Year: 1861

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son was correct. When lie said that the
} institution of slavery would make tyrant:


OF the masters, who were the prominent
men from Kentucky and Maryland"


can only say that from Maryland there


wer from Knetucky 5 and we consider


them all prominent, on account of the


great principles that they advocated in the


face of the reign of terror; at the same


time we will remind Mr.. Township that


from each of these states there was only


A for j. 9. Brecenridgo in 1850.


But Mr.. Township still seams to think


that the Republican party is the party


spoken of by the Father of his country


In order to prove that, he must show that


the statements made, in regard to his


political creed, are wrong; this he did


not, neither can he for he must bear in


mind that Washington was no two faced


politician and that in his last will and tes


lament freed all his slaves.


In sustaining your position you must
prove that Washington advised his coun-


trymon to abandon the principles that he


had taught; that would be to great an


absurdity for the most feeble mind to en-,


tertain for moment " Mr.. Republican


sets himself agains the Dred Scott decis.


ion." Yes Mr.. Township and ho feels


grcateful that the author of all good has


given him powers to dosern that the su.


preme court has no authority to make
political creed for the Democratic party,


that can bind the Republican party; but
when the supreme court decides case
where they have jurisdiction then will


bow to them in humble submission, as be-
comes all good citizens. Bat in political


creeds l am with Jefferson on the Allan


and Sedition law, and jackson on the


United States bank. say hands off, you


have no right to tell me what principles l


shall vote for. Mr.. Township if you will


get Tho II. Benton on the dred Scot case


you can get some more light from De-


mocrat of slave State; and after you


have read that with care, you will find the


Republican doctrine is national in its
character and that oposition is an exotic
and that the present Republican party are
the true Jeffersonian Republicans To
reference to small fish have no reply to |
make. My object is to defusc correct |
political information. To deyiato from
this and get into personalities would be
getting below my standard of dignity. Let
mo admonish the gentleman in the spirit
OF kindness to desist from this for on that
subject he can have no issue with me-
" Why did you not adopt the Crittcnden
Compromise" Twill tell you, the Chicago
platform was a state right platform, and
the compromise demanded surrender of
some of these rights from the free states
this they could not do. They did howev.
er pass resolution by q two thirds vote
expressing the sentiment that slavery should
not be intcrfeared with where it exists
new this does not look much like abolition
Or urder ground r. R. Pray can you
show by the books Of that road that Re-
publicans have any stock! If you can.
not, do you not know that it is rong to
charge men with things that there is no
evidence of If you will take the trouble
% read the speech of Wendell Phillips you
will see what an abolitionost is; then read
he speech Of J, G. Breckenridge in the
'enatei then read the speech of A. Lin.
'oln delivered at the Cupper Institute
New York then you will find that trouth /
les between the two extremes for Won D..
acknowledge that Republicans are not
bolitionests. When you said we refused !,
o elect Burlinggame because he was to
luch of an abolitionist, did you not OBJ. .
erve that you were killing your own child :,


You say northern men voted for the !,
epeal of the Missouri compromise and then :. :,
oncluded it was ne part of the sectional =
'undatiOn you spoke of in your first :,
hat argument destroys your position that "
'publicans are sectional; for they did get
'tes in the south and if the southern -,
eemen had not been misled by the press =,


the north and been released from a :.
ign of terror we would have had a ma -
rity; so you kill another child, You
y, "my reference to southern men
mounts to nothing" for they have always h,
cn sensitive on the subject of slavery M
he men that referred to were patriots
at love their country; your sensitive
en- are those who are now in arms against ru
e government. Their rights have never pr
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