The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-07-02

objects too base to be ayowed. The
dough-faces ofthe 18th Congress are Just
ly chargeable with the triumph o fslavery;
for although Mr.. Scott, the delegate Of
Missouri, and the slave-owners in Ken
lucky, opposed the restriction against sla-
very, yet, after it passed the House of
Representatives, they implored their
friends to acquiesce, which would have
been the peaceful result, had not slavery
found Senators from free States, then the
majority false to their constituents. From
this fatal beginning, the course ofFree-
dom has been downward. The attempt
to make Missouri a free State has been
falsely attributed to unworthy ambition.
Bear with me, while | relate some facts
not generally known of its origin. One
day early in February, 1919, Gen. James
Tallmadge thcnofP oughkeepsie, in Con
gross from Duchess county, was sitting
with me in the room of the Committee Of
Elections, of which l vas Chairman.
We discOursed Of the petition Of Mis-
souri, to become a State, then before the
House, of its noble rivers, fertile soil, and
position by the side of the Northwest
Territory, and TO which would, doubtless,
have been applied the free ordinance of
1887, confirmed by the first Congress,
had Missouri then belonged to the Union.
The rich fruits of that ordinance were
brought forward. We both felt the SOL
emn duty of applying its principles to the
young giant, destined to be the empire
State of the West; we settled the form of
restriction to be moved, so mild as to i'm
pair no vested right, and we INDUCED
the hope that our brethren of the South,
like their predecessors of 1887, would
cheerfully cooperate. With the great
South we had zealously supported the
war of1S12, and considered its represen-
%tatives our political friends, together cor
daily supporting the administration Of
Mr.. Madison. Saturday, February 18th,
the Missouri bill being reached, General
Tallmadge, as agreed, moved the %restric-
ton, after boundaries and other matters
were settled. The hour being late, the
House adjourned. Monday. Feb. 18th.
Gen Tallmadge was too i'll to come to
the House, and | opened the debate, in a
speech widely circulated. On another
day, Gen. +. came in, and ably sustained
the restriction. The bill passed thus, SO
to Sc. The Senate, by the aid of dough-
faces, struck out the restriction Of slave
ny. Each house adhered, and the bill
failed. During the next Congress, Gen.
Tallmadgs was in the service of the State
fNew York, in another department.
The duty Of bringing forward and sup
porting the restriction devolved on me-.
My speech on the occasion was fuller and
moro widely circulated. Able supper
tiers were not wanting. The House a.
gain passed the bill restricting slavery.
The dough-faces in the Senate preserved
in disappearing the Free States. some
against positive instructions, all abusing
confidence. Tho Committee o. Confer.
ence reported the compromise, which
slavery and dough-faces enforced, against
the votes of Freedom'ssons On the pas
sage of this compromise, Randolph said
of these doughJ faces, as he called them,
tive got all we wanted, had we needed
more, they were in the market" Slavery
then triumphed in victory which now ii
pretends deprived it of inherent right
north of36 80.
November, 1920, Mr.. Clay %sentin hisre.
~signatien as Speaker, and the contest Of
freedom and slavery was renewed in
choice ola successor, which, after three
days ballotting, fell OIL me-. Dec. 1921,
Van Buren, came SenatorfromNew York,
the bucktails in theHouse, having in oppo.
sition to my efforts, turned Clinton out Of
the management of This W canal, breath.
ing slaughter to any one who refused tc
cry, Dozen ,oiM Clinton! The day Con.
gress met, seven ballots showed no cleo.
ton, though thrice | had a plurality, the
seventh within four of a majority over the
four other candidates. The bucktails vo
ting for C. A. Rodney, of Delaware
The South steadily voting for a slavehol
der. The South finding New York
bucktails resisted me, fearing another
ballot would elect, effected an adjourn
; ment to hold caucus. In caucus the
, bucktails were beaten by the South, as a
l Baltimore since; and Barbour, who lik,
, Polk was unexpected, and had not re
ceivsd a vote in the House. was nomina
I ted, whether by the two-third rule | know
: not; but on the twelfth ballot he was cleo
ted Not n week passed before double
: the number of New York bucktails re
I quired to secure my election, expressed
), regret at their being made the tools o
! "the Northern men with Southern prin
ciples.' But it was too late. | mention
: this only for the lesson it should teach thu
: divided North. The South on SLAYER.
r being a Macedonian phalanx. Gen
Alex. Smythe told me | was rejected a
I Speaker. only for my opposition to sla
very. Others said they voted against M
: with regret, but they could not 60 home
il they voted for me against a Virginiau
J. Gen. Mercer alone, Of a slave State, rep
:, resenting the distric. still Wing, gave m
d publicly his open ballot.
n May hope that, taught by experience
the free States will insist on the tru
bounds Of Texas on the Nueces, south q
Rod River, and that no territory no,
y FREQ shall ever be subject to slavery
Is The spirit cf slavery in all times is at wa
IT with free labor. 1t was evinced in tn
>. unconstitutional vote of Texas to repes
,Lo Tor;G $40 Iftba North confirm