Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-10-13
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}. W. DECEER, Sac'v.


5o;h Congressional District of New
York. We ask for it a candid perusa.
b, our Democratic friends:
Slavery has demanded thai within
the slave States the constitutional rights
Of inhabitants OF free States should be,
ignored. The most shameful outrages
have been pcrpetrated against the rights
and personal liberties OF Northern citi-,
zors travelling in the slave States n re-
siding there; that, too many times,
with the full sanction and appro, al of
the public authorities. Free speech
has been denied, insult has been heap
Cd upon them, and A; times the most
brutal treatment. They have been
compelled to submit to almost every
nd guilty: impr;sonmgnt, tar and tcath-
"rS, punishment BY str'pcs, aud in ma
ny eases have been driven from the
slave States. Not only have Northern,
citizens suffered such indigni;ies, but
Whnfc co:nn;''"l,'es--men respected for.
their Obedience to law, their quiet and
inotfersIye lives, and their industry,
have, with their families, been exiled
from their homes, because they did not.
consider sla> cry a blessing, and were,
unwilling t" give up their long chetish,-
G.. CONVICTIONS.
cannot detain you 10 90 into a re-
cltal Of Ssch acts-you airs all familiar
with them. And, gen.lemen, all this
cry Of sectiona!is,n comes with very
bad grace iroin q party, which is itself
rent aSundcr. by sectional issues, and
which has on al occasions during the
present session Of Congress, when an
opportunity occurred, shown itself al
most entirely sectional. Look at the
vote Oh the admission Of Kansas. Not
3 single Southern Democrat voted tor
It. 90 the vu:v 10 suppress poIygamy
II lis Territories, every vote in orpo-
Si,ion, save one, was from Southern
| Democrats. On the Homestead BILL"
SO much desired by the laboring men
OF the country, every vote in opposition
to 1t, save one, was cast by Southern
men.
The threats Of dissolution of this
Union, SO often made of late, all come
from the same party. Sometimes it
gricys me to hear them, as It does eve
~ lover ot his country at other times
| am moved 10 laughter, SO pueriie and
ccnten1ptlLle they seem t. be. Poo,
lmpotent men, without the power to
make even q blade 81 grass grow,
! threatening to reno a3 ut!er this Union.
cea@ntcd by the blood Of christians
and patriots, and watrhed over By an
! I'll ec5s9 Beng, who alone cal SIT UP
ana destroy kingdoms and nations. 7
! am glad to say that such threats have
proved unav alIlng. Southern Demo
Gratis are not satisfied With Anything
short OF complete power; every thing
must bend to their will. They are ex-
acting III their demands for the protcc-
ton and preservation Of slavery, even
{" tue giving up, on orr part, OF all in
dependence, including freedom Of
speech, Thought, and action. Already
We have made almost every cnniro-
mise demanded, and get, Shylock -iike,
they demand the pound Of flesh. ,
" bile equality OF representation would
give t. the free North more than double
the representation OF the South, we
lack mere than sixty Of that number;
and twenty members are on the floor
OF Congress representing the negro
property $50 cal!cd) Of Southern mas
ters. We consider it an outrage aud
: wrong; yet we submit. When this
compromise was made, it was well I'M
derstood by all, that slavery was not
to be extended, that this unequal rep
resentation would not be called for to
any greater extent. Now we see the
section enjoying it c,amorous for the
, extension Of slavery, to gain further pc
ltical advantage. We are compelled
to perform The most degrading and bu-
initiating acts in catching fugitives.-
We are asked to gle special protcc-
ton III the Territories to Save property
over other property; to force upon an
unwilling people a constitution repudi-
ated and abhorred by them. And still
more: Northern Democrats are asked
to acqt.ieSce in the denunciation Of the
Union, and declarations to destroy it,
shonid the people IN the exercise Of
their vii in constitutional mode, elect
a President other than slavery prop
aganaist They have carried this to
such an extent that they have compell-
ed Our Northern Democrats to be mere
showers OF wood and drawers Of Wa
ter" How much longer must this state
of things continue, before the eyes Of
Northern men acting with the so-called
Democratic party, will be opened p
They must soon choose between the al
tentative of degrading submission or
open revolt. Already thousands have
left the Democratic party, and thous-
ands more are preparing to "check
their baggage" Ito use the words OF