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be such legislation ia Cougress as shall prevent
such rsuIIs.
! But. gentlemen. NJ mnn has exercised a more
conlrDhug Influence onihe cOrductOf bis friends
IN this Country than Mr. Van Buren,. take it.
that the most imp0ului, or one Of the m1s, i'm
pnnoni events ia our lime, tending to the exlen.
sion Of slavery agd lis everlasting establishment
on this continent, was the annexation Of Texas.
in ls44. Where was Mr.. ION Buren, thenl-
| L.: me ask-rhrre Or four years ago-where was
he' lie had been at the head Of what is cali' d
The Spoils Parry. Hs bud not then besn al the
head Of the Soil. or Free Soil Parry.
Every friend of SIR. Van Buren, so far us !
know. supported the measure. The Two Sena.
tors from New York supported il. Allow me 10
say thai nobody resisted bn Wings.
/ And say in the face ur the world. say in
I The face of those connected with or likely 10 be
benrfued by the Buffalo Convention. | say to
all Of them, that there has been no party Of
men, and no party in this country, which has
firmly and srernly resisted The progress Of the
Slave power but The Wings.
/ Why, look 10 this very question of the an.
the slave power! At least they do do not
! do not allow that any body dictates 10 me-
They talk Of the triumph Of the South over the
North! There is not a word of truth or reason
IN the whole Of il. am bound TO say, on my
conscience, that Of oil the evils inflicted upon
us by those acquisitions Of slave territory, the
North has borne its full par in the afTliction.-
Northern votes, in full proportion, have been
given in both Houses, have been given for the
extension Of territory-and for the extension oi
slave territory; and This, TOO, in both Houses ol
Congress.
We talk Of the North. There has been no
North. ! think the North Star is at last discoy.
cred; | think there will be a Nonh; but up 10
the recent session Of Congress there has been
no North.
In regard to firm principles against Slavery,
they have always existed there. Pope asks:
'Where'Sthe North! A,York, It's on,hc Tweed
In Scotland, al the Orcades; and there,
AIGreenland, ZembIa, orlhe Lord knows where.
A country united in just sentiment; strong in
opinion and action against the further extension
OF sIavery-if there has ever been such North
-ifit has ever existed anywhere, it has existed
the Lord knows where, do not. Why, on this
very question Of the admission of Texas, the
North let in Texas, The Wings, North and
South, resisted Texas. Ten Senators from
slave.holding Suites, from the Whig parry, re-
sisted Texas. Two only, as | remember voted
for it. But the Southern Wing votes against
Texas were overPowered by the Democratic
votes from the Free States, and from New En-
+ gland among the rest. Yes, if there had no
been votes from New England in favor Of Tex
! as, Texas would have been out 10 this day.
Yes, ic men from New England had been trut
Texas would have been nothing but Texas still
There were four votes in the Senate from
New England in favor of the admission of Tex
as--Mr. Van BUren' 'sfriends-Democralic mem
bers: one from Maine; two from New Hamp
shire; one from Connecticut. One Of them q
gentleman who had held high office under Mr.
Van Buren,. They voted fol Texas; and they
lei in Texas, against Southern Wings and Nor
thern Wings! That is The truth of it my friends
When northern members of Congress voted,
in 1918. for the Missouri Compromise, against
the known will Of their constituents. they were
called "Dough Faces" ] am afraid, fellow cit.
izens. that the generation of dough faces will
be as perpetual as the generation of men.
In 1914. as we all know, Mr.. Van Bnren as
candidate iorhe Presidency. on the part Of The
Democratic parry. but lost the nomination at
Baltimore. And we now learn from letter TO
Gen. jackson from MIR. Butler that MIR. Van Bu-
ren's claims were superseded because. after all.
the South thought that the accomplishment OF
the annexation of Texas must be more safely
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the Northern portion Of the Democratic party
were friendly TO Mr.. Van Buren. Our neigh.
bors from New Hampshire, and Maine, and
elsewhere, were Van Buren, men. But the mo.
ment it was ascerained that Mr. Polk was the
avorite Of the South upon the ground that
have menuoned-as man more certain to bring
about the annexation Of Texas than Mr.. Van
Buren--ttese friends Of Mauln Van Buren in
the North all "caved in" not man Of them
stood. MIR. Van Buren, himself wrote letter
very complimentary to Mr.. Polk and Mr.. Da.
las, and found no fault with the nominees.
Now, gentlemen, if they were dough faces
who voled for The Missouri Compromise, what
epithet shall describe these men, here in our
/ New England, who are so ready, not only 10
change or abandon him whom they most cordial
y wished TO support, and for the reason, TO nuke
more sure The annexation Of ofTexas.
They nominated Mr.. Polk at the request OF
gentlemen Of the South, and who went 10 vote
for him, through thick and Thin, ill The work
was accomplishment.
For my part, think that dough faces is an
epilhet not sufficiently reproachfuI- Now, |
think, such persons are dough faces, and dough
heads, and dough souls shouts Of oflaughter that
they are all dough; that the coursest potter may
mould them 10 vessels ar honor or dishonor,-
most readily TO vessels of dishonor.
Now what do we see! Repentance has gone
far. There are among these every people-these
very gentlemen--persons who espouse, with
great zeal the interest Of the Free Soil parry
hope their repentance is as sincere as it appears
TO be. hope it is honest conviction, and not
merely new chance for power, under new
name and new party. With all their preten-
Sions and with MI thai4 natSiotisro I coo douch