Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1846-10-24


South pursue, after the constitution shall hare been
opathrown. Having promised this much, the nteigencer
proceeds complete its defence Of the present Of the
Aboonists and Of their allies, the Wings of New England
by asserting that Jefferson at the close Of his days. had not
the least scrupe of bringing The Federal Government IN
aid of emancipation" Gathering holiness proceeds
the Intelgencer then goes represent jefferson hold
ing the opinion that the federal power could of d
rect authority, emancaie the blacks tou in any manner
consulting the States !"
We have cited these monstrous and nefarous calum-
MES, heaped by the ntegencer the memory of all illus
tous patriot and statesman for the purpose of wasting any
words upon their refuaon To quote them enough They
refute themselves Such statements will shock the moral
of honest of all parties the South and through
out the Union When the Intelgence shall make out
against Mr.. Jefferson acting the principles and in the
spirit of the Liberty party in derogaion Of the rights OF
the States, and in violation of the compacts of the conu
ton, then, we may OCCASION will enter upon his
defence But ut present. call the attention OF the coun-
try TO the fact that the lnegence willing TO blacken the
memory Of Thomas Jefferson for the purpose Of coakng up,
of commencing to the people, by his example, the alliance
now manesy projected and rapid process of accomplish
ment between the Wings Of New England and the organized
Aboloniss The position and influence of the ntegencer
in the Wing party give this its part, sgn-
which deeply concerns every man interested IN the pre-
servaton of Federal Union II shows that the Wings OF
that section, in making their election rally party in
national politics upon grounds subverve of the most solemn
compacts and guarantees of constitutions have not reckon
ed wholly without their host The metropolitan Wing jour
nal supposed represent the Wings Of the SOUTH at least
counenance their arocious scheme, but eager stretch
forth its hand and draw the venerated mantle of Ihos
jefferson IL is rns spirit IN the Wing indicating the
depth and strength Of the Abotonst contagion which
spreading itself through the Wing ranks in than
section of the country to which principally invoke the
tention of the people
The gross and glazing untruh of the Inegences repre-
sentaton of Mr. Jeersons opinions lies upon the very
face of the Jefferson doubtless thought that slavery
misfortune. He advocated times the eradication
the mitigation of by the free and spontaneous action of the
Sd G0pernnens He held the whole subject to be strictly
and exclusively within the pale Of State Jurisdiction His
whole plan of emancipation carefully and seduousy
guarded and limited the voluntary action Of the STAKEHOLDER
himself He would have looked with horror upon any party
organized throughout the nation the Liberty party"
organized, and the Wing party in New England orga-
nizng ITSELF to direct the Legislation of the Federal Govern
upon the institution of slavery He would have in
such violation of the sacred rights pertaining
to the citizens of the United Satesghs which home
to the sancy and the safety of the domestic heah of half
the Union and fragrant breach of the most soemnly plight
ed public faith To band together national party against
the institution of slavery elect representatives Congress
pledged to prohibit the transfer of slaves from State
other, and to instant and unconditional abolition in the
District OF Columbia to rally faction in national
cis the members OF which shall be pghed to each other
WELD every atom of which the constitution gives them
directly indirectly prevent the extension of slavery
another inch of ground and to put down, regardless of all
consequences, wherever it exists to fling the whole subject
Of slavery rebrand all the bulwaks of the cons
tuition, into the midst of Legislative halls and Of
ALL to and fire and madden the whole popular mind
throughout every section of country, by unfurng the
black flag OF such abolition this in the Presidential
and thereby to awaken storm Of national agitation which,
ITS fury may sweep the pillars of the constitution
PUSHES borne before the windsuch the manifest ten
dency If 1t be not the declared purpose of the Wing abo
tonss OF New England, whose Teckessness and des
peraon the lnegencer spreads the broad shield of Jeff
ferson Things have far indeed when the metropolitan
Wing organ invoke such authority to commend such
purpose to the favor to the patience Of the people
will he warn he WhO
of their patriotic feeling they cling the free and glorious
Union of the sovereign States of conedeacy They
know that there but rock upon which this Union can
be shivered TO pieces They know that national abolition
agation entering legislative councils and our political
that rock They know that the tremendous elements
of such agitation will cnd asunder the whole fabric of
constitution The party which shall commit itself to the pur
pose of engendeng such agitation surely doomed For
| moment, indeed it may seem 10 gather strength in some
sections OF the country may concentrate in its ranks the
influence of sectional interests and the aid of pr
vleged classes who failing carry their schemes of spe
cia legislation by appeal and sound policy, may
be willing to call upon the blind fury Of fanatcism do their
work
:" F7ectre 81 nequeo slperos, 9cheronta moue6o"
But the refuge against the madness Of all such pasanshp
Is to be found in the patriotism of the people and the solid
and seadfast power Of the Democratic party. The Wing
Journals feel this Knowing that the Democracy throughout
the Union stanch and true TO all the compac and compro
misses Of the the record Of Democratic
good faith down the national declarations of the De-
mocratc party at Baltimore, and the resolution Of the
Democratic State Convention Bosonconscious that the
Democracy of the whole country ready rally almost to
give the South and its institutions the full pu
lated protection Of the federal constituon-knowing this
these journals already charge upon the Democracy that
the fast ally of slavery. The charge is being interpreted
that the Democracy ready stand by the constitution. II
accusation in which the Democratic party finds its power
and its strength. In that strength the Union, with all its
blessings, stands strong.
Let us now briefly recaptulate the main points
urged in our article thus represented, lest some of
our readers may not have seen or may not distinct
ly recoect them:
OF the Liberty party" we spoke only as dan
gerous body of men, ready to sacrifice every
real, because feasible principle, to an impossible
idea but as, nevertheless, some of them sincere
and " conscientious in these their wild notions of
which 1--WE thought) the very essence is real Loco
focoism.
OF the " Moderate party in Massachusetts, we
said that they had become irritated mot without
cause) at the late unconstitutional and mschevous
series of acts, lamentations and wars professed to
be done for the advantage Of Southern institutions
and that these, not unnaturaly had kinded among
them sort of resentment against slavery; but that
the feeling entirely unjust, inasmuch as the free
States had really more strongly sustained these
crimes than the slaveholding ones and that OBJ
viously the fault was that of party-Locofocoism
and even ra-Abolitionism-much more than that
Of the South.
OF the South we said, however, that il was much
to blame in aiding to pull down its only sure bull
wark, the Constitution, in order to acquire fala-
cious Stranoth by unomentary ,yidpnino IF slave