, 1860-07-13
Jsar.a unl fIS1l1rk RDuhucans.

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day upon precisely the principles Of the old
Republican party Of Thomas Jelferson.-
(Applause. A party which acknows dges
Jefferson as their leader and their cheitain" "
Loud applause. l-DoOlitilIs sPonoi.
Were Jefferson alive to-day, no exeoria-
Ton Of a sectional party would be more
severs than he would bestoW on party
based on hostility 10 The domestic insiitu-
tions Of fifteen States Of this Union.
Whoever desires 10 know what Jefferson
thought Of political parties, based on a
slavery issue, need not long be in the dark
for bis letters Of the period Of the Missouri
agitation speak his mind pretty plainly;
they actually hold up this very Dooltlle
and all like him, who worship the Missouri
eompromise, ss party tricksters Docs this
inscriptions Black Republican know what
he Is about when be acknowledges fealty to
Jefferson as . leader and q chieftaial-l
Why, this Doolittle puts ihe repeal Of this
Missouri compromise line as his Justification
ior eursing the land with his Trades againsi
" the demon Of slavery" while Jefferson
denounced and deplored the establishment
ofthis line AZ . calamity to the countryl
Now what says Jefferson aboat this whole
1850 Missouri businessl The Missouri
question: he wrote in 1890 to Mr.. Pick
ney, "is . mere party trick" And he said
that the leaders Of Federalism, defeated 10
their schemes for obtaining power, we're
taking advantage Of the Virtuous feelings
Of the people 10 effect 4 division Of partits
bya geographical line; they expect this
viii insure them On kOcai prinaPles, the ma
jority they never could obtain on the prin-
ciples Of Federalism Thomas jefferson
sanction the use Of these local principles"
as the basis Of q national partyl Neverl
This, 10 hin, was a mOmenlous question:
Il awakened him like 6re-bell in the
night filed him with terror, and the noble
patriot. who never qaailed before the Brit
iah lion, then trembled for the safety Of the
Union Again and again does the aged
patriot lit up bis Toice against this very
measure, this Missouri compromise, aud
slavery agitation. Tkis question, his words
are, was "got up under the false front Of
lesseuing the e7ils Of slavery but with the
real view Of producing q geographical d.
vision Of parties;" and he charged that
these geographical schemes 60 Immediately
10 q slparaiiOa.D Which does 1t require
the most Of, brass or ignorance, to make
such statements us Doolittle makesi
While Jefferson vas thus a deadly oppo-
nent to just such slavery agitation As boo
little Is engaged In, it Is as much fact as
Il Is that be wrote the declaration Of indie
pendence, that be was In favor Of allowing
slavery 70 dilfnse itself over any territorT
where the people desired Il. "Of ohe thing,
bis words In April, 1890, are, II an certain,
that as The passage Of slaves from one State
70 another would not make a slave OF
single human being who would not be so
without i, 80 their diffusion ever greater
surface would make them Individually hap
pier, and propOrtionally facilitate the ac-
complishmeni Of their emancipation, by d.
Sidlng the burden on a greater number Of
coadjutatorsD Does this, forsooth. look
like advocating the Black Republican doc.
trine Of prohibition Of slavery BY Con-
gfessl
But We have not quite done with Jelfer-
sonian opinion and action. This DoOlittle
may possibly know that Louisiana was ae-
quired under President JelIersoa's admin
siraiion; and that then q territorial gov
ernmeni was formed for this great region.
Well, slavery was prohibited In this act Of
organization, which was the northwestern
ordinance with the Proiibifory elaas sfriok-
fn oaf That L the fact. But an act or
March 26. 1904, which prohibited the slave
trade In this territory, or the importation
ofslayes into it from abroad, actually au-
thorized the migration Of domestic slaves
intoit Here are the words:
:. No slave Or slaves shall, directly or In
directly, be introduced into said territory,
excent by Citizen Of the United States.
removing into said territory for actual set.
tlements
That was In the territorial law Of Louis
ANA. Il Is q fact that Congress, in JelTer.
sous day, not only expressly refused to pro-
hibit slavery in the territories, but actually.
positively authorized 1t in the territories.
What are men made Of who unblushingly
stand up before the people and put forth
such rank falsehood as eharaeterizes the
abolition harAngue Of DOOlittlel It was
IN view Of just snch Wanton and suicidal
slavery agitation as prevails at this hour
and i prevails now, because these abolition
Doolittles are travelling 10 aud fro over The
hnd. ranting and railing about ",he de-
mon Of slavery, Jefferson in 1920
wrote:
regret that / am now to die in the
belief that the useless sacrifice Of them
selves By the generation Of I7T6, TO &C
quire selfgoEernmsnt and happiness to their
country, Is TO be thrown away by the un-
wise and unworthy passions Of their sons,
and that ny only consolation is to be, that
1 live not 70 weep over It, II they would
but dispassiOnately weigh the blessings they
VII throw away, against an abstract prin-
eipie more likely 70 be effected by union
than sehiam, they would pause before they
would perpetrate this act Of suicide to them
selves, and Of treason against the hopes of
the W0rld.1
There's the JsiIersOnian ring. There's
the spirit Of the Union Of l7T6. 1t is
spirit as far from that Of the BLACK Rennh-