The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-08-10

taoe over the other; that they mus
travel together, and exist togothe
under equal protection, until the te
ritory shall be clothed with eta'
sovereignty, and that both alike al
national. The other il, that th
. Constitution treats slavery as n loca
3 municipal institution; does not Civ
Z to it a single attribute OF nationality
nlthat it has not an equal status viii
: freedom, and that il. extension is ia
{. be discouraged.
, How Mail we act betvcen these
d opposing views? | answer the in
y q1iry. Our laboring classe, deserve
d all the'encouragement and protect
n ion we can give them. Southern
c Statesmen regard them as white
. slaves; le, lis not surrender them to
S such merdes as the owners of chattel
, labor would extend to them. Our
! Farmers and Manufacturers have
: long been cut off from all the boun.
: ties Of legislation by the force of
Southern Irriudice; we should enlist
on their side Our country has
suffered mich in the estimation Of
mankind, from our manifest at
tachment to a system, notoriously in
counteractbn to the principles upon
which our government was founded;
considerations OF morality, cxpedi-
ency, aud consistency should incline
us TO do all that we lawfully may do
to save ourselves from further i'm.
putations. Slavery within tho states
stands behind imprcgnable detences,
but it holdsno charter to travel with.
out restraint. 1t has long laborcd
for, but not yet reached, position
of absolutism. 1t tgrasps for empire,
as it is the only means by which
tyranny can ever save itself. Our
danger is imminent, but we can yet
overcome it it we allow reason
rather than prejudice, to shape our
efforts. Democracy, rs now in
terpretcd 10y those loulest in the
profession .! it, and almost mono
policing its name, no longer means
the will of the majority; it contemns
the mas4es; holds no association
with labor, and utters no word o'
encouragement to the poor. Its
pre'0s"ions are impostures, aud mus
soon .ttrI..o deceive. 1t has become
worse III the ally of slavery; it il
its pIiant aud prostituted tool. Wis
dom and propriety mnst alike repn
Ai"'.' i;.----' .sa'STs'. ,..laly r'gunei"trd
Our true policy is that OF resist
ance to the eXtravagant and uncon
stitutional demands OF The South
We can only make it eifectual in one
way-by the support OF Mr.. Lincoln.
He ia honest and capable, and at
tachcd to the principles Of the Con
st t.tution; and his election will assign
limits to sectional oligarchy, and
make labor honorable and remu-
ncrative.
The question, in its true aspect
i: not As to which candidate should
he elected by the people; it is this
shall Mr.. Lincoln be elected? The
ono hundred and twenty clectora
votes Of the South will be divided
mainly, if not exclusively, between
Mr.. Bell and Mr., Breckihridgc, and
their support will bc almost, if not
entirely, confined to that section. -
Such effective force as Mr.. Douglas
may possess is in the North; but his
most sanguine friends admit not only
that his election is impossible, bu
that I've cannot carry over two o
three states. The body OF the North
ern vote will be given to Mr.. Lin
coin. Mr.. Douglas supporters cal
do nothing for him; the only signiii
cant result they can possibly pro
ducc, will be to withdraw enough
strength from Mr.. Lincoln to throw
the election into the House. Thi
done, Lane would certainly be chosel
by the Senate, tho condition ofpartie
in the House being such as to pre-
vent u IN ,iority OF the states agreein
to either of the candidates. Restin
on those admissions, for they ar
accepted universally, VIC descovC
that every vote given TO Mr.. Doug
| laa must tend To tho elevation ,
t Lane, who possessing neither educ
, ton, experience, nor executive abIl
, ty, has been selected to enable tn
/ South to make tho most out of a
acci lent in case it shall occur L
, out Lane Lane in apostacy to I'll
, North, aud in crouching, fawnin
t subserviency to tho South, need M
be attempted by the most ambition
{ in that line not even by teder
y office holder. Even if | could b.
h lieve that tho leopard cnnld chan!
D his spots, and Mr.. Douglas do Il
q North justice, | would not sus'a
him under tho circumstances viii,
o surround us, and amid tho por
n which now environ us.