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-. 7h;,h hs. 10 logical connection with the
,...,;... f.,m xb;ch it starts, must inevitably
- TIM neople are not always right; but
=. n,r..s cannot long be illogical. They
NV tn);.ve m error and commit themselves
= = u,onp. hut thev srs never. for any great
.ns.h If time pu;ltv Of the absurdity Of look
no ops vay and rowing another. Logic in
,oln,c. IN az ine.orahla a, in metapbyslcs, and
= slwsps se* king se1f..s,ertiou, and never In
.ain. hence, there can ordinarily be but Two
,artiea in a free countrv. Public questions
,.yiur their foundation in principle have
:srely but Two interoretatioua In the popu-
ar apnrehsnaion nicer shades Of difference ale |
ost To James one thice is all right, while
10 John tho sane thing is all wrong. There
ase hut few doubling Peters who can stand
between the two and say-"so much Of this
Dtheory is correct, and 80 much of The other
:. i. erroneous. 7 balance the two and find
u the d.rerce," This il the work Of the
III. cr;t;c. and as Americans are
,.;.ber at,,dent. nor critics the "whole
-, :. -. ,,,,, :, aner;csn no,;,;c. Our
ne,n1e ars all ono thing or all the other.
.,n,r ,,,.s csrar,, trutbs to The present
oond;,;o, If nol;t;ca, afrair. md from them
estimate ,esult. md no difficulty is found in
>,,rort,v pnaaictior wbat will be The fate Of
II. na,t;,s md factions now in the fold. We
h.ra or,v N find which has its foundations
n,.r .st the VI. Il Of truth, and which employs
tn, most LOGIC in The deductions from its fun
a.nsn,,, ,,o.;tions md ths problem is solved
1.,. us ses.
r,a Renuhl;can. belieye that Slavery is
vrcno. that 1hev are uude. such obligatirns
IN ,,,a con.t;tut;on and the laws that they
NV mt interfere with it where it legally e1-
49,. th,, hcwerer. thev have the right to
,,arort 10 extension 10 the rarts Of The public
dau.;r now frae and this right they openly
aa,,a-. that tbev v;;l exercise: that they will
;,:..o,.a .,a ;na,a,ce of Slavery in the nj
tion,, c,noc1s and ia diplomacy and legisla-
finn. and tbrt it is their duty in all conflicts
hrtresn Freedom and Slavery to aid and favor
4he 6ormer to lie limit Of their constitutional
ob1ipn:;ons.
n Tue National Democracy {we mean the
narty in which Breckioridge stands ut the
hesd, believe that Slavery ia right; that it e1'
tends hy force Of the Constitution to all the
Territories; that it ia their duty to plant it
vbercver il will flourish, and that it is the du-
ty Of Congress to protect it.
Now here sre two propositions, one right
and the other w7opg; from both Of which
nerf.c,lr logical deductions are made. It is
not difficult TO tore,eM which, in this age Of the
world, in this period Of enlightenment and pro-
eress will succe=d. But tetween them are
tw, other factions, bolh Of which, judged by
The r,,,es laid down above, are to be crushed
The first is the B. aud Everett squad. lis
nramt .es ara the Constitution aud the lava,
and i'm deduc,iors-no hing. It is an absurdi-
~ ord cannot 13ve-au absurdity because all
other p,rties profess all that it processes, and
a, o,hc,a hare in addition positive policy
wb;c, in ;ts erosd for power it has forgotten
tn en,nc;.,e. We mass it by as not worthy Of
f,rtbs, remark-as the hopeless attempt Of a
faction iile enough to believe that in this free
ronntrv it can get control Of power by the
annnca,;oa of a few eeneralities which none
diso,,t.-
qbsn ra hare Doup}asism more illogical
nil, The founder OF the school neglects to
.~r,asa anv on;pion Of t. Q richtfulness Q,
;n;,,t;ca of human slavery, but he and Bit
fr;ands have always Welded their assent tt
tho decision Of the Supreme Court, which de-
<,,a,c. that s]ares are property and, under the
<....:,,,+, o, oo vhera o,her propert,
.n,n .o rh;e ,ben ia The fundamental propo
~;,;,n. b,,t u;,b a d.graa Of ASSURANCE whicl
:, ,n sv;darca of rank dishonesty or hopeles
e..,.;.r .hoy. 1vh, m ,;nt.;n it in one bseatt
as,art in the NEXT that Territorial Legisla
.,,.. ~, ,,nf,;and,r enactments nav preVen
49,. v..,,h +ha fundamental law permits
~. ;,.o w,,a s,.rerv mar be legally e1
-.,,,a f,on, . ,,oco in which it has a 1ee1
.,1h, ,..-.n.;a-,hs+ a rer,itorial Leeisla,ur
- ,..1r,, ,f 4rannera and bef
- .a,t.1 c,auza Of the Copstity
.,.- .r.b. .,ho,a country Without raising
,.,;oa 80 - tba c,,rsctoess of the uromise
oft,tse mo-, ue Judge from the utter want {
.,-.;. .1,.;, a,h,a f.orn +ha nj
-n~s:,. =, .,<;. ,,s..,,as phen ;uaced bv III
n-,n,.;t;ona f,on wbenca thew spring. tha
tbs marty must be shortrliyed and withou
xor.a. Want Of logic in q political party
Ike a want Of oxygen in the air that y
breathe. The party that fe els it ia doomed
speedy extinction.
We arrive then at the conclusion that Of Il
nart;ss now in the field two only can clai
that vitality which is necessary to an exis
ance be,ond tbs duration Of the pre.ent car
uaieu, The others IRE false and evanescen
and though tue fatal weakness in their organ
za&ion msy not be at once discovered, the ca
va,s will nor have ended before those who al
ul;np FIR Rali cr for Douglas will !