American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-22

"u' IL pTonoVncth the people oil Kansas anf
Nebraska perfectly free TO establish Free
dom o. Slavery. AM pledged Cougres, to
admit them 10 due time ss States, either
Of capital or Ia or, into the Union. The
Whig representatives o. the capital States,
10 sn hour Of strange bewildermrrt, con.
Cured; and thu Wbe party instantly went
Gown. never 10 rise again. Democrats se.
ctded, and Stood alooi; ibs country wsS
coniouDded; and amid the perplexi;iss Of
.ihe hour, Republican party was seen
gathering itself together with much earn
esness, hut with little show Of organiza.
ton, TO rescue, if it were no' nov too late,
he cause Of Freedom and Labor, SO unez.
pectedly and SO gripvously imperiIsd in
the Territories oi the United States.
l will no! linger over the. sequ.l. The
popular sovereignty oil Kansas proved to
be the state sovereignty Of Missouri, not
only in the persons Of the rulers, hut even
IN the letter Ct Gn arbitrary and cruel
coda. The pei feet freedom pyo7ed to be
hateful and iDtole'able bondage. From
1850 to 1860, Kansas, sustained and en-.
eour"ged only Gy the Republican party,
has been engaged 10 successive and ever,
varying struggles, which have taxed all
her virtue. wisdom, moderation, energies
and resources, sud often her phys;oal
strength and martial courage. to save her
sell from being betrayed iato the Union
asa slave State. Nebraska. though choos.
ing freedom, is tarcrgh tie direct exercise
Of the Executive power, overriding her
own will, held as - slave territory; and
New Mexico hes rel4psed voluntary into
the practice cf slavery, from which che
had redeemed herself while size yet re.
maiGeda part of the Mexican Repubin.-
Meantime, The Democratic party. adyan.
cling from the ground Of popular suve.
Ttlgnly, as fsg as that ground is from the
Ordinance OF 1897. now stands on the
position that both Torritorial Governments
and Congress are incompetent to legisste
against slavery 10 the territories, while
they are not only competent, but are cblie'
ed. wien it is necessary, 10 legislaIe :or IL
protection there. .a i'
In this new and extreme position tht
Democratic party now MASKS itself behint
the battery OF the Supreme Court, as If i
were possibly true construction of tn
Constitution, that The power of decidin!
practically forever between irsedcra. aat
slavtTJ.iu aportion Of tho continent. far ez
ceeding all that is yet organized, choul,
be ienouueed by Congress. which a.on
possesses any legislative authority. aaC
should be assumed and exercised y
Copct which can only take cogniS.nc o
the great question colIaterally, in a pri
vate action between individuals. and which
action the Constitution will no: suffer tn
court 10 eaieFtaiu; if it involves .iweutr
dollars Of money, Without tn everrulin!
intervention Of a jury of twelve good an,
lawful men Of theme gbborhOod where TIL
litigation arises. The independent, ever
renewed. aud eve: recurring representa-
tive Parliament. Diet, Congress or Lsgis
lature, is the one chic. paramount, essen
tiah Indispensable institution in Repub
lie. Even liberty, guarsnteed by orEani
law, yet il it be held by other tenure lha
the guardian care Of such represen,atlV
popular assembly, is but precariousI
p+iDtained, while slavery, enforced by q
irresponsible Judicial tribunal. is the'oom
: plelest posi- r. developement Of despotsn
. Mr. President did ever the annals {
any GuveFEssent show mole .op,t u
more complete departure from the wisdor
and virtue Of its founders? Did ever III
Government Of a great empire founded o
the rights of human labor, slide away s
fast aud soiar, and moor tse!l so tenacious
, y on the basis Of capital, and that capita
invested in nla5ori6g men? Did ever fre
, Representative Legislature, invested wit
power 30 great. .'and with the guardianshi
, OF rights SO important. Of trusts co sacred
, Of interests so precious. and Of hopes q
once so noble and 50 comprehensive, SUI
rander and renounce them allso unnecessa
rily. so UNIV sely, SO fatally and so inglC
riously? II ii be true. as every instinct {
our nature, and every precept oil politics
experience teaches as that
III fares the land, to fastening ills pray
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay,
then where in Ireland, in Italy, 10 PolanC
or in Hungary, has any ruler prepared &c
a generous and oon6ding people SlsaI
pointments. disasters and calamites equ'
to those which the Government ol tn
United States holds now suspended owe
30 large portion of the continent Of Nor.
America? .... ...:,., +.
Citizens OF the United States, in h
spirit Of this policy, subvsrtcd the free RI
public OF Nicaragua, aud openrd, it 10 sl'
very and the African Slsvs>trado. and hel
. it in that condition wishing snnexation I
the United States, unit its sovereignty ws
restored By a combination o sister Reput
lics exposed to the same danger. sad AZ
> prebensivs OF similar subvsrsiou. 0tht
4 citizens re oprned the foreign Slave traG
4 in violation of our laws and treaties; an
! after suspension OF that shameful trsff
for fifty years, savage Africans have bee
once more landed on our shores and distr
i buted. unreclaipsd and with impuni
4 among our plantations s.-
q For this policy. SO far as the Cover
. ment has sanctioned il, the Democrat
}. Party avows itself responsible. Ever
+. where complaint! against it is denounce
d and its orponsntS prescribed. When IA