The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-09-20

Mon Of Free LAbos-aad they are honorable
Oh. what . dsep-sea4ed, overweening
confidence Mr.. Dough-, when he made this
statemept. must have had in the unfathom-
able. desperate, ineorrigible stupidity Of those 1
Northem Democrats who support him tor
the purpose Of bathing and Furnishing tho
irs-eassrs Of the South. Good. innocent :
souls. do they not see that BY supporting
Nr. Douslas's policy. which throws into the
lap Of slavery. Territory after Terrifory'
they viii stisDgthan and render more over
bearing the very same Slave POWER 'ney
mean 10 bafae and punish? DO they NOT
zee that they are preparing i.sn 'oI me; !.
and th~y deserve to feel il. they may console
sI,ems selves with the idea that It IL . whip
Of their own manufbcture! i
Al Last We arrive st the programme Of
the Slave Power IN its open and undisguised
forms. Of which Mr.. Breckenridge is the rep !
xesen.s tive and Mr.. DougIas the servant. al |
though he does not wear its livery, except
on occasions of state. |
This programme is - follows: The agita- |
ton of the slavery question North and South.
is to be arrested; the Fugitive Slave Law. in
its present form is to be strictly carried out,
Al, State leRi. la,ion impeding its execution
10 be repealed; the Constitutional right of
slavery TO occupy the Territories of the
United States. and 70 Be projected there. is
10 be acknowledged; al measures tending to
impede the ingress Of slavery. and its e:-
tablishment in the Territories. are to DO
abandoned; the opposition to the conquest
and annexation Of foreign countries, out OF
which moreSlave STATES can be formed. is to
be given up; the econonieal policy Of the
planting interest. to the exclusion Of the
announcement Of home industry, is to be-
come the ruling policy Of the country.
This il the Southern solution of the ire
pressible conflict.
This programme possesses at least the
merit Of logic. The logic Of Slavery and
Despoti.m against the logic Of Free Labor
and Liberty. The issue is plainly made up.
FREQ labor is summoned to submit to the
measures which slavery deems necessary tor
its perpetuation. We are called upon to
adapt our laws and systems Of policy. and
the whole development OF our social organ
izason. to the necessities and interests Of
slavery. We are summoned 10 snyrender.
Let us for a moment judge the people Of
the Free states by the meanest criterion we
can think Of; let us apply suppositions to
them, which. if applied to ourselves. we
would consider an insult.
IF the people Of the Free States were so
devoid VI moral sense rs not to distinguish
between right and wrong SO devoid OF
generous impulses as not to symPathize
with the downtrodden and degraded; so de-
void Of manly pride % to be naturally in
clined to submit to every body who was i'm
pudens enough to assume the command
tell me, even in this worst. this most dis
gushing of all contingencies. could tree Ia
Dor quietly submit to the demands OF the
Slave Power SO long as it has just aP
probation Of its own interests! II we did
not care, either for other peoples rights. nor
for our own dignity. can we submit as iorg
as we care for our own pockets! Surrender
the privilege OF discussing our own social
pIoblems without restraint Be narrowed
down TO o given circle of ideas, which we
shall not transgrsss! Do we not owe our
growth .landrprosperity, and power, to that
freedom Of inquiry which is the source OF
all progress and Improvement!
Surrender the national territories to sla-
very! Do We not owe our growth and
prospereity to the successful labor Of our
neiehbors Just as well as our own? Shall
we consent to be surrounded and hemmed
In with thriftless communities. whose insti-
tutions refard their growth, and thereby re-
tard our own. Abandon all laws like the
Homestead Bill, tending to establish free
labor on our national domain? Shall We
thus give up the rights of labor. and destroy
The inheritance Of our children?
Give up our opposition to the extension
Of Slavery by the conquest OF foreign coun-
tries? Shall We squander the blood OF our
soma and the marrow Of the land in destruc.
tive wars. for the profit of the enemies OF
free labor. while it is a peaceful develop
mcnt 10 which we owe our power in the
world Adopt the exclusive economical
POLICY Of the planting interest! Shall our
mineral wealth sleep undeveloped in the
soil? Shall our water-powers run idle. and
the hustle Of our factories cease? Shall the
immense laboring force in our increasing
population be deprived Of the advantage Of .
harmonious development Of all the branches
OF humsu laborl Shall we give up our IT,
dustrial and commercial indepe ndence from
the world abroad2 Impossible! 1t cannot
be thought Of Even the most debased and
submissive Of our dough;aces cannot sub
init to il az soon as the matter comes to a
practical test; and therefore the success OF
the Southern programme will never bring
about final decision Of the conflict. Sup
pose we were beaten in the present electo.
raj contest, would that decide the conflict
oil interests forever? No! Thanks to the
nobler impulses OF human nature. our con-
sciences would not let Us sleep; thanks to
the good sense Of the people. their progress
sive interests would not suffer them to give
mp the struggle. The power Of resistance,
the elasticity Of free society, cannot be ex-
hanstsd BY one. cannot be annihila,ed by q
hundred defeats. Why? Because it re.
csives new impulses, new inspirations from
every dsy's WORK: il marches on in har.
mony with the spirit OF the age.
There 10 but one way Of settling the cir
reprsssibls conflict" II is not by resisting
the spirit of the times. and by trying to
neutraliss its impeling power; for you At
tempt that 10 vain; bet Il Is by se~tra!'xiso
sAe obstacles .r1icA hare Mroscs tAemsslrses
iaso IT. PATH. There is no other. The ir.
repssssible conflict viii rage with unabated
fury until oar sociai asd political develop
xnent is harucuissd with the iFrepressible
tendency Of The age.
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