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

hooHe eVer carried slaves there, and Iowa c'Ine
into the Union without the agitation of the
subject
To show how little their line Of 3s degrees
and 80 minutes was considered OF binding force
on the question Of slavery, on the annexation oil
Texas the Northern Abolitionists again rushed
into the political arena, and the cry Of slavery
extension" and the 'slave power" was again
rung on every change. and nothing prevented q
purely sectional conflict but from the fact that
the Wing party, being national in its orsaniza'
ton, and Mr. Clay being their candidate for the
Presidency
Texas laid south Of &c degrees and 80 min.
minutes, and if the great compromise" as il
has since been called by its old enemies and
new friends, meant anything, it meant. il it did
not:say SO, that slavery should exist south o
that line. The old Abolition maps which were
hung up in the Northern lecture rooms, were
aVhite north Of Masons and Dixon's line nortt
OF the Ohio river, north Of the State Of Mis-.
.souri, and north of 36 degrees and 80 minutes
while all the country south was painted black
Thus minging the power Of the States to do as
they pleased with the subject of slavery, witt
the power Of Congress to regulate It where
States did not exist.
Following the lead Of Mr. Jefferson. in tht
purchase Of louisiana, Democratic Admins
tration acquired Florida, annexed Texas, and
added California, with all the intermediate
country, to the United States; and though mos
glorious and noble has been their work, they
have fought every inch of ground with mast
pertinacious enemy, with the cry of "slave pow
err" and "slaye extensionists," )" "doughface, ant
all the other epthets recorded in the Abolition
vocabulary. | confess the truth, we did al
this; it is the work Of our own hands; we take
glory for the work, and after looking upon whs
we have done, wo do not desire to give bacl
one acre. ane rood, no, not one inch; land acquir
ed by the treasure, the blood and the patriot
ism OF all sections, it is not the part OF Demo
Gratis now to join the enemy, and deprive any
one ofhis full rights to its enjoyment.
That would be a most extraordinary expires
sion Of the popular WILL which is given by one
half the people, after the other half is driver
out or prevented coming in. Injustice nor alb
surdities have anything to do with the Demo
cratic creed, or with constitutional government
Af,er the acquisition Of California and tn
contiguous territory, Congress very clearly ez
+ pressed the opinion OF the nation, in the reso
lutions of1850, as both parties adopted the sub
stance ofthcse resolutions, and no sectionalisn
} entered into the campaign OF '52. To fix upo
basis orCongressional action in regard to tn
local institutions Of new Territories, was tn
cause Of some excitement and much perpexity
but the resolutions Of 80 fully concealed thi
right to the local authorities, and especially de
MED it to Congress. The storm soon blew ov
f err
: But the third great anti slavery agitation wa
approaching, nevertheless. The louisiana pur
chase by Mr.. Jefferson was fruitful soil 70
northern anatcism. The time had arrived
when that PARTON oft lying west Of Missouri
must be opened to the great tide Of emigration
constantly moving towards the setting SUM-
A Territorial Government must be organized
preparatory to civil society and a new State
The Northern Abolition feeling had, by a Ion
} experience and repeated rebufs in their politi
cal schemes learned that they could gain great
er strength by collateral questions or issues
than by an open exposure of their designs
and hence they covered up their designs c
open assault upon slavery in the States, an
brought their whole machinery Of fanaticism t
bear upon the Territories; and from being phys
icians who offered cures, became adopts in pre-
, qentttives. They visited the healthy and admin
istered for anticipated diseases. But our Gov
ernment being one OF constitutional Limitation
, and practical results it required more than will
theories and impracticable humanitarian idea
to keep it on the right track and within tn
g range ofits high object 1t required statesmc
to draft laws, and left the political fanatics t
offer Promises. The law was the substance. tn
proviso the coating--the children and silly pee
pie not being inqniStive about the ingredient
! of dill, pro ided it isc tied with sugar.
All saw the difficulty which would arise, an
the Democr-ts stepped forth to meet the cues
to make political capital, as usual, and at tn
chance to Them Of testing the power OF fanati
cism over the Northern public mind, and tn
free states having grown in power and number
they hit upon the expediency Of abolishing tn
a Whis party, to clear their skirts of souther
h connection, and on its ruin establish new an
perfectly sectional party, under the most rcpu
able name they could find, not in use as a pal
Z ty designation. The term abolition" wa
t, odous and told too many tales. The wor
9 "Democrat' was out of their reach and Ion
o since appropriated. They seized upon that
Republican" as best suited to their purpose
!" After struggle in Congress, remarkable e
e its pertinacit yon both sides, the Democrat
y party succeeded in organizing Territorial Go
: ernments for all the country west OF the Mi
souri, river and OF the State Of Missouri to Il
II Rocky Mountains. In the act for organization
: are these words:
i "That the Constitution and all the laws
e the United States which are not locally ina,
a piicable shall have the same force and effe
=. within the said Territory OF Kansas as elsewhe
- within the United States, except the eight
section Of the act preparatory to the admissio
e OF Missouri into the Union, approved March Ct
). 1920, which, being inconsistent with the prime
! pies OF non intervention by Congress with sa-
ery in the States and Territories as recognize
q by tho legislation of 1850 commanly called Il
= Compromise measures, is hereby declared ino
1t erative and void; it being the true intent an
meaning Of this act, not to legislate slavery il
> to any Territory or State, nor to exclude
u there rom, but TO leave the people thereof pc
q fectlv free to form and regulate their domest
l. institutio as in their own way, subject only
the Constitution Of the United States"
r. Is there anything in the language Of this
startle one.half the nation from its nroprietr.