St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-10-25
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public, thasale reabdeRsn of 1t, and the
probable Effect If itS' success. s6cc,s + will be t.,
lrsysstl,hl.sA the Jsow shroLenI ,.ild adefeatcd
RsNYcgatic, party, snd 1yakke it. strpnt.ser
tllan ever by the absorption IF most if NOT
an The eeic,1ts of the new cc,oalitiio6o.. It
as. easy to understand othe Dcn,oocrat;;c' par
tyi tor oits historyis hrtor. the world; ind
its present division into .taetiess,, s'stensi-
Ely upon a particular principle, but; really
'1pLH particular me,i, has. iijt changed its
doctrines, ao'' iinpirJJvtcd its character 9.
Bot it, isasot soEeasy TO- 'u''derstand che
COnstit utional Union party: because it is u
new party, without 1rny history. and. with
o'ut any pledge, in case of its success, to
support any particular line Of t;oyyeernmcn-
tai p"licy It contains undoubtedly many
execllcnt ,nen whose private ;opinioas art
known and respected, but ~ y s1arty, 1T
leaves itself " design, perfectly free tY DO
whatsoever it pleases, and unite with
who'iisoever it plcascs, when II comes into
power. a2fH7a32f u ,"",:TaI issrs::cT o5:s9E
ri It >pleds' itself to, nothing, but to sup.
port the Constitution, the: puion and, the
laws, aud that, every honest citizen of ev:
cry party, knows to 'se a common duty
'5svery President, of wh:.tcter rarty, nftist
be;;;n has ot6ieial Et., by swear: r::n5 ;he7w wiA
:':pp;e$erye> = PROF ect, aud defend she Ce..sst
tuition Of thv United Sat- $" and that Co,4-
stitut:oi ,.lakes it his especial duty t. :'take
;hr care that the laws be faithfully executed"
,as}alpa.ty then there is nothing 70 4istin-
tuish it irom any other party. ~. -. ii -
+: ONCE il power, it n.Ay carry cogt tbs
views Ut policy entertained, by the o.:.hot-
test be,5crat 81 the South, or ':tlack-
est Republican Of til. Nt.rti,; free from
any charge Ut. inconsistency or breach it
pIl@i1ted!; faith. ANY party. I!thiuk, ip
ord: to grow in strength and to- become
useful to the country. must needs have
some distinguishing characteristic of' IFS
own. - Without some such .,t,,t l1,,s If ID:
traction and bond Of union, no party
can 7longtr survive. r. ..~..~, -, :a.:,
Aid III his instance, the process of dis
intes esration seems already to h ave Begun
for in New York the 2''s ''sSmerican r. 'arty''
has lately held -its own separate Strte
Council and in Virginia meetings Of the
people have been held, (warmly supporting.
Mr.. EelD in the timc-h"nor"d I'a,lie 'ot
"Whi: :s"-thns in both these great states
i%nor'ng the ,'ew party. aud rcsu,nin. :: their
former party names and, position. shall
draw no parallel. much less. cpptra$t, le-
tween Messrs Linculr and ReIl. f:,r. in all
sincerity. T entertain d very high oIini' !,
Of them both. In the general administers
ton of the Government, L; c'uld trust
either Of them, tor they; are bath men Of
knowledge and experience, and Old Wings;
and the only p'int Of marked difference
ff,etwcen then, that I kum "f IS :fi,un.l IN
their, widely divergent topiuisn< IN reeard
t. slavery in the Territories, aud the power
Of; congress over it thc~c Mr. Bell, !
understand. believes that the Constitution
c.rries slavery into alt the Territories Fl
that. oph,n,n he we'll f;unded, then oi
c,,urss it isttlle duty sof, s'o,.zrcssto protee,
slavery there; for it were: absurd 70. say
that there is or can be any .onxtitutiio" W
, right which the Government IS not Bound
to respect. 21' c'>sI' >.1'] ':'j - ~; .a:2
IA~MnnLincoln. on the contrary, believe.
.(and ip that agree wita-bin). that the
Constitution ,d,es not carry Slavery int
the Territories, and that, in the absence 81
ldcal law upon the subject, 20 man has ~
can have "a constitutional ri!yhta to hok
slaves2in a Territory, Or to call upon, tht
Gen?}al &C. lG 81 GoyeTnms9t @ tp protect sl?ye prop
erty there: Here lies the main difference
il not'the ,nty In pt6rt;ttit differ nee between
che opinions of Lincoln and Bell InMh
\ cr things: as fur ash know, they stbstaa
j italy, agree. y, hut: n that difference i
i found the pivot Of the Republican party
tile .:cry hin@ee' in which it hangs '~'''
Your eneiiiicSs.A possibly for lack Of sub
/ st;ustive matter tti change against you. Us
sail ye,, with epreachl hlaladjectiyes., ~ They
i call lyou M. T. Republicans, gand in ON
! view there may be 50 lie sense in the epi
4 tfet fl it c:,rtifot b" denied Chat you ar,
/, strun.ty dIPtse1 so ts:eI admission 80
! blacks (sl;ves) Il into zathe tTssrttories. an.
Z 6ra.lX resolved T.; rese Y, it. gy?u can, ,hs
i virgin lands, to- be settled and cultivatel
and lii, ;;ls valQatl. by TIC free White vi
! umtary labor American citizens, and thu
IlbuildouIpi csn munities Ut: white peo; ;Ar==
strvs.i equal, and Intelligent! !.:,Rnt i thint
1.-the Democrats better entitled than you ar,
! to the black adjective, for. your claim i
j negatfse only, u YOU insist upon excluding
tie blacks t1sAn all our free lerritori.ah se
! Enarow salrcided un willingness IL be, sss.te,
.feA rstb them il yggrs f.s f.!Y !qt ipS l.be1'
wsils ths claim jain e t4e llemoerats es4; affirm
atits; AMI IS proven 81 their ci,sti.it ef
YoSrt Ii Z Establish gBt Of The atKs't'
ks' stsns s1wish thsH sahites iu,uehes Ydrri16
rricS a,t4esSa ahe, ar eat, .leaiEe pxs many. y
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