Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-03-14

ave sought to out-Herod Herod by pand W
ing to pro slavery ignorance and preju- th
Ice. The trne explanation then OF the d.
ostility of the masses of the Southern peo- nj
lie TO the North is fonnd in their @
rofouud misapprehension Of the true lu
tate and condition of Northern sentiment. b,
here 10 but one pay that Che people Of The d.
oufh can Be uadeceiued, and that 10 bv The CT
lection Of a Republican President and tAs 81
reservation ofthe constitutional rights Of The c,
,oufh under his Administration. A single p
Republican Administration would do much "
{ IL did not entirely succeed towards Il
estoring the era Of good feeling between z
he North aud the South. The beginning, p
he continuance, the increased and increas a
ng violence Of this slavery agitation has L
been under Democratic Administrations. e
rhe cure Of the evil cannot therefore be 1
ooked for by a continuance OF that party '
Ia power. Not only is this true. but such {
agitation as before stated has been invoked I
and fostered by that party as a source and I
means Of power The Republican party |
has not produced this agitation but has
been produced by il II is the creature ra' I
Their than the creator it sprang like
Phoenix from the ashes Of decayed parties,
not as n sword but as n shield TO prevent
the invasion aud subjugation OF oil Free
Territory by the institution Of slavery.
WHAT Is THE POLICY or THE DEMOCRATIC
PARITY
The policy Of the Democratic party Is The
extension Of Slavery NOT only into al the Ter
riiories but all the Free States! The grand
fundamentally by which this is TO be NC.
complshcd Is the Supreme Court Of the
United States; an irresponsible tribunal,
tho members Of which hold their Offices for |
life, aud who are not elected by the people |
or amenable to the people. and which for |
many years has been used rs place Of re- |
TRACY for broken. spawned and asthmatie |
politicians. This tribunal was originally |
intended by the trainers Of the Constitution
as court Of appeals for the decision Of
questions Of law and equity legitimately
arising In the lower federal courts, but by
the plastic hand of modern Democracy has
been converted into an engine for the sub
version Of free institutions and the propa.
cation OF human slavery. The first grand
step in the programme OF converting our
Republic into vast slaveholding confede-
acy, was the establishment Of slavery In
the Territories by virtue OF the Constitu.
ton Of the United States. This 10 supposed
10 have been done by the decision In the
bred Scott case. Mr.. Buchanan triumph.
antly announces the contamination Of the
fact 10 his lnte message. The next step
and the last Is but logical sequence Of
the first, Wis: That IL the Constitution car.
riss slavery into ths Territories, 10 carries
into the States also. The one follows the
other as certainly as night follows day II
the Constitution be able to protect slavery
out Of the Union. much more shall 1t pro-
tect and nourish IL 10 the Union. IL itrec
ognizes slaves as property and not as per-
sons. and secures TO the IN aster an indefeas
ible title TO them 10 the Territories, will
the:rights Of property be held less sacred
in the States2 Does the Constitution
guarantee to the shareholders or other per.
sons rights Of property or Of persons in the
Territories that II does not equally secure
in the several Statesf
When therefore the nation comes TO ad.
nit, II il ever does. the right 10 hold slaves in
Territory, and that there is no power in
Congress or in the people Of the Territory TO
exclude them. IL will then be required to
take another step which It cannot refuse. ca.
sy, natural and legitimate. which Is. that
the Constitution secures the right 10 carry
slaves into all the free States and hold
and enjoy them there rs property.
The President In his late message con-
graduates the country on the final settle
ment Of the slavery question, by the deci
sion of the Supreme Court OF the United
States in the bred Scott case. lie forgcts
that the Democratic party have taught the
country that constitutional questions are
never settled. The bred Scott decision has
simply unsettled what had been regarded
as settled for more than ffty years. The
Missouri Compromise vas thought 10 DO
settled for more than thirty years, until IL
was repealed by the Nebraska bill. II 10
now idle 10 talk about the settlement Of
anything until II shall be done on correct
principles. Five Shareholders sitting on
the bench Of the Supreme Court. eapnst
settle forever vital questions Of freedom q.
gainst $4,000. 900 Of people In the free
States. In the course Of q few years they
will have passed away 10 stand At the bar
Of another tribunal whose decisions are a.
nal, and their places will be filed by new
men who will have the same right 10 70.
view their opinions. that they have had TO
trample on tho opinions OF NIL who have
gone before them.
rns yeolrIys SLAVE Law.
Tho Constitution Of the United States,
guarantees 10 the owner Of slaves, u
slave escapes Into another State. the right
10 reclaim him aud carry him back 70 49,
vItuds, To make this constitutional pro.
vision efficient. II IL necessary that a Law
bs enacted providing ways aud means by
which such reclamation can be effected.
therefore recognise the right Of the South
To have n Fugitive Slave Law. The pow.
or 10 enact this law. I believe. II vested In
aud not In tho several States. as
10 commended by some. This IL eerisisly
In accordance with the early construction
of the Consultation.
The constitutioualiiy 81 the present Fu.
vilive Slave Law was a legitimate subject
of judicial decision and has received the
sanction Of the highest Court In the ma.
ion. while. therefore. II remains upon
he statute book. II should be- enforced. aud
have no Justification 10 offer. for those.
whether individuals or States, who may r..
let its operation or cast obstieles In the way
4 its enforcement. Hut " II be- insisted,
hat In order 10 he national aud DO q psiri.