The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1860-09-06
N, PREBLE COUNTY, OHIO gIHURsDAY SEPTEMBER g. 1860

, instruct them to- max e this the bur-
den of their TRADES aRainst Doug
las and National I|emocracy.-
Their whole force ID 6encentrated
in an effort to make "A { people be-
lieye that the slave pQ 1ey, as they
term it, is seeking To establish a
permanent control oveb our Feder-
al Government, and odp yrt il into
an absolute despotisl = BIS IS d
libel upoa thec6eFf poo.
Tple at the South, whether slave
holders or non-slaveholdcrs, and a
political hrebrand, which, while it
infames prejudice at the North,
cannot but incite to a reactionary
sectional movement in the South
ern States.
AT the same time that Republi-
cans are stirring up this sectional
warfare, they have the impudence
to come before the people and
claim that they are the friends of
"Liborty and the Union" This,
taken in the connection in which it
is used, means that the Republicans
are for the Union, if their party
can obtain the control of the Fed
eral Government, and bring the
slave power, as they designate the
Southern people, in humble suppl
ance at their feet. AS it is cardi-
nal principle with them and their
candidate that the Union of States
half slave and half free, cannot
possibly subsist, they are for the
Union of States all free, by forcing
the slave States to abolish slavery,
or secede; and this is the true sig
nifcance of the Republican MOTTO
Liberty and the Union"
Republican leaders stoutly deny
that they are Disunionists. So do
the Secessionists at the South
Both are for the Union if they can
obtain absolute control over the
Federal Government, and make it
wholly subseryient to their section
al interests and purposes, but not
otherwise. The Republicans and
old Abolitionists, from whom they
are lineally descended, are respon-
sible for the Disunion sentiments
which are rife both in the North
and the South, but are more uni
versally prevalent in the former
section. BY keeping up the war
upon the South and Southern in
stitutions, they have produced a
state of things which old Aboli-
tionism longed to produce, but had
not the power. All that is needed
to consummate the work of Dis
union, is the election of the Repub-
iican candidate to the Presidency.
Should such an event take place,
of which there does not seem to
be the least possible danger, the
South will resist the first measure
of the new Administration tending
to abridge their constitutional
rights, and, if they deem it necess-
ary for self protection, attempt a
secession from the Union. We do
not say that they will be doing
right in taking this last step; but
we do say that they would do pre-
else what the Republicans, if they
had a sufficient majority in the
Northern States, would do under
similar circumstances. Suppose
the slave power, asthe Republicans
reproachfully style the Southern
States, could obtain the permanent
control Of the General Government,
and were to establish slavery in all
the Territories; and, acting upon
the Republican dogma, that the
Union cannot exist with States half
slave and half free, were to legalize
slavery in all the States, thus max
ing them all slaveholding; and
suppose, further, that there was no
hope or prospect Of a change OF
policy on the part of the Govern
ment at Washington, what would
our Republican and Abolition lead
ers advice the people Of the North
to do in such case? We know
to a certainty what they would do.
They would preach Secession and
Disunion with as much fervor and
earnestness as Yancey, Rhett & Co.
are preaching it in the South
Their ends and purposes are the
same, and their political ascenden-
cy will have exactly the same re-
suit. To the National Democracy
and the Union men is committed
the patriotic task of rescuing the
Union as it now stands from the
ruthless hands that wonld destroy
it,; and they will, they are conf
dent, be faithful to the sacred
trust Ohio Statesman.
- GA correspondent of the Ma
con Telegraph Breck ckinridge)in view
of the fact that Breckenridge can
get no votes outside Of the South,
advises the withdrawal Of the tick
ct in all. the northern States. The
Savannah Republican BelD sug-
gests that he also be withdrawn in
the South, as hewill get very few
untns thara .