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THEIR ULTIMATE PURPOSE.

in its repeated aggzessions upon the free prln-
ciples which are the corner stone Of the Re-
public. Take, for iustauee, that claim set up by
MI. Calhoun in 1s47-then secuted By the De-
mocsacy as the rankest Of political heresies,
but subsequently adopted as tho basis Of their
party organization, the claim that the Con-
stitutiop, by its own inherent force, carries
slavery into all tue Territories Of the United
States, whence it cannot bo expelled by any
local Legislature under whose Jurisdiction it
'nay fall, by Congress or by the people. This
proposition, gllded with a great deal Of rhet-
oric about the "equality Of the States" the
rights Of property" "justice to the South"
SC, seems to men who, like Mr. Douglas, lido
no: care whether slnrery isvoted up or voted
down." ns not being worth the agitation which
the Republicans make for the purpose Of pre-
venting its adoption by The Courts and By
Congress as the rule By which the country
shall be governed. But moments examina.
ton will .show them that the object Of the
South is not limited to slavery in the Terrific.
ries; but that it demands, as will by and BY
he apparent, recognition Of slavery in the
free States. Let us look into it. The last
clause Of Art II, Of the Constitution Of the
United States. says:
"Tbis Constitution aud the laws of the Uni.
ted States which shall be made in pursuance
thereof, and all treaties made or which shall be
made under the authority Of the United States,
shoN BE- the supreme kdto Of the land, and tde
jndges Of any .Stats shall be bound thereby, ony.
tAtno IN tie constitution or lascs Of any STATE 10
th* contrary nofoithstdnding."
Admit: now, with the Supreme Court, in
tho case Of Drcd Scott, that slavery is the
fundamental law Of the Territories, not to be
repealed by the local Legislatures or BY
Congress, and what follows? Why this that
there is no power which can make these Terri
torres free! Democrats in the North have
been in the habit Of admitting tlat, when the
people OF Territory Gamed their State
Constitution, slavery might be forbidden
therein. But ly what authority? Slavery,
il the Drcd S.. dosmas arc true, is a
part Of tie "anp.c1ne law Of tie land"
because j: il established by tho Constitution:
and as the Federal Constitution is declared TO
bo above aud superior 10 the Constitution and
laws Of any State, VIC see that when CoDsti-
tu1ioaal Convention, Of Nebraska for example,
should attempt to prohibit Slavery, it would
be repeating or n,t1lilying the authority in the
Federal Constitution by which slayery was
established To make this point clearer:
The right 10 lave and hold slaves in tic Terri
tories If, by tho Dred Scott judges, put on d
footing Of equality with any other right which
the Constitution coulcrs-"the right Of the
people penceahly to assembly and to petition
the government for a redress Of grievances"
(Ar. !, -1'nendments,) for instance, Now sup
pose that Nebraska. Oh applying for admission
into the Union, presents State Constitution,
which, Under pain Of 'cruol and unusual
penalties. forbids ibis rjgl.t-wl.at would be
said? Why, that her Constitution was rio-
1ation Of higher law, and that her application
must lie denied. BY what authority then
shall State be admitted, that if tho Stu
rretue Court is correct, violates the
right to have and hold slayes-a right
which the Constitution Of tile Enited
States conferz, and which no State can take
away? How can another Free State be ad-
Ied to tue Union? How, If the Constitution
Of the United States is "the supreme law Of
1.-The land" by which, "the Judges in every
-'s.ale slall he bound. anything i'll the Coz
"etitution and laws Of any State to the con-
*'traTy notwithstanding, how silall VIC pro-
'toct tie Statez which aro now free from the
cncroachtncnts-tl,e legal, constitutional en-
croachments- slavery? What Democratic
casuist is able to answer?
: We have said enough to indicate tue pur-
posts the Democratic politicians Of the South
have in view in urging the adoption Of the
oJiter dicta Of the Dred Scott iniquity upon
the country, aud to vindicate the truth Of the
assertion with which we commenced, "that
Tho people Of the North will not comprehend
the ultimate purpose to be accomplished by the
South" Let it not be said that VIC look for
ward 10 improbabili.ics. The South is shrewd
enough to sec that this slavery question must
be settled BY either legal or revolutionary
Tribunal; and it has been tho steady aim Of
her politicians since tic day Of BIZ. Calhoun,
not only to extend their "domestic institu-
1on'' into Ill the Territories and tie States, hut
10 so hedge it about with the decisions Of the
highest judicial authority Of the laad, that,
when the crisis comes, the onus Of any reyo-
3ationary movement will be thrown upon tie
Anti-slayery men. Their purpose is well nigh
accomplished II the people, in the election
Of the Charleston nominee, shall indorso tbs
policy Of the Democratic party up to this
point, and approve by their voices the
decision which tic Supreme Court is
-wlthholdiug-a decision that will confirm,
with the sanctions Of Law, the intimations in
The Drcd Scott case-tl!e work will be Done
Then tho South can advance to tue goal at
which her statesmen lave aimed, And it is
not whit more unlikely that they will assert.
in lsC2, thatno State Convention can exclude
slavory BY u constitution, and that all States
;aue slave States, than that in 1850, they would
lave denied in 1888, that Congress had 10
right 10 enact the Missouri Compromise. The
pEo-alavery party il eminently progressive. It
long ago abandoned the doctrines to which the
Revolution gaye birth. 1t has set at uaue1lt,
nay, disclai1ned as authority, the action Of III
American statesmen Of whatever party, nil
Presidents, Secretaries, Judges &c, Of the
Democratic party, down to the infamous era
Of franklin Pierce, and it now plants itself
on tho Platform which Mr. Calhoun built IN.
We have briefly pointed out, and We tLink
demonstrated, TINT tho next step By which
human slavery shall he made the universal and
arrcpealablc Law Of the Republic, depends upon
The resul. Of tho approaching contest Of the
year 1850. Men Of the Northwest, in tlla:
contest, where will you 10 found?
WISCONSIN.
Since cir earliest knowledge Of the Chicago
Istnes t1lat sheet has been tinkering at Wig
consin politics, and claiming a Douglas victory
in every local or general election, whatever
the result Acd it having lanpencd TINT the