The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1860-04-07
Modern Democracv aa it is.

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led by slave perpetuists and propagandists,
secessionists and disunioDists, now in the
light of this age, stands before the nation
the enemy of human progress, and in ia
vor of the conservation and propagation of
old abuses. No longer does the Democra-
cy utter the accents of popular rights. No
longer does the Democracy sympaiize with
man. at home or abroad, struggling for the
recovery of lost rights or the enlargement
of existing privileges. Does the Legisla
ture of Kansas pass an act for the abolition
of slavery there? Democracy resists it,
and arrests it by Executive action. Does
the Legislature of Nebraska, left perfectly
free to form their own domestic institutions
in their own way" pass bill to wipe from
that vast Territory the pollution of slavery :?
Democracy resists it defeats it by the Ex-
ecutive veto, and applauds that veto. Does
the Legislature OF New Mexico enact a
bloody slave code ? Democracy prompts
it, praises it, applauds it. Does sover-
eign Commonwealth tighten by humane
legislation the burdens of prescribed race,
so that it may rise into the sunlight of a
broader and higher manhood Democracy
is outraged, shocked, and it avenges itself
by gibbering taunts, gibes, and ieers. Does
slave State enact or propose to enact stat
utes to. still more Cypress those already
bending under the iron heel of oppression,
or to check the action of its own citizens
who may be prompted by sentiments of be-
nevolence or a sense of justice to lessen
the bitterness Of bondage or give freedom
to their own bondmen Democracy ap-
proves and applauds it. Does Walker at
the head of lawless hand of fillibusters
decree slavery in Central America? De-
mocracy halls and applauds that Decree
Does any indication point to the possible
abolition of slavery in Cuba. Democracy
protests, cannot permit it. will pay $780,
0OO. 900 for that slaveholding Isle, but will
not accept the "Gem of the Antilles" if
burdened with freedom. Does England
strike the letters from the limbs of eight
hundred thousand West India bondmen
Democracy deplores it. disapproves' it. and
persits in misrepresenting the effects of that
great act of justice and humanity.
Does the Emperor of Russia propose
plan for the emancipation of millions, not
of the African race. but of white men !?
De ocracy shakes its head. shrugs its shout
ders, utters no note of Joy, sends no word
of encouragement or greeting to the enlight
ened monarch who would enlarge the rights
and elevate the condition of men. Does
the Republican party, imbued with the SEN
timents of the Republican fathers, propose
to arrest the expansion of slavery over the
territories of the Republic, and save those
Territories to free labor. check the reopen
ing slave traffic. and put the National Gov
eminent in harmony with a progressive
Christian civilization Democracy, smit-
ten with the consciousness of its waning
power, raises the startling cry of disunion.
To its abandonment of the sentiments, opin-
ions. and policy, of the Republican fathers;
to its betrayal of the rights and interests of
free labor and the cause of human rights at
home and abroad, is now added disIoyslty
TO the integrity of the Union. Let the in
telligent patriotism of the nation rebuke
this mad exhibition of folly and fanaticism
which would shiver this Union into broken
fragments, and let it be proclaimed. in the
words of Andrew Jackson, "The Federal
Union must be preserved. "-Senasor WI
son iR the Senate.