Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-03-14


ing to pro-slavsry ignorance and preju- Il
ice. The trne explanation then Of the d
osiility Of the masses Of the Southern peo- "a
Ie TO the North il fonnd in their Q
rofound misapprehension Of the true I,
Iats aud condition OF Northern sentiment. b
here 10 bm one ,oay that The people Of The
'oufA can be undeesiped. and that 10 by tAs c
Isessoa ef R<ysbisoss Pressdeaf and t1 o
res<rpsfisa effhs eoasfaafieasi rigAfs Of The c
;oufh under his Administrator. A single ,
Republican Administration would do much ,
{ IL dad not entirely succeed towards I
estoring the era Of good feeling between ,
he North aud the South. The beginning. |
he continuance, the increased and increas I
ny violence Of this slavery agitation has ,
oeen under Democratic Administrations.
The cure Of the evil cannot therefore be
ooked for by q continuance Of that party
% power. Not only is this true. but such
agitation as before stated has been invoked
and fostered by that party as a source and
means Of power. The Republican party
has not produced this agitation but has
been produced by it /: it is the creature ra'
Their than the creator il sprang like
Phoenix from the ashes Of deeayed parties.
not AZ q sword but as a shield to prevent
the invasion and subjugation Of all Free
Territory by the institution OF slavery.
WHAT Is rnE POLICY or TIE DEMOCRATIC
rARTYf
The policy Of fAe Democratic party 10 the !
extension Of Slavery not only into al the Ter
riiories bat all the Free States. The grand
fundamentally by which this is 10 be &C
conplshed is the Supreme Court Of the
United States: an irresponsible tribunal,
the members OF which hold their offices for
life, aud who are not elected by the people
or amensble to the people, aud which for
many years has been used as place Of re-
TRACY for broken. spawned and asthmatic
politicians. This tribunal was originally
intended by the trainers OF the Constitution
as court Of appeals for the decision OF
questions of Law and equity legitimately
arising in the lower federal courts. but by
the plastic hand Of modern Democracy has
been converted into an engine for the sub
version Of free institutions and the propa-
CATION of human slavery. The first grand
step in the programme Of converting Our
Republic into vast slaveholding confede-
acy, was the establishment Of slavery in
the Territories by virtue Of the Constitu-
ton OF the United States. This is supposed
to have been done by the decision In the
bred Scott case. Mr.. Buchanan triumph
autly announces the contamination OF the
fact in his late message. The next step
and the last 10 but logical sequence OF
the first. via: That if the Constitution ear
riss slavery into the Territories. IL sarriss
into the States also. The one follows the
other as certainly as night follows day IL
the Constitution be able To protect slavery
out Of the Union. much more shall II pro-
tect aud nourish it in the Union. IL il rec
ognizes slaves as property and not as per
sons. aud secures to the IN aster an indefeas
ibls title 10 them in the Territories, will
the:rights Of property he held less sacred
ia the States? Does the Constitution
guarantee to the shareholders or other per
sons rights Of property or Of persons in the
Territories that does no, equally secure
in the several Statesf
When therefore the nation comes TO ad-
init, il it ever does, the right to hold slaves in
a Territory, aud that there is no power in
Congress or in the people Of the Territory to
exclude them. it will then be required to
take another step hieh it cannot refuse. ca
sy. natural and legitimate. which is. that
the Constitution secures the night TO carry
slaves into sill the free States and hold
and enjoy them there property.
The President ia his late message con
graduates the country on the final settle
ment Of the slavery question, by the deci
sion Of the Supreme Court or the United
States 10 the bred Scott case. lie forgets
that the Democratic party have taught the
country that constitutional questions are
never settled. The bred Scott decision has
simply unsettled wha; had been regarded
as settled for more than fifty years The
Missouri Compromise sas thought To be
settled for more than thirty years. until it
was repealed by the Nebraska bill. II is
now idle 10 talk about the settlement OF
anything until it shall be done on correct
principles. Five Shareholders sitting on
the bench Of the Supreme Court. cannsi
settle forever vital questions Of freedom a.
gainst $4,000. 900 OF people in the free
States. Ia the course OF a few years they
will have passed away to stand al the bar
Of another tribunal whose decisions are a
nal. and their places will be filled by new
men who will have the same right TO re-
view their opinions. that they have had to
trample on the opinions Of all who have 1
gone before them.
THE FseITIvE SLAVE Law.
The Constitution Of the United States,
guarantees to the owner Of slaves, ia
slave escapes into another State. the right
10 reclaim him and carry hin back 10 49,
rituds. To make this constitutional pro-
Fision Efficient. II - necessary that law
DO enacted providing ways aud means by
which such reclamation can be effected
therefore, recognize the right Of the South
o have Fugitive Slave Law. The pow
n 10 enact this Law. believe, Is vested In
Congress- aud not in the several States. a.
. eonteuded by some. This is eertsisly
n accordance with the early construction
q the Constitution.
The eons,iiuiionaliiy Of the present Pu.
,itive Slave Law was a legitimate subject
4 judicial decision aud has received the
auction Of the highest Court In the na.
ION. While. therefore. It remain. upon
be statute book. IL should be enforced. aud
have no Justification 10 offer. for those,
Ihsther individuals or States. Who may re
Isi lie operation or cat Obstacles in the way
its enforcement. But II IL ne insisted, !
rat in order TO 10 national aud be psiri.
/. should enterfsln q violent admiration =
" this Law. and take delight 10 It's pro