The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1860-08-02


Lst us not be deooiyed There arc
bat two doctrines between which We can
choose when we come to deposit our boil
lots. One is t6at the Constitution foyors
Slasery as fully as Freedom; that Meth
er has advantage over the otheri that
they must travel together and exist to-
gether, under equal protection until the
Territory shall be clothed with State sov
ereisnty, aud that both alike are nation
al. Tue other is, that the Constitution
treat, Slavery as local municipal insti
tuition; does not give to it sinsIe attri
butte OF nationality; that it has not an e
qusl status with Freedom; and that it,
ex;eusieu is to be discouraged. How
shall we act between these opposing
views! | answer the inquiry! Our la,
boring classes deserve oil the encourage
ment aud protection We can give them;
Southern statesmen regard them as white
slaves; let us not surrender them TO such
merces as the owners of chsttel labor
would extend to them. Our farmers aud
manufacturers have long been cut of from
all the bounties of legislation, by the
force of Southern prejudice; we should
enlist on their side. Our country ha,
suffered much in the estimation of man
kind, from our manifested attachment to
a asy,tem, uotoriously in Countcraction to
the principles upon which our Gosern
npnt was founded; considerations of NOR
ality, expcdiensy, and consistency should
II bat ro 10 xfnll
do, to save eur.elves from further impu
tatiohs. Slavery within the States stands
behind impre2u sbls defen-eS, bat it holds
no charter to travel without restarint. 1t
has long labored for, but has not yet reach
e1, position of absolutism. lt crasps for
empire, as it is the only means by which
tyranny can ever save itself. Our danger
is imminent, but We can yet overcome it,
il we allow reason, rather than prejudice,
to shape our efforts. Democracy, as now
interpreted By those loudest in the pro
fession OF it and almost q monopoIizing its
name, DO louger means the will OF the ma
iority; it coDteDBs the masses; holds no
association With labor; aud GtterS no word
of encourage to the poor Its pro-
fessioDs are igpostures, and must soon
fail to deceive 1t has become worse
than the ally of Slavery-it is its plant
and prostituteds tool. Wisdom and pro,
rriety must alike repudiate it, unless
speedily regenerated
Our true poligy is that of resistance TO
tbe ektravagant ani unconstitutional de
nanas Of the South We can only make
il etf-ctual in one way-by the support
of Mr. Lincoln. lie is honest aud cspa,
bic aud attached to the principles Of the
Constitution; and bis election will assign
limits to sectional oil. archy, and make
labor honorable and renurcra;ire.
The question, ia its true aspect, is uot
ss TO which candidate should be elected
by the people; it is this-shall Mr. Lin
coin be elected The I20 electoral votes
Of the South will be diViied msinly, II
not exclusively, tetTcen Mr.. Bell and
Mr. BreokiBFidge, and their support will
be almost. if not eGtire.y. confined to that
section. Such effective force a. Mr.
Dous las may possess, is in the NORTH; but
bis ost sanguine friends admit not onl7
that bis election is impossible, but that he
cannot carry over two or three States
The bo3y of the Northern vote will be
given to Mr. Lincoln. Mr.. Douglass
%pporteTs can 90 nothing for hin; the
cuiy significant result they can possibly
produce will be to Withdraw enough
strength from Mr.. Lincoln to throw the
eieetioa into the House This done, and
Lane would certainly be chosen by the
Senate-the condition of parties in tie
House being such as to prevent uaiori-
i OF the States agreeing to either of tie
candidates. Resting Oh these admissions,
for they are accepted universally, Sc dis
cover that every vote given to Mr.. Doug
las Uust tend TO the elevation of Lane.
who, possessing neither education, expe
Tience, or executive ability, has been Sc
Tested to ensble the South to make the
mot out of an accident in case it shall
occur. To out-Lsne Lane in apo-tscy to
the North, and in croucbing. "a wning sub
sersieoos to the South, need not be at
tempted by the most ambitious in that
liDe-not even by Federal Office holder.
Even if l could believe that the leopard
could change his spots, and Mr. Douglas
do the North justice, | would not sustain
hin under the circumstances which sur
round Us, and amid The periis which now
cUviron rs.
have not attempted speech. My
purpose has been to talk plainly. | MAJ
have been unfortunate in succeeding too
well in this respect. Feeling. a. | do.
and knowing the vast importance of the
canvass upon which We are just eDterin.
/ could not be less distinct 10 my expires,
siOns. Immense, improbable conse-
queaee- depend upon the decision We are,
about to make We should tremble wheu
we fear that those most interested in the
present aud the future, the frugal artisan
aud laSorer, may fail to eompreb bend
them. Bat let Us hope, citizens. that e
are so far ight as to be able to expeet
the favor OF Almighty God throughout
our trials. and that He will continue to
bless the Republic, until it shall become
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