The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-02-16

Is there Democrat here unwilling to
endorse that method of settling the con-
fict which Democrats papers assert ex-
istsl Suppose the great people of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky choose to
throw up the barbarian relic, who shall
ohjectl What says your Democratic au-
thorityl Have you not the right to do
it! Is not that the ideal If it is not,
here then is chg her law"-the law of
Slavery. higher than that of all Demo
cratic principles. that is. the same Divine
right against shich We fought in the Brit
ish King, by which be claimed to rule O.
yer US without our con-ent. Whatever
it be, be it even the law of God, that is
certainly not Democracy; it is despotism;
it is the sane old Divine right Of Kings,
and nothing else, disguise it as you may.
So said Gov. Seward. So say l, and so
says the Democratic party. The Repub-
lican party in the States ofthe Upion say
that it is none of their busiDes.-that if
South CsroliUa, Kentucky, aud Virginia
choose to own slaves By voluntary con-
sent. by the ascertaiDed will Of the ma
jority of the people, let them bold on to
the institution to all etcrnity, but, if the
people of South Carolina. Georgia, or
Kentucky, in their omnipotent power, as
the sovereigns oftheir own country, choose
to abolish it 10 a way that seems to them IN
good it is none of our business; in Gods
Al H.. q. tLo IL.
triDe have always avowed in this Com.
monwcalth, that inasmuch as | was a
free born white citizen of Kentucky, for
the freedom of which my fathers stood,
ny sentiments were for the expulsion of
this system from our Commonwealth; but
further than that | cid not claim to GO
If We choose to abolish or maintain Sla-
very, it is our business. Ii Virginia,
South Carolina, or Missouri chooses to a.
tolish it, it is their business, and it is an
off irous intermed ding that tries to die
tate to Kentucky, and sag if | be allowed
to exercise my Constitutional rights, these
people are cowards. IBasmuch as leave
them free to claim their State soyorei gn
ty and powers, l claim to exercise my
Constitutional rights as citizen within
the limits of ny own jurisdiction.
That is the doctrine of the Republican
party. So far as the Southern members
/ of that party are concerned, they say
that it is our business, and none of theirs;
but 20 far as the National GovnrDmen mt is
concerned. it vas established. as they be-
/ lieye, upon the basis of equal rights, and
/ they say that into the free Territories Of
/ tbi- Union SlaFery shall not 60. That
is the ground-thc distinctive ground of
the Republican party; the only ground at
issue between the great parties o! the u
ni;ed States.
But, as | said before, | do not stand
here to vindicate Gov. Seward, especially;
only so far as allegation, have been made
ainst bin, and through him have been
intended to set upon aud against the Re-
publican party, have l alluded to this u at
ter at ell
Seward and John Brown.
While upon this subject, let US notice
the connection attempted to be made be-
tween the Republican organization as
concerned With that raid of John Brown
upon Virginia; especially, perhaps, as it
applies to this distinguished Senator from
New York. Preliminary to this, allow
me to state that upon the subject of Sla-
very there are three distinct parties in
the United States. One that calls itself
par excellence the Abolition party. That
began under William Lloyd Garrison,
and it is still kept up. partly by himself
and partly BY greater than he, this
great Tug boo. Wendels Phillips
What are the doctrines of that party!-
1t is fairly and squarely acknowledge BY
them that the Constitution is Slavery
document, inasmuch as it binds all the
millions of the Free States, in case of q
seryile insurrection in the Southern States
to stand by aud defend the rights of the
master against those Of the slave. They
come frankly and squarely to the mark
and say that, iBasmuch as from their ed
ucation and the teachings of their con
sciences they are unwilling to carry out
that part of the compact, that they 90 fol
dissolution of the Union; let the Slave
States 90 to themselves, and let US 60 tc
ourselves. If the Southern States choose
to hold slaves let them do it; but. mas
: much as We Go not choose to hold slaves
we will not, and We will not bear the re
sponsibility Of their acts. Let US depar
in peace, the one from the other. They
are, however, non-resistsDts. But lc
me say, while speaking Of Phillips, he il
the greatest mar that | ever listened tc
i speak of bis intellect. One Idea d al
be has been called, there is power and
versatility and uni7ersality in him thai
is possessed BY no orstor, living or dead
That is his opinion. He is non-resis
tant He stands responsible for bis Owl
opinions to man and God. 1t is not fol
me to defend hi@ here.
The Radical Abolitionists.
Next comes the Radical Abolition par
ty. They say that the idea of dissolVinl
the Union is too far removed, they canno
wait for this moral influence to exert it