Year: 1859

press are too Squeembn III d'o"hhS TIC
principles of our party. They lag be-
hind the age. 1t is time to boldly avow
that the policy of the Democratic party
is fixed in favor of opening the slave
trade. Our leaders have been steering
all around the question. approaching it
as a ship does the shore against head
wind, but not the less nearing the point
that we sometimes have seemed to be
going in another direction. 1t is time to
throw off all DISCUSSES, that heretofore
have enveloped our intentions, and let
the world know that we esteem slavery
not only not as an evil, but positive
gcod-a good to be perpetuated and e1-
tended-extended not only by its prop
agation over all the territories, but by
the importation OF negroes directly from
the most available and cheapest market.
In the old fogy days of the Republic
slavery was held to be an evil to be as
much restricted as possible in its opera
tion. Hence the territories were kept
free from slavery, and the slave trade
was declared piracy. Now we hold that
slavery is positive good, sanctioned by
scripture and boon to black and white.
In accordance with this view ,he Demo-
cratic party for years past, has bent all
its energies to the almost sole object of
propogating slavery, and thus comforting
signal boon upon the country. Under
this idea the Kansas bill was passed, and
SO interpreted as to favor slavery all the
time. The fanatic free state men
sought to keep out the institution by
their votes, but the administration found
means to count them out, and when
that failed few healthful applications
of lynch law and Buford pills, maintain.
ed the supremacy of the slavery inter-
est. 1t is true all these failed in the
long run. and Kansas may be free
state in spite of US; but the Democratic
party is not the less entitled to credit for
trying to force the benefcient institution
into Kansas. A noble endeavor should
not be judged by its degree of success.
So in New Mexico. The administration
has succeeded in having slavery estab.
lished their by law. and even free blacks
are sold as slaves. The party can be
trusted at all times to push slavery
ahead, and punish the fanatics who op.
pose it.


1t is a Democratic principle that
slavery is good and national institute on
Why then be so backward to take what
ever other advantages lay in our way to
favor its progress? If the slave trade
is reopened we can soon people all the
Territories with slaves, and crowd out
the fanatics of the north-the greasy
mechanics" and "6lthy laborers" who
go there to vote down the institution.
The southern wing Of the Democratic
party have already laid down this prop
osition as one of the cardinal tenets of
Democracy, and its supporters in tn free
states must come to it. The strength
of the party is in the South, and the
northern hangers on must bow to the
will of the majority. We call upon all
true Democrats to vote for the party
straight. for by SO doing we will have
the slave trade reopened, and pretty
soon we can have niggers Of our own.
When niggers get down to fifty dollars
head we can all luxuriate in them
even poor editor>. The mere fact of
our being in free state will be no OBJ
stacle, for if slavery exists by virtue of
the constitution. and property in
slaves is not the result of local law, as
our party holds, why man has right
to his property wherever he may be
and can take his niger with him. If an
abolitionist can take his horse or ma
chinery into a slave state and retain
them, why may not southern gentle
man take his niger into free state,
and hold him therel We are tired of
these determinations in favor of the abo
litionists. Ifslavery is rights recog-
nized by the constitution that governs
all the states. and a man does not de,
pend on local law to hold his slaves, as
our party declares, then the Mississip-
plan has right to bring and work his
negroes here. The Democrati: party
is the true progressive party. and is
steadily approaching the ground where
it will be able to open the slave trade.
and make all the states and territories
slave-holding. Vote for the party then,
and by SO doing vote yourself Niger
q Brown, the Irish barrister." of
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