Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-01-09

StatFs, Aae Conservatives 81 that sler fs
gaaded hin VITA as nnsh ahhnrreres a,
/ the conservatives IL eaf cav fsrsrsi IA,
New kAeiaad Agstatus One hss but Il
rad The Federal nexa3saresS al hsa tine Il
be satisfied 81 that He was serased % n,
ndrisss denezHeca a. laeehln, s,ispscses
- ssngsrius azitAtsf and ahhorsssd ~
ssdirai Hs acassefaer uas that al Iiss
ssnelHts equally Il mes, In The isfosdesl
and most ceiBrfshensifs aaase He wss On
seoiitaussist in principle asd IN his wsStsngs
ase te fse seana che VERY rsftas of TIE anti.
slavery aeitafina wAkA commenced thirty.
Eve yeArs Agn and did faes eosss til ssaveyy
was eFeFthruwn The siiiIerpxssp hetwper
JEFFERSON aud TIE aAsi-slavery nrssasnsp "a
= later dsy was that 10 laid siswn Isrsnsspies
II huHaan liberty shstraesly, and tksy selsn,i
nIAon and nade prsesieaf application 81 them.
And ~ Roae of thsm have aaaea 10 che
truths be discovered sad snaoaacsa -
none 81 them struck more fatal practical
how % slavery in the Uniisd States than
Did Jefferson, 10 whose infaencs the great
territory II the Northwest b INDEBTED Cor
~ deSlieatioa % freedom. II be did nct
abolish slavery, he restricted IL and gave
70 free hcfnes aud ffeo laher q territory
that when pc0pied aud erected into States,
made rho FrepoRderanee 10 deridedly In a..
Spr Of ftee institutions that she extinction
~ slavery on this continent became only 4
question If time,
Mr. Jefferson, in the naclaFxtion af Indie.
pc1dsseo, Fst Ais Political creed into words
that have stree been made the most power.
fsi sext Of The hci gospeiars u the crusade
against slavery. To declare thai ell nen
are born e4aal and have m inalseaAhlc right
70 life liberty and the Prrsuit Of hsppineze
was - fatal Eanifess0 against huss,an sla-
very a. the proclamation of emancipation.
50 leRg a. the deciarssies stood as heanti-
sai abstraction, asisiied only 10 the white
rAoe, Il waz rested with the greatest trrcr
By Des=porats SRrth and South, who falsni-
s.Sted II against ahsolatism aad royalty
with az the zeal and fairy that propaxata-
dist ihdaseA into his preackmsnts The De
tsecr~cy cSaoniScd Jefferson as the iAthcr Of
tAeir party and the immortal Declaration,
which wss the highest hosor they felt eoald
te awarded him.
Il Was MOI TIL the amt slavery asssatous
arose, and taking the DeclAratiee fdr their
political Bible, vcat tortA 20 preach 20 The
people that This sacred truth was not hedS.
q n By the divine right Vt ealor, that the
preamble Of the DSS,iAnstian 81 Iadepen.
denCc came 20 assume an unpleasant turce
and meaning. How the Democracy. we'd
ded 10 slavery, and pledged Ia sustain Il,
saairmcd 10 explain Il away and limit lis
application, who cSn ever forget II Was
pronounced elitscring generality Bat
tbis was dangerous admission, because il
IL he samitiea thai Eacn are nai barn equal,
and DO not hare as iHallehahla rights the
right 10 life, sisesty, auA the parsait IL hap
pines. aksoiutissa hs>a ths beat Of The ar
EAmont, and needed only foreSssla assert t.
self To prohouHce ths declaration gilt
ssriag generality did no good, for the peo-
pic did nat belieye IL They locked upon
L as s declared irnlh, sacred 10 frCe gov.
cFrmsnt and free institutions. Thea b was
that Mr.. poagiss discovered thai while il
Wa trnth, il was q truth sppllea-
be only t. a particular race; and
AbeaTd IS thiswas. the Democracy, glad
For = looP-hole Of eeeape. accepted tia
discovery ~ truth, and taught il 10
their Disciples, through the ereeas u con.
ventions AID the resolutions Of mass meet
ings Bnt they did not believe L. II wa
. doctrine devised Cor an cxiEcary They
had either 10 abandon jefferson ar slavery,
a. The prolates u England were efes called
70 abandon the POPE or the monarch, and
rather than coEae TO suck crisis, they con-
strurted what might be called halfway
beese, recognizing the principle bas deny.
nag lie universal application. SO alavsTy
ana Democracy kela together when divorce
bad been pronounced between slavery and
the moral and eniightaned conviction Of
ChristSndom.
Nou Democracy b 10 another dilemma
hardy lcss Perpiexing Slavery having
been abolished and the citizenship Of the
freedman recognized, the question ~ their
right 70 representation in the Government
ARISES, and win make itself heard aad dis
eas~ed Temporarily sandered frosn the
strong held 9th party, the Democracy Of
the North seek 20 restore their political ties
with The South. futGre success, they are
persuaded, lies in that direction and 10 that
snly. They have no hope Ia any Northern
State. Year after year they encounter the
sncEHy only 10 win defoat Reunion with
fhe Bonshern Democracy is a political ne
COSTLY. That i now The first declaration
Of their policy
But The question If representation con
fronts them, They know the South win
ssver voluntarily allow the freedmen rep
They know the South win
tax them as universally A. il dsnSea them
representation This IL done now and viii
be done hereafter. But taxation without
il tyranny, said Jefferson,
the father u tle party No taxation with.
cot IL, cried tina, founders Of the Rcpablie
The principle is another Of those shstrac-
tons that Democracy delighted ia just rs
they gioFied Ia the preamble Of The Declare
ton, TIL they discovered that some pertinent
inquirer after truth had started the sugges
ton that IL might have equal force for free
nrH irrespective of rsoe aud coier. There
L no more doubt Of the result Of the agiia-
ties Of this question than there wss IL the
agitatioE Of the principle thai ssPped The
# iIannn slavery. The bemoc-
ray, Ia order 20 hold their ground IN the
Southern States, may attempt 10 iitait the
principle " tie Caucasian rare, or, ae IN Ia
diana, altogether ignore IL fst Il viii pro.
vail Taxation without representation VIII
sosibe tolerated ia 4 Government into whose
hber and structure an aatagonixing pfiDci-
phs IL woven. Tkis ID what the Chicago
Tines, the Boston Post The Rochester Daily
usson, aud the Bafialo Caamessiai foresee,
and hence their labogs 10 plant the party On
lise groand Of the impartial suffrage. lest
Tie agitation take the more radical forsn OF
usiyeFsai suffrage. II the Southern Demoe'
ray coHld be prevailed upon 10 sccept i'm.
partial suffrage ~ the baais Of reunion aRd
there would b. no dlfieaity.--
Bat they viii not do that, and hence the OBJ
stinacy with which the views 81 these pro.
IA a