Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-01-12
From the Huntsville (Ala Democrat. SENATOR SEWARD'S SPEECH. Abolition Programme South in neril

External vigilance is the price of liberty. , we are told-and also, that !" the press are the sentincs on the wntchtower of liberty" It may be that we are too deeply impressed with our duty as one of the sentnes. and, therefore "snuif danger from afar," but, if there is no danger near, there are very strong indications of 1t. One of the most significant indications. is the remarkable speech of Senator Seward, remarkable for its subtle appeals to nrothern prejudces, against southern institutions; its To- gical arrangement of facts to connect the de- mocratic party with the policy of slavery, and thus excite those prejudices against that party; and boidness with which he proclams his pro- gramme of future operations, under which the de- mocratlc party is to be defeated. the south is to succumb, the institution of slavery to be abol- shed. and freedom forever" established.
 As sentinel upon the watchtower of lib- erty'' of southern white men, we lay this pro- gramme before them, and invite their attentive, stndlous perusal. It IS not the mere ephemeral eftusion of dstempered fancy, the sudden i'm pulse of an ardent temperament momeDtarv excited, but It bears the unmistakable evidences of maace prepense, settled purpose, deliberate latent, conceded Tn the closet, dwelt on in day . light, borne about in his bosom, proclaimed in public, boldly and relentleSsly to demolish the
 Institution of negro slavery; and as the best means of accomplishing it, he proposes the de- moiltion ot the democratic party. "The demo- cratic party (says he) must be permanently dis lodged from the government. The reason is
 that the democratic party is inextricably com mltted to the esign of the slaveholders"
 Gan any one dispute this assertion? None
 TOT the democratic party is the only party in the country, that has uniformly contended for a r- gu adherence to the grants and inhibtons
 oi the constitution, and resisted the exercise, by the Seueral or state governments. of any DOW CTS not granted In that constitution. The de- inocratic party Is the only constitutioal party. the ohiy true conservative party Insisting. as
 u uoes upon the strict observance of all the re- quiremehts oi the constitution and the steady maintenance oi all Its cheeks and balances. it is conservative oi the federal government in its proper sphere, as the agent of the states. obey Ing their Dehests maintaining their common rlgntS against iorelgn foes, subserving their con- mon domestic Interests and promoting the cen. eral welfare, always under constitutional re. stralnts-conservative of the rights of the states III thelr relations to each other and of inc peace and harmony, which result from pon-ip. reference with each others domestic affairs conservative of the rights of each and every individual, by insisting upon the enforcement of every constitutional guaranty of protection to his life, liberty and property, and absolute equality of political rights, privileges and im
 munites to every citizen native or foreign born. The constitution of the United States recor- nlzes the party, in pursuance of the constitu- ton, passes laws for the protection of slavehol- ders in their slave property. and insists on their enforcement, and, thus, that party is commit ted to the designs of the shareholders "-and not for any unconstitutional purpose
 Yes, says Senator Seward, the great chief of the black republicans, "The history of the democratlc party commits it to the policy of slavery for this reason he rallies "the irienus oi freedom to rush 10 the rescue of the constltuuon,' and tells them, "their very first duty Is to dismiss the democratic party from the administration of the government" And southern know nothngs (some not all-to their honor, be It Sald) take up the cry and shout in unison with the black republican host, "Down with the democratic party Dismiss the demo- cratic administration !" The arch leader of the black republicans hears, from the south. the echo of his battle cry, and laughs iiendishly at the prospect of southern aid and comfort in the prosecution of his diabolical designs. He sees that he has not counted without his host, in his confident boast of abolition progress; and, in a subsequent speech at Rome, N. r., he takes another and bolder step forward (" "Revolu- tions," he said. at Rochester, "never go back ward , and, after detailing northern states and the leaders of the black republican organizations in each, he boasts. that they loiR soon haue tleir organizations and leaders iat the southern states- And can we doubt it, when southern men re- joice at the victories of the black republicans over the only party that is committed to opposi- tlon to abolition and in favor of the policy of