The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1845-01-13
CAL WITH DISSOLUTION.

their desks political sermons the whole tendency OF
which Is To influence the pubic mind, and sci IL 10 INC
federal current. Some OF their sermons have been
printed ana edition after edition out To the peo
Pile The last occasioD--a specimen OF the rest
upon the recent meeting Of the general court
Rev. Mr.. Braman, who preached the election ser
mon for which he has received the thanks Of The enaie
II Massa ehusss was full Of holy horror al The pros
peet OF anne alton, and the spread of Romanism
Its obi ect evidently 10 aid the wing cause And
II is specimen OF the manner IN which The federai
clergy nou they did In the times the last Boston,
rebel contention, assert aud defend their pollteai
opinions. IL all helps on this DisuNloN fho-
Jet.
Here, then, is scheme proposed for an immediate
dissolution OF the Union that 10 be advocated IN
every town in Massachusetts! And how can the
object Of this Infamous petition be more efeclualy
promoted than by such language as can be seen any
day ia the whig prnts' by the proposed New Eng
land convention IN Fsneul Hall The crisis is IN
deed al hand. The question will soon be, whether
the people of New England will follow these hot
headed party leaders into CIVIL WAR, or whether
they will say with the patriot of the Hermitage,
I'Ihe Unon--it must be preserved
But what is offered In Justification Of this political
madness For what these hot headed federal
| leaders ready 10 plunge into civil war and dissolve
the Union The osIensible reason Is, the probable
admission Of more slave territory into the Union
the real reason is, the loss Of political power and
probable continued ostracism iron Office. In this
VIOLENCE they do no more, however, than justice To
their political education Why did 'certan leaders"
Of the edersliss, FROM 1903 to 1914, entertain the
design of establishing New England coniederscy,
and declare again aud again that the Union was dis
solved Ostensbiy because more slave territory was
added IN 1903 to Inc Union IN reality becauso the M
huence VI the lederssts In the councils OF the Union
was destroyed. The leaders of the federal patty OF
to-day have marked out precisely the course IN
relation TO an opposition TO the annexation OF Texas,
that the leaders Of the party did IN 1903, about
the louisiana purchase. The opposition 10 demoera-
cy rsyed about Louisiana just bad as the opposi-
lion to democracy now rave about Texas AS such
men Ms John q Adams and John Reed set the cry 10
motion that the admission Of Texas into the Union
will strike New England out of it, il may be well to
trace the resemblance more fully.
| Louisiana was purchased IN 1873. Immediately
Inc federalIss engaged 10 an opposition 10 u that
did not cease, until part of In 1911, was admitted
into The Union As State Jerers,n was charged
with having been sctuated by the most selfish, sordd
motives in buying IL; the purchase itself rdicued
as worthless the attempts Jefer,on made to explore
It's riches, were celebrated IN verse aud prose as
among the grossest absurdiies of the ume-and 10
consequence OF its addition, the free States were de-
clared dissolved from the Union, and certain civi
leaders were ready, under military leader, to
plunge into civil war.
This Louisiana opposition Of the Federalists com
mencsd with the first step Jefferson took to recover
the right OF deposit at New Orleans. On the lolh
of October, 1902 the Inendant of LOUISIANA pub
lished decree by which Americans were no longer
permitted TO deposite their merchandise IN New Or
leans all foreign commerce prohibited the i'm
mense trade Of the Mississippi TO be carried on
IN Spanish bottoms and by Spanish subjects. This
year this territory ceded by Spain to France,
and Jefferson promptly seized the occasion to nego-
tate for its purchase. This negotiation was de-
nounced-the Federalsts proclaming that toar, and
war alone was the remedy. The Fesersllsts in Con-
gress -GoSerneur Morris, Ross, and others-took
the Lead 70 proposing war measures The Boston
Centnel, July 9th, 1903, says
/ GAN we wanted the river Mississippi was
place Of deposit, that treaty with SPAN gives
Ii was bsseiy withdrawn. Our high spirited rulers
| are asked to defend our. right o. no: eighty thou
sand militia are to be held ready defend tur
nps, and feed the pigs and cattle. But to take
right, to seize what treaties give and fraud with
holds, this is not their forten
Again, July 81, 1903
"An administration so feeble and despicable, by
what it can and what it cannot do" sc.
Again, August 10, 1903
Like true spaniels are the most servile to
those who most insult u.s. We receive back our right
as great favor and pay tribute for that which the
despoiler could no longer withhold"
Having denounced Jefferson as pusanimous in en-
gazing in negotiation the ederass continued to de-
nounce the acquisition of this noble country in the
most iactious language. They them in the legisia-
tuic VI hdssdCnusclisi pfUpOseu an amendment oil
the constitution, in reference to representation that
they advocate at this time. This introduced in
TO the House by Mr. Ely of Springfield February
3d. 1904, with long preamble, the part in reference
to Louisiana being as follows:
And whereas the said provisions On reference TO
representatives have been rendered more injurious
by important political changes introduced under the
present administration, in the purchase of Louisiana
an extensive country, which will require a great
number OF slaves for its cultivation, and when ad
mitted INTO the Union, agreeably to the cessin will
contribute by the number of its slaves TO destroy the
real influence of the eastern states in the national
government"
This amendment proposed "that The representa-.
tves be appointed among the several States accord
ing to the number OF their free inhabitants respec
lively" 1t was heralded ga highly important
movement" and received and advocated extensively
for years, in the Federal journals These papers
were then as full Of slave statistics as the same sort
of papers now are.
In short the arguments against Louisiana were,
letter Tor letter. the arguments urged against
Texas. i he Union was already large enough the
addlt on OF Louisiana would add to and perpetuate
slavery it was unconstitutional it would DESTROY
the balance of political power and thus violate the
original compact; il would bring on a foreign war;
it would ent Ill national debit It would add BAN
dit population to the country, Such was the sum of
the Federal argument against Louisiana Such is
the sum of the Federal a'gumen, against Texas.
"A lew items from the papers Of the day will give
the spirit of the Federal opposition to Louisiana
In the Massachusetts Legislature February, 1905.
a Federal member after stating the arguments
against louisiana exclaimed In a word consi-
der Louisiana the grave of the Union"
Toasts gve generally, the political sentiments of
the Time The toast given July 4, 1906 read as fol-
lows:
"Ihe purchase of Louisiana Salt mountains
mammoths, gulls, and bullfrogs--a valuable museum
for fifteen Millions
Another Federal toast was
"Lousiana Of all maierIals-nei,her fit for land
or water may she be the receptacle of the turbulent
and dsafecledn
On the bill for the admission of the territory Of
IOreans-Lousiana-in the Union 1911 Josiah
Quincy r, ssd and aft being called to order COM