The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1860-03-16

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Fridny, March 10, 1850.
1rI,r nentacratica n ouc.Idea rnr
ey-ifog a changes from Bad
90 Worse.
The democratic party Of to-day unlike
lhc god Old party Of Jefferson and Jack
con, has but ono idoa snd that the extern
sIon Of slavery into the territories. This
is the cole Elm and object Of tho party, aa
nii sheir actions and purposes, wherever
,hy are honeatly Expressed, 20 70 show.
Tho party, under the dietaiiom Of che
South. haa changed sorapidly ndbecome
90 essentially wedded to the god ofsiuv-
cry, shat i ignorea every principle which
Il iofmsfly pfoicssed aud now, with sup
pie knees, falls down and worships the
new image that has been set up and is
guided BY now dispensation. Demo
Gratis al tho North may deny this--thry
may assert that they are opposed to the
extension of slavery and all that's but
that docs not alter the coso Their ae-
dona come up 10 judgment against them.
They are either dishonest or grossly de-
ooiysd. Eyoy thinking, intelligent man
in that purty at the North must see whith-
er he is drifting. lie Is In a miserable
minority and utterly powerlcss to effect
Anything or 20 arrest the current, which
is besring him down. IIo must either
leave the party OF bow In meek submis-
sion to the slovo-powcr. So utterly weak
and Insignificant has Tie northern wing
ofthe democratic party become, by IL
subservioncy to slavery, that L has lost
as identity aad ceased TO be regarded us
a power m the country.
Time was when Democracy at the
North had a voice and when that voice
was heard in defense Of free principles.
Time was when that party stood by tho
Constitution, a. Il was handed down to
us by our foreiathora, when they opposed
the extension Of slavery, maintained the
Ordinance Of 's7, the Wilmot Proylro
and the Missouri Compromise. The do
mooraey Of Ohio, as late ne 1902, and for
Eve years successfully, resolved as fol-
ows;
"Thot the people Of Ohio now, as rnEY |
HAVE Always done, look upon the in
stituuon OF slavery as AN Evn, AND IN
FAVORABLE TO THE FULL DEVELOPMENT oF
Our INsrITUuoNs, and that, entertaining
these sentiments they will feel il TO be
their duty TO use all power consistent
with tho national compact 10 prevent Us
incrsase, 70 mitigate and finally eradicate
the evil"
Who will say that this Is the position
Of The Democratic party to-duyi Even the
Advertiser, with all its cunning, dare not
make such an assertion as that. Such
sentiments are now regarded by that par.
" as incendiary and reasonable. Then
which has changed--the principle or the
Partyl
TWAS maintained by the democratic
party, in the days Of its purity, that Con-
gress had the right and ought to exercise
Il, TO protect freedom In the torritories.--
Now that right is sstoutly denied, because
Il conflicts with the interests Of slavery
aud wo have a decision Of the Supreme
Court, gotten up to order and paradcd, to
show that Congress has no such Fight
This er-parie opinion ofansEParis Court
ie brought in to upset tho uniform aud
settled policy Of the government for more
than any years. and whyl Because the
principle has changedl Mo- but because
slavery demanded t.
Then the Missouri Compromise, which
had been honored by faithful observ-
ance Of more than thirty years, and sner
the South had got all the benefit Of Il,
was abrogated and faith broken, ostens,.
BY to inuugurute the nsw-fangled doc
trine Of popular sovereignty" but real
b 70 force slavery into Kansas and Nc.
braska. The South demanded this and
i was surrendered. ofthe scenes which
followed Ia Kansas and how "popular
sovereignty Was carried OUt ,riA a psn-
0saNoo, tho people know full well.
And what Is this doctrine Of Unpopular
2 which the Advertiser talks
n 50 lippantlyi Why Il is the most trans
parent cheat and miserable humbug that
ever was palmed on on any people. ltl
is amyth--ncver had any existence In
iaci aad mover waa intended to hpve.--l
Douglos himself cannot define Il, much
Ioas shs editor Of the Advertiser,
How hns :, been carried out In Kansas
aud Nobraskal Why the highest crimes,
eyer known to a free people, have been
committed IN The name Of popular sove-
feignty; an odious, pro-alayery oonsltu-
tion was attempted 70 be forced upon an
unwilling people, BY al the power and
patronage which a corrupt democratic
could eommandi and fnal-
y. a. if 10 crown this series Of outrages,
We SEQ the Governors Of these territories
not Of the people, but sens 10 rule opsr
ilsm BY ihe President, yetoing bill pass
cd By the Legislatures and rejecting the
uill Of the people, 70 prohibit slavery.
Thus d Is thar The people are left "psr-
fscag Jfse, 70 regulate their own institu-
,ions in their own way"
So far from allowing the people to
nle, lhe position Of Tho democratic par.
y to-day i' that the people shall not rule