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A. aid ID lq. bhc: of Js ed st, na 'i. ed. on ~co Ill tle YJ In •d. hll ly by '\' All. npo <e. 8iL bcr ,.,. ll.'l, of ;; oty .,( It· be >C ·~e or- ,. •lor th~ at \'n lire .. . • .I' le e~ .... • • SERIES~VOL. 1·: NO. 38. PO.Ln'IOAL. LE'l''.l'EB. Of daniel D. Bunl!Jl\d t<> JnlllliH A. Ha.mlltun E!NJ., on 1b .. PoUUcal A.traln of the Do:y. ' pohoy 10 1b1s regard I$ unchanged., It doea not leave to Itself the moral power of l'etraot mg Its. stops, er applyang a thorough ilorrect 1ve to us fntal errore. It bas ahosen tts path, and 11 w1ll not and oannol walk m any other -at least w h1le 1t 1s led as 11 now 1s. Not on IV bas It not ehown lllf bopefiif s1gos of releutmg 10 that policy whtoh bas brought on our preE'errt tfoublee, burn bas shadowed fOrth other pruJilCts wh1oh., .t pur'llued, cannot fat! to renew tile hke agltattone, eomJrh~aled Wllb other d1ffioullles, and on a muob broader s!lale tbaQ tboae produced by tho Kansas queulon. The Ostend•Mahlft~sto of Mr. Buchn1,1an and hts assoctates, now 10 well known to the country, and tht~ formal assumption by the Convenuon at Cmolnoall, of tho 10 called \ MonroB Dootrin~ •o much -.liuaed a.nd per verted m modern bands-:-wluu are tlttne bitt proclamations to tbe ooun:r.r. and the world, that the Domooratto puty antertam tile pur- po~o ef oour11e by hooeat mettns If poss1ble and 11' not, by any means for wb1oh any shal low pretence of IIOif·prtltoollon can be m~do to stand' as the apology, of puelung the boun danes of the Uruted States mto atlll more Southern latitudes, etnbraomg Cuba Wltb ns elaves, and poaaeastons on tho Ma1n, whore Slavery may eas1ly be planted. Everybody must see, that proJects hko I he so, 1f attempted, IoN PARTY, must not only mvolve ua m d1ffionltws, olmost And now, who does ot ~ee that If tho doo- ceruunly '\ wara, wllh Foreign Powon but trme on wh1oh th111 pa y stands 1a true, that whaNs mfimtely more to be Eroaded n nd de· n I• lropallsJble that t 6 COIHlO&\HIII 00-lweoo preonted, mu~t renew eommouons en! tho tho slave holdmg non slavoholdm States que~tlon • l:llavery, WhiOb, oven If all other- of thts Union ehould be conunu~td f Who oaUBes tor' hke agllatwn bad ~eased, would does not se-e that tht~ formmo- of. that oonneo leue tile eott FY hardly a -!Hlpe or filtcap~r neouon at all wu 1111- egreg10ua blunder?- from uttar and ur»versal ruin. Who does not aeo that the Con11t1tullon of tho TSE CLAiltS OF TBK If PAR1Y, AS COli• lJfmted SlatC6 wU 0 and ja IIOllJ!Dj!' but Oll iA• PA!:ED WIT£1 TflOSE DEMOCRATIC PARTY gentoualy COOlriVOd IOStrumeo\, for mnl,mg But while fnr you a11d T the • Oh~aTchy \of &lavery triumphant thro•. nom111ee nl the out the Un 91'. nnd dn~ng Freedom Pro~ei•'h>o1t wh1la we where to the wall t Who doae not soo ao.-N~at lhnt party after all Wa'stuneton nnd his compeers wore \\'~'u'\'\' and only the beuay9rs of L1bcrty and of the1r '\\'\'\ lor country 1 'rhe dootrtn'l oomee lo exactly tlus, that Froo Slates and S!avo Slaton conpot awol! togother 1n llle seme Union, and under the eamo !(Dvernu ont. hnd the vory mnkmg-of a Uu1on wns a betrayal of tho cause t>f Nobody oan do<tbt, that th1a allnti H•~· -l\'\'\ln· and nobGdy oan , woo &filllli! b1a eyes ~ what Ia paaamg undar tho br9,11.d o .•••• ., ••• aunhght of h_•axon, that tbu 1a the aonumcnt which tl11s p~y teaches, whiCh It mvokee, wh1oh It appo11la {o, wh1eh II rehea upon, and tn11koa tltu brand ]J~Iur bu111 of Ttl ~tnmgth ar.d I he hopo of liS trt\Jtnpb • Let nul, thea, 1ha Am~moan people deoe1vc themselvce Let them lo'Qk at tho onso Jnst liB 11 shndo. Let them look at praouo'al op- ora\lon! tnd praouc•l results. {foro lA a, po httcol putv whtoh bu taJs:en tne rielil, 11111h lDJ:nm 111 ua.omdtdllea fOr the l'reatdtnllal e~otlonf.''lt ,~.~~,~w~u Btonds botoro trr• oounrry on tho do~lri.IJO 1111d principles I hl~e do•~mbod, and Wl181cl<or 10 1ts professions como• ~hort of i111s P~n11m•111, vr IB IIIOOllJll!lent w11l1 111 mora unmt>anong pretcnqu deo1gned to ctUch lho unwary ond unMlflaolmg. !5o It• u111n lundmg paruznns cbamptons uuderslu,d 11 , w all tnlbil1 jjgp COIO!IliDI(IQ tu tnlul the1r llDmtQallon. llo knows, courso. exn01.lY whnt they •rc, If thoy do not exnc1ly what hq 11. Ho knowa b~w thlo parry 1s compcsod, and whAt op1o1ons and dootrino& It uvowil& n11d !etches, and what are HI rea I purposes Ho know• that Jl Ia a p• rty of lite Nmlh exolu!<lvcly-n PIT! )I\ or tho Frea Stat•e ngaln~t th~;~ \l.avo-hollllna-ogol.nr.t slnvo hold· mg men nnd Gl(llllllll 1lavo ltOldmg Btat,a, In ncceplll'l~ na nommotlon, he mean&,doubtlee.. 111 s1olld on llsl!'round-to stend on th c 11round 'f tho l'<orth ogawii. dho BQtllfl, on ihtgtound of tho I'reo Slotoa aealnst Ilto Slave Statn, At ow rnto thorit he doo~ ••and, whatever bo may 1l11nk nbout 1t. nnd bc.th the North and I he Solllh do nnd will hold him 'to thot pod I tonn, Tl111 11 of course reason enou~:h why I CDI1 not fiVe htm oupporl, nod ll II rouon onou~h, thin!,, whv uo rnan, wl1o lovo• lilt 11 hole country ond dosnes to aeo Ita mtegrny mamlotned, ohould g1ve lum h11 aupporl. TIIR SOtlTif lt hns ~ thcr ptrlroyoftin1 Rtopuhlimrn tm' ty tn 1ts war IIJ!Qn slaverv ond thesle~Yo Stalos, to hold 1TJl tim Snuth-11Tll SoTrtb enma ud alonc~l~~~~~r~et8p~:o~n~a~lb~l~e~fo~o:ri~~M;t~c~v:~~·~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~if,~~~~~~~~~~~~~;;~ l:ua wrth ~ Yttw lo ~ll:tondmg lnll: Ilea p llt•cal 11ower of 1hat sootion_oft!to counlry !'O\ntiJIIIIZ\ cr uld be more untrue or morb nnJ•tPt Everybody llnows tbal Pia voholdlng et~re& ere ltu. mfnor(ty In hooRos efCongrcsll Tho roprescntoqves 1hese Rtatos. nni•ed to o mn:~~· ~j!~!~n~~~~n~o~~~~~:~~:~~=~~~~~;:1~:~:~~~~~~~~~~~ mE'1llltrra ~ G~ 11W!lmtl l:Hato' rnu slnvo StMOo mUi!,t 10 un 1e. at lcn•t on all meusure$ whioh aro nnt pns111~oJy unfair and dlihon~lt, wbo~ro 1hc•r 1ntet~tt1 ao \\!h arodiroctly lnqu•!Uion. fi 1s mer~ly blmd folly to:oxpeol anvrh;.,,.,. .• ,t .... Bolt m allsllch en Pea 'hoy ,eod W!J I! tho frne Stetea )lold the Reprosentatlvo or. 1 h~y may nso It when ~hey will It for them lo Bat in all cuea towardo tlletr als tor Stnte• ~1th kmdnesl!, bat at thuliJlle lime With firmness, 'fhey sho,uld do thorn on IDJUI· l)ea, they should be~crupulout to~leld to ev· cry rensonnble dtmand. But With State• uni· l&d in tile common halht of Legl~latton on on• •ld<>, Stnl~a mar. unite on In& other •idll, and