The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-10-31
Northern Republicans and Northern
si'j 10 - Republic ,5

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There is this characteristic difference be-
tween the Dsunion leaders in the South and
those in the North, that the former arc bold
and outspoken in their views, while the latter
operate in the dark; and "conceaI the hand
that strikes the blow" es.iageE tSs .rea-
1t was the design of the old New England
Federalists, during our second war with Great
Britain, and the ulterior object of the Hart
ford Convention, to form a Northern Republic,
separate from the rest of the Union and in
Guiding tho, Canadas, and to be in alliance with
and under the protection of Great Britain
The exciting cause by which it was hoped to
produce this result, was the obstruction caused
by the war to the trade and manufactures of
New England: But the unexpected conclu-
sion of the war, by the treaty of Ghent, in
December, 1914, blasted this hope 'o 80
, The plan of a Northern Republic or, which
is the same thing, of Confederacy of North
ern States which should control the Southern,
and give to Northern men and Northern views
the ascendency in the Union, was not aban-
doned The deep scheme was laid by John
Quincy Adams and the veterans of the old
Federal School from which he sprang, as early
as 1917, to rouse into intense excitement the
sum bering anti slavery sentim ent in the North,
and form new political organization, which
should eventually obtain the the control of the
Federal Government, and, by its proseriptive
policy, compel the Southern States either to
secede from the Union or submit to the dicta-
ton Of the dominant Northern party. i.
1t was this grand design which stimulated
Northern opposition to the admissionn of Mis-
souri, as slave State, although FIVE or six
such States had been previously admitted
without objection. The opposition, though 1T
failed to keep Missouri out of the Union, sue
ceeded in obtaining compromise act which
prohibited slavery north of 36 deg. 80 min.
1t was one object in furtheranee of the
main design to bring Northern and British
capital in aid of the anti-slavery movement
Hence, the gigantic almost superhuman efforts
to obtain a recharter of the old United States
Bank, and the bitter, unrelenting opposition
i to Gen Jackson s Administration. -
It became necessary, also, as an essential in
gredient in the scheme, to prevent the annex
| alton or acquisition of any territory which
could by any possibility become slaveholding,
and which might serve to keep up the original
! equilibrium between the Free and Slave States.
Hence, the fierce and prolonged opposition to
the annexation Of Texas, to the acquisition of
| Mexican territory, unless slavery was prohibit
ed therein, and finally to the abrogation of the
Missouri Compromise line as required by che
spirit of the Compromise acts of 1885, - 81
| Out of the agitation on the latter question,
arose the present Northern Republican sec
yet securely, as they imagine, developing and
maturing the old Federal plan of John Quin-
cy Adams, Joshua R. Giddings, and their CO
adiutors, to form an il dependent Northern
Republic, or at least Northern political or.
ganizaton strong enough by its numbers and
its capital to secure the permanent control Of
the power and patronage of the Federal Gov
ernment, and to bring the South in quiet sub
mission at its feet. '
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this result is, to arouse the passions and preju
: dices of the North against the institution o
slavery, and to manufacture political capita
out of the wild excitement thus engendered
! The great ultimate object itself is studious
|, kept in the back ground and not exposed il
= its naked deforniity to the public gaze; but
. is openly declared, as in the Republican Stat
: organ in this city, no longer ago than yestel
: day morning, that ''tlie strength of the Re
!, publican faith is in its firm protest against A
y y rican slavery in the United States" Th
= same paper, in anticipation of a barely poss
:, Bile Republican administration, develops II
policy to consist in the Decentralization
:, Slavery" which means that no constitutions
: obligation to sustain the rights of the Soutl
y y ern States shall be regarded; in interpretin
~ the Constitution as Gan anti-slaVery document
- formed especially to promote and produce Il
: gradual abolition of slavery; and to reorga
@ ize the Supreme Court OF the United Stat
OF so that former decisions in relation to the Te
d. ritories shall be reversed and slavery be rule
o. out of them against the will of the peopl
D. and in spite of Territorial laws. SEQ a.-f g.
e. Now, if the Republican policy here sha
le owed forth can be incorporated as the poli
g. of the Federal Government, any nan, n
he blinded by passion or prejudice, can but $
er the result to which it must inevitably lead
Mt either the dismemberment of the Union,
1g the same submission of one section to t
o.g despotism of the other. In view of the
&c things, we cannot understand how any rede
y, ing man. no matter what ils political asso
s Citations may have been heretofore, can 81
I'D his vote and influence to party whose les
OF ers are aiming at Disunion or the establi:
re- re- ment of a despotism. We cannot comp
ne hcnd how any sensible, ytrue-hearted man CT
de -, ;nfsn, o,,si scte,ne AGAINST the peace. nr
80 kperity and Union of these States. b.
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