Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-30

ton, president OF me Virginia convention Duh
licly regretted that the mastery Indictment
by Jefferson, of George the Third, for his com.
plicity with the slave trade upon the bigb
seas, and with domestic slavery upon the soil
OF the American colonies, was struck from tho
original draft of the Declaration of Ipdepend.
ence.
Following the achievement of independence
and the return of peace, came wears of indi
vidual and public prosperity. New fields of
industry were found, new markets were omen.
ed and the proceeds OF labor slave and tree
were steadily augmented. Slaves beca1s
more valuable, and the opinions OF their mas
tiers and OF the southern public underwent
gradual and fearful changes. What had been
tolerated and depored was first, quietly 10.
cognized and accepted as 4 necessity then
CHERISHED as convenience; then defended as
as right; then eulogized as a good and then
made the test Of fidelity in the political mar.
ties of republican America. All praise to the
intelligence and virtue of the people, that no
party has yet been found strong enough TO
carry the weight of these odous opinions con.
corning slavery All praise to the virtue and
intelligence OF the people, that they have
crushed and trodden under their feet those
sectional parties that have sought to usurp for
slavery the birthright of freedom
lnasmuch as slavery is sectional, all partie.
that defend slavery, as an institution safe and
Just in politics and social life, humane in civil
ization, and Christian i'll religion, are necessar.
lily sectional parties wherever their adherants
may be, because they are devoted to the ad-
vancement of system that onght to be limi-
ted in its influence and in the exercise of polit-
ical power to the states where it exists. On
the other hand the republican party is national,
though it may not have avowed friends in all
the states of the confederacy, for it recognizes
Ot ha of lio
among whom there were no differences of
opinion concerning slavery; it accepts the
Declaration OF independence; and it believes
that the constitution was framed by "the peo-
pie of the United States, in order to form
more perfect union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defence, promote the general welfare, and Sc
cure the blessings Of liberty to ourselves and
rposterity.
BY the patriots of 1875, by the Declaration of
Independence, and by the preamble to constitu.
ton, just cited, freedom was made national and
slavery sectional, and hence it follows that the
parties OF slavery are sectional parties, and the
party OF freedom alone is a national party.
Hence " e deny that slavery, as much as free
dom, is entitled to the recognition of the gen.
eral government; hence we deny that slavery
equally OF right with freedom is entitled to the
possession OF the territories OF the union;
hence we deny that it is wise, or safe, or just
to leave the fate of the territories to the haz
ards OF bloody contest as in Kansas, between
the defenders OF freedom and the supporters of
slavery The extension OF slavery to new
territory, and the consequent organization of
slave state, are evils OF such magnitude that
every constitutional power should be exerted
Mt every stage, to secure the freedom of the
public domain. Hence we demand the exer-
else by congress of its ancient, constitutional
authority over the territories of the republic;
hence we seek change in the administra-
ton OF the general government, that its
gigantic powers and enormous patronage
may no longer e used to sustain an
institution that not only enslaves the black,
but degrades the free white laborer, limits the
field OF his enterprise, and ultimately, in tho
admission Of new slave states, deprives him
OF portion OF his just power in the govern
ment OF the country and, hence, we brand as
usurpatlon the opinions given by members
OF the Supreme Court, upon purely political
question, by which slavery has been recog-
nized In all the public domain, and the power
to abolish or control it denied to the people of
the territories, to the legislatures of the terri
tories, to the congress of the United States,
and to the people Of the United States, i'll their
primary as well as in their delegated charac-
ter The president of the United States has
announced and approved this usurpaton, and
thus slavery has better security in the terrific
RES OF this free republic than anywhere else
in the world.
The people of Virginia or South Carolina
may, when they choose, abolish slavery within
their borders Russia may emancipate her
serfs; Italy may declare herself free but the
people, and the legislature of Kansas and the
congress OF the United States, are equally
powerless to break the chain by which court,
ma If11ta in, t1, =
violation OF the rights OF the north, has bo und
the free and elastic life of that young gia Mt TO
the dead body of slavery.
The opponents of the republican party are
ready to acquesce in this opinion, and do not
indicate the least desire to make change.
1hey accept these dogmas as final, and thus,
wlthout struggle or sigh, they surrender
the broad slopes Of the Rocky Mountains east
and west, to the dominion of slavery. 1t is
no excuse to say that freedom is more ener-
getc than slavery, and that the states formed
WIN De iree' This is putting the freedom of
the country to the hazards of population and
the schemes Of avarice and ambition. The
country is responsible tor the institution of
slavery IN the territories and the duties indi.
Gated by that responsibility must be faithfully
performed. The republican party alone ac.
cepts the responsibility, and offers pledges for
the performance Of the consequent duties.
vi the three factions opposed to the republic
cans, VIII either or all do anything for lib
erty
The convention that nominated Mr. Brock
lnrldge resolved, unanimously, "that congress-
mas no power to abolish slavery in the terrific
rles; that the territorial legislature has no
power TO abolish slavery in the territories, nor
to prohibit the Introduction of slaves therein.
nor any power to destroy or impair the right of
property in slaves by any legislation whatev.
er' linus did the extreme wing of the pro-
slavery democracy accept the action of the
Judges, by which the Il rritories Of the republic
were given over to slavery, and pledged
themselves to its protection by denying the
right OF any one to disturb it.
They further declared that ii was the dutv
OF the general government TO protect the
rights OF person and property on The high seas
III the territories, or wherever else its iurisdic
ton extends. Ii this resolution has any sig
hlncahce, 1t is TO be found in the implied pro-
lecnon 1t promises TO the African slave trade.
anu IN the pleuge 1t gives that the STAKEHOLDER
snal DC made secure IN his claim to travel with
MS slaves IN free state in defiance of the de-
csion of The state courts by which such nor
sons have been declared free These resoIu.
uons are bold, defiant declaration in favor of
siaVeIy, the slave trade, and slave code,
"hlch shall leave no spot on the sea or the
lahu lree from the contamination of human
bondage. This branch OF the democratic mar.
~ thus unblushingly abandons liberty, and
makes the perpetuity, security, and extension
OF chatiel slavery the chief end of the govern
ment.
Mr.. Douglas and his adherents are not less
S gu Ii Is his boast that he abrogated the
missouri compromise and surrendered north.
erh New Mexico to slavery He denies the
applicability of tho Daclorot;Nn IF I,Jonor