Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-07-28
WHOLE NO. 772.

nor the interdct cr slavery ihte the common do
main of the Union.
And this naturally leads US TO consider the
terms Of the eighth iesoluton, the only one in the
whole series which is peculiar to and distinctive
OF the Republican party. 1t is conceived in the
following words.
That the normal condtiOn of all the territory
Of the United States is that of freedom that our
Republican fathers, when they bad abolished sla-
very Hn all our national territory, ordained that
no person should be deprived Of lle liberty, or
property without due process of law, 1t becomes
our duty by legislation Whenever such legislation
is necessary to maintain this provision Of the Con.
stitutiOn against all attempts to violate it and
we deny the authority OF Congress, of Terrific.
rial Legislature or OF any individuals, TO give le
gal existence to slavery in any Territory Of the
L United States"
In denying to Congress, ,ra Territorial Lepisls A.
ture, or any individuals the authority 10 give legal
existence to slavery in any Territory of the United
States, the Republicans declare the normal copdi-
tion ola Territory to be that by virtue of the
relation it bears tu the General Government, un-
der the Constitution, it must be considered free
tha. is, non 'slaVeholdibg-a proposition as inde.
lehslOIe III point Ot logic as il Is unsustaned By
history. We have discussed these points at such
great length on loimer occasions that we need do
no more than refer our readers 10 the facts and
arguments previously adGuced in relation to this
subject. To show, however, the little importance
attached 10 dugmatic dehuitUns Of faith even bv
tho very parties who subs rbe to them as tests OF
political orthodoxy, we cannot omit to cite the
tact that large and respectable portion of the
Chicago Convention, Immediately after propound-
Ing this high dUctrine the subject of slavery in
the Territories, proceeded to vote for an eminent
citizen as their chosen Candidate for the Presden-
cy, while well knowing that he repudlated any
such doctrine in the breadth and generality thns
ASST hned to it, We allude to the Hon. Edward
Bates of Missouri, who, having been iuterrugat-
ed few weeks before the meeting Of the Chicago
Convention with regard to his opinions on this
subject, had responded as !oowe
Slavery is a 60 ial relation, a domestic institu.
tim. Within the States it exists by the local law.
and the Federal Government has no control oven il
there. The Territories. whether acquired by con-
quest or peaceable purchase, are subject and sub
ordinate, not sovereign Ike the States. The ma,
'ion rs supreme Orer them. AID the National Coz.
srMmem hdS the potoer 10 PERMIT or FORBID siarery
oithiH Mem.'
AS nobody supposes that this distinguished
citizen would have mudulated his views on this
point III order to meet the wishes of the Chicago
Convention, it follows that it he had received the
uOmiDatIon at its hands he would have Teen likely
to regard the resolution in question as no more
lncumbent on HIM IN accepting, than it obviously
would have been on the delegates themselves in
conlerrrlug the honor Of such a nomination.
The twelfth resolution is expressed III the fol.
loving teIms:
That, while providing revenue for the support
of the General Government by duties upon i'm
poTis, sound policy requires such an djustment Of
those impOsts as to encourage the development Of
the industrial interests of the whole country; and
wecommend the policy Of national exchanges, which
secures to she working liberal wages, to agri.
culture remuneratIug prices, to mechanics and
manufacturers an adequate reward TOR their skill,
labor and enterprise, aud 10 the nation CONNER
cial prosperity and independence
Tins resolution is differently interpreted bv
leading Republicans, in accordauce with their con.
hIctlng opinions upon the subject Of public econo.
my. No two expUunders Of the Republican creed
are more capable than such publicis as Henry
U. Carey, oi Philadelphia, and VIM. c. Bryant,
Of Nav York. Yet they are at direct untipodes in
their construction OF this language. Mr.. Carey,
IN recent political tract under the title of Pro-
lection OF Home Labor and Home Pruductiops.'
holds the following language,
"By their recent VOTES on The tariff question in
Congress, as well as by their action In Convention
It Chicago, the kepu ubncans have demonstrated ia
Inc people Of The UuIeu States and to the world
INIT "A ihpira ia tha
conservatism, and progress, iu 1t aud IN il alone
lies the hope Of American agriculture
On the other hand, Mr. Bryant, in the New
York Evening Post, denies that this resolution
contains single wotd in favor Uf the protection Of
home labor UT home productions. To this effect
that journal remarks as follows
The twelfth OF these resolutions is called in
sUme Of tie journals an approval OF CHER tariff
oi duties. The Tribune seems tu have fallen into
the same mistake when it calls it resolution in
favor vi protective tariff. We have read the res
vlutlon several times over, and cannot find in tia
single word in favor Oi raising The duties on i'm
ported gOods, nor tie slights mention Of the dc.
riue Ot protection. FaYOritism to the mauuiactur.
ers is no part Of the policy it recommends 10 the
dvpton Of the Government
luis Is 'ho In'e'PIe'aHoH We put upon The resos
luton adopted at Chicago, and il is as fair a con.
Structiou as any other. If any other construction
be iarer Ut a Iruer one, then we do not belong
10 the party by which the resolution is adopted. If
it was nlended to adopt resolution which should
mean nothing distinct or positive but should bear
two constructions then the Convention has done
what was unworthy of the party whom it profess
ses to represent, aud We are ashamed Of it. II
would have become it better to he silent on that
topic altogether.
The construction we have placed upon this res.
Oludon We shall hold to firmly II the Republican
party should elect its candidate he must sot on
hat construction. or be will soon 6nd himself en-.
,ountered by an opposition by which he will be-
overwhelmed"
10 the face Of such dsrsaees il is uot for us "a.