White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-01

DuFinfth NxF Of TIM Revolution, ne.
gro slavery pervaded the whole Of the
Colonies General Washington carried
with him his negro servants wherever be
went. In that era Of patriotism and love
Of freedom, there were no abolitionists to
entice away negroes from their masters.
One party 1.-THE Democrstic) dreaded
the .Rower Of the Government the other
the Federal) that Of the people.
III VS., BY the i1As Of France. 81
slave Terlaory. and, by The treaty, slA7
very was secured % he people tins
Transferred to the Goyernment of The
United States. And this wss the exci-
ting Cause of New England end Federal
opposition. Here opposition to any
more slave Territory took its rise, and
anti-slaEssy politics -assnnsd-sAaPe and
form, The New England pulpits rung
the charges. and New England politicians
resped the benefits of Sabbath election
earring. Negro Slavery. that was not full
b expelled from the North by sale to the
Southern planters, became all at once a
great neral sia. and 81 -eneFmOas-P0iiti-
cal evil Mr. Jefferson vasridieulsi in
doggeTsl,s and the !" Dnskey SaP'-rhymes
may yet be found on the dusty shelves of
these pelsicah puritanss assn55 lo tguoms
s. But MfI jefferson was statesman and
not penny saihe politician; be was q
philosopher sAd not o fanatic; Re was a
Demoer6t and not airs Black Republi-
can" Gai Las '0i9al 70 9'.'' ililo'
This Compromise act Of 1920 was is the
first exercise Of Congress over the subject
Of slavery IN the Territories, and was
never wholly satisfactory to any great por-
ton of the people. 1t was received by
thousands as a compromise Of doubtful
powers but as it only ran throuh a
country wholly uninhabited by civiliza,
tion, it was acquiesced in. a., 800.
An saw the difficulty which would
arise, and the Democrats stepped forth
to meet the question on constitutional
grounds; the abolitionists, to make po-
litical capital, as usual, and at the coun-
try's, expense. Being perhaps the last
chance to them, of testing the power OF
fanattcism over the Northern public
mind, and the free States having grown
in power and Numbers, they hit upon the
expediency Of abolishing the Wing par
ty, to clear their skirts of Southern
connection, and on its ruin establish new
and perfectly sectional party, under the
most reputable name they could find. not
in use as party designation. The term
I" Abolition" was odious and told too
many tales. The word "Democrat"
was out of their reach and long since sp-
propristed.a They seized upon that Of
I" Republican," as best suited to their pur-
poses. e. sl-. '.r
The Constitution of the United States
extends over sll the persons and property
Of the country and far out into the sea.
It knows no disticntions and cannot know
any. Sorghum, quite anew thing in Kan
sas, and unknown to the country when
the Constitution was adopted, is Just as
much property as Indian Corn. 1t is most
remarkable that it never suggested itself
to any one to pass local law declaring
Sorghum property. and securing it to the
possession Of the holder, so as to make
it theft to steal it.
Such are some Of the beauties of this
Iabored defence of the Democratic party
four party" eve" Gus" &c, as
Medary has it-and this terrible beslim-
ing of Federalism, Whiggery, and Abo-
litionism. We are glad the Governor
has sent forth this document. Firstly. it
will have a powerful effect in disgusting
his own party; and secondly, it is ano-
Their convincing proof of what good. Free
State men the Democrats are. But dis.
graceful and unprecedented as this mes
sage is, We expect to receive Democratic
papers by to-morrow's, mail, and next
week, pronouncing it Gan able and
statesmanlike documentF' e frs