The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1860-11-22
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CITY OF LANCASTER:
What Virginia win Do.

RICHMOND VA NOV. lltn. .-lh9 pur.
pose ofVirginia is 10 maintaib position
Ofarmed neutrality until she is prepared
TO tender her services as mediator under
the official sanction of the Legislature, or
convention called by the authorities. She
will, meanwhile, prepare for the worst
for II the States now threatening to secede
shaliadopt her programme, and that shall
fail to be carried out by non compliance
on the psrt OF the North, Virgins will
unite in the secession movement. She
will ask the Southern States to go into a
Southern conference with her, aud it is
understood that they will go provided she
lays down beforehand the programme
which shall form the basis of action,
which win embrace first repeal Of the
statutes multiplying the Fugitive Slave
lawzby those States which have passed
such statutes with guarantee Of faith
ful enforcement of that law in the future.
Secoad: A concession that tie Con.
stitulion authorizes the carrying of slaves
ibto the common territories, aud Gonss-
quent protection Of slave properly there
in. f
Third: That Congress nor tie Exccu.
tive shall not irterivIe except 70. its pro
teciion in the latter when necessary.
We are not disposed to credit the above
programme. as We do not believe tie
"Mother of States and Of statesman" she
who took the frst stand against slavery
extention, should submit proposition SO
foolish.
The compromise proposed is no com
promise at al, besides il it were it would
be most impolitic. The hour Of compro.
mise between right and wrong--betweep'
the good oflhc republic and the interest
of a class has passed--we hope forpver,--
1t never should have begun. The first
great mistake Of tie government was in
the Mo. Restriction. The contest should
then have bseh fought out and settled for.
ever in favor of righ', making no conces.
sion to wrong. Tbs interests Of the ma
tion should then have Lcen determined
and the voice Of the nation should have
cen recorded against the further cxtsn.
sion Of slavery. Had this been done agi
taion would have ceased and ths present
alarming state Of affairs prevented. The
concessions then made TO slavery for no
othcrpurpose than, (as was then thonght,)
to give peace TO the country, have come 70
be called rights and the partial abandon
mcnt ofprinciple 10 bo called principle
itsoIf.s The arrogance OF the slave power
has been fostered and its demands increas
ed by tho gradual yielding Of the North,
until now they look upon their loss of tile
complete control Of the federal government
by constitutional election, as just cause
Of armed resistance. From a moral wrong
slavery has, become moral right; from
confessed curse toa great blessing, from
local TO q national insIitution; from an
evil to be miligated to a light to be extend
cd and perpe.ualed; from an unfortunate
man, deprived Of his natural rights and
natural liberties by civil law. the African
has come to ba looked upon as mere
chaltle, in whick may be had an absolute
and unqualified property, o. IRE alg3
The demand made by what purports to
bs tho Virginia propositions, 10 none other
than that the North, "a large majority Of
ths whole people, abandon their longchsr.
ished views ,concedo that slavery istho true
condition ofthe Territories and not Fl CO.
dom; nay. morc--Ihat slavery be protected
in the territories against tho will and
against the interests of the people, To no
cede to these propositions is to acknowl.
cd that all tina. has been said and done
against slavery extension is wrong
yield up the good Of the couGtry n tho in
terests Of tho slave power, to get down
subnissivcly in the dirt. and licking the
feet Of tho slave oligaIchy, acknowledge
that right is wrong aud wrong is right.
that We have been mistaken 10 the teIief
that slavery isa curse; but that on the
contrary it is great moral social and po.
litioal blessing. THIS will not be done. -
The South may at once ba undeccived in
regard to this matter. The people Of The
North have yet little Of tho spirit Of the
fathers. They have not altogether forgot.
ten their teachings. Nor can they 10 90
suddenly educated up TO the belief that
this government was formed for the prop.
agaton OF human slavery. Nor are they
to. be Heightened out OF their prinriplss by
ahreals Of secession. They are attached
to the Constitution and will carry out i,s
provisions. They love the Union dearly. |
but.noL dearly enough to become serfs un.
der Il; not dearly enough to give up all the
blessings ii was intended to confer for the
sake Of its p,rpetuily. ..
TAepolcy Of the Republican party is
simply TO preyert tho extension of slavery
over tho territory now free, This was rhe
policy Of The fathers. 1t is the policy die.
tated alike by reason, by u,tional interest,