The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-03-14


ito death. Just as if so much had not been
Pc ready conceded; nay. just as if nothing at
RI had ever been conceded to the interest of ca
out Itai invested in men, we hear menaces of. di
ate union. louder, more distinct, more empha
than ever, with the condition annexed III
NJ they shall be executed the moment that
at republican Administration, though constit,
os- tlonally elected, shall assume the Gaverment
On, | do not certainly know that the people a
yer prepared to call such an Administration
OF power. l knoE only, that through success
r. lon OF floods which never greatly excite an
So eoos which never entirely discourage me, th
~ volume of Repubicanism rises continual
a higher and higher. They are probably Wis
ne whose apprehensions admouish them that it
on already strong enough for effect.
he Hitherto the Republican party has beel
+ content with one sefinterrogatory-ho4 ma.
y ny Votes can 1t cast These threats enforc
y ahotner-has 1t determination enough to cas-
'he'n Fnis latter question touches its spiri
= and pride. | am q lite sure, however, that a.
it has hitherto practiced self denial in 40 man,
'r other forms, it will in this emergency Law aside
= all impatience of temper, together with ali
Q. ambition. and will consider these extraordinary
u deciam ltIons seriously and with just moder.
alton, 1t would be a waste of words to dem
: onstrate that they are unconstitutional, and
eq1ally idle to show that the responsibility
u Tor disunion, attem 9ted or effected must not
Win tnose who In the exercise of constitution
al au horIty maintain the Government, but
with those who liconstitutionally engage in
the mad work of su1varting it.
nat are the ey:ls3s for these m mace, 2
They resolve themselves into this. that the
+ Republican party in the North is hostile to
the So1tn. BIT it already is proved to be
majority in the North; it is therefore practical.
1 " the people of the North Will it not still
|'oe the same North that has foreoorne with
you so long, and co leeded 20 you so much?-
] Can you justly assam, that affection, which
mas been so complying, IN all at once chan re
to hatred. intense and inexorabIe
You say that the Republican party is sec.
tIonal one. Is the D ,mocratic less sectional ii
Is IL easier for Us to bear your sectional sway
than TO. you to bear oucsf Is it unreasonablel
hat for once we should alternate! Butts the
Republican party secfionall Not unless the
Democratic partvis The Republican party
prevails in the Houss of Representatives some
tlmes, the Demo cratic in the Senate always.
Which of the two is the m ,st pro,criptive
Come. coma, come. if you WILL into the free
States, into the State of New York, anywhere
from LIKE Erie to Sag Harbor, among nv
nslghoors 10 the OVasco valley, hold your
conventions, nominate your candidates a 1dress
the people, submit to them, fllIy elrne,tly,eI.
oqlently, all yol complaints a1i grievances,
OF Northen disioyalty. oppre ssion, perijity;
Keep nothing back, spsak lst az freely aai as
loudly there as yon do here; you will have hos. I
pltable wecomes and appreciating audiences, .
with oallot-5oxes open for all the votes yoa /
can win. A'e you less sectional tn an this /? +
Extend to Us the sam, privileges, and will +
engage that yoa will very soon have the O
South as m my Rap lblicans as we have Dan. a
ocrats in the North. Apola1se Tnere is, I
however better test Of nationality than the 0
accidental location of parties, Oar policy of e
labor IN the Territories was not sectional in n
the first forty years of ths Republic It's ma n
ture inheres. 1t will be nati0l lal again during =
the third f'rtY years, and forever afterward = q
lt is )t wise an1 beni6cant for us aio la:or in !,
ariols to you alo1a. Its effscts are equil, and II
The same for Us all as.- -. :.
Io1 accuse the Republican party of ute N
'ior and secret designs. Howc cin a partv ia
hat counts its votes in this Land of frae 4peerh lo
md free press by the hun Ire Is of thousl1ds II,
lave any secret designs? Who is ths co ilr al
~ au where are the bill len springs by which !
le Can contro! its uneongregated an WILEY u
dispersed M asse,. and direct them 10 OBI acts Io
lnseen and purposes uua7owed 7 BIT what N
re these hidden purposes? Yo1nane only NJ
me, Tn 1T one il to introduce ne gro eq1ality in
,noag you. Suppose We had the power to m
mango yolr social system: what warrant h I'VE "a
o Tor supp )slns that we should carry negro tn
q 1allty among you? We know, and we will ::
no" you, if yo1 will only give heed, that ar
That or system of labor works out, whsreyer RI
works out anything is the eq laIity of white n
len. Tne laborer iu the free States. no mt n,
Dr. now humble his occunation,is white m ~. 4,
nd ne is politically the equal of his employ
r Eighteen of oar thirty three States are m
zee labo Safes There thsv ara: Mr1na. a
'eW Hampshire, Massachusetts, Verm int. os
no 1e lslaud, Connecticut, New York, New mr.,
ersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois. !.
ldiana. Wisconsin, Minnesota Iowa. Cslifor ley,
IA. and Oregon do not array them in con. tin
ast with the capital States. I an no assaiI =,
ut OF States All of the States are parcels sor
my own cou ltry-she best of them not an,
wise and great as am sure it will here after n
>; the State least developed and perfected ed
nong them all is wiser and better than auv mo
reign State know Is it, then, and in which of
tine States have named that negro eq1al- ca
o1ends the white mans pride? Through BILE
1t the wide world, where is the State where va,
-'s auu oos'e are so uVCeriy extlngdished as tho
e7 are in each aud every one of themP lat al i
e European i'm nigrnt who avoids the Afric'n f.,
If his skin exhaled contagion, answer. Yo, tho
I'd him always in the the State where labor ind
free. Did Washing gto I'D Jefferson, aud Hen %
Whan they implored you to relinquish yonr con
"uu eoTep' Sne Que we nave adopted, and
oppose to sink you down to the level of the nat
fricanor was it their desire to exat all white 6na
en to common political elevation? act;
but we do not seek to force. or even to in the
lde, our system on you. We are excluded nee
stly wisely, aud contentedly, from all poti. er;e
power and responsibility in your capital snf
ates! You are sovereign on the subject of of $
very within your own borders, as we are on reta
same subject within our borders. 1t is in
Ill and wisely so arranged. Use yo1r au- and
Drlty to maintain what system YOU please ann
e are not distrustful Of the result We lnfa
We wisely, as We think exercised ours to nro one
It and perfect the manhood of the members tain
the State. The whole sovereignty upon wise
nestle concerns within the Union ia divided the
tween US by unmistakable boundaries. You cha,
We your nfteen distinct parts; we eighteen job
', US, uaiy instinct Each must be main est
ueI ~ urust snat tne whole may be preserv all G
~ ouls Hlah snah DC assalied' within or with this
:, : auy ens"y, OF ior any cause, aud we iu Y
III have need we shall expect you to defend was
Ii yours shall be assailed, in the emerreu. inaI
no Una a'ser wnat the cause or the pretext. lie p
"ao 'ne ,oe' "s sua't defend your sover- pine
nty as the equivalent of our own. We tion
uoS iuueeu' accept your system of capital bene
It's ethics That would be to surrender and enio
vert our own, which we esteem to be bet in x
Besides If we could, what need for any us III
lsion into States at all ? You are equal lpera
~ liberty to reject system and its ethics prin,
to maintain the superiority of your own for n
all the forces OF persuasion and argument. of tn