Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1863-11-27
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PARIS. MAINE. NOV. a Is6S.
Half Save sns Half Free"

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The debates in the Convention Which fran
Cd q. The contemporaries writing q the
Hicn who had tn most toi do with r.. aad
the doings Of the OH confederate Conr--ss
arc al 50 MANY cvislenccs TO The r,;n,.
Under The Load q Mr. Madison the word
- slave and q" slaHegy :. are 40 where found
m that Instruu1cnt. They were carcfu.lv
excluded Ia order that he idea OF p~rf...f,
a. ms should no where appear. - far a.
slavery sPPears or : rccognized in the con-
stitufion il j. State institution. uri,sli
solely by the muncipal laws % The states
Washington. Jefferson and al the great
statesmen Of the early DAYS % the rcpab.ic.
supposed slavery wonld die out aaa bccor,e
extinct IN a few yeaTs. They did ne; cvca
drrazn q The colossal monster As found A.
the opening Of this rcbcllioa. The idea
that great CHRISTIAN. enlightened nation.
a rePublie governed by a constitution.
could i've Aad 60 on. hall slave and haH
free. % The miads % many. Tor yea-s. has
been preposiercus-othcrs have IS stoutly
eoniended that IL eou.l be douc-tl..i thcre
was not necessarily an g. irrcpre-siiIc con-
hirt " between thc two interests. Imnar-
iial history records the fict tl.af SLAYER, and
frce'lcm Ecrr have been a. peace IA ti;s
country. There has aiways been a .-ousses
raging between them. Souaetiules the frrs
have been for pr - ssnothcrcl tlscn thew
would burs; oct inio fame. There Is one
phase 81 this subj q that has sevcr cian--
Cd The slave iaierest has ALWAYS been
ooutenlins fo- the MASTER. Altbourh
greatly IN the u.i1-~rity q has managed 20
ovcrri'.e freedom AM govern tho country.
frcetiom leacs 20 true dcmocracv. Sla-
very 20 desPo,isln and t,rsEEr. Freedom
tends 10 tLc c,i-a.siy 81 thc people. slavery
bclids up "a oli-a-chy. "A arisfocrarv Of
wealth Ercedom eniightcns zaon. slavery
makes them igrcrant and dobasod. Free
dom makes men Christians. slavery makes
them devils Freedom contributes o. he
industrial wealth Of a country. slavery c4o-
atcs til extremes Of wealth Tor the favored
lev. and squalid poverty Tor lie masses.
Freedom distributes farras among tie lanr.
siavcry moaopolizes the lands inso the
bands of the few Freedom uaakcs rlen ha-
man, slavery makes them brutes. Free-
dom makes asen morally upuglL slavery
eernoraliEes and degradcs them. Aad 80
We might 80 on % the cal OF the chapter.
There i a natural eternal anta~onisra be-
t'seen freedom and slavery. They can 10
more be rcconcilcd 90 each other than car
tAe opposite principles q right and vrronc.
truth and error. Up 70 the opening 81 the
rebellion, there Lai been var Of ide.s
raging in this country for YEAR. The
srasPing Ayarioe. the joniiuccrin- insolcncc
an the al absorbing love OF power Of ,he
slave interest Lad Kept up an eternal Ar
talon Throughout tise length AMI breadth q
the country. The friends 81 freedom h.v,
for years seen the great conflict cominr.
To AVOID Il. they have yielded and welded
q thc cKacti0ns and demands Of tbe sla.r
PoWer. compromising from time 90 time.
and giving their adversary the adraniarc
IN every adjustment thus made. They have
sought O. sciile these matters ~ 4 peace
ful way. resorting O. che baila, box instead
Of the cartridsc box. The slave power re- .
fused % abide this CONVENTIONAL v-v a.
settling differences and bccau-c thev could
not coniinue The dcsrotir. slave ridden dr-
nastics Of Franklin Piercc and James Bs-
chanan ii.0lfgs1 rated r-I r~r. ard ti,.i var
has been raging more than tro years and q
half Is . var Of slavery upon freedom
% gam The MASTERY. Nsr- cou4es ~ g-e-s
fEelfiou. Wheeler uc shall fn uindin- v,
this var continue this everlasting source Of
discord and troubi-. or whether q - n-.
best o. blot i out. and save che frorhI. i
would Inevitably bring us ard our poster.
o. hereafter % ssTerr,l % continue. T,o-r
Judgement fhe Irresistible Iorir q e.rrf.
has substantially settled tbs question. Th.
Madness and insanity OF che rebels romrrL .
iod Che Irrsideu. Cd issue hi. Emsnrin,fi ID.
i'rociamatiou vhicb made Co--rrr frel ever,
slave thcn undcr rebel alfhorifs In 49,
border states where tie procilnaf.an ,ii .
no oi,erate. slavery b. q .inz out of lt..r .
liaF} lai1 AMI Western Fi-ri-is ana Nfi.-
'"1ri have virtually abolished slavery Do
none of.thcsc >.atss are slaves a anr r.,f
'a''r io t'cir owner. both masters aaI
slaves 30 UNDERLINED 10. Ia Maryland. sis-
rcry i' beng swept out hv handrcd. All
i'oa'ana' e'ery week. by the sisurlc rro-
cess Cd. enIistiu- the slaves into c. lo-rf re-.
imrnts. paring thr.r masters tbe tos-, N
i'roe hundfed dollar. earn. and mst;--
the slaves frcc. D. aI thc other b4-.l.r
s'ate-. slavery canno; by any PROCESS ear
we e. ~ar. Save owners s1 a.s--.f,...f