The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-03-07

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every, and remains so TO this day.
Such was the state Of things when Mr. JEFF
ferson was inaugurated President. Mr.. Jefferson
was not only statesman of enlarged views,
and deeply imbued with what was then termed
radical Democratic views, but a philosopher
deep read and with mind that looked far in
to the future of his country. He had the vision
Of a prophet, and guided the present to meet
the events of the future. lie won moro in the
Cabinet by his eye, surveying destiny, than he
roes won in the field. While he laid down the
principles upon which was established the
Democratic party of the States he marked out
pathway over the unsxplored and eternally
snow. capped mountains ofthe then ar,far West
for his countryman to follow, and planted the
flag OF his nation on the shores Of the Pacific.
1t was a mighty thought incomprehensibe TO
thousands who ieered at his wisdom, and
laughed scornruIy at his followers. They saw
nothing in all this but the extension OF the
slave power"
The purchase OF the Territory orLouisiana by
Mr.. jefferson, was the great act of his life, so far
as the future of his country was concerned. In
his election he had defeated the New England
"Federalsts," the party designation given to
John Adams and the strong government men,
and, ranking with discontinue, they seized the
occasion Of the Louisiana purchase to sound the
tocsn of alarm, and raise political rebellion a.
gainst his Administration. And what so potent
an instrument as the cry Of slavery extension"
the danger the Northern States from the
growth and power of the Slave States
Yetthe dreaded slave power, which, we are
told, has so long ruled this country. has act.
ually become a minority Of States as well as OF
voters. Freedom has had no check, no re-
straint, no curtailment Of its authority, but
made regular and onward progress, and has
spread from the western banks ofthe Mississip-
pi to the shores of the Pacific. "The slave
power" has neither checked its growth nor res
trcted its strength, but aided both. Freedom
is not confined to States or localities but
wherever our flag is planted and our laws pen
citrate, there it abides. Freedom is not conGn-
ed to Abolition societies and anti slavery or
sanizations but is co-existent with our coun-
try's boundaries. So long as the guarantees
Of the Constitution are observed, the States do
not require balance ofpower of local institu.
tions to protect each others interests. The
idea Of its necessity pre,supposes wrong from
a co ordinate State-an attempted interference
that hes trcasTn lurking under its cover, and
cannot be too severely denounced. Confusion
and error must ever follow such necessity.
50 bitter were the denunc;ations hurled a.
ganst MIR. Jefferson, so unmitigated,,we the re-
presentations OF his "wicked and ntidel acts
(or there were Christian politicians, also, in
those days,) that some of the leading Federal
lists declared the Union dissolved by this "un-
constitutional act" there being constitutional
expounders" then as now. But Mr.. Jefferson
needed not this Northern storm of indignation,
which spent ITSELF finally, in the reasonable
"Hartford Convention"
When Mr.. Jefferson entered upon the duties
Of President, he found the north OF the Mis-
sissippi blocked UP by the occupancy ola for
eign power. The settlers along both banks o.
the Ohio had no market, at that day. except by
floating down that stream into the Mssissipp
and to New Orleans, then French town, and
all the country west of the Mississippi la the
possession OF Europeans. Mr.. Adams had beer
charged with being minical to the country west
Of the Allegheny Mountains from his bartering
the trade OF the Mississippi for the privilege o
fishing for cod at New Foundland. Mr.. Jefrer
son, on the other hand, having always shown
lively interest in the West, entered at once or
!, a treaty with France for all her possessions
extending from the Gulf oil Mexico to the heat
waters Of the Mississippi, and spreading wes
indefinitely, covering whatever land and waite,
belonged to France, This was, by the laws o
France, all slave Territory, and, by the treaty
slavery was secured to the people thus trans
ferred to the Government of the United States
And this was the exciting cause Of New Eng
f land and Federal opposition. Here opposition
{ to more slave Territory took its RISE and anti
, slavery politics assumed shape and form. TIL
New England pulpits rung the charges, ane
/ New England politicians reaped the benefits @
Sabbath electioneering. Negro slavery, tha
t was not fully expelled from the North by sail
t to the Southern planters, became all at once
great moral sin and an enormous political evil
Q Mr.. Jefferson was ridiculed in doggerel, an,
S the "Dusky Sal" rhymes may yet be found OIL
+ the dusty shelves Of those political puritans
But tie people had caught the spirit of the
# great President leader, and were not to be pray
s ed nor preached into the ranks Of the Bosto
: dynasty; and Mr.. Jefferson was re.electe,
:, President by what might be called acclamatio
j. tho cry of slavery" ''slaVe holder" "slave
/ ry extensonst," and "infdel" to the contrar
r notwithstanding Then, as now, every ma
= who supported Jefferson was irreligious, an
n their leader an myof the Bible, accordin
s to these political saints in sack
l But what a change has come over the spir
n of their dreams! What revolution has bee
S wrought in the minds Of the decendants Of thes
e ancient opposers Of the Democratic party, with
J. out any reformation in their hearts. False o
= first in charging Mr.. Jefferson with base des
o igns in his purchase of the very Territory wher
t we now are, the soil on which am writin
It this history that great statesman and iar-seein
:, philosopher, is now put forward as the founde
If nd foster-father Of the present abolition raj
: upon society. This latter assault is more dc
t trimental to his fair fame than the first, for