The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03
From the Miluauk,ee Neeos.
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ciares that he is willing to make great sac
rifces rather than endanger the Union
that he is willing to waive even some of
those rights lie believes belong to the
South rather than destroy the integrity of
the States; our republican friends call him
patriot and republican, and laud his
liberal principles to the skies.
But let Northern democrat make the
same statement, let him say that he is
willing TO make the most immaterial con
cession to the opinions Of his Southern
brethren let him say the Union has val
ue IN his eyes oyerbalanced by triding
evils, and instead of being patriot he is
doughface.
To the mind of true republican the
words ''doughface' and patriot" are of
similar significance as applied to principle,
but differ in application according to lati-
tude- A "pstriot' south of Mason &
Dixon's line would be "Louqhface' north
of it. A "doughface" north of Mason and
Dixon's line would be a "patriot" south
of it,
A principle, according to your true re
publican, is not real property it is mere
chattel movable. 1t is sort of stock
that the bulls and bear. of the republican
exchange cry up and down to get up a
corner in the political stock market. For
instance, the entire equality of negroes at
the south, in accordance with the letter of
the declaration of independence, that call
men are born free and equal" is a cry of
the republicans of the South The exclu-
sion of all negroes flom soil to tread on
and air to breathe, was the cry of the re-
publicans when they got up convention
on that 'battIe field of liberty" Kansas
But" say our republican friends, "the
aggressions of the south have been such
that We cannot bear them, and therefore
we are obliged to shut our ears to their
complaints, and brand as douchfacism in
the north what we call patriotism in the
sou h.
Now let US see what those aggressions
of these slave states have been. At the
outset every state save one, was slave
state now, a majority of the states are
free. At the outset, the Free State vote
in Congress and for President was in Sc
pitiable minority, that had abolitionisn
been made question, and continued IL
its present spirit, it is to be doubted
whether there would lave seen even enc
Free State at the present day. If The
slave state men, then, had acted upon The
spirit manifested bv the abolitionists now
most assuredly there would not
We have now, including Kansas, thir
ty-four States in the Union, of which nine
teen are Free States, aud fifteen are slave
states. The number Of Slave States have
been increased by about one sixth, or s;r
teen per cent, the number of Free States
eighteen times, or eighteen hundred pc,
cent. This don't look much ike aggres
sion on the part Of the Slave States.
At the outset the Slave States had sucl
an overwhelming majority, they coul,
have done what they chose, could hav,
amended the constitution had they cho
sen, so as to make holding slaves const
tntional right in every State. But The
slave States were not the aggressors.-
They allowed the spread of Free State,
without cayil, and there was nothing hearC
of aggression until abolition arose.
Tue moment that arose, nothing else wa
heard Of. An occasional Slave State wa
added to the Union it is true without ob
lection, bat as soon as the Free States be
gan to feel their strength :hey begon t,
make fight against such editions. Mis-
souri, was admitted after a fight; Texas
grudgingly but in each case the Mort
had either gained, or was on the point G
gaining more than counterpoise Blu
amid the great agitation how has it been
Iowa, Wisconsin and California; Minneso
ta, Oregon and Kansas. have all come il
as Free States, and not a slave State ha
been admitted to the Union AS an offset
If there were war between the Free ant
Slave States, the Free States would hav
been the aggressors, not the Slave States
But this was not all. Nebraska, Utah
New Mexico and Washington Territories
are all destined to become free States a
as earl y day as they shall possess sufIi
cient population, while there is not foo
of the public domain left outside of tn
States where tue people Of the soutl
could hope a slave State might spring up
Now if there is aggression anywhere
that aggression as far as territory is con
cerned must be on the part of the Ere
States.
But you have harped long on that odiou
slave catching law. |: was not the first
You had always lived urder one, neve
attempted to repeal it. never made any
objections to it, All Of you who wer,
wings declared you thought the presen
law right enough ard agreed with Scot
to support it. 1t was only after you fale.
to elect him you could see its enormities
and even now you make no effort to re
peal it, and most of you admit that if yol
were in power, you could make none
Such being the case. where are the AZ
gressicns Under democratic rule Tia
free States have spread their institution
with great rapidity, without molestatiol
from the South, until their power has be
come Immense. Never since the Nilsson
II question, until you raised the fight il
Kansas, has there been difficulty Ther
you insisted that the election Of Buchan
an would be fatal 20 freedom in Kansas
Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, and al
the other Territories, Minnesota not ex
ceptcd. Buchanan was elected, Oregon
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