Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-03-14

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islence of tho despotIc power welded by
the minority class. As well might you es
tablish the sectional aud contracted eharsc-
ter ofthe Christian religion by The perseeu.
ton aud expulsion OF the primitive Chris
tians from Rome. in the time Of the Crs, -
Besides that. II would be difficult TO prove
that principles that were considered nation
al, and upon ~hich the nation acted for the !
hFst fifty years Of It's existence. have sud
denly become local. selfish and sectional.
rHE COMBINATION 90 rHK REPUBLICAN PATTY.
Ii is common charge made against the
Republican party that il - radical, revolu-
tionary aud subversive ia its character
Examined by the light Of history aud rea
son. this charge is manifestly unjust for
The truth Is the reverse Of all this, aud IL
that the Republican Party is the
historical and conservative party OF
the nation. A Conservative is defined To
be lone Who aims To preserve irem ruin,
innovation. injury or radical change; one
who wishes 10 maintain an institution or
form Of government "a - present state. -
la politics, Conservatism Is an adherence
To old opinions. doctrines aud expositions
Of policy or Constitutional Law 1t is OPP
posed 10 Innovations. novel doctrines and
new tangled theories: il prefers the known
To the unknown. the tried TO the untrled
aud chooses 10 walk rather by the light of
experience. than 10 pursue the chimeras Of
the Republican policy OF opposition to the
general diffusion of Slavery. the preserva-
ton Of the Territories TO Freedom. and the
protection and elevation Of Free Labor. is
eoevsl with. or antecedent TO. the adoption
Of our Constitution-that il was the recog.
mixed policy OF the Government for more
than half century. that II was the faith OF
Washington. aud almost the religion Of
Jefferson, that 1t was woven into Judicial
action and Legislation. aud vas the com
mon creed and property OF all parties until
within few years past--then its claim to
the character Of Conservatism is fully es-
tablished
Measured by this standard. the Demo
cratic party will be found TO be radical
revolutionary and subversive" departing
from its own creed, reyolutionizing "A long
course Of Judicial decisions. aud subvert-
ing the practice of the Government from the
time of its creation. it has erected the
new dangerous and portentous dogma in
to an article Of political faith. that the Con.
stitution, by its own inherent power, es.
tablishes Slavery in all the Territories, and
that there is no power ia Congress. or in
the people Of the Territories-or. to use the
sage, that there is no "human power
that can exclude 1T therefrom that the
many acts Of Congress. beginning in l7o9
aud continued until ls4s, prohibiting Sla
very in the Territories, were unconstitr-
tionsl and void /; and the many Judicial
decisions Of the various State and Federal
Courts recog mixing the power of Congress
to provide such egislation--sprang from
gross and i'll considered views Of the Fed.
eral Constitution. And especially is this
dogma dangerous aud portentous, when
We reflect that it Is but the beginning Of the
revolution; that it drags after it. as an in
svitable conclusion and conrequencs-as
the Locomotive draws after il aud 10 follow
ed by the train-that other dogma. that the
Constitution also carries Slavery into all
the States, and that there is no human
power that can exclude it therefrom aud
looks to the fulfllmen. of tn prophecy
made by Senator Toombs, that he would
live to see the time when he could call the
roll Of his slaves beneath the shadow Of the
monument on Bankers Hill
We want no views of the Constitut on
Its construction was settled by the first
Congress, and acquiesced in by all the
Courts and every Department of the Gov
eminent for more than half a century. That
construction is in harmony with the plain
reading of the instrument. II regards the
Territories as the children Of the Union, 10
be trained in the nurture and admonition
Of free institutions, so that when they have
arrived at the age Of majority they will be
qualified to take their places in the family
Of States, and be admitted to all the rights
and privileges Of the Union. And as these
Territories are TO become our future part
ners in the Union, aud in the Admnistra.
ton Of the Government. we have a deep
interest in the formation of their characters
and national habits.
INVASION Oh VIRGINIA ny John BROWN
No one deplored more than myself the
unjustifialie aud criminal invasion Of the
soil Of Virginia. by John Brown aud his
associates. This act while IL thrilled the
South with terror aud shocked the moral
sense Of the sation, may yet in the hands
OF Providence prove blessing to the Re
public. II has already led parties both
North and South more clearly aud accu.
raiely TO define their positions and thus
exonerate themselves from all completely
or blame IN the affair The Republican
party has by every medium Of expression
diselaimed all sympathy with Blown or
pslliatiou for his deed. while the proofs !
which have been taken have failed 10 con
meet in the remotest degree any member
Of that party with this fatal enterprise IN /
any stage Of IT. progress. II has taught I
the South however. that II she would have 1
peace and security at home. she must re.
frain from outrsges abroad. II is not 20 DO I
conirover,ed that the stern fanaticism and I
the malignant passion. Of John Brown and .
his associates we're crsdled IN that wicked 4
and unnatural contest 10 Kansas which
was sss % foo, for The ,awss ssssn ADD
establishment of slavery ia tina, Territory
Horde- OF Border Rufiians from Missouri
snd other slave States. marched into Kan.
sas ia battle array with the avowed pur
pose Of snbjugsting the free state men and
forcing upon them al institution which
they sbhorred. Having fret provided them
selves with arms. by the robbery Of the L.
:. Arsenal At wes,port. Missouri they en-.
tered that unhappy Territory With eli the
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