The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1861-01-24

lntO.tho OuiOub etuis OPPVS"'Oh "@s S''
strongly prevalent. For two years Mis- G
souri, was kept out Of the Union for no
other reason than that her Constitution, C
legally framed and emLodying the will OF G
her people. recognized slavery. She was . .
finally admitted, aud the price paid. was +
the exclusion forever Of slavery from every Z
foot Of acquired territory belonging to the IL
nation. This was the first concession to
wrong and the first triumph of slavery. !,
The principle once recognized that slave 5
ry might extend itself, the demand was T
soon made that the extension be indefinite
and that all obstacles be removed.
This demand was accomplished by the
r.peal of the Missouri line in '54, by /
means Of which the very price paid for
the first CONCESSION was refunded, and
n, W and broaIer concession Of principle
made. But the experiment of opening
the territories to the emigration Of the
people, and submitting the question OF
, slavery TO their sutfrages. demonstrating
the fact that the North could out emi-
CRATE and outvote the South. and that un.
der its operation the slave power was not
likely to multiply itself. i. is now de-
manded that this agreement be swept
away, and that slavery shall be established
e in portion Of our territories, whether
lhe people desire it or not. II we yield
:, this last demand we are serfs, and what
:. we may next expect is the ro opening OF
The African slave trade and the buying
;, and selling of slaves at our own doors.
, 9th. We Oppose the Crittenden amend
ments because they recognize the princi'
ple that man may have an absolute prop
erty in man; doctrine as dangerous and
fatal to human liberty as it is shocking to
~ humanity. Seventy years ago our fathers
La spurned The proposition. Shall we, their
.. children. abridge tho liberties they be.
- queathsd US. and drift 80 far away from
- The principles that animated them as to
=, adopt heresy they rejected.
10th. We oppose the Crttenden amend
-, ment because by the 9th section it is pro-
- posed to make "the county responsible
in damages in all cases where the Mar
:. shal is prevented from discbarglng his
duty by force" Never was more obi
b, Gus. oppressive and humilia'ing propos''
:. ton submitted to freemen. Is 1t possible
-; that the law abiding are to stand sponsors
for the conduct Of the criminal to slav'
holders, and no one else, in offonee
=, against the fugitive slave law and non'
other. Are we 10 To told that 1t ou
md property is seized and destroyed by mol
,., violence in the South, we shall hav'
a., no recours, against the county wherein
0,e the outrage is perpetrated, while if South
A.. crn SHAREHOLDERS are deprived OF theirs b
.u the same mob violence, they shall?
3, the Constitution to say TO us that we ma
:. e lie robLcd OF our last farthiug by THE
without recourse upon the county whor
-, in N, offense Is committed, while it So.
~ :, to South Carolina. Il your property
WI. stolen you shall llhave redress, sasou
,n,J erner to be guaranteed rights 10 our oV
, of county that we are deuiedS And are We
.. .. submit to this inequality?
las. Is human slavery to override eve
nm. othsr consideration ? IL it to loom
rmy paramount to all things else? Is it
ride down every principles Are o
h n rights, our honor, our manhood and
u.o property to be stricken down and pre-
i'm. trated by the slave power? Are we
,vod be told by the slave driver when his sla
Il, escapes, in one breath, to "oatch him
M ami if the mob prevent us "pay for him
,La;. and 10 the mkt If our horse escaE
:. "catch him YOURSELF" and If the m
,,., prevent, you lose him. A Northern P'
ple who would submit 10 this, deserve
v;l he slaves.
, DO 18th. We oppose the Criitendea ame'
ment because it is unconstitutional.
49,. makes itself perpetual and ties the ha'
..on of the people forever FROM modify
raa;, r amending or repeating it. In this
.,. Abridges the liberties and strikes do
A h. the sovereign power Of future g
% f., eratioOs. driving them to revolution
A.. get rid Of principle to which they II
,a.o. object. Thus are we asked to abanC
!. our prineiples-violate our conviction
~.., violate the ConVitution-justify rebe
=. - -stultify our actions sanction wronI
,oa.,, render the government contemplate,
!, do it al that human slavery may perp'
.,,.. ate itself and the slave power rule the
i, the public.
vo,,a There may be those among us
,. would do all this. Who would sacri
,mpli. 'n'' "o"'', '''" '0 'N
.,,. liberties, rather than lace the traitors
G.h.a are ., eking to deprive them OF all,
such men aru submissionists. They
,;.Lon kiss the cd, they may abase lhemse
.l if thew will, but we will not.