Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-11-22
y. hat of the Union.

Slavery question commenced in Con.
gress. the threat of a dissolution 81
the Union has been q sovereign pzna-
cea for every innovation % that char
ac,er. IL is of 30 long standing. and
iis purpose so well understood. that OF
late days it has failed TO alarm the
wcll-informel. Northern Democrat
l. journals from the Winchester Dem
rat up. were busily employed during
the past campaign in giving circa'a
lation 10 the monstrosity that if Lin
coin was elected. the Union would be
dissolved forthwith: that the South
would not submit to his Inauguration
Is President of tho Unitel States
And to increa. = and intensity this feel
ing in tho Southern mini. these jour
nails have persisted in publishing the
iaost wilful AMI objectionable false
hoo'.s as regards the principles and
policy of the Republican party. No
sensible. dis crning Demo rat
be,,eved that he Republican party ever
contemp plated any interference with
the institutions of the slsveholdinS
States. They hal 70 reasons for Civ
ing publicity to any statement OF the
kind. For from the organization OF
the pariyto the present mcment.t that
charge has been firmly and repeatedly
denied. II never has been announced
in any Comfy. State. or National
platform. or promulgated by any pub
lie speaker or journal of thu pariv.-
AMI then any person at ordinary
Democratic sense knew that no suck
thing coull Ice done un!er the ConSti.
tuition. But notwithstanding these
clear ani inlispuiable facts. this doe.
trine has been proclaimed a Rcpnbli-
can by every Democratic journal and
stump orator in the land. The South
pretend To believe il. anil in tact they
INIT or convict their Northern allies
oi lying. The North has also pledged
the South to disunion in case of Lin.
coins election. AMI now what is the
RESULT of all this fal ilicarion anil
bomba~t. II the South lie stll an
do not III eaten dlSunion they will
convict not only themselves hnt their
Democratic allies Of the North oi
misrepresentation AMI IA lsehaod. And
I'll the telegraph brings the daily news
OK sundry antics AMI gvrationS of
south Carolina and Georgia ~ they
duly 20 through the wonderful
performance of iissolving the Union
And why are they going To commit
this high treason against the Con,ti
tn and laws of our Government?
WHAT has been done? Has the Con.
stitution been violated? l. mot Abra-
ham Lincoln legally elected President
oil the United States nv the expressed
will of the majority? and did not th'
South consent t. the node anil man
nor OF election? Most certainly she
lid. Then what has cause. all this
communion down in the Palmetto
State? We propo.s Ia let her enjoy
her sanl hills an her negroes. that
.hs shall in every particular. conform.
ing at cour,e to ths Constitution of
the Union. regulat her own domestic
Institutions anil State policy just n
she desires. There is a cancer de-
sraying her viials that makes her
stle .. She j. sick anil peevi h. AID
accustomed To have all her whims aud
capriccs gratiiei.
Now. the Democratic party. once
50 powerful. always carrying vi tory
upon its bSnners. was broke down
aud rpntei because the majority oi
that party resolved that minority
should rule i, M longer. Three hun.
drel AMI forty thousand slaveholler-
hal for long years not cnly dictated
the policy of tho Democrats party.
but the policy of the government
This fact was becoming patent Ia
millions Of y rthern ireemen. AMI
Northern Democracy could no longer
Withstand the tempest that this knowl.
e'lge WAS creating in their midst. The
South. as usual. was determined to
prescribe tho con lirinns at the Pre>i.
Dental canvass ol 1860. The North
saw certain defeat in permitting il.
AMI lemurrei AMI stood fast tn Ia her
Position. The result was a division
in the Charleston Baltimore Conven.
:ions.
This principle to rule anl dictate i.
predominant IN the Southern Mind
They now demand that every North
ern freeman shall hnl,l himself in real.
ines> to en- gage i / hot pursuit %. an
capture sni deliver up To them any
person whom they may designate A.
their slave. a their chatt"l That all
laws for the protection # freemcn
shall be expung-l from our sta ure>.
AMI that, iiger.like. they he permitted
to roam over our fair AMI unsullied
hritase AMI capture whom they
please. hiding n, seize their prev and
ren,ier ELI lent anil timely all to ron
sign them To the sec,hing hellof Sou'h
Carolina an Georgia Slavery. Ard
furthermore they de;nsnl nj us that
henreierih our lip, lie Theoretically
sealed A. the moral character OF their
institution Of chs,tel Slavery. Nor
does il cni with these demands. WE
are required to prostitute all the pow
er AMI patronage OF the Government
our Fathers made To protect AMI fo>-
ter Freedom snh Free Institutions. To-