The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1860-10-18

mask this intrigue may assume before
the public, that the real design Of IT,
and the probable effect Of its success
will be TO re-establish the now broken
and defeated Democratic party, and
make it stronger than ever by the alb
sorption Of most if not al the elements
Of the new coalition. IL is easy to un.
| derstand the Democratic party, for its
history is before the world; and its pres
ent division into factions, ostensibly
upon particular principle, but really
upon particular men, has not changed
its doctrines, nor improved its oharao-
ter. But il is not easy to understand
the Constitutional Union party, without
any history and without any pledge, 10
case of its success, TO support any par
/ ticuIar line Of governmental policy. IL
contains undoubtedly many excellent
men whose private opinions are known
and respected, but, as q party, it leaves
itself by design perfectly free to do
whatsoever it pleasos, and unite with
wbOmsoever it pleases, when it comes
into power.
It pledges itself to nothing but to
support the Constitution, the Union and
the laws, and that every honest citizen,
Of every party knows to be a common
duty. Every President, of whatever
party, must begin his official life by
swearing that he will "preserve, protect,
and defend the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, and that Constitution makes
it his especial duty to "take care that
the laws be faithfully executed" As a
, party, then, there is nothing to distin-
gush it from any other party,
, Once in power, it may carry out the
views of policy entertained by the "hot-
test Democrat of the South, or "black-
est" Republican of the North, free from
3 any charge of Inconsistency or breach
Q of plighted faith. Any party I think
s in order to grow in strength and to be.
come useful to the country, must need,
t have some distinguishing characteristic
% Of its own. Without some such nucle
e us Of attraction and bond of union, NJ
t party can'long survive
S And in. this instance, the process of
. disintegration seems already to have be
: gun; for in New-York the "Americor
r party" has lately held its own separate
% State Council, and in Virginia, meet
t ings of the people have been held (warm
a y supporting Mr.. BolD in the time
. honored name of"Whigs s'-thus in botl
. these great States ignoring the new par
ty, and resuming their former party
o. names and positions. shall draw nC
e parallel, much less contrast between
s Messrs. Lincoln and Bell; for, in all sin.
S cerity, entertain a very high opinion
Of them both. In the general admins
y trutiOn of the Government, could hus
:, either Of them, for they are both mer
e Of knowledge and experience, and Ole
Wings; and the only point of markcl
- difference between them that know Of
j is found in their widely divergent opin
;, ions in regard to Slavery in the Terri
q tories, and the power of Congress owe
C it there. Mr. Bell, I understand, be
e lieves that the Constitution carries Slave
70 ry into all the Territories. Ifthat opin
r ion be we'll founded, then of course /
t is the duty of Congress to protect Slave
u ry there; for it were absurd to say tina
e there is or can be any constitutional righ
which the Government is not bound t
y protect.
}. Mr.. Lincoln, on the contrary, believe
IT (and in that agree with him) that tn
i Constitutions does nat carry Slavery int
d the Territories, and that, in the absenc
r, Of local law upon the subject, no ma
rs has or can have a constitutional right {
h hold slaves in Territory, or to cali upo
e the General Government to protect hi
y slave property there. Here lies tn
% main difference, if not the only impoi
h tant difference between the opinions o
t. Lincoln and Bell. In other things, q
y. far as know, they substantially agre
But in that difference is found the piy
s. OF of tho Republican party, the yer
le hinge on which it hangs.
n Your enemies, possibly for lack o
ID substantive matter to charge again,
D. you, assail you with reproachful adio,
a tives. They call you Jlacb Republican
IN and in one view there may be some sens
or 10 the epithet, for it cannot be denie
# that you are strongly opposed to the aC
- mission of 6iacks (slaves) into the Te
p ritories, and firmly resolved to reserv
10 if you can, the virgin lands, to be Sc
* tied and cultivated and made valuab
IL by the free white voluntary labor o
American citizens, and thus build u
In communities of white people - FIRE
IN equal, and intelligent. But l think IL
r Democrats better entitled than you al
If TO the black adjective, for your claim
&c negative only, as you insist upon e.
st cluding the blacks from. all our fr,
20 Territories, and show a decided unwil
he ingness to be associated with them
i'll your farming labors; while the claim q
IS, the Democrats is Affirmative, and is pro
n en- by their constant efforts to establi,
e. the rights Of the blacks to 20 alor
a with the whites into the Territories, III
or by the urgent desire Of many of tn
1T, party to augment the number Of Il
nd blacks, by fresh importations from Aft
e. ca,
Of To regard to the Governmental a,
5ir economic view Of the case an emino
a Southern statesman has tersely said th
"a "Capital ought to own its labor" o.
To- tainly it ought and does, whenever it
in able and willing to buy ito labor by pa
he ing honest wages for honest work.
m But l cannot see any greater neces
he tv for eapital emplOyed In nrminu