Litchfield enquirer., 1847-11-18
The WilmOt ProyiSO.

The Wilmot PrOviso is making tremen>
dous commoiion among the New York de
The explosion which it has oc>
casioLed is not unlike that caused by the
introduction Of fre.hrand into powder
mill. The State Convention at Syracuse
made deadly assault upon the Pr"viso.
and given the fullest sanction to the unlim>
ite,i extension and perpetuity OF slavery
To this the friends OF the late Silas Wright
entered an earnest protest, which was un-
needed by the majority whereupon mass
convention of the sunbought democracy
vas called and held at Herkimer. Here
John Van Buren,, Churchill c. Cambreling.
Gen. Barker, ard Mr.. Wilmot of Pennsyl>
vania, the veritable author of the Proviso,
handled the old hunkers' without mercy
for their adherence to slavery and the South.
Van Buren, and Cambreling. especially.
were unsparing in their dennnciation of the
national administration. SAID the latter,
"In spite of slaveholding President. and
in defiance of his mellow and musical organ
Il strike for freedom
Mr.. Van Buren,. late attorney general OF
the State, and son Of the ex>P,esidcnt, sale
In a recent speech al Albany
sWs are told by the Union, the organ
of the government at Washington, tina,
it is wrong for tn. people of the North TO
discuss the Wi mot Prcviso, But VIVA,
has MIR. Richie TO show, that he has, IN
any degree, contributed ci,hc: to the har-
moDy, numbers, or triumph OF the de-
mocracy? Arkansas was once so sfrong~
ly democratic that you could hardly find
"a wing with search warrant [laughmr]
and YET it is now under the dnrnininn of
The wings! Tennesee-,he home of the
President, and once a pillar 10 the dem-
ocratic :ernple-has l"ps"d, and now rest
in the arms of whiggery ;al'hough there
has BEEN Executive patronage enough
bestowed upon her citizens within tw"
years to have converted Massac huset,s
herself! Great lauehter.1 And Massa-
whose democracy had more
han once lriumphrd, during the editori-
n reign of Mr.. Kitchie's predecessor, is
low so sunken that j, can r. jcct a resolu-
ion of freedom Not only SO, its demon
acy has so far degenerated that it can
nominate a " fixed fact" as the prngres.
i've democratic" candidate ! Excessive
aughler. Pennsylvania alone bears up (
he old democratic baEner-and she is |
he home Of the author OF the Wilmo,
'rovisO."
Pu' suing his subject, the orator, in
rev of MI this, beg ed leave 10 say TO
ha: distinguished geDtieman-if words
rom so humble parsonage could reach
, im-,ha, his protest against the move |
nen,s of the frecmen OF New York, was
4 foreign protest, which by tho laws of
The Empire State had no validity
h.e,s.) We have, continued Mr. B.
followed Southern lights 10 the very verge
at freedom. We have followed their
will-o>ihe. wisps SO far thu, it we go tar>
iher. there is danger that we may be
mired. Hereafter, he, for one. should he
guided by the llgh' OF libery-he should
be guided oy the ligh, Of true patriotism
by the ligh, of human FRI edom-in
short, by the Northern lights -[Tremen-
dous cheering and greA. applause.]
Speaking Of The W'lmot Proviso as
by the Wings, Mr.. Van Buren,
AIDES: "Nu wise man will repud'ate \
good thing because i, has the coun,e>
nance oi those with whom he differs gem
orally. (Cheers.) He doubled whether
all the brave men in our army at Mexico
were democrats. Al Yorktown, Chippe-
wa, Buena Vista and Churubusco, wings
fought bravely. 1t the crimson soil OF
those battle fields should be analyzed d.
there would be found some spots Of wing
blood. (Cheers.) He would deem hun
self craven a, b, art, it he should find
himself hes"a'ing to admit the gailantry
OF Taylor, simply because he il a wing.
(Cbeers.) There are times when all good
'nen rally to the support I" correc, prin-
ciples. He was the las, man 10 be driv-
en- of 6om a righteous measure. because
he found il supported by n,en connected
with other denominations"