The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-09-19

been extended from the Rio Grande 70 the GUH
Of California, and from the l;ne Of the Republic
Of Mexico not only up to SO deg. som. but up TO
IS deg. giving 10 the slave holders degree and
a half more territory than they had ever claimed.
sEcrIoyALlsx OF MODERN DEMOCRACY.
II is claimed by our opponents that the Re
publican party, because it opposes the spread OF
the Institution of Slavery all the Territories
of the United States, is therefore sectional
party. If this be so, then Washin gton, Jetfer-
son, Madison, Franklin. Clay, and nearly all the
great men who have illustrated the history OF
our country, were sectionalisis. The Democrat
ic party, also, down TO the year 1919, must be
included in the same category. We could MI a
volume with extracts from resolutions OF Demo
cratic Conventions and Legislatures, messages of
Democratic Governors, and speeches of Demo
cratic orators and statesmen, in favor OF the doc
t.ine of the prohibition Of slavery in the Terri
tories by Congressional Interference.
We have only room for one or two examples.
In the year 1919, the Legislature OF Michigan,
then almost unanimously Democratic, passed by
a large majority series of resolutions respect
in- the Territories of the United Stales, among
which WAS the following:
ReoIrei, That favor Of the fundamental. pra-
cip-s ordinance of l.S.-snd al;huu gh esect
tr opinions ff many eminent 'ste>mcn add juis's I'll 81
slavery $ 4 local institution which connoi exist
without positive laws author Eng IL eus'tncey-t we
believe CongreS. has the poac ADD that II IS Their
auy prohibit by sgsa;iV. enactment, ti'r otnc
ton Of slavery Within Of the I-irosie
q; the United states, hereafter - b- acquired
The gentleman who introduced these rcsOlu-
tons, and through whose efforts a. much perhaps
rs those of any one they were passed, was NIX
T.. II. THOMSON, the present candidate fox
Congress upon the Democratic Ickc: III the ith
district.
/ few reflections are snggcstedby the present po
sition oil this gentleman upon platform which de-
c'ares it be the duty of every branch of the Gov
ernment to "a. force the mandates of the Supreme
Court for the protection OF slave property in the
Territories If slavery was evil in 1919, Is II
not an cv;l in 1902 If its spread into the Ter
r;torcs shoul,i be discouraged then, should il
not be discouraged now2 If Congress then had
the power, and it was their duty to prohibit
by legislative enactment, the introduction q.
eristeHce Of slavery within any OF the Territories
of the United States" have they not the power
and is il not their duty, to do 50 nov? ii Mr.
Thomson was honest in his advocacy Of the res
OIuti0us which he introduced in the Legislator,
of 1919, can he BE honest in his defence OF tn,
doctrines he now advocates?
At all events, can 4 man be entrusted with the
delegated rights of 4 free people, who Is capable
OF turning such a complete somerset upon 1
question so vital to their interests as this? NO
tiers OF the Fourth District! If You would elect
man who be trusted all times and in all place:
"A man who bias sympathy with the aboring cias
scs, and who has risen from among them by In
integrity energy and talents, 10 the position h,
now occnpies--above ALL man who is tried ant
true, and VINO is enlisted, heart and soul, on Tia,
side OF Freedom in the great contest now being
wagca In this country--ii you would send smci
a man 10 represent YOU in the Congress Of tho
United states vote tor ROWLAND f.. TROW
BRIDGE,
We have space but for one more extract from
Democratic records. In July, 1919, series o
resolutions we're adopted by a Democratic Stat.
Convention OF Maine, with bat " ore di>seBtin,
uOicc among five hundred and ninetv-thrce del
egates in attendance.
The following was one oi this series Of resoi,l
tiCnS:
Feso-' FIAT the institution human -la,ery is a,
vari1ncr , tl. tru : Of cur .um.,,t aiorrrn
:" tn. sentiment of m,Dbiu ani Taught wltl
DANCE w4 come within ta- sphere 81 lS iniihruce
that tie Federal Government adequate power q
nhIb IFS IL the Ier.i'" les of The in.u; tn.
the ccnsfi utilaty ni this power has heca sett! %
Toy irdic'ti n-trUc:inn, b. cuicnI exposition
and by pea acts legislation aud that eIiu
upon i"r- and " pes natives Congress Il
procure a." passage If las '"ieV". excluding sasrt,
from The territories Of California and Nes Mex co
These resolutions were published in the Ian
sing -NichigaD State Jorrnal STATE Paper,
Of July 23, $40, accompanied ny the followin.
editorial rcmarLs
Tie lurn- pertaining {" the slavery question
It's cvnuec "n win the b.ldocrattc party, *
phct Tee hrsr declares TIA extension "t IN
IL SIMS % th-nus nat ih- world tar
uet with aud d.."naen; upon thu succes aud triumph
Of t0ss i'riscpi which constitute the 81 HE Ma
IlbNAl. brNpEAiii Ettl HltEAN FAIRLY There 3
none snl can br such party, si'hpu. human
com ami .s,v i5ert, for rs basis party. li.r..
fore, which uphcidS Ia extend human iGresg
or - fsrnt H. o. attended into free VIII. II h.
The f''e,T 10 rssi i, have claim To the TIT g.
Ngtonti Re hHctn party IL tecor-s 80 n-c-1~ity
're,i3rtI slavery party -
The quotation is eyact--italics and all
such, fellow citizens, was the proud position
OF the Democratic party in 1919. Where art
they to-day: Alas. Like fsan, they have SOLD
themselves for II mess of pottage, AMI have ios
their birthight! Like Judas they have be-
travcd their master, aud have fallen,
The great men who once breaihed into them
the breath of Liberty, have gone to their iina
rest, or are nohly battling in the rar.ks of tho
Republican party for the same living aud glorious
prlncp!rs; while the once proud crest of De
nocracy Is rent IN twain, and stool,s to the dust
But there Is one truth expressed in the above
quotation ca which We wish to call your especial
attention IL is tina, the Democratic party, by
the position it now occupies upon the slavery
question, has 'become, of necessity, a SEC
TlONAL party" No condemnation OF them
selves, or vindication of the Republican party,
can b. more complete than is furnished by THEN
own language. Out Of their own mouths We
condemn them
This sectionasm runs through every act of
the Democratic party. Do they, by improving
our rivers and harbors, protect and encourage
the commerce of the North and West: No,
DO they, by grants of land 10 actual settlers,
provide homes for INDECENT ireeInen in our terri
toriai domain? No, DO they, by a judiciou=
revision of the Tariff upon foreign products,
foster the free labor industrial interests OF the
country? Mo- Do they, by the construction of
c central National Railroad to the Pacific, seek
to bind the Union in indissouble bonds? No,
All their efforts are put forth to strengthen, ex-
tend and nstonslize the institution of human
slavery,
CORRUPTION OF THE NATIONAL ADMINISTRATION.
This is a subject at once painful and huInilia
ting TO all true American citizens The thought
that 10 the highest place in the gift of this great
nation, there has been elected by the popular
choice man whose deep-dyed villanies, high
handed corruptions and profound rascaIitieS have
made our government stencil in the nostrils of
the civilized world, is certainly not pleasant
subject TO dwell upon.
So disgusting was the profigacy of Franklin
Pierce, that in 1856 the Detroit Free Pr.ss-a
paper not over-stocked with honesty or sensibil-
ity, was led to thank God that his admEis,ra.
ton was drawing to a close" But the "vener-
able functionarv," -. B." has descended into
such bottomless depths Of iniquty and scoun.