Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-10-07
Anu-siavery Movements.

dtvtdual OF party they may have been MADE. Win occa-
sionAl honorable exceptions, however. the Southern Loco
foco presses and politicians. while they have been always
prompt enough to publish and rehcarse every expression OF
hostility Ia slavery. uttered by 4 leading Northern Whis,
and to infer. from his alleged sympathy with Aboliuonism,
the existence Of an actual or approaching coalition between
the wings OF tho North and the Fanatics, rarely, If ever
refer TO similar Developments among their own partzans
OF II thcy alludc to them at all, they are slufred over 50
slightly as scarcely TO attract general attention, much less
to excite serious apprehension. Yet, it is very obvious,
from recent indications, that. while neither OF the two great
parties in the non-slavcholding States is prepared to adopt
the teauonabtc creed OF the Abolitionists proper, nor to CO.
operate with them 10 the line OF action to which that
creed points, both OF them are beginning 10 msnifest an eI-
iraordnary degree OF constituencies at what they are pleas
ed 10 cali 1.-THE encroaehmcn,s OF the Slave Power" which,
according to their exaggerated representations of its infu-
once IN the Federal councils. not contsnt with nearly mono
policing the lucrative Offices OF the government, uniformly
succeeds in giving shape and direction TO its policy.
Ia order 10 give some color Of plausibiiiy to this assump.
ton, upon which are based volumes OF angry and exciting
commcsi, well calculated to oxasperate and inhame pub
lie sontimentin those States, they cite particularly the ad-
mission OF Texas into the Union as a Slave State, and ge-
morally the action OF the last Congress, by which, as they
aIege, Northern and Western rights and interests have
been tramplod under foot by Southern men. And yet these
angry commentators cannot but be aware that IN each and
all OF the instances to which they refer, the Southern vote
in Congress was far from being unanimous, and that, even
u II had been undivided, the measures OF which they COM
plain could not have received the sanction OF that body but
by the aid OF a large number of Northern votes, 1t is not
tho Slave Power" then, which they should fout, when
they refer to the abatement Of the original claim OF the 60
vernmcnt TO the " whole Of Oregon, a large portion Of
which they allege has been relinquished to Great Britain,
because it would have been a " free territory, " and would
therefore have added to the political influence Of the non
slAvoholding States on its admission, some half century
heuco, into the UnioE-nor when they point to the " riv-
or and harhnr hill - defeated hV n President who owes
his election to Northern votes. In reference To the former
Of these questions. indeed, we have reason TO believe, had
MIR. Clay been elected President, that it would have been
settled, as 1t has been, on the line OF ~, not for the reason
alleged by the Western Locofocos, who seem TO be espe-
cially gravelled by the retreat of Mr.. Polk from his origin
al position, but because, as Mr.. Benton says, &" 1t is the line
OF night, I" beyond which therefore MIR. Clay would not
have set up a claim, to be afterwards as hastily relinquish-
cd as it was dogmaucally assumed. Tho other question,
in which every section Of the Union is to some extent in
teresied, out in which the Western States, bordering upon
the great inland seas, feel naturally a livelier and deeper
concern, would unqaesionably have met with a different
fate had Mr.. Clay occupied the Presidential char. He
would have deferred, las Mr.. Polk reluctantly did in the
earlier stages OF the Oregon negonaaOn) to the unvarying
course Of his predecessors in that high station, all OF whom.
VIC believe, had conceded the power OF Congress to APP
p.opuate money foE the improvement of our " rivers and
harbors," with reference 10 the safety both OF our i'm.
mense and annually increasing interior commerce, and Of
the vessels v! war likewise which noaT on Their waters and
find anchorage in their Ports. It Is 20, &" the Slave Pow
eT' then, OF which these Discontinued Loeofoeos should
complain. m reference at least to these two measures, the
fate Of which seems particularly to have kindied ,he.l 10.
dignruoa-blt It : LOcOfocosm itself, TO which hey
nevertheless still adhere with a tenacity quite as remalka-
be as the inconsistency Of which it is such = sinking eI-
omphheauon.
The Louisville Journal has grouped ! number OF para.
graphs, showing the feeling engendered among the Loco
taro- an tMe West. which We propose to transfer ~ orr
own columns, as well for the information Of our reader,
as because they furnish a fair Offset TO the recent proceed
ings Of tie Wing Convention IN Massachusetts, in which
some Of the Southern Locofoco papers, following in the
wake OF the Washington Union, profess to have discover
ed the proof Of an approaching coalition between the
Wings and tue Aboliuonists ia that Commonwealth
These cXlraets, to which We have seen no allusion in the
columns Of the Union or its echoes, will satisfy any UMPIRE
ludieed mind thatihe spirit oil hostility to the South and 10
Slavery is not confined to the Wing party in the nom
slave-hoIding States.
The following paragraph il copied from the Chicago De-
mocrat, edited by John Wentworth, a leading member
Of Congress from Illinois, whose party fidelity has been
the subject Of frequent laudauon in the government paper
"Caliornia and oil other new countries must stay out Of
tho Union or come in free. Nothing Is more firmly rcsoly-
cd upon, than that slavery shall never be extended over one
inch Of American soil that IS now free
The sandusky Ohio Democratic Mirror, another Of
the F." natural allies q" Of the South, speaks in this strain:
,shal We oxpcnd the money and blood Of feemen IN
acquiring territory for no higher purpose than that Uf ex-
tending the dark Plpguo-sPot that rests upon a portion Of
our fair Uuion7
Let the position be firmly adhered 10; and le, tho man
from the free States who supports any plan for extending
slavery over California be forever branded as he ioulesi
traitor 20 the sacred cause Of liberty"
Tho Toe IN, alocofoco paper published in the northern
pari OF Indiana, says;
They THE slaveholdcrsl have secured for themselves
throo-iourths Of the latest civil, naval, and military Offices,
and, somehow Or other, contryo to pull our noses when
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bOrs aud most vital interests. We hope that neither the
Wing nor the Democratic party Of the free States will ever
again consent to nominate q nun FOR the Presidency with
out assertaining his views definitely beforehand. We are
not sure but q convention Of those from tho free States pre-
vious 10 another Baltimore convention, would be produc.
i've Of good"
Tho Louisville Journal says, msjory Of the Locofoco
papers IN Ohio donounco Shareholders with as much Bit
tcrness a. thoy 90 the Wings. We could I'll it says)
t,e whole OF this paper with choice extracts from their
columns. to prove how true the boast is ibst the Northern
Democrats arc the natural allies Of the South! But il
may be- more important to know what 10 sad by organ.
ned a7socinuons Of that party. the opinions Of which arc
properly regarded as OF a more imposing character than
tho sentiments Of individual editors.
A, a Convention Of The 18Th Congressional District.
held at Rsyenna, Ohio, on tho 2Gh ut. tho following are
among the resolutions adopted:
That we d~,sappr0yo OF any and all measures. vybs,1s-
omannrng from ihc executive " legislative departments Of
the Government, that look 10 tho acquiuuon Of any more
stare ferffOfg.
THAT We regard BE- rs a foul blot upon our Nstona.
escutchcon that the Representatives Of a fes psops nr.
compelled annually Co meet aud deliberate upon ihe public
~eal iu q distIc, Of couauy wloto sa51y q sanctioned
ly law.
Z" That howe.cr much We may respect tho wholesom,
rules oi party discipline, we respect our nghts a. ffecmer
ruIl more, and We arc determined AZ men. AZ independent
mon iu the exercise Of the elective franchise, 10 contep,
earnestly lor che more general diffusion of the blo.ings %
hbcry end 20 Withstand al oucroachncns Of slavefy am,
tho slave power"
Ats Locofoco Convention IN Gesuga county. Ohio. Of
tho 18Th alL tic following resolutions were adopted.
" Essoirsd, That w0 are opposed 10 The annexation a
any part OF the Mexican territory, HHiss slavery 10 70,
-rsr WoiBiNd hom me same.
" Rsfoiued, That honest" John DAVIS, in making
speech against time, 10 order 10 prevent scion on VI
Wlnors appropriation til, is q fair sample Of Wing Low
of hbcfty"
How " viii be sen dat Senator Davis n condemns,
because, by doioaung tho two million bill, he prevents
dre ~sdcpuou Of Wimors Anu-siavey amendment An
yet Southern men ere equally loud in their donunciauor