M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-07-12

luat year. ana James buchanan in
1886. 1t is perhaps the best ground
.ot compromise between the North and
the South which human ingenuity eau
devise.
1t is understood by the people Of all
sections and by it the Democratic
party, at least, OF all sections should
be willing to abide. 1t gives adyan.
tage to neither section over the oshers
because it refers all questions of dis
Ipute between them as to Congression-
al or Territorial power over tho sub,
ject of5layery to the final arbitramens
Iot The Supreme Court OF the United
States. 1t is therefore safe for the
/ North, and safe for the South. Its
practical working is not without salts
factory results. Where the people Of
/ a Territory desire slave labor, and the
soil and climate are suited to it, sla-
very will 90; where these conditions
do not exist, it will not 90. That
| finds an Illustration IN New Mexico,
where slavery is established, and this
in those Territories where it is exclu-
I Idcd. Only few days ago, proposi-
tions 10 repeal tho slavery laws OF
New Mexico, on the one hand, and
tho anti'sIayery laws of Kansas on the
other, were made and rejected in the
Senate Of the United States.
Suppose these propositions, or
either Of them, had prevailed, is it not
certain that the country would have
been thrown into the widest excite
ment! But by their rejection, non
Intervention was practically adhered.
TO, and the public mind is satisfied
and quiet. Let US maintain it firmly
and Iaithfuly. We are bound to it by
every consideration Of interest and
obligation Of ofc0mpact. Its abandon
mcnt will prove fatal to the National
Democratic party, and ultimately to-
the Union itself. 1t will drive the
South into intense sectionalism, and
the North into the ranks of the Black
Republicans.
do not say every man Of the
North, for know that the great body
Of the Northern Democracy will re-
tnain true to the Constitution, despite
the overwhelming food of its relent-
less cohorts. But moan that the FREQ
labor States would bo controlled by
Black Republicanism, and would not
be able to return asingle member to
either house Of Congress friendly to
the constitutional rights of the South.
trust that this condition of things
may never exist; but if it itshould, +
know Of no way by which the Uniom
can be saved. Hence the doctrine Of
Congressional Intervention, as advo-
Gated by the newborn sectional party,
. 10 lraught with peril to the country.
The question is now distinctly pre-
sentcd to the poople, whether they
will adhere to the doctrine of non.in.
tcrycption, or whether they will aban-
don it; whether they will reopen tho
slavery agitation, by requiring Con-
gres5 TO take jurisdiction over it, or
whether they will give repose to tho
public mind, and security to tho
Union, by leaving it where the Com
promise leaves it, to the free action of
the people OF the Territories, under the
Constitution Of the United States
The issue is fairly made up. 1t is in
terveniion or non-iDtcrvention. It's
decision involves the destinies of This
great Republic, and the highest in
tcresi5 OF the civilized world. Com
pared with it, the aspirations Of men
and the llte Of political parties sink
into utter iusignihcauco. Where
shall we look Cor deliyoranco from
these threatened evils!
1t has been the mission Of the Dem.
ocratic party of the Union, in thou.
sand periiS, to rescue our country
from impending calamities. Its past
career abOunds with heroic passages,
and is illustrated with the most giori-
Gus achievements in the cause of con-
slitutionaI liberty. 1t is the party of
Jefferson, and Madison, and Jackson,
aud Polk, whose administrations con-
stituta grand epOchs in our national
history. 1t is the party of the Consti.
tuition. look to it with confidence.
Where else shall the patriot look in
these times Of political detection and
gectional agitationl Let its integrity
be permanently destroyed, and the
doctrine OF non-lntoryention over.
thrown, and then tie best hopes of
the statesman may we'll 10 cloudsd
with gloom and darkness. 80
1t is to maintain these that consent
to take the position now assigned me,
and welcome the consequences ofper-
Sonal good Or personal i'll which tha.
position may bring. Nothing else
could induce me to brave the detrac-
ton which it invites and incur the
heavy responsibility which it imposes.
l have nothing to add but the express
sion Of my profound thanks for tha
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