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Show ) 162 .A POLITICAL TEXT-DOOK FOR 1860. &gritulture, manufactures and tra.<.lc, which were innocent I ofilce had been filled by slaveholuet'S thirty-two out or and be!leficent, I sl.:tll never be a <.leniz:en of a !::;tate forty years. where rnl:!n and women arc reared as catUe, nutl boug-ht In 18:36, .Martin Yan Duren-t!Je first non-slav and sold as merchandise. 1Yheu that evll day shall come, II citizen of a ~'reo State to whose election the D c1 lo ldin.« auJ <>:11 further eu·ort at resistance shall be impo~sible, party ever conscnted-slgnallzcd his inauguralio~n;~cratt~ then, tf there shnlll>c no better hope for rcucmptlon than J l>residcncy, by a gratuitous announcement th·tt io the l can now foresee, l shall say with ll'ranklli1, while looking 1 circumstances would he ever approve a bill f~r t~. n e~ 0? u.l>roa.u over tl1c whole earth for a new and more congenial tion of Slavery in the District of Columbia .l<'ro 1e 19k011• hume, "Where litc:rty <.!wells, there~ my country." 1 -U, the eubject of abolishing Slavery in tho D~t . to ~ou .will tell me that these fear::~ are extravagant and Columbia and In the national dock-yards nnd n~c~ of chtlllerrcal. I llllswcr, they arc so; IJut they ure so only wa::1 l>rought before Cong-ress l>y repeated po >ul ennis, IH:~ause the de !gns of the slaveholdcr11 must and can he 'l'he Democratic party thereupon promptly d~nl ~~ ~P~eals. dcteatcd. Dut 1t is ouly the JlOS:libility of defeat that n·n- of petition, and eil'cctually suppressed the fc Je rlghl dL'L> t!lCUl so. 1'llcy c:mnot uc <.lefcatcu by inactivity. speech in Cougrcss, so far as thu institution of s~~e om of There 1s no escape from them, computiblo with non-rcl:!i:lt- concerned. very waa an~e. How, then, and io whut way, shall the rH:cL•s:mry li'rorn 1840 to 1 48 good and wise men counselled t n:s1~tance be maue? 'J'her·e is only one way. The De111u- 'l'cxa::~ bhoultl remain outsi<.lu of the Union . til hat crattc party must be p~rmanonlly dislodged from the Uov- should consent to rel •oquisb her self-lnstitutedur~ sh~ erut~H;Ilt. The r~ason 1~, thut thc'lkuwcratic party is in- but the Democratic party preclpltatetl hCI' ad · s.av~ry' ex~ncubly couumttec.l to the c.lcsl~u~ of the ~;;l;wcholc.ler:l tl10 Union, not only without that condlt'o nu~t~n nto wbtdt 1 ha,·e describec.l. Let me uc well understood. 1 d~ with a COI'enant that tho Btato might b ~ ~-· ·dud even not ~harge that the Dcmocrath: candidates for public office reorgauiz~!c.l so as to constitute four ::!lave Sta~~~ ie Landd now befor7 the people are pledged to, much le::;s that the of one. 8 08 ea D~:m?crat1c masses who &UJ!J~tlrt them really adopt tbo~c In 1 46 when the United States b ecame In 1 d 1 atro..:xous un!l <l:mgerous uesigu:s. Candidates may unc.l war wilh htexico an <.I it was apparent' that tT~ vtc nla g~'nerally <.lo, mean to uct justly , wisely, anti patrioti~ally, would cud in the' dis111emberment of that repu~li~ r~ff ~ when they shall be elec.tcd; l,ut th L'Y become the minister::~ was a non-slu ve!JO!<.liug power the Democ 'lti ' 1 .~ and ser;·:lllts, n_ot the ~Ict;JL<>rs, of the poweT which elects rejected a dccluratiou that Iu.v~ry should n~~ b c p~1 t, tl1~1 . 1 he )lOlley winch a IMrly shall pur ·uc at a future l i$het.l within the territory to IJc acquire 1 wf es a. p cnou is only gt·a<.ln all.l dt·.\'doJ,L'd, deJICIHling ou the oc- 1 ·w, govt.Jrnmeuts were to 00 instituted i~1· the ,rn\ 10 curn:ncc of events ~H.: I ex· Jully Jureb.nowu. '!'he motives ric::~ of California and New-Mexico the fruits of tha~rr~ oo! uwn, whethe r· actlllg as eh:ctors, or in any other capa- the Democratic party refused to adlllit New-Mexico~:~ ct~J> .~re ge!lcn.Lll\ pu!Y· N L'\'l·~·thcle~s, it is n ot more true }:rec State, au <.I only consented to admit Califo;·uia as tl.a. lit!llts JMvc_d \I tilt golHi 111tcutwns," than it 1~ that .Ioree ::.tate on the condition as it has since ex]Jiained the11 ear.lh is CO\'~red \I 1th "reeks re:lultlng front innoceut uuu transaction, of leaving all o1f N ew-Mcxico and Utah open awahle uwtrn:s. to Sl· , t 1 · ·I · 'fl . . . :n cry 1 0 W liC 1 WUS lllBO tt<.lded the COnce!StOn t( . tc ' cry constxtutwn_ of ll1e Democratic party commits 1>erpctual :::I a very in the District of Columbia and the tt t o_ e:t?cute ull tl~e cle::.tgns of the slaveholder:!, whatever pa.s:lagc of au uucoustitulional cruel nud h~miliat'ng tl.ly .may. be. It IS lluL a party of the whole nion, of all lnw, for the recapture of fugiti~e shlv~s with a furl~er the l<ree :State.s anu of a~l tl1e :'la,·e :States; nor yet is It a !>lipulatioll that the subj ect of l::ilavery sh~ulu ucvern aln p ·u·t . .) .of the ~.rec Stale:! 111 the Xurth uud in the Northwest· be agitated in either chamber of Congr, s WI' g 1 IJ~t It •.s ~ scctw~:~l uru.l local party, h;~ lin~ prucl ically it~ 1 '54, the sla ,·eh olde• s were contentedly reJ~~sin 0~~~~-~ b~<;tt~n~llll~ th1e Sl.'we.~tat.l'"• aud couutlnj:j xts _coustituency great advnutages, then so recently won, the .o~ruocratic cue. Y, .tm, <L mo:st excl~:>ll ely !here. 01 alltts r epr c::teu- party, unnccl!:;:,arily officiously and with superscn·icea· bt_ifl e.~; It ~ongre~:;and u1 th~ 1-:leclural College, lwo-tliinl:~ blc lihernlity, awake~1ed them f;om their slumber to offer 111~ Olin Y. come from the:-~(' ..tate ·. lts great clemcut of and force uu tl~eir acceptance the abro ation of' the Jaw ~~~ e~gtlL llc:lln the vote of th.c ::.Ia veholdc1· ·,augme nt ed by whiclt c.leclared that neither ::!lavery norglnvoluntary ser· .tt- 1 e!>res,e.1_1 t~t~lol~ .or th.n·c~lrft II:~ of the sln~c::!. J>eprive vitu.dc :ihoulu ever exist wit! lin that >art of the ancien' tl.~ 1D,c.L?~cr atJc J~,L~ .ty o.r tit~.~ t.rcllglh, a 11d rt would ue a lc~Trtory of J .. uuisianu. wl1ich lay outsfuc of the ~tate of t.l I.lc:st' .l!ld ~~~vele:s:l llllllor.IIJ, lnc;q,;tl,lc of continued or- 1\II!:I~ouri, and u onh of tile parallel of 86 <.leg 30 min of g~~~!za . 1f0 ·, •.e. !)eln~cra 1 1.c pa rly, IJci!Jg thus l~>c~ll all( I no nil lawtutlc- a htw which: with the exception of ~ne t>cc ~~n,t, ~c1~JU1,1 ~s new ~>lll'II;.; Li• Iron~ the admt!'::;Jon of other, wa~ t)to only statute of ~·recdom then remaininglu e_vety new"' ave otate, ;11td lu . .,~·s relatn ely by the udmio- the ~·edeml colic Stun of, evcrr new J.'rcc ::;Late illl~l .tile t;ltiun In l t>li, when 'the PCO}Jie of Kansas had or anized a wl~ t~rly. ls, ,/n ~ue ~l'II:>L', '' J'•lll t-;tock as::od:~tion, in new Stat.c witLin till' r egion thus abu.ndoncd tg Slavery, 01:1~n1 , ~o~ct 11 / 0 1 coutll~>u_t c 11,1""t •hrcrt llle ucttoo. and and UJ>llhec.l to he atlluitte<.l as a .Free Stat o into the Union, 1 ,.. .• g.e e?. 0 t, 1 e c~ncel l.t. J l!e ::lavelluluc~·s coutnlmt- t}17 .lJetnocratic party contcm 1 tuousl nfected their eo~'' t~~~ t~~~~;:h!!~m~u.ng Jlt <~J~or~1:1~1 ~? ~.lte c:qHtal strength tx.uon aud drove thorn, with m~nu.ces ~nlt intimidatio~s, scril.> 'its I'. all~ta.' ty,_th~.\ n~c· ,.,,lilly <.Ire talc nuJ )Ire- from the halls of Congress aud aa·mctl the President with to do e. I~~htcy. b le lllev:l al,lc <:a uc~l . s.rstem cnal>les tl!Cnt military )lOll er to ellforce' their submi.;sion to n slave siblc ts~ d~~ ·et,.s. O\~ ~f fatrn_c,s audJU:Hicc. Jf it \~'ure )10::1- code, ut>tab li:shcd over them by fraud and usurpation. ehoulu ilisol~ey ~~~otb ~I n,'.tlue}'\ILitaL/il.e IJ eluocratlc party .J~t every llub::.cquent stage of the long contest which has then see " 'tl ·' c 'te~:~ s o tc ::. a' elioltlcrs, we ~:~iloultl l:llllc~ rugcd iu Kuu::.as the Democratic J)arty has lent it• " WI lurawa of the shu cltulderH whi ·J 11 l:IY IIIJ · tl · · ' ' leave the )a.rt t , .· 1 , , , . . · ' c 1 wu~ t m_ ue~, Its a.d, autlull the powers of the Oovernmen\ 6 founu ill th~ .l<~r~7~~~.\' 1 !~u JIOI't.t?~' ,ot the party wluch 'Yhich lt c~u~rolled, to enforce :Slavery U}JOn that unwil· nieut to tuodify its s~c ti~n~~~ ~ha /:•: 1 .u .ti~I,etHlu~;re, conve- 1111 ~ n:uu InJured people. And n ow, even at th is day, Its sectional constituti n 1 · a :~d\ r! w:tt.o~t llllJl:tll'ing w lulc It mocks us w• th the assurance that KantJas Is fn!e, Its movement than th e 0 u~~~~~ 1 ::!, ~~-.:; ellccttvc 111 I'ClfU!atiug ~he Democrat:c party keeJls tl•e State excludcu from her t enuluing Lhc appoint •u u t~us t.;l! of tile comet Is 111 de- Jlll:lt and proper place in the Union under the hone tha\ course of tb' flc . 1 e r Joug '. llJ_lparently ecceutric l:lliC ma.y be lirago)Ouc<.l iuto the acc~pt'tnce of Sit\ very u ry 1:1 )> Jere 1'0111 wltrch It Cnl·tn·ltCs The D • t ' ' · 'l'o expect tho Dcmocratl· . . . ' '. · · 01110cra IC }JIU·ry, liually, lms p rocured from a fa ,·or Freedom i:; as umeaso~~-~~;~1 .t;st~ore~~t ~h~~cry and ~uprcme Juiliciary, fu:cd in its iuten:r.t, a uccree thac Il.l.i:;~iunaries t~ the C·ttholi. l' . u '· 00 4Jr 11 otestunt ::ila very e~~ by lurce of the Con::~titut1011 in P.vcry 'l'errihutl ry of the .Oemoc~·ltlc ~ar~~p.agan~l:L ?f Hollie. 1:he tory of_ tl•c. United ~tatcs, paramount to all legislative ut t:la ,·e r·y· It ha~ 0 ~ . tl i, cmunu ~ It to the J>Ollcy authority e1~her "ithiJ1 tltc Territory or residing in Coo· · · een 1e u cmocrat tc party and uo gre:~s ' ut!.er agency, which has carried that l li . ' . . . : . . bt!ttt alarxuiog cuhniuation Withoutst~ ~ fY up to its ~~~ e- ::l~ch is the Democrattc party. It has no policy, Stak critically the odgiu of th~ present De 1 P ug.to uscertaru, or ~cderal, for 1.i.Jtauce or traclu, or II IILnufacture, or com· ma.y cou~edc its claim to <.late from thci~ocra;lc P~L~ty i ·we m.orce, f'' education, ox· iuterunl improveu1cuts, or for the which occurred under the A <.I l · t .. ~a 0 goo cc lllg JH otcu1 01~ or· eve11 the security uf ci vII or religious lib· Monroe. At that t.ime in this 11 ; ~l.S lat~onu of l'reslt~cut erty. lL lll p o:sitive au<.l uucompro1uit> i11g in the ioteresl i.u wany other·s of the ·~·ree State~ ~j1:n< a out t.hat tuue or Sli\Y~ry-uegat! ve, compromising n.nd vacilla.tlng, In deliberately di~:~!ranchiseu the r~·ee 'color~emo~~t;c pa~ty regard to everything else. 1t boasts Its love of equality ~eu, and it has pertinaciously continued tiuor dl f'.ca~l ~~t~- and w~stes its strength, ~tnd even its life, in fortifying the meut ever since This was an ctr r . s 8 ranc usc- only allstocracy kuown 1n the lan<l 1t professes fraterfor while the sla~cholder votes for~~~ 18~~ ~~c.l to Slav~ry i nlty, a.nll, so often as lavery I'Cq~lres, allies Itself with do~, the f~eed slave iu the .l<'ree States ~v sr~lg·~~~~ ~rec- proscriptio?· It ma~nilies it~clf for conquests in foreign votmg agu1..0st Slavery P ll e row lan(.l , hut 1t scn<l::~ the national eagle forth always with In 1 U, the lJemoc;·acy re::~lsted Ute elect! f J 1 eh~tn$, nnu not the olive branch, in his fangs. Quincy Adams- bjruself ucfore that tim 0 ,11 • 0 , 0 ID 1 his d~tr.k record shows you, fcllo1v citizens, what I Democrat - and in 1 2t; it ex 11 d 1 . ef au acceptable was unwtllut~ to announce at an earlier stngo of thil dency, and put a slav~boldci1n chis 111 1> 1 1 1 . ~o~lt~ho ~resi- argu_ment, that of the whole nefarious schedule of slav&- ac ' 10ug J the holdmg c.lesigns which I have submitted to you, the Demo- TilE DE~iOCRATIC PARTY FCJR jLA VERY . 163 ern tit' party has left only one yrt t~ he con!>m.nm:tled- 1 too conAerva.tiv~ for oth ers. As If any party ever foresaw t!Je !li.Jrogatiou of the Ia w which foru1ds tile Afncan ~:~Ia ve ~o clearly the cour::.e of future eTents as to plan a univertiade. . I sal ~cher~c f~1: future nction, adapt.ed to all pos ible !low 1 know ,·cry well that the Dcmocmtlc party ha~, 1 enwrgcncu·s. \\ !10 would ever have joined even the Whig tl evc1~y stage of tllet>~ pt_-occectillgK, cli::ta ~·o we~llhe motive part~, of the Revolution, if it hac! been obliged to answer, wtJ ahc pol cy of forlltyrng a lld . e.xtelldlllf.{ l:'IU\'e lj', llll~l Ill _I,' n,, \\ loetilcl: it W()Uhl declare for Independence lu 'liS cxcu,.;ed them c,n t'nt•rl'iy <11tltn:nt und 111ore plamn- 17, I•, " ud for tl11s 11ohle Federal Constitution of ours in l:le grouuds. Hut the iucowsi tetH'~ HIHI fnvolity c,f I 1:-.i, nurlnot a yem· earllex· or later Y lht~t: plea.~; p ro \ e t:>Lill more con~lllt~lvel,v the t;11 ih l 1 'l'l1e people of the nitccl Stn.tcs will be as wi!le next charge upou a hat party. lt n1u~t, llHleed, t ry to cx eu~·~ yeur, au <I the year 11fterwartl, and even ten years hence, ~ucli gullL before llllwkmfl, u~HI e~ en .to l_he COll•t'lo'llcc:~ a· 1re arc now. '~'hey will oulige the ltepuhlican party or ltll 01111 adltcre11tS. There IS aulnsl tncltve aldlllr tcnce to uct as the puhl1c \lelfllro and the int.erCI.its uf ju-;tico (I( Shncry, aiHi an iuuorn and i11h ·r ing lov ·of .t rl'ed<•m all(! htunanity shalt require, through all the stages of Its iD ._!he humun heart, wlJich reuden; p ulllatiou of Huch career, whether of trial 01· triumph. gros~ lliUs{'OIHluct indi~pen:; au lc. lt di:-;fnu •~·hised 1!1e f: cc Othe r~ wit~ not venture an eu·ort, hecauRe they frar Afncau on the grounu of a fe;Lr that, 1f lclt to CIIJo.v t.he that the Unron would uot endure the change. "i1J right of sull'rage, l1e mighL l:le<IIICC the free \lll ,le citi- such olij ccto•s tell me how long a Constitution can hear ~c 11 into anmlgalllati on with l1i · wrouged and dL·•p•~cd a strain directly along the fil.>rea of which it is comrace. The JJelllOCI'at ic party condcmued and <il'pu~··d I po::.ed? This i1:1 a Con!:ltitution of }'recdom. It is being John Quincy Adanu!, hecau~c he exptnded $1~,0liii ,OUII a converted iuto a Constitution of Slavery. It is a repubrcar 11hile it ju~1 1 1i es his fav ored Sllc<'e~:;or in t-~peudl l tg I li cau ConHti~utiou. lt is being macle nn aristocmtic one. ~'10 000 OUO $~0,\WO,OOO, a11d even $ 1• U,OOO,OliO, a yeur. Ot h ·rs wbh to wait until some collateral questionH con . It c1'cni~ c1:uwcip1ttiou in the Hi!:ltrict o f Colu1uuill, e\·cu ccnliug temperance, or the exercise of the electhe frn nwit: t compensation to run.sters anti !Ill! ronsent. of tltc chi~e :tre properly ~cltled. Let me llsk all such persons, people, on tile ~round of an ltnplied constitutional iuhi- "hether t1111c e11ough has n ot been wasted on the~c bition although the Constitutiou e ·pt·es~ly confers UIJOil point:; already, without gaining any other thnn this Congr'ess sovereign legh,lativc power in tlu~t Dh;trict, tLnd ~Si n gle adl' a utage, namely, the discovery that onl,v one a!though the Democmtic party Is tcllaciou::~ of the priu- thing can be eU'cctu;Llly dono at one time, ant\ that tho c'ple or strl l:t coll~ti'Uction. 1t violall·d tile cxpres:~ pro- one thing \l llich must anti will he done ut any one t ime vi~lons or the Uo n ~ lllu tio n in l'liJIJirc~~inl( Jlll itiull 11nd is just that thing which is most urgent, and "ill no d~hllle on the ~uhjcct. uf ~lav ery, tlornugh fe ;~r of di~- longer admit of posl.ponelllcnt or delay. l•'inally, we turlmucu of the puulic llnrmouy, ;til hough it cl;~ iws that n.re told by faint-hearted men that they de~p on d; the the electors have a right to instr uct their n·presentalivc:-, Democratic pa.rty, they say, is unconquemble, and the aud even clemllrHl tl 1c1r resigniLtion In ca~es or coutu- J omi11ion of Slnvcry is consequently inevitable. 1 macy. IL extended ~lav e ry Ol'e t· 'L'txn~, and connived ;Lt reply to them, that the complete and universal ~om inion the allcll!pt to ~:~prca1l it llcros~ the l\lcxicnn tenitories, of ::ilavcry would he ln tolemhle enough when rt ~>houl d even to !he sh on~s of the l'aciflc Oce;tn, undc1· a pic:~ ol have come after the last J>O sible effort to escape should tnlarging the area of l•'reedolll. It ahrog:Lted the .1\lt!x i- have he en made. There would, In that case, be left to can sluvc law and the Missouri ColnJH·on•be prohibition us the consoling 1·eficction of fidelity to duly. or Slavery iu Kau sa~, not to open tile lli!W 'L'cr r itor l:ls to Dut I reply, fw·ther, that I know-f~w, 1 think, know ~lavery, but to try therein the nt·w nnd fascinating better than 1-thc resources a.nd_ energ1ea of tho Demotht: oric~ of Nou-iuLo:rventlon and Popular Sovereoguty; cratlc party, which Is ic.lentica.l wxth the ::ilavc l'ower. I anti, lluully, it over1hrew l>oth tlic~Sc new and 'elegant do ample prestige to its traditional popularity. 1 k~o~v system~ by the English Lcco111pton bill auu the Dred furtbet·-few, 1 think, know bctt~r. than !-the· .ll.ttliScott decision, ou the grountl that the li' ree dates ought culties and disadvantages of organ1ztng a new pohltc:~ l nut to enter !he Union without a p opulation equa l to tile force like the JtepubU~an ~arty, and ~he obst!L~les tt repreAcut,aLlvc lm~is of one member of Congress, nlthough must encounter In labonng w1tl~o ut prestx.ge and wt thou~ :Slave Slntcs lllig-ht COlli() In without illSlJecti OII us to their patronage. nut, notwlthstn.nc.hng all tins, 1 know that numb~rN. the Democratic party must go down, and thnt the He- Will any member of the Democratic party now h ere publlcan party must rise Into its P!U.~c. 1'he IJcmoclnim that the authorities chosen by tho suffrages of the catic party c.lerivcd its strength, ongmally, fro~n Its party transcended their partisan platforms, and so misre- adoption of .the principles of c~ual an? ex~ct. justtc~ to v•·esented t.he party In the various transactions I have all men. So long as it prn.ctrced thiS pnnc•ple f:uth· r~cited? Then I ask lllm to name one Democratic fully It was in vuJnernble. It became vulnerable when statesman or legislator, from Van llurcn to Walker, it t·c~ounced the principle, and since that time it hns who either timidly or cautiously like them or boldly or mainta.ined Itself, not by virtue of its own strength, or defiantly like Douglas ever refused t~ execute t~ even of itll traultional merits, hut because there as yel. behest of Ute slaveholders, and was not tlterefor, and had appeared in the poHticn.l field no other party that for no other cau e, Immediately denounced, and de- hatl the conscience anc.l t!te . cou!~ge to, tu.~c up, . n_~c.l posed froru his trust, nnd repudiatec.l by the Democratic avow, and practice tlle hfc-mspmng pnuctpleH 11 Inch party for !bat contumacy. the Democratic party had surrendered. At lMt, the 1 thiuk, fellow-citizens that I have sho\m you that it Hepublican party has appeared. 1t avows. now_, as the is high time for the frie~ds of .Pree<lorn to rush to the Repul>lican party of l 00 did, in ?nc word, rts f<,L,lth :u~d ~cscue of ~he Constitution, anc.l that their very first duty its works, ".~!:qual and exact j ustace to allm~n. . ~ven I~ to dil!ol.L'j::~ the Democru.tlc party from the administru- when it first entered the field, only half 01 gan•zcd, It lion of tl•o Uoverument struck a. blow which only just f1Lilcd to secure complete WIJy sbnlllt not be d~nc f All ng-rcc that It ought to ant! triumphant victory. ln this, It~ seco,nd ,c.ampalg?, b~ done. What, then, shall prevent its being done ? it has already won au vantages which rcnc.lcr thnt til· lliothiug but timidiLy or divilliou of the opponeut.s of the umph now l>oth easy nnd certain. . . Democratic party. 'l'he secret of its assurec.l success ltos tn that ' '?ry c1 l ~r-l:! ome of thetie opponents start one obj ection and some a.cteristic which, ln tho moutb of scotfcrs, constltut.rs xts another. Let us notice these ohjections bri~lly. Ono great llnd lastillg Imbecility au~ reproach· l .t 1.•~~ 1~ class say that they cannot trust the Itcpul>licau party · the fact that it is apLLrty of one ulea; but that Ide •. 18 that It has not avowed Its hostility to Slavery bolllrY noble on<>-nn idea that fills and ex)~aiHls all genet ftu enough, or its atrection for Freedom earnestly enough. souls; the ldea. of equality-! he equahty of aU mc•: 1 le· 1 ask in reply ,is there any other pnrty which can be l!loro fore human tribun~tl~ nml. hum:w law~, .38 t~~~ a are ufely trul:lted? Every one knows that It Is tho Renublicun equal before the D1vme tnl>nnal anc.l Dxv~nc l.n 8• Pill· t·,J, ur none, that shall displace t-h e Democrat.iC¥ party. I know, an d y ou k now • t 11 '· tt a revolutfi On has 1I t~ ~.run. 1 l' >n~ n~n:r lJu~ 1 answer further that the character and fidelity I know, and all tho world knows, that re 0 ~ ." . , · 1 Or ,, • · 1 lny p11.rty arc determined ncce~sarily not by its go back · ward . '1' wen t Y S e.l 1.'"• tort! an <.I a 11 unut l:!u ,cpre 1 ,. t PI e c Ig cs, programmes ·wd t>la' tforms• but b' y the pub h· e sentatr· vcs proc 1 1 1 Il l l Conrrress to-( tty 8l' thllllt:n !II IL rn )0 l Y 11 ., 1 . 1 1 . ~·x l· grnc··x es, 11.nu the t·e'm ' per of the p eo' ple when they ~all and op1 m · ons an d !>1·1·1 1 C ··I )J 1c '8 of .l!'recdom w uc 1 w• (1 1 Y s 0 1 . u to tl!'r In tiler It into activity. Subserviency to 1-'luvcry is o. llLW writ- many men, even In this free • tate\\'~ ~.';ee the~' ovcrnnl •t;t ten not ~nly on the forehead of the Democratic po.rty, own home~ twc~ty scarsl l~?oihe c~~Jduct of the Ucm<·· but also Ill Its very soul- so resi!llance to ~lavery, and of the Umted States, un< er t t'me surrendering om· ~tvot!on t~ Freedom, the popula.r elements n ow ac- cra!ic party, has been allh ~hato ~lavery, the people or t't:ly worl..mg for the Hcpublican purty among the peo- phun and cn.stlo after u~ot er less ste~ulily IUHl perlltl P e, must nnd will be the re ourccs fur itJ:I ever-reuewing the United tat~s have 1 eent~o forces ,;ith which tu re atrcugth und constant invig-o ration. vcringly ga.thenng tlget 1t:r end all the castles which 1 ~thers cannot support the Republican party, because it cover back again aJl the fi~lclsn~ nut! oYertllrow by one t. as not sufficiently exposed ita platform, and deter- have been lo~t, an to con ou of tile Constitution no<! ~tned what it will do, IUld what lt will not do, when decisive blow, the betrayers r1Ul!lph1Wt. It may prove too progrObSI\'e for some, and .Io'reedom forever. |