Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-10-06


 southern sentiments?
 "Why has not slavery obtained foothold in Kansas under these eircumstinces2 Simply be- cause there was a majority of her people opposed to avery, and every shareholder knew that if he took his slaves there, the moment that majority got possession of the ballotboXes, and fair elec- ton was held, that moment slavery would be abo- ished and he would lose them. For that reason, such owners as took their slaves there brought them back to Missouri, fearing that if they remain ed they would be emancinted. Thus you that under the principle of popular sovereignty, slavery has been kept out of Kansas, notwithstanding the fact that for the first three years they hada sla- turc in that territory favorable to it''
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 What is the Judgment of Northern Abo-
 ltionists on John Bells Record? Can
 the South trust him?
 The fact stands out in bold relief that in long career extending over more than a quarter of ascentury, John Bell the know nothing candidate for the presidency, has so acted as to win the cordial sympathy of leading black republicans throughout the North. In proof of this charge, so dis. crcdtable to him as q southern statesman, the Nashville Union brings forward an ir- reslstible array of testimony.
 In alluson to the ail afforded to anti slaveryism by Mr. Bell and his conicderates, the followlng9xtract, from speech deliv- cred in the United States Senate by w. H. Seward, on the Kansas question, is cited as evidence:
 At last new voice issued from your own region, from the South, from the slave States, and protests against your further persistence in this mad enterprise, I of ex. tending slavery, and admonishes you that it must and will fall. The cohorts are gathering from tue South; the men of mo. iteration and conservatism, who, as they have heretofore mod derated in favor of sla- very and against freedom, will now be obliged in consistency with their just and well establlShel L character and their patriot ism, to moderate against youa in favor of freedom, AND RISE UP UNANIMOUS, L1 AGAINST SLAVERY.
 Also the following extract from the speech of the notorious Burlingame; lie who declared Chat he would have Judges who believe in a higher law, an anti-sla- very God:"
 Sir, it was proud day to me when I heard the speech of the venerable Senator from Kentucky, Mir. Crittenden. The me- lody of his voice and his patriotic accent still ssund in my ear. l was glad to hear him denounce fraud; was glad to hear him stand for the truth. *
 also felt proud to hear the speech of the distinguished Senator from Tennessee, Mr. BELL.
 The evidences of Mr. Bells complicitv with the aboltionists are also found, says the Union, in such compliments as Mr.. Seward paid him in his speech delivered to abolitionists of Detroit, published in the Tribune of lS4T and 1S4s, in which he characterizeS M,. Bell as the only Senator from the South who had dealt fairly with the North
 It will be found in such compliments as the following from the great organ of black republication, the. New York Tribune, called forth by a report that by reason of his health Mr, Bell contemplated rcsignne his seat in the Senate:
 He is as robust and hale to-day as when he bearded and conquered the old lion. An drew Jackson, in his den, and as resolved and ready to do service as when sinrle handed he bravely encountered the whole South upon the Nebraska bill, and carried terror into their ranks. The wisdom and experience of a man so eminent and pure are ot no ordinary value at this time. when the country is convulsed with the wars of faction and the spirit of subjugation is abroad, threatening to overshadow q new land ot promise, Kansas Let us hope they will be long exercised in the South or in some higher capacity, where the country may equally enjoy their advantage.
 It will be found in such extracts as the following from the New York Tribune, when discussing, in 1858, the nomination of Presidential candidate by it's party:
 Most certainly we should prefer an ori- ginal republican-Gov. Seward or Gov. Chase for instance-but we shall heartily and zealously support one like JOHN BELL, Edward Bates or John M. Bolts. provided we arc well assured that his in- tuence, his patronage, his power, if chosen President, will be used not to extend sla very, but to confne it within the States that sec fit to uphold it.
 1t will be found in such evidence of gra- titude, respect and confidence as was mani tested by Truman Smith, Horace Greeley, Raymond Brooks and others, in their let ter of June the 9th, tendering Mr Bell the compliment of public dinner, in which they say:
 The undersigned have observed through years with profound and increasing admira- tion, your eminently patriotic, statesman like and truly national course in the coun. sells ot our common country, signalized by devotion to the institutions, not a section merely, but of our whole Union, and espe- eially in late critical and dangerous emer- gency, in which q perilous agitation has been calmed, and a probability of civil war averted, in good part, through your wisdom, justice and moderation.
 And in the reply of Mir Bell, in which he says:
 Among the names sulioined to the invi station l recognize many familiar to the wasolc country, as eminent-in the various waies,of public life, some who have been distinguished fiji tf5 pr5ttiio scr-v-srr;s..l.ers who have given direction and tone to opin- ion, and others still who have but recently stood in comparative political antagonism
 When these various shades of opinion are thus blended together, and actuated in common impulse in arriving at com mon object, it augurs well for the succe, S of the cause with which they are identified. In the present position of public affairs, no assurance is more suspicious than that such men should unite, animated by the same