The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1844-09-23

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slavery In any form. love liberty. and would tna'
al might sojoy ,s blessings spcsk OF facts pu'
II we're an s5olltionist | should love my county
more Than my own flvorite opinions upon ia'ofi'c
subject, or my own personal feelings Does any
man IN the country believe that England has taSen
a the steps which may be successfully traced aio
the line of her steady and uoyeding policy from mo-
lives Of philanthropy Let ireland answer one thus
cred uious--,hat land intend as paradise by oou'
made by the lnhuman oppression OF the Brush Low
eminent, hell Let Hindos.an answer, the Nszim,
The Great Mogul, the AmeeIs of Sei0de, the An
CHAN; let the Chinese and the Holtentots answer,
and o,her nations within and bleeding beneath the
relentless scourge of this heaven inspired phianthIo'
ps,! Nor is IL her object TO abolish slavery In the
United States. IL 10 thus she imposes on the mis-
taken abolilioniss. This is a mere pretebee. ASK
yourselves what interest she has at stake in producing
such resultl No, no-beT purpose 10 TO extinguish
republican government and TO destroy the power oil
this Union She knows that the present negro lace
must ex III somewhere in slavery for ages To come
because slavery in the Southern States, as much as
Northern OF Southern men may deprecate It's eIis-
tence can only be gradually abrogated by the action
of those mysterious laws Of nature-removing them
towards the ,ropcs-upon which man may speculate,
hut " hose and effects only known to Cod
But yet she is constantly agtatng this question: not
only abroad but here In the very heart OF our coun-
try, with her men and her money establishing news
papers, circulating sptcious can't and coruptinR the
tone Of The pub c mind with her feveIsh and Thirst
begeltiDg medicines She must mean somethlng.-
What is II? Is the English government proved ny
its history to be government to take trouble ana To
eIpend money, wnh a view of appearing in the eyes
Of the world an humble auxiliary of God Almighty $
jusiics and omnp potent wisdom 7 Never. l repeal,
her object is to destroy this Union. Here Is her
in crest, aud that of monarchy every where
b nee they have all joined in the good ,cork! How
does she with to destroy the Unioni She would ar
ray State against State on his tremendous question
She knows It's power for she once saw the Conted.-
racy shook to It's centre, on subodln ate quesuoh "
hat which she would now raise. She wishes TO
stimulate fanaticsm here at The North TO dc It's work
Of madness, While the Southern mind Is filled win
horror at the idea of Constitutional guarantees de-
stroyed, of servie wars, Of the chastity of wives and
daughters subject to violation, of the lives OF the Peo
pie threatened, until, finally the whole public mind
fired by all the intense ardrr of religious bgoiry on
the side, and by all the fury OF justice disregard
ed humanity sighted of deep fear and bitter hatred
on the olher the link of the Union shall dissolve or
the severa, States, than ALL shall rush wildly
together, engaged in all the horrId acts of civil war
and unsparing fraierna slaughter.
God! can any man think of these things without
shuJdeIingl Can any American citizen conceive
the idea, withou, experiencing sensation of freez
ing horror, of this fair and magnificent Government
overthrcwn and destroyed, Of these benefcent laws
pro.rated, OF peace fled forever from happy coun-
try, of the great right Of the baor box, the highest
preston of all enghiepe Governments, replaced
pow which alone pos in perfection of all the
world, which has made every plain citizen around me-
march, ay than monarch; for the ballot box
is better than Of old Yes, he who possesses
the great right Of the ballot box privilege more
precious than all the stars and crosses which the
heirlooms of family Of thousand years standing,
TO be more highly priced than all the gems Of every
jewel flashing crown in Europe for such man IS
| one Of the elect who, smiled upon by heaven after
sixty generations of men and eighteen centuries OF
time have passed by in terror and travail, in da X
tears and blood, has been destined to reach The
altar Of that magnificent political temple, where the
great God of Liberty sits and reigns forever. Can
| any American citizen contemplate the possibility oil
the destruction Of every thing great, noble and bles
sed in government, without at least breathing a
prayer, solemn heartfelt prayer that such events
may never transpre Yes, as unnatural, as hideous,
| a impious sacrilegious it may appear, there
are men in our midst who so far from deprecatiDg,
actually court these results. The old fed raj party
who opposed the last war and sat in Hartford Con-
venuons, who defended British cruelty in the whole
sale murder of helpless American prisoners at Dart
moor who opposed the purchase Of Louisiana, who
put forth a candidate in opposition TO that sterling
patriot Col. Monroe, for the Presidency, and who
in close saiation with political aboItionsm, and
the political aboonists, their friends and support
ers seem TO invite such consequences. Have you
seen Mr. Adams late letter TO the abolitionists at
bingham, Massachusetts, He there asserts, IN
no ambiguous language, but in plain and concise
though vehement terms, that be has long fore
seen this crisis, this attempt OF Great Britain 10
abolish slavery in the United States, and that, in
the event of American resistance, he IS in favor Of
the British policy What is this but to be wholly
Anti-Americsn' Can any Democrat stand these
doctrinesl Washington, Jefferson, Madison, indeed
Presidents generally, heretofore have deemed it
TO be rigid doc rne in the DO * OF American policy
that no European Government, and leas, Of all Great
Britain, should be permitted to interfere with the
affairs Of any nation OF this Western continent at all
But this sound old doctrine does not hold among these
laerdsy Saints. England is permitted to establish
perfect and permanent control over Mexico; is
add IN establishing perfect control over Texas,
vi her conditions and treaties and by the reiec
ton Of our Treaty Of Annexation, is permitted TO set
up claim recently put forward Of being an Ame-
rican power, in virtue Of her American possessions
and is finally invited by calling them selves Anne
ricsns, TO invade the sacred soil of these States
wherein r,pose the un. uled ashes of our Re,olu
ionary sires, with few hypooritical professions Of
universal emancipation, but with a real design sppa.
rent that the shines, Of attempting o. destroy
our pDlrical institutions. Let these men beware
Sodom and Gomorrah persisted beneath the wrath of
divine power. king Of Babylon, stripped Of hi.
imperial rebe, was made TO wallow and gr re among
The asts Of the field, for many wears by an outrag
ed God. Let these revlers, who would convert the
polemn halls Of humanity TO their purposes Of
bacohanaan fanatci.m and blood and particu-
lady let that partisan and mslignint old man.
whose hoafy locks and trembling limbs do mt
preserve him ON the disgrsceful rsge Of his
litter passions, let him beware both OF the judgment
e men, and OF the eternal justice Of God WHY
then. do oppose the election Of Henry Clay 10 the
Presidency with war TO the knife, cordially heartily
uniting with my fellow Republicans In this canvsss
IL hld not one hundred other reasons this would be
sufficient. The Abolition and Federal power united
IS The prPonderding influence IN the Wing party II
has already driven Mr.. Clay a southern man slave
holder, formerlya Texas man, and now Texas man
at heart fom that question, and in the event OF his
being elected, he could not resist strength II he
would. Suppose he we're TO make the effort in the
event Of his being elected. We will suppose he re-
members that the nohest part Of his life was passed
m The Republican ranks, that he once with gltering
sword aud high courage fought under the Republican
banner suppose that these stirring thoughts and hap
ply old memores crowd upon lis heart and be reanlrn