The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-05-31

the tc,,p,e ascertained, for the first time,
;.brt Lc COVER to form and regulate in
.ttuu,i@as, conferred upou then by their
0raau,c aet, and which Mr.. Buchanan
inlorIu,d them had an especial reference
tu ,Ixverv. would confer sovereignty CT
DENY il. I1st aa it, exercise might be con
gel,ia! 81 uneon4enial to slavery; that the
,lc,pie u 4 Territory were under con
ztItuLioral obligation to legisate for its
.b"aeiij but could under no circumstances.
lesi,la;e against il; that d Territory was
.yigtuaiiy slave State that popular-soV'
creIguts, which before an election MA,
admitted 10 be alike in State and Terri
tory. VS. naked right and obligation to
assist ihe South against the North in a
conte<t between them, which was TO end
in the superiority Of the one and the in
teriority Of the other and that %hen
.majolity, deceived by arti6ce, would not
consummata the dishonesty, it should be
perfected by rltlian Invasion, stuffed bal
lot boxes, aud the Jayouetz OF the Fed
ciaI Army. These States will not BE-
likely to overlook all this When they
shah d. 20, their future will be made up.
aud 'nlght as Eell be written out.
nfortuuately, it is not permitted us
longer t" doubt the existence Of southern
sectional schemes, and Of the neficiency
alike OF l4ws, treaties. and propneties to
reStrain them. In the infancy and inno-
cency Of the Republic, the inhumanity,
cr.miuality, and impoliey Of the slave
trade were admitted and Denounced un,
der severe penalties; now. however, IN
tclhgeuce, character, Influence, and wcalth
directed IN It's favor. Although the Con
t;iiution Looked 10 It's suppression after
the year 1908, the statutes Aade in pur-
suaGac thereof are treated as uuconstitu-
tioral, without any adjudication against
them, and rewards offered to the depIaved
and veual to treat thea as n,l,iies-
How this couduct may appear to Others
cannot say; but to my hind it looks
10 the destruction OF Government, and
comes with an exceedingly i'll grace from,
J. quarter appealing to a few in Tie North
equally extreme ii their notions, t1 love
nni ABIDE by the Law, Federal courts
fail to punish the offenders, aud he who
ali his life has Dreathel the air If free
dom, aud sworn to execute the laws,
gives to them the strongest manifesto.
tions Of his appreciation and estecm.-I
This movement, carrying with it as i'll
does, the plaluest admission that the
South require additional labor to cult,
yate their lands indeed, that their nee
essit.es in this respect are SO oYcrruling
as to constrain them forcibly to sqbyert
the very foundations of all safe govern:
ment, does not restrain them from the
significant absurditY Of demanding for
their slaves not merely the territory al,
ready belonging to the nation, but even
Cuba, Central America, and Mexico. If
the South have any reason for aiding, en-
oouraging and shielding the tillibustcr,
which they are willing to declare, it is
found unqueotionably, in this pretense
This IS, then, their position, and to the
maintenance Of which, as | infer, they
mean, sooner or later to commit The Dem
ocratIc party, and to have recognized by
congressional action. 1t may be thus
plainly stated: slaves are now 80 high in
price, and lands so low, as to how
great demand for the former; and there
fore the foreign slave trade must be re-
newed, ard the laws atolishing it repeal
ei. Then, again, slave territory must
be added, 10 aHorG an outlet for surplus
labor; and, to acquire it, treaties must be
broke dQWn, the national honor tarniSh-
cd, gHd the country, if needs be, emLroil-
ud il servilc, civil, and foreign vars
Here, | persume, we are to look for thQ.
true conservative nationalism, WHICH up-
der the patronizing guidance Of Presi-
deuts, Cabinets, and smal officials, brands
northern devotion to the I'6icn, the Con
stitltlon, the laws, and the sound prinoi-
pies of Republican goYernmept, as sec
tionaI and uufriondly. Speh demands
must be resisted to the last They can
mean but one thing; and, unchecked,
they can end but ig one thing unli,rit-
ed slavery expansion and the subjectiQp
of the North.
Southern statesmen and politicians,
resting upon the conclusion TO force 5 slar-
cry into the mastery over freedom, the
North is not only to be sha9kIed, hut
weakened by starvation. Directing all
their efforts to erect line of slave battle
meats around the free States, we could
scarcely expect them to strengthen our
means of resistance, and consequently We
must not be surprised 70 fnd' all kindly
and genial legislation denied US. Those
who see nothing significant in the failure
here, or in the Senate, Of all the meas
urcs conclusive to the interest, of north
eru capital and labor, are invariably the
lent rehnctiye Of nnr rnnnln - .h..n