Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-03-15
NUMBER. I2.

fon accuse .he Fspub tean parry o uiters
im aHd secret designs. How can a psr,y
that counts its yute. in this END VI free
speech and free press by the hupdr~ds Of
have sDy secret dssignsf Who ID
the conjurer, and whore are tho hidden
spring. by which he can control It's uacon.
g'egated and wdcly.d spers d nssis, spd
direct them 10 objects un-, on and purposes
unayowedl Bot what are these hidden pur.
poses! You name ouly one. That ons Il ID
negro equality among you. Sap.
pose We had the power to chapgs your 60
cisl system, what warrant have you Tor su,.
posing that we should carry negro equality
among you! We know, and We will show
you, II you will only give heed, tbs, what
our system Of labor works sut. wherever IL
NO ks out anything, 10 the equality fwhi,s
men. The iaborer In tae Fres State, No
matter how humble his occ IpatioD, iss
white man. and he is politically the equal Of
his employer. Eightees OF our tnjrty.,.rrvs
States are Free l. ibor States. There they
are: Milne, New Hampshire. Massachu.
setts, Vermont, Rhpie Island, Connecticut;
New York. New Jeraey. Pennsylyasis.
Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indisns. Wiscou.
sin, Minnesota, Iowa, California and Ore
gon. | do not array them in contrast With
the capital States. am no rs.silsnt Of
5 ates. All Of the States are pirceis fmy
own country the best Of them not ~ Wis
aud great as am s1re Il will hereafter b.;
The State least developed and perfected
among them, all 10 wiser and be ter than any
foreign State ! know. 10 it then in sny,
and in which Of the States have namsd.
that negro equality olf ads the white m,ns
Pride' Throughout tie aide world. where
is the State where cioss and caste are 80
utterly extnguished as tn , are in each and
every one OF them, Let the Europsan ifpmi.
grant, who svo ds the African as If his skin
eyhsled contsgiou answer. You find hln
always in the State where labor 10 eve. free.
Did Wellington, Jefferson and Henry,
when they impored you TO rslirqnish your
system aud accept the one We have sdop.
ted, propose to sink you down to The lsvei
of the African. or was it their desire to sx.
alt all white n,sn 20 common political
elevstioni
Bu. we do not seek to force or even 10
intrude our system on you. We srs ex-
cluded justly, wisely and contenisdly from
all poltica, power. and responsibility 10 your
capital States. You are sovereigns on tia
subject OF Slavery within your oSn borders.
as we are on the same subjec: within our
borders. 1t is we'll and wisely so arranged.
Use your authority to maintain what sys-
TEN you please. We sre not dstrustful Of
the result. We have wisely. as We think.
exercised ours to protect and perfect the
manhood OF the members Of the Stats. Ths
whole sovereignty upon donrs,ic couesrn.
within the Union is divided betwesu US hy
unmistaksofe b0undsries-- Y5r hrs ys4z
fifteen distinct psrts; We eighteen parts,
equally distinct. Each must BE- mBinisinsd
in order that the whole may be preseyed.
II ours shall De assaiied, within or " ithnu',
by any enemy, or for any cause. and Sc
shall have need, We shall expect you 10 de-
tend it. Ityours shal. be So sssaiisd in The
emergency, no matter what the nause or
the preieat, or who the foe. we shall DO tsnd
your sovereignty as the equivalent OF our
own. We Cannot, indeed, accept your sys-
tenn of capital or its ethics. That ~nnli b.
to surrender and subvert our own, which W.
esteem to be better. Besidee if We cuuhi,
what need for any dIv's on Into States az
ali! You are eq ally at !iosrty To rejoa, our
system and its ethics, and to maintain the
superiori of your own by all the forcfs of
persuasion and argument. We must. indeed I,
mutually discuss both systems. All the
world discusses all systems. Espeeistiy
must we discuss hem since we have TO d..
/ eide as a uation which Of the two 9e ought
/ to ingraft On the new and future B atss
grown upneshe grsas16blic domain. D..
cussion, then. being unavoidable, what
could be more wise than to conducl il shu
mutual federation and in fratsrnal spiriIl
You comPi,in tina, Republicans discourse
too boldly and directly, when they express
with confidence their belief that che sy.ts,a
| Of labor will. in the end. be universally as
cepted by the capital States, acting TOR
themselves, and in conformity with thsir
own Constitutions, while they sanction too
unreservedly books designed to aivooats
| emancipation. But surei, you csn hlrsly =
expect the Federal Government or the
political parties of the nation TO maintain q
censorship Of the Press or ofdsbste. TIE
theory OF our system is, that error Of opin.
ion may in all cases safely bs toleratsj
wh,re reason 10 left fres to comba, it. viii
it be claimed that more OF moderation are
tenderness in debate are exhibited on your
side of the great argument than our oxh'
We all learned our poemics, ss we'll as our
principles, from q common master.- We are
sure that we do not, on our side, exceed hi,
lessons and example. Thomas Jefferson ed
dressed DIR. Price, an Englishman. concern
ing his treatise on emsncipa patton IN Ameriea d
in this fashion: ila-
'Southward oi the Chesapeake, your boob
will find but few leaders concurriDg win i
in sentiment on the subject of Slavery
; From the mouth to the head of the Chesa
peake, the bulk Of the people will spprov,
; it in its Theory, and it viii Aud respectful,
minority ready to adopt it In practice: a mi
nority, which. for weight, and worth o
character, preponderates against the create
number who have not the courage to dives
their families of a property which, however
. keeps their consciences unqniet. North
b ward OF the Chesapeake you msy snd her
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