Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-08-15
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slavery may be excluded from a Territory
by the unfriendly legislation?
Those advocating the claims Of Mr.. Bell
would please everybody by promising MOTH
ing. They compose the party of extreme
faith. They stand upon a Constitution
without Interpretation, and upon an endan-
I gered Union without announcing the means
by which it can be saved.
Let US not be deceived. There are but
two doctrines between which we can choose
when we come to deposit our ballots One
is, that the Constitution faEors slavery as
fully as freedom; that neither has advan-
tage over the other; that they must travel
together and exist together, under equal
protection. until the Territory shall be
clothed with State. sovereignty, and that
both alike are national. The other is, that
the Constitution treats slavery as a local
municipal institution; does not give to it
single attribute Of nationality; that it has
not equal status with freedom, and that
its extension is to be discouraged. How
shall We act between these opposing views?
l answer the inquiry. Oar laborirg class
es deserve all the encouragement and pro-
lection we can give them. Southern states
men regard them as white slaves; let US
not surrender them to such mereies as the
owners Of chattel labor would extend to
them. Our farmers and manufacturers
have long been cut off from all the bsun-
ties OF legislation by the force of Southern
prejudice; We should enlist on their side.
Our country has suffered much IN the esti-
nation of mankind, from our manifested
attachment to a system, -notoriously in
eounteraction to the principles upon which
our Government was founded; eOnsidera-
tiOns of mortality. expediency, and eonsis-
tency should incline US to do all that we
lawfully may do to save ourselves from
further imputatiOns Slavery within the
States stands behind impregnable defences.
but it holds no charter to travel without
restraint. 1t has long labored for. but has
not yet reached, position of absolutism.
1t grasps for empire, as it is the only means
by which tyranny can save ITSELF Our
danger is imminent, but we can yet over
come it, if We allow reason rather than
prejudice, to shape our efforts DemOera-
ey, as now interpreted by those loudest in
the profession of it. and almost monopoli-
Zing its name, no longer means the will Of
the majority; it contemns the masses; holds
no association with labor, and utters no
word Of encouragement to the poor -Its-1
professions are imposturous. aHE-aust soon
fail to deceive. 1t has become worse than
the ally of~slavery; it is its plaint and
prostiSating tool Wisdom AMI prOpriety
must alike repudiate it, unless speedily re-
generated.
- Our true policy IS that Of resistance 70
the extravagant and unconstitutional de-
mands of the South. We can only make
it effectual in one way-by the support of
Mr.. Lincoln. He is honest and capable,
and attached to the principles of the Con-
and his election viii assign lin-
its of sectional oligaTchy. and make labor
and remHneratiye.
The question, in its true aspect, is not
as to which candidate should beeleeted BY
the people; it is this-shall Mr.. Lincoln
be elected? The one hundred and twenty
electoral votes of the South will be divided
mainly, if not exclusively, by Mr.. Bell and
iIr. Breckinridge, and their support will
be almost, if not entirely, confined to that
'ecticn. Such effective force as Mr.. Doug
as may possess is in the North, but his
most sanguine friends admit not only that
lis election is impossible, but that he cam
lot carry over two or three States. The
BODY of the Northern vote will be given to
SIr. Lincoln. Mr., Douglas supporters
an do nothing for him; the only signif-
ant result they can possibly produce, will
)e to withdraw enough strength from Mr..
lincoln to throw the election into the
House. This done, Lane would certainly
,e chosen by the Senate-the condition of
'arties in the House being such as to pre-
ent majority of the States agreeing to
ither Of the candidates. Resting on these
omissions, for they are accepted univer-
ally, VIC discover that every vote.eiven to
In. Douglas must tend to the elevation of
.ane. who possessing neither education,
experience, nor executive ability, has been
elected to enable the South to make the
most out of an accident in case it shall oc-
ur. To Out-Lane Lane in apOstacy to the
'orth, and in crOuching, fawning subser-
iency to the South, need not be attempted
y the most ambitious in that line-not
VEN by Federal Offee-holder. Even if
could believe that the leopard could
hange his sPOtssand Mr. Douglas do the
forth justice, l would not sustain him uu-
er the circumstances which surround us.
nd amid the perils which now.environ US.
l have not attempted speech. My
urpose has beenEo talk plainly. L may
ave been unfortunate in succeeding too
ell in this respect. Feeling, as do, and
moving the vast Importance of the can
ass upon which We are just entering. I
)uld not be less distinct In my express
ons. Immense, inap. reclable conscquen-
IS depend upon the decision We are about
, make. We should tremble when We
ar that those most interested in the pres
1t aud the-future, the frugal artizan aud
borer, may fail to eomprsl
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