The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-12-05
For Congress,
Y, dis, CHARLES ALLEN of Worcester
III. dis, JOHN G, PALFREY of Cambridge.
For Congress,
rnE EREE SON MOVEMENT.

The last number of the Massachusetts, Quarterly Re-
view has an article on this subject the ofwhCh
IN 1eplv 10 the question: What shall the Free Soil par
tvdo next ," it says, They must go forward as the
early abotionisls went with this for their motto No
Slavery in America" Hereat the Boston Journal
thinks it has m1de an awful discovery and excIams.
"Here then we have it, and from high authority too
The Constitution and the Union of the States OF IL
te consequence when compared with The great idea
Of aboishmg Slavery"
Ii appears u.s. that in jumping at his conclusion the
Editor of the Journal has made an immense stride and
one that unwarranted by the facts in the Ii
true very true that with the Free Soil party The extinc>
lion of slavery is cherished principle, not only because
il right in itself but because, il we most assuredy
believe depends the perpetuty both of the Constitution
and the Union. In sustaining the Union we believe
most efecuay secure the abolition OF slavery, and IN
securing the restriction and final abolition Of slavery we
most certainly obtain guarantee for the preservation of
the Union. The founders of government foresaw,
that under its operation hat terrible could not ex>
ist for any long period Of time and with the awakeced
sentiment of the world The subject of liberty every
day furnishes proof that fee states cannot, and
will not ong submit patiently to have the dead carcass
of slavery bound TO them.
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and to secure the blessings of liberty' Does do
either when is welded TO the support of slavery p
This of those questions, which are answered in
the asking. 1t should be the of ALL then so 10
mould our institutions and so control the action of the
Constitution without transcendng its powers that these
great objects shall be attained. Otherwise Justice IS
perverted, Liberty is but name and the Constitution
itself is failure What inducements will remain 10
sustain the Constitution when it shall be proved that il
cannot the purposes for which instituted
And how long will people be expected to cling TO Tn.
ion which imposes burthens without adequate return
These are grave questions which should be fairly met
without any further attempt TO blink them of sight
The Truth Of the case is that if we would sustain the
Union and uphold the Constitution we must so control
their operation the objects for which they
were instituted. The only hope OF this that we can
discern is in the Free Soil movement. The old political
parties depend for their success their combination
with the slave power, or arstocracy of the South
Without the aid of that, either of them necessarily
left in a hopeless minority But the Free Soil party
claims its natural suppo ers the friends of freedom
every where, both north and south. This therefore,
makes antagonist to the slave poN err and consequent.
y the natural ally Of the at the south as well as
the norh-of those who do hold slaves and whose
interests opposed 10 slave holding. # is well known
that the Shareholders constitute but small portion say
one-ffh only, of the white population OF the Southern
States The interests of the remaining four>fths are
opposed to slavery more completely than those of the
people OF The free States because the existence of sav.
cry amongst them not only parayzes the enterprise Of
the white aborer, but stamps upon him the degradation
of an inferior caste.
To the masses then, of the white population of the
South, the Flee Soil movement opens the door of hope
That party its natural ally, because it based
upon principles which will emancipate that portion OF
the population from its social and political degradation
Will it not hasten, then, the principles and
objects of the party rightly understood TO enroll it,
sell under its banners. We think SO. And if it should
IT would soon control most of the southern States by
irresistible maiorties.
The Free Soil movement, then, is not sectional in its
character objects 1t looks TO the good of the whole
country, and in carrying forward IFS work. expects aid
from the sOhoie country expects first to limit the evils
Of slavery TO its present sectional locality and to with
hold from it any aid by the general government tia
is not expressly required by the constitution II expects
40 the vast territories of the Uaion from the beh
"f slavery to be the homes of free men and of free men
only Having done that it will SEEK by an amend.
men Of the Constitution to entirely cut asunder the
government from any connection with slavery or from
any obligation for It's support. When this is done tina
whole work is done for slavery long exist in tho
Is Withdrawn from il.