The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-03-02
VOLUME XI. NO. 9.
That Visit Again.


let the matter rest but, as our correspond
eut, "Old Liberty Man." has chosen to no.
vive It, some additional remarks from us,
10 justice to all concerned. may not DO amiss
II Is we'll known that wide, if not irrecon-
cilable differences Of opinion and sentiment
exist between tho people of the Northern
and Southern sections of the Union, upon
the question Of Slavery. Politicians are not
wholly responsible for these differences, nor
can they, by any nero stroke of policy,
however wise or well.timed, remove them.
They arise primarily from one cause-Sla-
very-which, while it continues to oxist as
an element of political power in the nation,
will ever produce them. Any man must be
morally blind who does not SEQ that there is
IN "irrepressble conflict" between the two
social systems of the country, which polit
clans alono cannot remedy.
We, at the North, who owe all we are
to tho blessings of free government. aud
who are attached to tho Union because we
believe it was designed by our forofathers
TO perpetuate Freedom and not Slavery,
know and feel chat the solo cause of danger
TO its stability is found in tho controlling
influence of tho Savo Powor. We have
watched with pain and anxiety, tho onward
march towards absolute domination which
that Power has been making, since the
formation of the Government; and, at every
stage of its progress, have seen agitation
Increased, while all efforts to allay it BY
compromise have proven utterly unavailing
Believing tho dissolution of the Union q
thing impracticabe, we yet know that its
integrity can be preserved, and revolution
avoided, only by prostrating the influence
which has so long governed tho national
councils. AT tho Same time, as people,
we are, and always have boon, observant of
all our Federal obligations, and content not
to molest tho institution of Slavery in those
States where we have no Constitutional
powor to reach it,
On the other hand, those who control
public sentiment at the South, (tho Slave
Power,) have always sought to render tho
Federal Government mere instrument for
the promotion of tho curse of human bon
dage. Though comparatively few in num-
bers and weak in influence, they demanded
to be recog nized as an clement of political
power, at the formation of tho Constitution /;
and their demands have continued to increase
in number and atrocity, since the unfortu-
nate day on which tho first was granted.
Thoy now insist on their right either to rule
. or ruin tho Union. They have repeatedly
violated solemn Constitutional obligations,
when necessary to their purposes and, if
no obstacle bo interposed to their progress,
the Union will not long be worth preserving.
These things are not to be gainsaid. They
hre apparent TO every ono who is willing to
know tho truth. And hence all Union glo-
rifcations that only occasion temporary
good feeling, servo but to weaken our
moral influence, and unfit us for battling
against tho evils we SO much deplorc. While
it would be unjust to condemn tho character
and motives of all Southern men, we ought
never to compromise an inch of tho ground
wo have assumed in regard to their cher
ished peculiar institution"
Take tho case before US: The representa-
tives of Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee arc
brought together bya common attachment
to the Union, and mutually promise to dc
fend ii against all foes. Who has endan.
gered tho Union :? Ohio, through her rep.
resentatives, says the Slave Power of the
South; Kentucky and Tennessee tho "Black
PnnnhIi ,nnau oe bo Il. a.
Union be preserved Gov. Chase has a
plan which Gov. McGoffin, with his extreme
Southern notions, believes would surely de-
stroy it; whilo no man realizes moro fully
than Gov. Chase, the ruinous tendency OF
the Rcign of Terror approved by Gov. Nc
Coffin. Here is difference between these
two men, which everybody can soc. If the,
call 1t a "minor difference" which may b,
readily laid aside when tho welfare of tn,
Union demands it, thoy stultify themselves
If it be great and radical difference, wher
they promise each other to stand by th,
Union, they talk without moaning.
To US, as Republican, the consideration
OF courtesy seems of minor Importance
Aob "o WUHVtS VI uOuc, uit
think our correspondent should be as rea
sonable, Those members Of the Legis!a
ture who voted to extend the hospitality o
the State to our neighbors OF Kentucky anC
Tennessee, doubtless thought the rCsul
would bo beneficial The reasoning of oul
Columbus correspondent would DO conclu
siye to many minds. But truth compel
the admission that, as q party. we consul
mere oxpedency too often. We claim tha
ours is party of principle; and may i
never adopt the fatal error of the profess
ional politician, that SUCCESS is dependen
alone upon shrewd management.
Time Of Holding the Republican Ma
tional Convention Changed.
II will be seen by the following. tha
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