitution of the democratic party commits it 10
execute all the designs Of the Shareholders, whatever
they may be. II is not party Of the whole Union
Of all the free States and Of all the slave States yet
is party Of the free States in the North and in the
Northwest; but it is sectional and local party, having
practically within the slave States, and count
ing It's constituency chiefly and almost exclusively
there OF oil its representatives in Congress and in the
electoral colleges two thirds uniformly come from these
States It's great element of strength lies e the vote
q the savenoders augmented oy me representation OF
OF this strength, and would be helpless and hopeless
minority incapable Of continued organization The demo-
cratic party being thus local and sectional acquires
strength from the admission Of every slave State,
and loses relatively by the admission Of every new free
State into the Union. party is in joint stock
ASSOCIATION in which those who contribute most direct
the action and management of the concern. The Stare
holders contributing in an ouehemng proportion to the
capital strength Of the democratic party they necessarily dc
tate and prescribe its policy The iesat0e systems
enables them to do so NTH shop Of fairness and justice
If uere possible 70 conceive for moment that the demo
cratic parry should disy tie 6ehets Of the Shareholders,
should then chdra,cal Of the Shareholders, which
oad ledpe the party 10 perish The portion Of the party
which is found in the free States as mere appendage,
convenient to modify its sectional character, without i'm
pairing its sectional constitution and is less effective in
regulating its movement than the nebulous tail Of the
comet in determining the appointed though apparently
eccentric course of the fiery sphere from which it
and favor freedom is unreasonable to look Pro-
estan missionaries to the Catholic Propaganda Of Rome
PICTURE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
The history of the democratic party commits II to the
policy Of slavery 1t has been the democratic party and
no other agency which has carried that policy up to its
an critically the origin Of the present democratic party
may concede its claim to date from the of good
feeling which occurred under the administration Of Presi
dent Monroe. At that time in this State, and about that
time in many others of the free States the democratic
party deliberately DISTINGUISHED the free coored Ari
citizens, and has pertnacously continued this dis
reimbursement since This was effective aid to
slavery for while the Shareholder votes for his slaves
aganst freedom the freed slave, in the free States pro-
hibed from voting against slavery In 1922 the demo
crazy resisted the election Of John Quincy Adams-hm
self before that time acceptable democraand in 1928
it expelled him from the Presidency and put savehod
er in his place, although the office had been filed by
Shareholders thirty two out of forty years. In
1896, Martin Van Buren--the first nsnslavehold.
ing citizen Of free State TO whose election
the democratic party ever consented-signalzed
his Inauguration into the Presidency by gratutous
nouncemen that under no circumstances would he APP
prove bill for aboshng slavery in the District Of Column
ba From 1888 to 1874 the subject Of abolshng slavery
in the District Of Columbia and the national dock yards
and arsena brought before Congress by repeated
popular appeals. The democratic party thereupon
promptly denied the right of petition and eecualy sup
pressed the freedom Of speech Congress, far the
institution OF slavery concerned. From 1S40 1912
good and wise counsecd that Texas should remain
Of thUnon until she should consent 10 relnqush
her sensttuted slavery but the democratic party pre-
epaied her admission into the Union, only without