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slavery In all the States, after passing the
Senate bya large majority, failed Of Two
third vote in the House, and Is, therefore,
for the present, lost. The vete stood ninety
three in favor, and sixty y-fonr against II, ont
Of 1877 votes cast. OF course the stxty-four
neeatiyc votes were the strict party vote oi
the Copperhead members, only three Demo
crats-Messra. Bailey, Of Pennsylvania, and
Odeu and Griswold, Of New York-vottng
for it. The prctense ct the "Democsatie"
party that they favor slavery, not for It's
own sake, but only because it is protected
BY the Constitution, is thus exploded. For
here upon the very question whether slavery
shall for Its own sake continue to be protec'
led by the Constitution, or whether the
peoplc shall In the constitutional manner be
permitted to abolish it, 1t will not be claimed
TINT my constitutional question arises.
Those who vote that the Constitution must
not be amend ed to the dntriment Of slavery
arenot voting for the sake Of the Constitu-
tlon but for the sake Of slavery
It's worth something to have thus estab-
Ished the fact that the stDcmocratic" party
loves elaveyy for its own sake. We will allow
them to carry that burden IS long as they
can stagger under It. Tint the masses OF
the people do not go love slavery is shown
By the fact that the Coppcrhead Representa-
1ives from Maine, New Hampshire, Connec-
4icut, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, 1udl-
ana and Illinois, ml6represented In nearly,
If not In quite, every instance, the districts
for which they voted. Most Of them were
elected In the depression ensuing aftcr Nc
C)snan's orreas. In 1869. Thus, of those
who voted against the amcnun.uat, Sweat
of Maine, was elected in September, 1852,
by 1e7 majority, but lust September, his dis
trict went ngaist him by over l, 600 majority.
Marcy, OF New Hampshire, was elected In
March, 1868, by 50 minority. Last spring
his district went against him by $500 ma
jority. English, of Connecticut, was elected
in april, 1863, by ! ,03o majority, but his
party was defeated In Ills district last April
by SAC majority From New York, Odell,
Ward, Nelson, Griswold and Herman wero
elected as Democrats In November, 1862, by
districts which have each since reversed
their verdict by an aggregate majority of
1900. OF theee all but odell and Griswold
voted for slavery. Winfield and Ganson
of New York, whose majorities In
1869 amounted to five Thousand, were
sustained in '0S BY q majority reduced to 500;
and well they know that could their districts
vote to day they would vote against them.
from Pennsylvania, Miller, Coffroth, meal
lister, Dawson and Lazear were elected as
Democrats in 1869 BY maJozlties amounting
to 1850. Last October each Of these districts
reversed its majority by m aggregate OF 4, 900.
In Ohio in 1852 fourteen OF the nineteen dis
tr1cts, under the discouraging influence OF
MsClel1nn's Chickahominy campaign, vert
carried by the eopperheads by an aggregate
majority Of 5,7T. Last fall the State Was
carried BY the Union party by sixty thons.
and majority on the home vote, besides forty
thousand more On the soldiers vote, amount.
ing to 101 coo majority for the Union party,
carrying ut 1enst thirteen Il not the whole
fourteen districts for freedom. Yet each Of
thcse fourteen districts votes In Congress fos
slavery. -.
So in Illinois, Messre. Harris Of the eth
district, Eden Of the 9Th, Stuart, of the 6tl
district, and Allen Of the State at large oil
elected under the discouraging effects of the
Chickahoniny campaign, still continue to
vote for slavery In opposition TO the known
will of their respective constituencies. 4
similar resalt might be shown for Indiana.
But It is not for us to regret that the cop
perheads have chosen to shoulder the burde1
.ofddending slavery from being constitutional!
abolishad. More and more clearly the line
are being drawn, and the Issue is being mad
up tor the coming political campaign. 1t
simply shall the Union perish that SLAYER
may live, or shall slavery perish that the Unlo'
may live. The first proposition is bein
foupht for BY Davis and Lee with the aid q