The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1848-08-19
A "WHTG" ENDORSEMENT OF Mr.. VAN
BUREN'S ANTI SLAVERY PRINCIPLES.

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BUREN'S ANTI SLAVERY PRINCIPLES
The Richmond Wig, one OF the ablest and
most influential Taylor Wing presses in the
country, speaks as follows of Mr. Van Buren,. 1t
commences by rebuking the folly and dupIicity
of the Southern Democrats land Northern Tay-
lorites] IN representing Mr. Van Buren, as being
with the South on the Slavery question, and then
adds:
"They knew perfectly well that Martin Van
Buren, had once been the advocate OF Free Ne
gro Suffrage in the State of New York. They
knew just as we'll that he had warmly supported
the Missouri restrictions, at time when the
prosecution of that measure threatened to DESTROY
the Union, and TO involve the whole country in
civil war They must have seen, that by such
course, he had shown, as strongly as he could
show, that in his opinion, the integrity OF the
confederation was, to the object of excluding sla-
very from the territories of the United States but
a secondary consideration. His views upon the
subject were perfectly understood, and justly
represented by the ISouthern] Wing party. This
new movement has not taken that party by sur
prise. He is exactly now, where they always
knew and said his heart was, at the time he and
his [Southernl friends were endeavoring to per-
suade the South into the belief that he was sea
Northern man with Southern principles His
ing Wilmot Proviso man. What right have
they to be so Did they not know-at the time
they were pressing him on the South-what had
been his views with regard to the Missouri Re-
strlctons: Had he ever disavowed those views !:
and had they not every reason to believe that
they remained unchanged We're not the re-
strictions as strong as the Wilmot Proviso How
can these men, then, justify the enormous fraud
which they attempted to palm off upon the
South 20
This is sound and conclusive Taylor Wing au-
thority as to the position of Martin Van Buren,.
And now to understand particularly what have
always been the views of our Presidential nom
inee upon the GREAT QUESTION of Slavery
Restriction, alluded to by the Richmond Wing,
read the following preamble and resolution, pas
sed by the Legislature of New York in 1920, for
which MARTIN VAN BUREN,, then in the
Senate, voted
Whereas, The inhibting the further extern
sion OF slavery in the United States is subject
ofdeep concern to the people OF this State and
whereas, we consider SLAVERY an euit much to
be deplored, and that every constitutional bar
ter should be anterp0sed to PREVENT IT'S FUR
TIER EXTENSION and whereas, the Constitu.
ton of the United States clearly gives the right
to require new States not comprised within the
original boundary of the United States to make
the prohibition of slavery condition of their adj
mission into the Union Therefore,
RESOLVED, That our Senators be instruc ted and
our members of Congress be requested, TO OP-
POSE THE ADMISSION, as a State into the
Union, OF any territory not comprised as afore-
said, without making the PROHIBITION OF
SLAVERY therein an INDISPENSABLE
condition of admission
This is up to the Buffalo platform, on which
the same distinguished statesman now very con-
sistently stands, as opposed to the slavery-ex-
tending nominees OF the Baltimore and Phila.
delphia Conventions. c.