Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-04-12

ipaairv What 10 demanded. The nov guar.
ss,iss demanded are nothing lcss than 70.
construction Of the general government; .
reconstruction Of the constitution, placing
itsquarcly up'n the basis Of African slave
~. 90 changing everything ,ha, ne shall Be
hereafter . great slave despOtisa. u 10 Do
mapded that the neck every freeman shAll
be broogb, under the yoke Of slavery that
the vile and ,n'qu,,ou. is'ntsHcn shall be
established by the organic law OF the land
in every ssrr,,ory and every STATE IN the
Union. They denssd chat cha csostitat'os
.h.l, b. % amended tia, s'av~y 'hsli be
made perpetual over every inch Of territory
in the Upioo. yryr'a sud the border
States si.nd sn.rlias =, ,wenty million FREE
men in the free States. insolen,ly demand.
ing total -urr.odsr of nrtbecn manhood
and northern independence. o. they will
follow the ss,en cotton States out OF the
Union. The " irreprv--ible conflict, up
on u. With oil It. iury and fanatsi.u.
How and IN wba, Way shall the arrogant
demand. Of slavery be set That 10 the
gres, question before The American people,
In reviewing the Pact and looking over
what IA, been, 10 there man Of intellIgence
81 stupid a. TO suppose Tor moment that
any final settlement can he naae With the
slave power tia, does no, involve total
Iurrmd,-. on the part Of the north. OF er,ry
rirAf. however sacred or dear, which in the
least manner stand. IN the ~ay ei slavery
lie Who imagipes any such thing hugs
phant-m TO hi, bosom. All settlements
With slavery upon any other ba.i. are not
worth Oh. psrcbwcn, On which they are
written. This Z" frrrprc-sible conflict" will
rage in all is fury and never cease until
either one ~ the other Of the eon,.odinr
parties obtain the permanent mastery. IL
!. all folly to talk OF any other rcrmdneai
settlement. All compromises upon any
other basis in the failure will - like all
comprom,-r. in the pss,--made by the slave
power 60 h. sroksa At pleasure. We lay
down ,hi. proposition. tina; ju.i - long a.
slavery remain. i, the Union !, Will H. =
disturbing element There Is not single
interest, however inrsr,ans 20 che hsppi
nee. 70 speu,y and good OF the American
people, ,ha, - no, now suffering more or
lo-. from th,s very elenen,. Comnere. aud
trade are psrsiyred. bas,nes- destroyed To a
gree ter or les -Iteot all ove ,hc Union.
I, !. nov uu-e,tiing the foundation Of all
our national prosperity producing alarms
and psnics, dsbauehIns and demoralrriug
the public mod. and so~ins ,h, seed. OF
ruin. anarchy and civil war. All tsis is
heoau.e We have had slavery IN the Union.
I, is the veins Of slavery tina, has erer,
through the whole system Of our Ted.
sral republic and poisoned every portion OF
the body polite. iti' the n'a'ma Of death
poi.oniu: every green thing upIu our tair
lnhentags.
The great, al sl-ort;ns question. which
!. now rr--n'et 20 the irccneo Of ,h'.
country, When striped OF 1t. sophi''ry and
ambiguity. !. amply this viii we stand
hy the Constitution az our father. made It.
and the Union AZ they ordained IL. and COO.
.rqu-occ. take care OF themselves. 90 will
W. comply With tie demands OF -h'~y-
make ne~ constitution forever Orda'u,ng
slavery q. an institution OF Cod aud the
Bite. upon every fOo, Of t<rirry over
which /, opsr%ts'
A.. ~e view the MISTER. the eonhie, can
never BE- prolonged beyond the P~rict which
marks IL. close. tn. cottOa STATE. declare
their determ mates Ies.r q eou.s back into
the Union un,c-s ,h, North make = total
surrender and the border slave States r.
iterate the same ssntiment. Shall Ne make
this .arrend-r 90 bring lack the cotton
States, or even 20 .a,. the border State
from following them To d--,ruction' Mos,
emphatically ~e answer, No, srrER' The
SECESSION OF the border State. would operate
m the end the 6nsl destruction Of slavery
within their limits. aud IL We should be
driven by their madness into civil var. The
end would be thereby greatly ha.,en-d. \
government bAscd upon oppression and
slavery would be the ,eOrn and deri'ion Of
the whole christian world. Such . gov
erumen,. no matter by what name I, goo-.
can never eIi,, only io' brief period Of
time. Therefore it's, that We say, le, u
stand by the Union aud the Constitution as
u i,: give to all the States and 70 every
section az their rights under the eons,i,u.
ton stand BY the oil fss. and. IL nsces-
ary. give our lives fsh,in. for frecJOu and
equal right. under il. folds. This eonaic,
between freedom aud slavery may as well
be terminated now as To be lett to our chill
drrn To be settled upon the bloOdv battle
field. I, j. criminal. aye, 1t is eosardly for
the men Of the present. age 10 shrink from
the responsibilities. which have been placed
upon them by the stern decree Of destiny,
lie, Us be ac,ua,-d by the holy impulse.
that animated the heart. Of our ,llu.triou.
tsrefathers; lake them. le, u. send up the
battle cry, give me liberty or give the
death :" and above all. let Us never di-sraee
their menOrie. by an isnOminiOus aud COW.
ardly surrender Of tho.. rnalienable rights
for which they ,oiled. suffered and died.
The Post asserts that q movement 10 being
made in New York to follow out Fernando
Wood. advice. and declare the city par,
Of I.H na.ia' rnnfrlerncY.