Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1859-01-06
Letting Alone with n Vengeance

Letting Alone with u
If the opponents Of the Adminis.ra
ton policy atthe South would accom-
Aplish anything toward s~ettling the con.
1tnayefsyEon re teringipeace to the coun-
try, they M ust bgEecl vi9tnthe Republi.
cans ant Enthusiastically df letting slavery
alone in the StatesAs1Qrsi exists under
Tcorcr OFFICIAL law and Of Vigorously and
sternly opposing its extention into ter
r%itorics now frec.NRoSton Bee.
The Republican spolicy of letting
slavery alone in the States where it *
lists" This is rich! Col. Schouler
was sometimes suspccted-of being a wag,
before he returned to Boston. His
residence there has strengthened his
fondness for a broad joke. Lincoln
says this Union viii not continue half
slave and half free, because a house d.
vided against itself cannot stand
Therefore, the Northern war against
Slavery ri the Stdtcg viii go on, if Lin
coins ideas are to prevail in the Re
publican party. That they are to do
SO, evidence is found in Stewards Ro7
chester speech, who adopts this senti-
ment of Lincoln in its broadcast and
fullest sense, Seward thinks. the war
between the.slarer States aud the free
States must proceed, until every free
State establishes Slavery or every slave
State abolished it., Seward's views. are
-" -, 900 o. sf .a - - d. rLa - -H
specially commended BY the ruling
Black Republican .7elementih Ohio
Call you this lottiHg slavery alone in
the States where it exists 2''
The fa:tp ~, both the Black Republi-
cams and the extreme men of tho South
hold the ame doctrine as to the alb
stract power Of the government with re-
gard TO the slavery question, and both
would iperYert the Constitution, Tic
Northern adherents 4tet athe Congress
%sional sotcreignty FdoGtri nc, would use
the federal government to Intervene in
the exclusively, local affairs of the fer
ritory-that is, for the prohibition of
slavery-and the Southern advocates of
Congressional sovereignty would use
the same power TO intervene, in Ike
mapner-that is, for the protection of
slavery. Both operations would be
subvcrsive oftho original and legitimate
policy of tile founders of the govern
mehtt, and.o the letter; and spirit of the
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the Facts infhc. Armisfbd case.
Some twenty years ago two-spaniards
attempted ITO yeonvey their slaves. by
water from ono part of the island Of
Cubatto another. They chartered "a
vessel for this purpose; and as soon as
they were out Of sight Of land the nc
groes mutinied aud took possession. of
the vessel, The negroes knew, nothing
of navigation, and the vessel finally
found its way into Long Island sound,
and was formally taken possession ofby
the Revenue Cutter and brought into
New Haven, where the cases wero tried,
and the Court decided that they were
entitled to their freedom, and they were
subsequently, set at liberty. After
wards the Spanish Government claimed
from our Government remuneration for
the loss which its citizens had sustained
BY. the decision ofthc Connecticut Court,
and the liberation of the Africans, Our
Government recognized this claim and
has several times urged the attention of
Congress to the subject. President
Buchanan in his late message says: II
entertain no doubt that indemnity is
fairly due to these claimants under our
with Spain, Of the 9th of Octo-
Der, 1875, and whilst demandingjustice
ought to do Justice"