The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1860-07-13

Buchanan in 1856. 1t is perhaps the bes
ground of compromise between the North an,
South which human ingenuity can devise.
/ 1t IS understood by the people Of all sections
and by 1t the Democratic party, at least. OF al
sections should be willing to abide. 1t give
advantage to neither section over the other, b.
cause 1t refers all questions OF dispute between
them as to Congressional or Territorial power
over the subject OF slavery to the final arbItra.
ment OF The Supreme Court of the United States
Ii IS therefore safe for the North, and safe for
the South. Its practical working rs not with
out satisfactory results. Where the people OF a
Territory desire slave labor, and the soil and
Climate are suited to 1t, slavery will go, whele
these conditions do not exist, it will not po.
That hnds an Illustration in New Mexico. where
slavery is established, and this in those Terri
! tories where 1t Is excluded. Only few davs
| ago. propositions TO repeal the slavery laws of
! NE" Mexico, on the one hand, anG the anti
slavery leWs OF Kansas on the other, were made
and rejected IN the Senate OF the United States.
suppose these propositions, o: either OF them.
mad prevailed, is It not certain that the coun-
try would have been thrown into the highest
excitement! But by their rejection, non-in-
terventIon was practically adhered to, and the
PuoIlc mind is satisfied and quiet.--Let us main
tam 1t hrmly and faithfully. We are bound to
70 II oy every consideration of interest, and OBJ
llgatIon of compact. Its abandonment will
prove fatal to the National Democratic party.
and ultimately to the Union itself. /. will
drive the South into intense sectionalism and
the North into the ranks Of Black Republican
ism.
do not say every man of the North, for
know that the great body of the Northern De-
nocracy Will remain true to the Constitution.
despite the overwhelming flood of its relentless
cohorts. But mean that the free-abor States
would be controlled by Black Republcanism,
an0 would not be able to return single mem
oe- 10 either house of Congress friendly to the
constitutional rights of the South.
trust that this condition of things NAV nev-
er exist but if it should, know of no way by
which the Unpn can be saved. Hence the
doctrine of Congressional Intervention, as ad-
vocated by the newborn sectional party, is
traught with peril to the country.
The question is now distinctly presented TO
the people, whether they will adhere to the
doctrine of non-ntervention, or whether thew
VIII ABANDON 1t whether they will reopen the
slavery agitation, by requiring Congress to
taKe jurisdiction over ii, or whether they will
give rePose to the public mind, and security 10
the Union, by leaving it where the Compromise
leaves 1t, to the free action of the people of the
ted Saes bF sse sa 9 sR %au9 q u he qp
intervention or non-inteTvention.-Its decIs-
ION involves the destinies of this great Republic.
and the highest interests of the civilized world
lAmDqrnd with : tho 81 i
the fate OF political parties sink into utter nsig-
nifcance. Where shall we look for deliver
ance from these threatened evils?
1t has been the mission of the Democratic
party OF the Union, in thousand perils, to res
cue our country from impending calamites.
lis past career abounds with heroic passages,
and lsiIlustrated with the most glorious achieve
men:s IN the cause of constitutional liberty. 1t
IS the party of Jefferson, and Madison, and
Jackson, and Polk, whose Administrations con-
stltute grand epochs in Dur national history. 1t
is the party Of the Constitution. | look to il
with Con6dence.-Whefe else shall the patriot
look in these times of political detection and
sectional agitation? Let its integrity be per-
maEently destroyed, and the doctrine of nom
Intervention oyerthrown, and then the best
hopes of the statesman may we'll be clouded
with gloom and darkness.
1t is to maintain these that consent 10 take
the position now assigned me and welcome the
consequences of personal good or personal i'll
which that position may bring.-Nothlng else
could induce ire TO brave the detraction which
1t invites and incur the heavy responsibility
which it imposes. have nothing to add but
the expression OF my profound thank, for the
honor so unPYDpctRdly coDfarred upon nm ord
my cordial acknowledgment for the fatterlng
terms in which have been notified of nv NOM
ination. Whatever may be honorably done,
l shall cheerfully do to maintain the integrity
OF the party and the triumph Of its principles.