The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-08-16

Hattgl Mhdb bhg bu l1luC kDuAb hIuy ue-
eide, slavery may be excluded from a
Territory by unfriendly legislation
Those advocating the claims Of Mr..
Bell would please everybody by promis-
ing nothing. They compose the party
Of extreme faith. They stand upon
Consultation without Interpretation, and
upon an endangered Union without an
nouncing the means by which it can be
saved.
Let us not bo deceived There are
but two doctrines between which we can
choose when we come TO deposit our
ballots. One is that the Constitution
favors Slavery as we'll as Freedom; that
neither has advantage over the other;
that they must travel together and eX-
ist together, under equal protection, un-
til the Territory shall be clothed with
State Sovereignty; and that both alike
are national The other is, that the
Constitution treats Slavery as O local
municipal institution; does not give to
It n single attribute Of nationality; that
it has not an equal status with freedom;
and that it's extension is TO be discour-
aged. How shall we act between these
opposing views2 ! answer the inquiry:
Our laboring classes deserve all the en-
cOuragemont and protection we can
give them; Southern statesmen regard
them as white slaves; let us not surron-
der them to such mercies rs the owners
of chattel property would extend to
them. Our farmers and manufacturers
have long been cut off from all the
bountios of legislation by the force of
Southern prejudice; we should enlist on
their side. Our country has suffered
much in the estimation of mankind.
from our manifested attachment to a
system, notoriously in counteraction
to the principles upon which our Gov
crnment was founded; considerations
Of morality, expediency and consisten-
cy should incline as to do all that we
lawfully may do, to save ourselves from
further imputatious. Slavery within
the States stands behind impregnable
defences; but it holds no charter to
travel without restraint. 1t has long
labored for, but has not yet reached a
position Of absolutism. 1t grasps for
empire, as it is the only means by
which tyranny can ever save itself
| Our danger is imminent, but we can
yet overcome it, if we allow reason,
rather than prejudice, to shape our
efforts. Democracy, as now interpret
ed by those loudest in the profession
of it and almost monopolizing its
name, no longer means the will of the
majority; it contemns the masses, holds
no association with labor, and utters
no word of encouragement to the
poor. It's professions are imp1stures,
and must soon fail to deceive. 1t
has become worse than the ally of
Slavery-it is its plant and prostitu-
ted tool. Wisdom and propriety must
alike ropudiate it, unless speedily re-
generated.
Our true policy is that of resistance
to the eXtravagant and unconstiution-
al demands of the South. We can only
make it efectual in one way-by the
support Of Mr.. Lincoln, He is honest
and capable, and attached to the prn-
ciples Of the Constitution, and his cleo
ton will assign limits to the sectional
oligarchy, and make labor honorable
and remunerative.
The question, in its true aspect is
not as to which candidate should be
elected by the people; it is this: shall
Mr., Lincoln be elected? The one hund-
red and twenty Electoral votes of the
South will be divided mainly, if not
exclusively, between Mr.. Bell and Mr
Breckinridge, and their support will
be almost, if not entirely, confined to
that section. Such effective force as
Mr.. Douglas may possess, is in the
North; but his most sanguine friends
admit not only that his election is i'm
possible, but that he cannot carry over
two or three States. The body of the
Northern vote will be given to Mr. Lin
coin Mr., Douglass supporters can do
nothing for him; the only significant
result they can possibly produce, will
be to withdraw enough strength from
Mr.. Lincoln to throw the election into
the House, This done, and Lane would
/ |Slb1AHlJ NC GhueGu ny LuG ptuuLb-- Lut
condition of parties in the House be
ing such as to prevent a majority of
the States agreeing to either of the
candidates Resting on these admis
sions, for they are accepted universal
ly, we discover that every vote given
to Mr. Douglas, must tend to the ele
walton Of Lane, who, possessing Meth,
er education, experience, nor executive
ability, has been selected to enable tn,
South to make the most out Of an ao
cident in case it shall occur. To out
Lane Lane in apostaoy to the North
and in crouching, fawning subservien
cy to the South, need not be ,ttempt
ed by the most ambitious in that line
not even by a Federal ofioe-holder
Even if 1 could believe that the leop
ard could change his spots, and Mr.
Douglas do the North justice, I would
not sustain him under tho oircumstan
ces which surround us, and amid the
perils which now environ us,
have not attempteda speech. Nj
purpose has been to talk plainly.
may have been unfortunate in succeed
ing too well in this respect Feelinl
as 1 do, and knowing the vast impor
tanco Of the canvass upon which we an
/ inst cnterinU L cOuld not he lass dis