The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-08-17

lieye that God created all inen free, and
imposed labor upon thom Tor their advan.
tage Which hypothesis shall bo proved
true We will 500 hereafter. But Know.
ing that tho principles Of justice are uni
form aud eternal, presume to bolieve that
those principles will prevail aud human
rights DO maintained. Hm not ignorant Of
the fact that those who suppose they may
righifuly mako merchandise Of mothers
and their childron, soom to think thoy can
shape the designs Of Providence, and ro. write
tho history of humanity, reversing every
thing our fathers thought. aud for the main
tenauco Of which thoy pericd liic and honor.
l must 30 pardoned for disngrceing with !
them, aud protesting against such Iconclu'
sions.
The extension of Negro Slavery into the
Territories of tho United States has become
a settled policy of the Democratic party.
This reality cannot be disguised, and ought
not to be, denied. 1t 10 easily accounted
for. Unity of interest and unity OF desire
will always produce perfect concentration
of strength. The fortunes of tho South
havo become completely identified with
their peculiar domestic relations. BY their
harmony they have been enabled to govern
the Democratic party, and thus far, to gov.
orn tho country through the agency of that
party. Tho vital force Of that organization
being in tho South, and Slavery propG gand-
ism regarded thore as a necessity, it cannot
DO considered strange that The Influence of
the party should 90 so directed as TO fortify
doctrines most congenial TO the supposed
welfare of those who direct it's machinery.
| To many IL has seemed unaccountablo that
Executive action and Legislative and Judi.
cial proceedings should be so shaped, from
year to year, as to strong Their tho Few ut tho
expense of tho great mass Of our people.
Let it no longer be regarded as II marvel or
q mystery the responsibility Of il rests with
those Northern men in whom we have re.
posed our confidence and clothed with the
garment of authority. Examine the re-
corded votes in your National Congress,
nd there learn why it is that Northern cap
ital and labor are constantly borno down by
the enormous weight Of Southern oxaction.
When your reasonable requests are denied.
toll YOU. with oarnestness and em mphasis, it
is because eight millions Of men control
eighteen millions through our representa-
tivcs elected by party pledged to interests
adverse to ours. Slavery educatCs its statcs-
mon in a high school under able professors.
IL teaches that the Northern men arc COW.
ardly, and that their ambition is linked with
ayar:co; and, unfortunately for us, il has
arguments TO fortify its faith. In half q
century it may not be credited that loss than
a dozen mon. trained under these circum.
stances, SO alarmed q Pennsylvania Presi.
don't as 10 induce him TO recast Message,
violate the plighted faith upon which he
was elected, disgrace his native State, and
degrade the high office to which he had
then but recently been elevated. And yet
not only this has been done almost within
our presence, but tho representatives of free
| constituencies have beon induced to lond
: their aid to force servile labor into compe
ttion with that of tho white man, and q
: Slave State into the sistcrhood OF indepen
. denotes, to throw the balance of power
, against their own people. Some of these
arc now not only respectable members o.
, tho Douglas church, but missionaries among
o tho uubelioving and outside barbarians.
/. bayo somo of them very distinctly in m,
recollection. and it would bo quite rofresh
Y ing to hear their remarks in laudation o
J. Popular Sovereignty. such as thoy denie
O to Kansas, and in donunciation of Southern
$ demands, 10 which thoy succumbed as re
!. Iuctantly as a thrice seduced damsel to he
l., lover. believe il was Mirabeau who sale
@ 1.-The presents of despotism are always dan
l. perous = he should havo included in his re
/. mark the threat of the tyrant as well rs bi
!, reward.
r Tho allegation that Southern combina
o tions arc formed for tho purpose of counter
d acting opposition extremists. is a shoer falls
d pretente, rcsorted to as blind and cheat
o No fears ever sprung from such parontage
Vt Slavery docs not exist by legal enactmer
f. anywhere; 1t is tho enid of force. aud q
1t tho sentimont of tho world is against it,
81 cannot live without the sustaining hand I
ID mower. Surrounded by an atmosphere
l. freedom it is necessarily unsafe, and stat'
D. tory safeguards and defenses become nece
D. sary. Vassaiage and subjecton mover in
10 press themselves, without violence, upon oh
A. natural man, whilst, on the contrary, th
Y, sentiment of freedom must forever distur
b. tho subjects of despotism. The South, I
s. bo safe, must, therefore, oxtend throug
in and beycnd oil the countervailing infiuenc'
rs to which have referred, and consequent
id our frontier possessions must DO capture'
III Bu. as the inherent weakness of tho Sout
ia not equal to this task. craft is resorted
,e to supply the needoI assistance. Upo
ID whom can this be more advantageous
i. brought to bear than q President withol
II. courage, judge without candor, or legi
of lator without integrity? We arc sold I
o. betrayed hourly, and il wo had not moi
st forbearanco than discretion we would terri
a. traitors. Millions of acres of fertile land
o. oyery now and then, are fched from OF
n industrial classes, who require thcm for Il
ly support and education Of their families,
y. be turned into barren wastes, by those wi
d. have already blasted moro than one.hs
no of our soil as with an avalanche Of are.-
no Factories and work shops are tottering
ruins, and families and noighbothoocs le
or starving and in rags, because fostored i
he dusiry Is not required in that region whe
~ tue Iaborng man mas no rights which q
ed owner Of men is bound to respect. Our shi
- rot at our wharves, and storehouses becou
nd but rendezvous for idlers and yagrants, f
ST. the reason that uncomponsated chattel 81
m ews yield fruits more cheaply than compe
an sated skill, and require no shield against I
he pauper products of Europe. II a change
ac- tariff laws were required by the South
ID stead of tho North, it could not fail of
IS accomplishment. In that case the Pre-
he dent would advocate it with ardor, If n
with sincerity, and our Senators would aga
tly illustrate the fact q ther trucking subj'
tn, ton to those who secretly abhor their bal
m, ness and infdo.ity. Our earnest wishes q
"a not only constantly disregarded, but o
5 a prosperity is remorseIessy paralyzed by o
en- servants, without an audible murmur on o
lif. part; and we arc not much averso, as
nd have often proven, to comforting new Leaf
cir of office upon such as deceive US, to affo
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