Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-05-08
Democracy and Slavery.

democracy and Slavery.
The Democrat Of last week denies that
the Democracy desire to make the North
tributary to the South. and thinks il would
be very difficult for us to substantiate the
allegation that lit is the object and aim Of
The Democratic party to curse the whole
land with slavery" As to the first alle-
CATION or charge. no one supposed the
Democrat would have the honesty to ad-
nit the truth. but others can see very plain
~ that such is the intention of such men
as Jess Bright. John Petit. John G.. Da-
Wis, Tom Hendricks, vallsndigham, ETC..
etc.. who rule the party and dictate its
platforms, and consequently the charge is
emphatically true. as every one knows
they are the Sir Oracles Of the party. and
when they ope their mouths no dog must
bark. These men own the Northern De-
mocracy. with comparatively few excep.
tions. and JEFF Davis. Toombs. Floyd &
Co.. own them. The Democrat will. per-
haps. deny this. bat it is no use. Every
body knows it is true. except a few pur-
blind individuals who are Democrats be-
cause daddy" was. and who contend that
the Democratic party has never changed
its principles!
That the Democrat shonld suppose it
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is the object AMI aim of the Democratic
party to curse the whole land with slavery"
isnot to be wondered at. perhaps. when
we'reAect that some men reason like the
ostrich. which sticks its head in hole or
.nnder q stone and imagines it is CON-
'plesely hid from sight. The Democrat
will not deny. we imagine. that the bred
Scott decision was generally received and
endorsed by the Democracy every where.
or that it in effect decided that Slavery ex-
listed wherever the u s. Constitution was
the supreme law Of the land? 1t is unne-
cessary now to stop to prove this was the
effect of that decision, demonstrated as it
was thousand times during the last Pres
idential campaign. Here, as the lawyers
say. we might rest the case. but we would
refer the Democrat to tie course Of its par
ty in regard to the admission of Califor-
mia and Kansas into the Union. as further
evidence of the truth Of our assertion, that
1T is the object and aim of the Democrat
&c party to curse the whole land with slave
ry." Is not the party in favor of giving
Southerncrs the right to take their "slave
property" into all the territories? We
imagine we hear the Democrat say. that
proves nothing. if it is. as it is also in
g favor Of popular sovereignty" and il the
people do not desire slavery they can ex-
cIude it when they come to form 9 consti-
: tuition. Well, suppose the Republicans
: were in favor of giving the Mormons the
right to take their system Of polygamy
into all the territories. would it not be
Justly chargeable with being in favor Of
polygamy? We think so. and upon the
same hypothesis contend that cit is the
object and aim of the Democratic party to
curse the whole land with slavery" for
surely no man with common reasoning
capacities will contend that If slavery once
obtains foothold in territory that it can
ever be excluded. except by means of a
bloody revolution. This proposition is
5 too palpaLle to require snv calculation.