The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1860-03-02
From the Manchester (EnS) Times.
The Dead Lock i'm America.

The American House of Representatives is
not vet in session. There has been n great
row, but no election ola Speaker. The kepno-
lican party are DESTROYS 10 terminate the dlil-
Guilty by the plurality vote but the Democrats
and southern politicians seeing the defeat OF
their nominee certain, will give no help TO
terminate the deadlock. The fact testihes 10
the growth of strength of the Republicans,
which enables them to keep in check the whole
slave democracy and the administration party
combined. The knowledge of their weakness
has somewhat iriuriOusly affected the Demo-
Gratis.
They are losing their temper, and their
organs resort TO scurriliy, just as England
is abused by the ultra-mOntanists for not help
ing TO make the Pope's fragile power strong,
so the .NIp York, Herald would fain impli-
cate ms in the Republican defiance of the slave
interest. Our press, il is discovered, writes up
''nigcerism," and the full-blown democracy
uould like to make an insult to themselves out OF
our auti-slaNery opinions. Intent upon present
objects, the American Democrats are blind to
their false position.
Oh. that some power the girt would sic us,
To see ourselves as others see us.
American democracy has gone clean over to
the ranks of its natural enemy. Years ago II
was all anxiety about the rights oflabor, free
dom of vote, purity of government, ana so
IN.
tool of the slave propagation party. IL might
reasonably be disguised with the negro ianati-
cism of the North but that was no good reason
for its entire adoption of the southern shibbo-
leth. True, the process has been gradual one
aud great names have helped to lead them into
the 0uagmire, including Calhoun, Van Burcn,
and last of all Buchanan, The language ot
the South has wonderfully helped to maintain
that party's blindness 10 its own humiliation
of nf In
by always protesting to merely act ON the
defensive, and 10 hold its own, il gained for
time the aid il 80 much needed. But this
hypOcritical profession no longer ayails. The
successive inroads ON the Missouri compromise,
the Fugitive Slave Law, the Dread Scott de-
cision, the open advocacy in the South OF the
slave trade, have not only opened the eyes OF
the chief Democrats, but have split the party
into sections, which have been powereSs against
Republican combination. The Democrats find
they have been gradually pushed nom Cd their
proper platform. Like the brave founders OF
the constitution in I776, they simply believed
that the Union might exist Notwithstanding
slavery; the exceptional Institution to disappear
some day. They now see that the demand is
for the perpetual existence oithe slave system,
aud they shrink from completely with 1t.
Democratic politicians are not alone in disunion
because of slavery Religion fares no better.
DIR. Chccyer's church is split up into two
hostile camps Henry Ward Beecher's men,
bers have been debating the whole subject OF
slavery night after night, and, like the House
ofRepresentatiyes, are unable 10 come TO q
decisio, n the question with them being, us
the American Board Of Mssionsa pro-slavery
body," Its by no means to DO regretted,
this general Reorganization of American
society, on the great question. The obnoxious
element must be removed. Domestic legisla-
ton is at an end. The post.oiiice contractors
have not been paid for last years work. They
have met, and declared that they are starving.
So long as the House cannot elect a speaker,
the votes for this year cannot be completed
and thus the American Post-oihce may be
brought 10 an end very soon. The Board OF
Mission aud the Bible Board would not be the
worse II they were brought to similar stand
still for time by this difficulty. The event
would be the beginning OF the end" OF the
domestic institution. Once show that earnest
religious organization is impossible while
slavery exists, and most powerful section OF
American society will be reused to remove the
evil from their midst.
The Declaration of Independence asserted the
natural equality OF all men. The existence OF
slavery made that Declaration an Inconsistency; |
not 50 much because Il depressed whole race |
10 bondage, rs because-when proclaiming
republic-it created an aristocracy owning |
property In human beings This Is the true |
secret 0fthe failure Of the American Govern !