M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-08-16

passed tue measures Though Con-
gress.
e But it cannot be denied that both
the Wing and Democratic party, in
1859, stood pledged by the platform
to this principle Of non.intervention
by Congress with slavery in the Ter.
ritories of the United States. Will
any man deny the truth Of these factsl
wNo.D How then does it happen
that so many old Whigs, SO many old
Democrats, have strayed away from
the path where both parties used to
tread in peace and harmony! Wings
and Democratic were in the habit OF
Guarfeling abou; the distribution OF
the public funds, and the specie cir
cular; but at the same time they wero
agreed on the slavery question. Non
Intervention was plank common to
both parties. Yop Wings agreed 10
stand by that, and SO did we Demo
Gratis. | want to know whether you,
old Wings, are going to jump off tho
onIy plank remaining in the platform.
merely because you find Inc standing
on it9 ! give you fair notice that |
never intend to abandon it, if | find
every Wing in America on it,
daughter and cheers)
So it was with the American party
/ in 1856. You Americans aud wa
! Democrats differed about other mat
ters, but agreed on non intervention.
Remember the twelfth article in that
celebrated American creed, in which
you ''preterrntted" the slavery ques-
ton. "Prctermit" was the word used.
Now | want to know if you are not
willing to pretermit it nowl Prefer.
hitting, | reckon, is about the samo
as non-interierence.
| Let every cid line Wing, every
Democrat, every American, every
conservative man, rally en- this prin.
/ pie OF non interference by tie federal
government with slavery in the terri
tories, and you will have peace aud
harmony all over this land. Remem-
Der there has never been sectional
strife IN this country except when tho
federal government attempted 10 take
power over .he luca! and domestic in
stitutions Of the people. So long az
Congress he's confined It's acts to those
few objects specified in the Constitu.
tion as beiiig federal, aud not iiur.i.i
there has been peace. But DOW you
fine this country threatened With sec.
tional strife, and whyl Because You
are now realizing What the Father OF
his country in his farewell address
cautioned his c0Untrymon against
You now find this country divided in.
to two sectiona! parties, one north and
another south. The Republican par.
ty appeal to passions, prejudces, and
the ambition of the North against tho
South and her institutions. Seces.
sionists of tie South appeal to pas
sions, prejpdices, and to the ambition
OF the sovereign people against tho
north and our institutions. The re-
publicanS demand that the federal
government shall take charge of the
slavery question The Southern SC.
cessionists also demand that the fed
eral government shall settle that ques-
ton. The Republicans want the fed.
eral government to WELD its power
against slavery everywhere. And
the secessionistS want the federal force
welded for slavery everywhere. Thus
you find an irrepres5ible conflict pro
duced between those two sectional
parties. The one is the antipodes to
the other; and yet the one is necessa.
ry to the existence Of tie other. Tie
Republicans of the north and thcDSe.
cesslonists Of the south occupy pre-.
cisely the same relation to each other
as the two blades Of o pair of shears.
They both turn on the same pivot, but
cut in opposite directions. Laugh.
ter and cheers.) Interference by Con-
gteSs with slavery III The Territories is
the pivot on which both turn. The
Republicans tell US that Congress
must prohibit slavery wherever the
people want slsvery--no matter abopE
prohibiting it where the people donls
want it. They prohibit it themselves.
Hence the Repubfcauswa Congress
to prohibit slavery whenever and
wherever the people want to have it.
The Secessionists of the South on tho
other hand, demand that Congress
shall maintain and protect slavery
wherever the people don't want it.
They say they are going to have it
protected by Congress wherever ne.
cessary, and that it is not necessary,
So long as the peopls want ii, for il
they want it they willprotect 1t them.
selves. 1t is only necessary when tas
people don't want it, and that is the
only time they are going to interfere
to protect it,
Thus, both ofthese parties rest their
respective claims on the doctrine Of
intervention bY Congress with slavery