Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-01-11
OLD SERIES VOL %, NO. s.

grc-- from the earliest beginning. u ,t.
present elimination.
The history oi the American people. oI
: their opinions, purposes and ASPIRATIONS an
terror 10 the Revolutionary war, the princi'
J pies underlying the comm 'ncrment and
prosecution al that struggle. and vhIc''
were supposed n have been established by
i,- success the grand and ieath'e-. truth.
of the Declaration OF independence tho
Constitution with it' afirmltiuns. oml-.
, siOns and elclus SONS. its luminous contem.
porincou, cNpo,itIOns. tho Orisln,l policy
Of the government tho opinion. and labor-
of the fathers, Of Washington. Franklin,
Rush. Henry. Adams. Jefferson and Midi.
son : the decisions Oi the Judicial tribunals
Of tho Slave States down % recent period
the frequent admission. 10 regard % all
these in our own times, ami even IN the
late Presidential canvass, by distinguished
!, southern Statesmen. prove beyond the
roach ul ciyil or doubt. that this g1sern.
mrnt could not have been established with
any view o. the extension. or the advance.
. ment Of the Interests oi slavery. and that
the system oi hirlcan bondage, ~ priciicci
in this country. WAS regarded by those who
irAmsl the Constitution. -. ln eSil AMI not
asa god That they neither de-irci nor
expected it, iiau.On. hut that they c,ntrm.
plated. and their cuntsmp1raris. provided
Tor. Its restriction, looking u It's ultimate
extinction, ~ apparent, % make NJ other
specifications. from ths provision. Ot tho
Constitution authorizing the Prohibition of
the slave trade. aud Recognizing u;itiy''
from labor and service ~ persons aud
not ~ property. and therefore not reclaim.
abln hy any prbcs-. applicable e. property :
from the Oriin.nc, OF JsG'r-on, ~ l1-!,
and oi Dane IN i1s7. and from the act ul
,hc Grs, Congress, passed ia lIyl. aarmln;
the later.
These IDEAS in regard n tho Constitution.
D. the policy of the government, and 10 the
character. tight, and destiny Oi slavery.
prevailed throughout tho cOuniry durns
the llfe time of th1s, by .whom our InStItu.
tlpn. were moulded Slavery wi,a weak
ness. an impplicy, IN evil with all; with
many, asin l, was the chill Oi municipal
,av. local. sectional. not national. II thers
i. one tact that stands out stronger. clearer
aud more indi.rutAble than any other ~
our history. II !. this There j. the rcclri,
u cannot be blottci out, ii cannot DC burnt
out. u remain. forever.
liut the inhrmitit- and necrsstie. OF ;hi.
system were such thnt II. pru.perliy. per-
hap. u. very existence, depended upon a
change Of policy anl purpo's anon: those
upin whom II va, fixed. " slavery wa,
IN itself ,hrities', weak. s'll.dcs,rlttyc, u
required expansion. and protection from
w,Ihout-anI hence tho history oi IT, a..
-rmp,iuu- and claim. Tor Ihc lIst forty
YEAR. ~ lsa1. the slave power demanded
tlr admis-iun ur Missouri ln'u the union ~,
"A slave State IN 1850 it effected the rrpp.
va ui the indiau, from their homes ~ ieur.
.il and N4hIm, IN 1850. having preyi.
,usly acquired Texas and large portions uf
NsXicI. for the advantage ut slavery, ~ -.
uinri from Congress an Abandonment by
Congress ol the Ion: approved principle oI
the ordinance oi lI'i. and II procur-'i the
pt-.,sr pf - nyN lug,uyr slave law. ahhor.
rem, In .omr N 'ts provisions a. every -"n.'
IT u.tice and every icc.in: of huminity.
Buttp al tho.s dsmtnI, ard cInqur,ts tho
people ui the irrc states. irim their p.l Irl
lnli.'insui.hihlr r,sIri Tor their Spu;h'rn
brethren. from thor love ui r.ac d. anil H.
yotinn tD tho union, suhmitrl. In l>bt.
II wrr-trd lrpm freedom the Ihr's s,tipn Il
the Missouri Cpmrrnmis' line. opsuns the
,ir.in hrli. - the vast taud b-lutilul rrsinu.
ui klu.l. ami Nrbrt.ta - the 'rr'Ir' ut
involuntary lthnr. IT, l>Ii and Il. % iutI-
gar,tri q rrign II terror m IL k,nsi, and "
hrlskI, that the igrcmtn IA thlt territory
might be- awcl. suhlurl and finally driven
th-,eirlm. r. o-:Inii'i. In lSjT and :, a
system oi force AMI iriui. hy Which Il
hoped. with the sympiih. nnl aid ui the
administration At Washington. - brin,
Kansas into the Union ~ "a slave state un.
der th, LfcomptOn constitution an insttu.
mcnt which embodied the ierltrrt on M
substance. that slavery VA, . thing pt il.
vine authority, above and beyond the pos'r
of human laws tn lmpIn:r. and - all thrr
machinl,iDns-yi1lent, fraudulent anil rev.
olutiOnary ~ they werc-the people oi tho
North intcrpJ.'d only the peaceful resist
I aGcc of the llwsanl the pIwer o: ,ho ballot.
I In 1860 IL demanded oi The country IN AZ
+ frmaiion %. ,hr right Of property IN man by
virtue Of tho constitution of the United
States. and protection 10 slave property 10
. the tcrritoTIc.-!cmlnls which. ii accri II
/ o.. wnull have made slavery legal nni n.
removable IN every state ~ the unlun,-ihe'
one thing sacred and national. abpvc all
i Others, under the Constitution established
I rs the great men of thc earlier a:,, IA orirr
/ tina, ,he blessing. of liberty might be- .ccur.
/ 81 tu them and their descendants - long a.
. their work should endure.
The men Vf the free States, AMI Of thu
slave States. too, Who hnd been unable -
bring their mind, to believe that slavery
W.. blc-sin. favored ot Heaven. and up.
held hy tho organic law. a.a national in-
/ -uiuiiOn. hut who held. without addition
7 or dimnu,iun, the doctrines illustrated by
7 the fathers in their works ini lives, per-
ceiyrd that hut one course rcmllnci Tor them
I 20 pursue. unless ,hey could be- false to all
/ the inyoc,tiDns Of patriotism and To All tho
mandates OF ineSorable duty. They were
equal to the emergency, AMI taxing issue
7 with the shareholders in regard 10 the dam
gcrous and revolutionary theories. as-ump.
y tlOns and claims set up and insisted upon
/ by the latter, they entered with cirnesines'
and vi.or into the canyis.-which tcrInin.
ated, alter the most full and thorough dis.
/ cu-slon that ever took place in III" country,
~ the election Of Abraham Lincoln. ~,
/ President, aud iilnEi'al llamlln. a. We,
I President of the unIte1 States. TIT, result
was accomplished in strict conformity with
the Constitution and the law. of the Unitet
States. and of the several States. AMI wi-
the deliberate, well considered aud l"nc.t
verde. o, the people. rhi' verdict, 80 hon
orihly ob,tined. AMI :, necessary ~ the dc.
fence of the Constitution Of onr iatners, AMI
10 the preservation OF the Union in it, old
integrity Of living principles ani glor'ou.
hopes, !. made the prctcxt, by portion oi
the slaveholding States. for the subSersion
of that Constitution. AMI the disruption OF
that Union; and by another portion Tor ex'
acting series OF cIncessiOns and abnegi'