The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-06-08

tbe same connection his hope that We
should some time have Confederacy oi
free States. [Appiause. Bearing this
in mind, and seeing that seclionalism mas
since arisen upon this same subject Is
that warning weapon in your hanus
against us, or in our hands against you
Could Washington himself speak, would
he cast The blame OF that sectionalism
upon us who sustain his policy. or upon
Won who repudiate it? [Applause. We
repeat that warning Of Washington, and
we commend 1t 10 you, together with
bis example pointing to the right aPPlica'
tion Of ii. ... .-.....
But YOU say you are conservative--em-
ipentlv conservative while we are revo-
lutionafy, destructive. or something OF the
sort. What is conservatism? Is 1t not
adherence TO the old and tried, against The
the new and untried? We stick to, con-
tend for, the identical old policy on the
pointin controversy which was adopted by
our fathers who framed the Government
under which we live; while you with one
accord reject and spit upon that old policy,
and insist upon substituting something
new. True, you disagree among your
selves as TO what that substitute shall be.
You have a considerable variety of new
propositions and plans, but you are unan'
imous in rejecting and denouncing The
old policy Of the fathers. Some OF you
are for reviving the foreign slave trade;
some for a Congressional Slave Code for
the Territories; some for Congress Tor.
bidding the Territories to prohibit Slavery
within their limits; sonle for taining
slavery in the Territories through the
Judiciary; some for the "gurreat pur' rim
ciple" that "if one man would enslave
another, the third man should mol object, -
fantastically called popular Sovereign
ty;" but never man among you in favor
Of federal prohibition Of slavery in led
eral territories, according to the practice
of our fathers who framed the Govern
ment under which we live. Not one o
your various plans can show a precedent
or an advocate in the century within
which our Government originated. Con
sider, then, whether your claim OF con
servatism for yourselves, and your charge
Of destructiveness against US, are baset
on the most clear and staple foundations
Again, you say we have made thu
slavery question more prominent than j
formerly was. We deny it. We admi
that il is more prominent, but we deny
that we made it so. 1t was not we, ba
you, who discarded the old policy Of th'
athers, we resisted, and still resist you
innovation; and thence comes the create
prominence Of the question. Would yol
have that question reduced 10 its lomre
proportions? Go back 10 that old policy
What has been will be again, under th'
same conditions. If you would have th'
peace OF the old times, re.adopt the polio.
and precepts Of the old times.
You charge that We stir up instructions
among your slaves. We deny it; and wha
is your proof? Harpor's Ferry [Groa
lsughter.l John Brown! (Renewed laugh
ter John Brown was no Republican, aut
YOU have to implcate q single Republican
IN bis Harper's Ferry enterprise. tLouit
spplause.) Ii any member OF our party i
guilty in that matter, you know it, or yo,
do not know it. Ifyou do know 1t, you ar'
inexcusable to not designate tho mau anC
prove tho fact. If you do not know it, yo.
are inexcusablc to assert it, and especial,
TO persist In tho assertion after you hav'
tried and failed to make tho proof. [Grea
applsuse.l You noed not bo told that per
slsting In a charge which one docs not know
to bs true. is simply malicious slander.-
[Appause.l Some of you generously ADM
that no Republican designcdly aided or on
couraged the Harpers Ferry affair, but sti
insist that our doctrine and declaration
necessarily lead to such results. We d.
not believe II. We know wo hold to N
doctrines and mako no declarations whic
= a l.. ga.
who framed tho Government under whic
we live. [Applause ]
You never dcalt fairly by us In relation
to this affair. When it occurred Bome i'm
portant State. elections wero Fear ut hand
and you wero in evident gloe With the be
lief that. by charging tho blame upon VI
you could got an advantage OF us in thos
elections. Tho elections came. and you
expectations were not quite fulfilled Ever
Republican man knew that, as to himself a
least, your charge wns SANDER, and h
was not much inclined by II TO cast his vot
in your favor. Republican doctrines an
declarations arc accompanied with contr
uai protest against any interference wha
evcr with your slaves, or with you nbou
your slaves. Surely, this docs not oncoul
age them to revolt 1rue VIC do, in commo
with our fathers, who framed tho Go7orr
ment unuor WnIcn We Hve, ueC'aTo our o'
liof that slavery is wrong; but the slave
do not hear us declare even this. Fc
anything we say or do, tho slaves woul
scarcely know thero is Republican part,
believe they would NOT. in fact, generall
know it but for your Interpretations
us, 10 their hearing. In your political cot
tests among yourselves, each faction charge
tho othor with sympathy with Black RI
pubiicsns; and then, to give point TO III
charge, dehnos Black Republication
simply be insurrection, blood and thundt
among tho slaves. On.
Slave instructions ore no more commo
now than they were before tho Republics
party was organized. What induced Il
Southampton iusurroction, 2S years ag
In which, st least. three times as mar
lives woro lost ab ut Harpers Ferry: Yc
can scarcely stretch your very elastic fant
10 the conclusion :ha. Southampton W
got up by Black Ropublcansm. In q
present state Of things In the United State
/ do not think general, or even very g
tonsive slave insurrection, is possible. III
Indispensable concert of action cannot
attained. The slaves have no means
rapid Communication nor can ineendia
FREQ men, black or white supply il. Tho o
plosiyo materials arc eVery-whero in paroe