The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-08-02

upon them for their advantage. Whiol
hypothesis shall be proved truei w
will see hereafteri But knowing tha
the principles Of justice are uniform an,
eternal, | presume to believe that thos
principles will prevail and human right
be maintained. am not ignorant of th
fact that those who suppose they ma,
rightfully N axe merchandise of mother
and their children seem to think they cal
shape the designs of Providence, aud re
write the history of humanity, reversing
every thing our fathers thought, and TO
the maintenance of which they perille,
life and honor. I must be pardoned for
disagreeiog With them, and protesting a
gainst such conclusions.
The extension of Negro Slavery into
the Territories of the United States has
become a settled policy Of the Democrat
10 party. This reality cannot be dsguis
ed, and ought not to be denied. 1t is ca.
silly accounted for. Unity of interest and
unity Of desire will always produce per.
feet concentration of strength. The for.
tunes of the South have become complete
ly identified with their peculiar domestic
relations. By their harmony they have
been enabled to governor the Democrat
ic party, and, thus far, to govern the
country through the agency of tha party.
The vital force of that organization being
iu the South, and Slavery propsgaudism
regarded there as necessity, it cannot
be considered strange that the influence
of the party should be SO directed as to
fortify doctrines most congenial to the
supposed welfare Of those who direct its
machinery. To many it has seemed un-
accountable that Executive action and
Legislative and Judicial proceedings
should be SO shaped, from year to year,
as to strengthen the few at the expense
of the great mass of our people Let it
no longer be regarded as q marvel or a
mystery; the responsibility of it rests with
those Northern men in whom we have re-
posed our confidence and clothed with
the garment of authority. Examine the
recorded votes in your National Congress,
and there learn why it is that Northern
capital and labor are constantly borne
down by the enorm Gus weight of South
erD exactioD. When your reasonable re-
quests are denied, tell you with earn
estness and emphasis, it is because eight
millions of zen control eighteen millions
through our representatives. elected by a
party pledge to interests adverse to ours.
Slavery educates bis statesmen in high
school under able professors. 1t teach.
es that the Northern men are cowsrdly,
and that their ambition is linked With sv.
arice; and unfortunately for US it has ar
gumeuts to fortify its faith. In half
century it mag not be credited that less
than a dozen men, trained under these
so alarmed a Penpsylva.
MIA President as to induce bin to recast
a Message, violate the plighted faith upon
which be was elected, disgrace his native
State, and degrade the high Office to
which he bad then but recently been ele.
waited. Aud yet not only this bas been
done almost within our presence, but the
representatives of free constituencies
have been induced to lend their aid to
force servile labor into competition with
that of the white man. and Slave State
into the sisterhood of independencies, to
throw the balance Of poser against their
own people. Some of these are now not
ouly respectable members of the Douglas
church, but missionaries an org the unbe-
lieving and outside bsrbarians. | have
some of them very distinctly in my recol-
lection, aud it would be quite refreshing
to hear their remarks in laudation of
Popular Sovereignty, such as they denied
to Kansas, and in denunciation of South
eru demands, to which they succumbed
as reluctantly as thrice seduced damsel
to her lover. | believe it was Mirabeau
who said "the presents of despotism are
always dangerous" he should have iDclu.
ded in his remark the threat of the ty-
rant as we'll as his reward.
The allegation that Southern combi-
nations are formed for the purpose Of
counteracting opposition extremists. is q
sheer false pretense. resorted to as blind
and cheat. No fears ever sprung from
such pareDtage. Slavery does not exist
by legal enactment anywhere; it is the
child of force, and as the sentiment OF the
world is against it, it cannot live without
the sustaining hand of power. Surrouu-
ded by en- atmosphere of freedom, it is
necessarily unsafe; and statutory safe.
guards and dcfences become necessary.
Vassalage and subjection never impress
themselves, without violence, upon the
natural nan, on the contrary. the senti
ment of freedom must forever disturb the
subjects OF despotism. The South to
be safe, must, therefore, extend through
and beyond all the counter,eiling inAu-
ences to which have referred, and oon-
sequenily, our frontier possessions must
be captured But as the inherent weak
ness of the South is not equal to this task,
craft is resorted to to supply the needed
assistance. Upon whom can this be more
advsntsgeously ad brought to bear than
President without courage, jude without
candor, or a legislator without integrity I
We are sold or betrayed hourly, and if