The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-03-14


who do not like the Democratic party.
But, sir, il the Senator from New York, in
the event that he is made President, intends to
carry out his principles to their logical conclu-
sions, let US see where they will lead him. In
the same speech that | read from few min
utes ago, ! find the following. Addressing the
people Of Ohio, he saiG:
"You blush not at these things, because they
have become as familiar as household words;
and your pretended Free Soil allies claim pecu
liar merit for maintaining these miscalled guar
antees Of slavery, which they find in the ma
tional compact. Does not all this prove that
the Whig party have kept up with the spirit of
the age; that it is as true and faithful to human
freedom as the inert conscience Of the Ameri-
can people will permit it to be? What then,
you say, can nothing be done for freedom, be-
cause the public conscience remains inert? Yes,
much can be done. Slavery can be limited to
its present bounds"
That is the first thing that can be done-sla
very can be limited to It's present bounds
What else?
1t can be ameliorated. 1t can and must be
abolished, and you and can and must do it."
There you find are two propositions; first sla-
very was to be limited to the States in which
it was then situated. 1t did not then exist in
any Territory. Slavery was confined to the
States. The first proposition was that slavery
must be restricted and confined to those States.
The second was that he as a New Yorker, and
they the people of Ohio must and would abol-
Sh it, that is to say abolish it in the States
They could establish it no where else. Every
appeal they make to Northern prejudice and
passion is against the institution of slavery ev-
erywhere, and they would not be able to retain
their Abolition allies, the rank out-and- out abo-
litioniSts, unless it held out the hope that it
was the mission OF the Republican party, if sue.
cessful, to abolish slavery in the States as we'll
as in the Territories of the Union.
know they tell US that all this is to be done
according to the Constitution; they would not
violate the Constitution except so far as the Con
stituton violates the low Of God-that is all
and they are to be the judges how far the Con
stitution does violate the law Of God. They
say that every clause Of the Constitution that
recognizes property in slaves, is in violation OF
Divine law and hence should not be obeyed; !;
and with that Interpretation CT the Constitution
they turn to the South and say, ave will give
You all your rights under the Constitution as
we explain it,"
Then the Senator devoted about a third Of
his speech to very beautiful homily on the
gories of our Union. All that he has ever
said, all that the most eloquent tongue can ev
erut' er, in behalf of the blessings and advanta-
ges of this glorious Union, l fully endorse, But
still sir, l am prepared to say, that the Union
is glorious only when the Constitution is pre-
served inviolate. lie eulogized the Union. I,
too am for the Union; I endorse the eulogies
but still, what is the Union worth, unless the
Constitution is preserved and maintained invio-
late in all its provisions?
Sir, have no faith in the Union. loving SEN
timents of those who will not carry out the
Constitution in good faith, as our fathers made
it. Professions Of fidelity 10 the Union will be
taken for naught, unless they are accompanied
by obedience to the Constitution upon which the
Union rests. / have a right to insist that the
Constitution shall be maintained inviolate in
all its parts, not only that which suits the TEN.
per Of the North, but every clause Of that Con-
sttution, whether you like or dislike it. Your
oath to support the Constitution binds you to
every line, word and syllable of the instrument.
You have no right to say that any given clause
is in valoton OF the Divine law, and that, there
fore, you will not observe it. The man who
disobeys any one clause, on the pretext that it
violates Divine law, or any other pretext, vio-
lates his oath Of Office
But sir, what commentary is this pretext
that the Constitution is violation Of the Di-
! vine Law, upon those revolutionary hthers
whose eulogies we have heard to-day. Did the
trainers Of that instrument frame Constitution
in violation of the law of God? IF so, how do
your consciences allow You to take the oath of
! office? If the Senator from New York still
holds to his declaration that the clause in the
Constitution relative to fugitive slaves is yo-
lation of the Divine law. how burst he, as an
honest man, take an oath to support the instru-
ment?
Thus we see the radical difference between
the Republican party and the Democratic par.
ty is this. we stand by the Constitution as our
fathers made it, and by the decisions of the
constituted authorities as they are pronounced
in obedience to he Constitution. They repu-
diate the instrument, substitute their own will
for that of the constituted authorities, annul
such provisions as their analcism or prejudice,
or policy may declare to Re in violation to Gods
law, ard then say, "We will protect all your
rights under the Constitution as expounded by
ourselves, but not as expounded by the tribunal
created for that purpose
Mr.. President | shall not occupy further
time in the discussion of this question to night.
did not intend to utter word; and | should
not have uttered a word on this subject, if the
f Senator from New York had not made broad
arraignment Of the Democratic party, and espe-
cially of that portion Of the action Of the party
for which am most Immediately responsible.
Everybody knows that | brought forward and
helped to carry through the Kansas Nebraska
act, and that was active in support OF the com
promise measures of 1850. l have heard bad
faith attached to the Democratic party for that
act too long to be willing to remain silent and
, seem to be willing to sanction it even by tacit
acquiescence.
The use Of DR.. HOstetter's Stomach
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