Year: 1859

speak, warned these men of the consequences


OF passing the Kansas Nebraska law, and Of


repeating the Missouri Compromise; and now


that their consequences are developing them


selves, and they find themselves held &C.


countable by the people, and about to be


put out of power, they talk awfully serious


of that day when it shall become necessary


for the slave States to secede from the Union,


The leaders of the Democratic party in the
Southern States had rather see the Govern,


ment destroyed morrow than to have their
party organization destroyed But then they
must remember that there is all old Whig


party which had rather see any office holder


ot that party at the plow handles-where


nlnety-nlne of a hundred ought to be-or
even at the bottom of the sea, than have
one day of unnecessary trouble between the
two sections of the country. As one of that
party, | had. And / am willing to vote
with any party that can help me throw the


Democracy overheard can't be scared off
either, by being told that | am aiding Black


Republicans. That | may be; but Of the
alternatives | would take that party in
preference to the Democracy, every day in
the week-for though it is foolhardy in its


fanatieism regarding slavery, yet the South
is in no danger from it. We have always
controlled it on that subject, and can always
do it when the contest is purely between
slavery and anti~slavery. Apart from that
one idea, it is a far less dangerous party to
the peace and liberty of the country than
the Democratic party 1t has no wild no,
tions about acquiring more territory--estab


fishing protectorates over foreign govern


ments-re-opening the slave trade-or de>
Tending the Monroe doctrine-all of which
involve great and unnecessary danger to the
welfare Of our country. And, so far as the
question of slavery itself is concerned the
South has an hundred fold more to complain
of from the action of the Democracy, than
of the Republican party. No law has been
passed by the latter Of which we complain
On the contrary, all that we to day com,
plain of, are those laws and measures which
constitute the platform of Democracy. That
party has IN every instance passed the lars
,Ohich haze injured the Souh-whilo the
Abolitionists have done nothing further than
to annoy us with their foolish babble. They
uever have had the power to do us mischief,
nor they can never have. 1t is the Demo.
cratic party that has done and is still doing
The damage.


am Wing, Southern rights man, and
n favor of saving the Union, because be.
ieve it can be saved and all sections of the
country done justice to, SO soon as the Dem
'cratic party can be destroyed-and the
'verlasting political juggling of that misera.
'le party can be made to give way to truth
nd fair dealing. hate the Republican
'arty, because of its narrow minded mean
less; but l hate the Democracy more, be-
ause it has proven itself to be more dan-
erous in its general tendencies, more false
n its details, and led by men, in general
Without intellect, who are disposed to de- ,
troy the peace of society, to keep political
osition, rather than resort to honest private
lbor and because the principles and meth
ds used by it, in order to sustain its organ
lation, are such as will always keep its
'eakest and most wrongeheaded, reckless
men in front az leaders, while all its best
nen have to remain behind. 1t would take
le some pages to show the reasons, which |
m not disposed to do at present.