, 1860-06-23
SckltTTrFR SOVEREIGNTY AND
KffE SLAVE TRADE.

Tic p1;ucpls With asserts that slaves may |
be g'gA.fu!ly carried from South cAralipa TO
Ea3sss Or New Me1i:o.;l white men wait
IL m there is grounded upon The ida that
slavt1y Is au ini:atreut thing, which may BE-
"yo 81 up Or voted down. without any in1rac.
tis1. se ,nora;s or c .ris.iuni.y, The principle
which dtclsres lint tlaves may bss fslltlully
ca-::..ci from the Bi2At Of B-uin to South Caro-
Ina :e ;lso grounded upyn the assumption that
slavery is IN ird ferert thing, having no re-
!a.;3n either n cyll*aticn or the tea com
aau1iIneu1s. Tae B. publican party hold that
slava,;, ps al existing institution, an accomp-
lis:.cl r,c., established 1'y local law aud inter
woven with The framework # societies wholly
d;st;ne4 r*ia ,;urs G5a .llita }oiid oaf f*ach
is tire vastly d;llsre,t from slavery On The
marc: t, virgin Soil. Tho Republican party
Ill: Il sn, afi lr the same reasons, that it is
yaz:lr i h.reut frosn slavery in l.ulks waiting
westward from africa to America. Separated
frur, tIe,r surr, ,sndings, the trio are perhaps
rs muci, alike as all equal numbfr Of peas.
T.ey u. d. p;ud On tie ancient law Of tyranny.
bora Of fraud aad p1rp:tna.ed By the cruelty
Of o-u,s force. Yet in tho .unc case VIC are
est Il, ,ei :r5u, interference hy tic Fundamental
law n wf.ei, we have subscribed. As 10 the
run dining twins, re are not only aulho:ized
to liz KNIT tp their iideous growth, but NC
ar, tsscvially commended to act in That behalf
7by the .x.,nple or 1! !.is!ation extending from
the yctr 1857 10 1854
Herein lies the difference between the Re-
rubI:can sud Dtmo2- -1ic parties Of the North
Tue oE.. looks upon slavery as intrinslca]ly
wruIg; tho rtLcs regards it either as posi-
tiv&ly rig:t anl Just, or as thing totally In
II. III. concerning whici. state Of moral
acd religions ii ,ss',y :s cxaet!y the fitting con-
ditioa Tor 4 mans tniud. Tie -one says that
In SO iar MS VIC Gait arrest tie evil ard wit1l~
st1ad its growth consistently with cur ob:i-
oa.iocs t, tic cautyad We lave entered into,
it is imperative TIN: we should do Eo; tho
other says that inas,huch is Ills not an evil,
let it gror, let it exlnnd, give it elbow room
-Eho cares? The one says tl.ht the laws
pr.libtrc its Introduction lrum Dallomey a:d
those rri1dug its extension into the Terri
ro.:,s of The. United: sta!es having been cn-
7cta5 i. .hc same liue and III tue: same spirit,
it was c1eany MISUNDERSTANDING the fathers
that s!av. r. was plague whose SPREAD should
ba sedupus1y guarded aaainnein aH directions;
the other tays, tat lie founders Of the gov
ernment having heen' in error as to their esti-
mate Ct ',te 1neri, q it devovt S
upon The r p"ssc.i'y 10 keep hands toff in oil
respects Whatsoever. =. j. - j?
THO Nor>Lero Democracy have not yet fol-
loved tieirs logic t., its unavoidable conclusion,
as .ezsrds tic African Slave Trade, hut we
submit from ,his rsasoniug wneihe9 they are
no. ooa nait;cd to tlis re-openiug Of the traffic.
1ctlarss is Il good tl6es or:an Indifferent
thing, wnich may l,o voted lip or voted down
with equal p;opricty, where IL the argumen'
<or li,n:sins its source Of supply? Why moi
treat both cpds ALIKE? If it he a proper llin9
to send mo Kanxag.~ if the people want il,
wig is it not W well to got il from Congo NJ
from Missouri, if tho people like the Congo ar
ticle b,t:cr? VIII some squaster sovereign