American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1860-03-22
ESTABLISHED IN 1929.

seriously. and with just moderation. Il
would be waste OF words to demonstrate
that they are un Constitutional. and equally
idle to show thai the responsibility for dis.
union attempted or effected. must rest not
with those who 10 tha exercise Of constitu-
,iouai authority mAintsiR the Government.
but with u ose who upconstituiioDsly en-
gage in the mad work OF subvSrting it,.
What are The excuses for these menacesY
They resolve themselves into this. tha, the
Republican PARTY 10 the Norlh is hostile to
the South. But it already is prove 10 be
majority 10 the North; it is therefore
practically, the people Of the North. Will
il still be the same North tina, has forborne
with you 30 long and conceded to you so
mucbf Can you justly assume that efso-
ton which has been 80 complying eau ali
3. once chEngs to hatred intense and ipex-
orsblpp f'
You ssy that the Republican Party is
a sectional one. Is tb Democratic party
less SECTIONAL? Is it easier for Us to bear
voar ssctionsl sway than for you TO bear
ours? Ia It unreasonable that for once We
should alt-rnaie2 But is the R.publiosn
Party ssct,onal2 Not unless the D-moorA-
tic Party is. The Republican Party pre-
walls in thu House OF Representatives some-
times; the Democratic party in the Senate
\ always Which OF the TWO is the most
proscriptivs9 Gene il you will. into the
Free States. into'the Stat OF New YORK,
snc where from Lake Erie to Sag HsrboF.
ampng my nsighboFs 10 the Ow 'sco Valley.
hold your conventions, nominate your can
di 'stes. address Ibe people, submit TO them
'uy, earnestly. eloquen, y, all your coar
plants and srievaners Of Northern disloT
atty oppression. pe'6dy: keep nothing back,
speak just as freely and as loudly there ss
! you do here; you will have hospitable well
comes and Eppreeia'ing audiences, with
b,IIot boxes open Tor all the votes you can
win. Are you less sectional than tbis?---
Ezend'to us the, sams privileges, and 1
will engage that you viii very soon have
{ 10 tie South as many Republicans as ws
3 have Democrats in the. North This 10,
however better test OF ustionality than
n the accidental location OF parties. Our
: poiiry for labor in .hs Territories was rot
D sectional 10 the frs, forty yesrs Of the Re-
J. public. Its nature inheres. 1t will be
! national sgsin during the third iorty years,
d and lorsEer. afteFwsgd. lis not wise and
: b+nifcent !or US alone, or injurious to you
alone. It's effects are equal. and the same
for US al. >sG'
n You accuse ,hs Republican party Of ul-
4 terror aud secret designs. How can party
j. that counts It's votes in this land Of fres
/. speech and free press by the hundreds Of
IS thousands hrvs any secret designaS Who
Q is the coDjurer. and where ara the hidden
i spriags by which be can coDtrol1ls uncon-
j, gregatsd and widely. dispersed masses and
direct them toobjpcts unseen and purposes
unsvowei? But what are these hidden
y purposes? You name only one. That is
} to Introduce negro equality among you -.
i Suppose you had the power 10 change your
;, social system. what warraa. have you for
d supposing that We shoul carry negro
i, rqualiy among you? Ws know. and we
y will show you, if you will only give heed
% ths' what our system Of labor works out.
wh-r.ver it works out anything. is the
equ,lity Of white men. The lohorer in the
Y Fee States, no matter bow humble his 90.
4 cupaton, is white man and he is political
d " the equ'l of his employer. 10 Of our SO
is States aye Free aborStstps There they are:
1r Main. N wHampshir4, Massachusetts,. Yer,
" mont, RhodrIsland, Connecticut, New York,
,. N-w Jersey. Pennsylvania. Ohio, Michigan.
h Illinois. Indiana. Wisconsin. Iowa. Calf r.
ic MA snd Oregon. ! do not array them in
i contrast with the capital States. / am nc
l4 asssilant Of States. All OF the States are
i parreis OF my own couutry--ths tbeit oI
e. them not so wise and great as ! ama sure
lie it will herssleT be; the State least develop
is ed and perfected among them. al is wiser
|, and better than any foreign Stale know
re Is it then in any. and which 'of the States
il | have named. that negro equality ofends
SO the white mans pride? Throughout the
lg vide world. where is the State where GLASS
and caste are SO utterly extinguished al
r they are in each and every one Of thsm?-
Lat the European, immigrant. who avoid,
a The African as is his skin exhalsd oonta
ID gior. answer You find him always il
of the State where labor is ever free. Die
N Washington, Jefferson and Henry, wber
g, they implored you to relinquish yeur sys
d. tenn aud accept the one We have adopted
n propose to sink you down to the level o
re- the African, or was it their desire 10 exal
at all white men TO common peiitical elsva
a ton? sf.i.
Il. But we do not seek to force. or even t
" intrude our sys EN- on you. We are ex
cluded Justly. wisely aud contsntedly from
lie all political power ia your capital Ststei
a. You ,re sovereigus on the subjsc, o
IN Slavery within your own borders. 1t i
lv we'll and wisely SO arranged. Use you
is authority 10 maiuHn what system yol
I'M please. We are not distrustiulof the re-
ev sult We have wisely. as We think. sxer
d. cised ours TO protect aud perfect the man
mr. hood OF the members Of the State. Th
= whols sovereignty upon domestic concern
en- within the Union is divided between US b
w unmistakaole boundaries, You have you
n. fifteen disIiUcI paris; ws eightseh part
,b equally distinct. Each must be main tain
ss ed in order tbsI the whole may By prsssGy
". ed. IfourG shallbe assiilsd. within {
II. without. BY anyieuemy. or FOR any cause
in AID We shall have need. VIZ, shall sxpsC
of you to defend it. II you're shall be .
i'll afssilad, in tho emergency, 10 matter xh'