Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-05
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we all know, hundreds and thousands and
tens of thousands, who voted with that
party in sc are now avOwedly opposed to
it,-and if such men as Edward Bates Of
Missouri, and those who acted with him in
defeating the Republican party then. are
now openly acting in concert with us, how
is it possible for IT'S to fail in the approach
ing contest? Will any body who voted
against Slavery extension then, vote in
favor of it now? Has the re-opening OF
the African slave trade by the Democracy
with the conniyance of Democratic Ad-
ministration, created kindlier feeling for
the institution of Slavery? Or has the
action of the Administration and Demo-
cratic Congress in relation to Kansas, en-
deared the party and its principles, to
the honest people of the north and west 2
And if not, where is the danger of our
losing strength, or of the Democracy
gaining itP On the contrary, we all know
that there is not solitary town in any of
the Free States, in which persons have not
left the Democracy because of its pro-
slavery tendencies; while not an individual
anywhere, has or could secede from the
Republican ranks.
1t is idle then, to have any fears in re-
gard to the presidential election of 1850
Masses OF men are made up of individuals;
and the reasoning which will not influence
individuals, will never find any masses to
act upon. and if the doubtful and timid,
feel anxious about the coming election, let
them ask themselves the question, whether
they know of any person who vo-
ted the Republican ticket in 1856. who
could be induced to change their votes by
the action of the President, the supreme
ceurt or the Democratic Congress and DEM
ocratic Party since that time? Is there
anything in their proceedings against Kan
sas. or in the re-opening the slave trade,
or in the threat of disunion if majority
of the people dare to elect a candidate of
their own choice to the Presidency, calcu-
lated to have any such effect? And if not,
does it not follow that our cause has been
growing in strength daily, while it is NOR
ally impossible for any who have once
acted with US on the ground of principle,
to abandon those principles when they
are now more than ever antagonistic to the
professions and the actions of the DemOc-
racy.
AS matter of course, the Democratic
Press, will! do all in its power to create
doubt and sow dissensiOns in the Repub-
lican ranks; but it will all be of no avail.
The cry of disuniOn so recklessly sent
forth from the Halls of Congress two
months since, has been resortedtO in vain;
ana the result is only Il universal feeling
of pity and contempt towards those who
revived this worn-Out trick of political
gamblers. Senators and Members of the
House of esentatives-Fcderal office
holders, the Representatives of the Execu-
tive, men selected by him for Foreign
missions, Democratic Presses North and
South, Governors Of States and Territories
all proclaimed that if Republican
Speaker of the House of Representatives
should be elected, or if the people of the
United States shall in 1860, according to
the Constitution and the Laws, elect a
Republican President, then this glorious
Union of States shall be dissolved, and
this last attempt of man to govern himself
be declared failure! Well, the Republic
can Speaker was elected, and is daily
discharging the duties of his station; and
so in November next, IL Republican Presi-
dent will be elected; and on the 4th of
March 1861, he will be duly inaugurated:
and then as now, all will be peace and har-
mony. and what is more, then will be brought
closer together the people OF the North
and the South, and of the whole Ameri-
can Union, than ever before; because then
will be made apparent the talsehoods aud
ISLANDERS of the lenders and Presses of the
Democratic Party, against the principles
and intentions of their Republican Oppo-
nents. Then will be fairly and openly
tested, the truth or fnlschoOd of our oft
repeated declaration, that the great object Of
the Republican Party is to restore the GOUern-
nucnt Of owr connfry to IchGt 1t VGs under the
administration of WAsHISGTGN, aud TO up
hold and Uj,ldicdte the Constitution. Then
will he made apparent the fact, whether
the Republican Party is or is not. an Abo-
lition Party. We hold that Slavery is
purely local institution, and that every
State has right to institute or abolish it
at pleasure; and that the General Govern
ment has no right to meddle with it where
it rightlully exists, and may not even coun-
tcnance or wink at others, directly or indl-
rectiy interfering with it. Aud if William
H. Seward or any other Republican who
NAV he elected to the Presidency in 1860,
should by his action, direct or indirect,
countenance the slightest interference
with the institution of Slavery where it
Constitutionally exists, or should refuse to
give it all the protection secured to it by
the Constitution, he would most richly
merit impeachment, and should promptly
be hurled from place, which in such an
event, he would dishonor and disgrace
And such is not our opinion, but it is the
universal sentiment of the Republican
Party. 1t is true, that many of our polit-
ical friends do not think with US, that the
Blacks in the Slave States are better in a
state of Slavery than they would be if
emancpated without Grst providing for
their transportation 10 the shores of Afri-
ca; but we deliberately repeat what we
have heretofore said, that while all of us
are opposed to the extension of Slavery
into free territory, VIC do not know a soli-
tary individual of the Republican party,
who would not demand of il Republican
President, a most scrupuious respect for
the Constitutional rights of the South in
relation to Slavery and every other mntter
whatever. And we are safe in adding,
that even if the Constitution gave the
General Government the right to abolish
Slavery in the States, a very large major
ity Of the Republican party, would he OPP