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swcr TO his God and to his country
In order that there should not he n sIadow
OF doubt remain upon the minds of any South.
erner MS to what re the avowcd opinions of this
party upon the subject of slavery, and upon
which they have sworn to act I will ouo,o
from their ''Patform Book" prepared bv one
Lysander SPooner, of Boston, for the Prcsi1en.
t'"l Campaign, as their guide and text book,
"nd which has been endorsed by their leading
politicians from Lincoln, their standard bcor,r
down to the renegade, Casius NJ. CLAY. On
r"ge $50 the following is their Constitutional
view OF slavery: 1.-The Cons titu,ion of the
united states recognize That all men are born
Tree, for it recognizes that natural birth in the
country gives citizenship, which of course, i'm.
r'ies freedom. OF course all born since the
adoption OF the Constitution have been born
lee Again on page 1871: Slavery is an ar.
"'trnry institution throughout. 1t depends
from first to last upon arbitrary law. Natural
law gives it no aid, no ex' ension, no new nppi
cntioh under any circumstances whatcver
Unless, therefore, the letter Of the law explicit
~ authorizes the cnslnvemcnt of the child
the child is born free though the parent was
born slave" Again: "No one will pretend
to show that there is, in auy Of the constitu
t'ons OF the slnve States, any authority for mn.
king slaves Of the children of those who have
been previously held in slavery. If there be,
let the advocates Of slavery point it out. If
there he none, then the la,cs Of those States de-
elar'nS that the children of slnvcs shall follow
The condition of their mothers are uuconsfitu
tiunal and roid."
Comment on the foregoing is unnecessary.
1t is plnin and explicit declaration Of their
opinions upon the cons:ituionality of slavery,
and endorsed by the letters and speeches Of the
leading men Of the Black Republican party.
But some tender conscicnccs, or sickly senti
menta.ists may say, this is the work and views
of two men. Helper and Spooner. Let lis hear
from the leading men of that party-the men
who are to shape its course, aud control its
action when in power. Very well, We will cnl
TO The stand Ade Lincoln, their candidatc tc for
the Presidency; "This Government" says Lin
coin, ''csnnot last rs it now stands: II ,vust
be all free, or all slayc! Will any Northern
man submit to its becoming oil sldvei 1 an.
swer, No! Let our watchw ord be all f,ee' -
We will next call Mr.. Hamlin. the candidate
for the Vice Presidency. In his celebrated
speech on the Dred Scott decision he snys ::
Tho main proposition upon which that dccis-
Sion rests, is this: That the Cons titution of the
United States recognizes property in slaves
and protects it as such. deny IT, 1t neither
recognizes slnves as property, nor does it pro-
tect slaves" Dir. Seward, the Ajax Of tho
arft I. .,,
speech which he delivered at Rochester in
1858: THAT there was an 'irrepressi5le conflict
going on between the North and the South.
which must end in universal freedom or uni
versal slavery" Hear the coward Sumner in
his last speech which he has been preparing
ever since the death of Brooks: ITO PROSTATE
the South, to drive Southern men to die like
posoned'rats, and to expcll them frcm oil seats
of national power, is the true docirinc.''
I ask in the name of common sense, is there
any more proof wanted s.y eny sane man as to
what are the avowed phrposcs OF the Black
Republican party. But, says the union
we will wait for the orcrt act. Time
enough yet to talk about dissolving This Union,
when Congress passes law abolishing slavery
in the Territories, or in the District of Colum-
bin, or in the Forts and Arscnals of the slave
States. or attempt to interdict the slave trade
between the slave States. You will never zee
these overt Ssts put into law. The leaders of
the Black Republican party are shrewd and
cunning men. They know full WELL that were
they to attempt such direct Legislation, the
South would be aroused from her supineness
and lethargy, and would to man resist such
assaults upon their property. No, this will
not be their node of attack. They will first
lnll us into false security, by an outward show
of protection to our property, and IN adhe-
renee TO the Constitution. Our fears being
queted. they will then commence instlling;
their insiduous poison by distributing the
SSo,o0o,C00 Of treasury literally to our people
IN the way of Offices at home and abroad; by
putting mea of their own stamp into our Post
OFFICES, and our Post Roads. They will
hunt out ell the men in our midst who have
"tender consciences" upon tho subject of slave.
ry, and ply them with promises of office and
position, until they yield tlremselves a willing
in their hands to carry on the hell
ish work in our midst.
Our people In this way will become so fnmil.
'arized with these small acts of aggression, that
IN short time men IN our midst will begin to
say it is not such q bad government after all
Ill other States can stand it South Carolina
ought few more years men will be found,
VINO have taken core in the mean time, to sell
their negroes. and pocketed the price of the
blood to talk shout the right Which master
mas to set his negroes free If he desires. and
that the law now prohibiting it, ought to lie
repealed. In this way will be formed parties
in every District and county of the slave
holding States, sustaining this dominant party.
These small parties will increase under the
aupices and patronage of tho Black Republi.
cans. until, District after District county after
county falls into their power. They will 80
Gircumvent and surround slavery with. a Gordon
OF free States on our North and West and
with the Atlantic on our Eas(, asd the G ulf on
our South. they will make AfEssc c.stink in
our nostrills" To save oGsssIdiir wives,