The Davenport gazette., 1848-10-12
WHOLE NUMBER :367.

abolition ni slavery in the District Of Co
lnmbia on his slavish suhservicncv to Gen.
Jackson, and his enormous hcrcsics in re-.
gard 10 American labor, they wrote upon
his forehead and between his shoulders,
"Norttern Man rih Southern Princi-
pies"
They condemned him, and adjudged him
forever incapable OF bearing office ot trust
or profit III these United Stntes. TO that
verdict Massachusetts consented by tttcu.
~ thousand MINORITY. lie now calls upon
us Ia abjure that name under which wo
hive served our country from our moth.
er's arms-a creed which ds,ingushe. aud
honors us--and forward him 10 The Whi,c
House Why, sir,
"Can these things be,
And overcome us like a summers cloud,
Have we "cntcn of the insnne root.n
which takes u way m,r rensoug WHY should
we take up Van Bnren? We have not
changed llas he changed! lie says ho
has not. That great body Of pernicous
doctrine, that nnmaskcd and detected char
acicr # 1910, has be improved in a single
hnir Of his head? lie saws he hns not
u as he become sounder in regard 10 Exec
utivc power? Not u particle. Has he
with regard to '.ircc soil'' labor? Why no
said las, week, tha, in his poor Judgment
and poor enough it was--dircct taxation
was the best method Of raising money lor
the support of Government.
II bv anv contingency Or combination IF
chances, he should be elevated 10 tho
Chief Magistrncy, may be permitted To
predict and depIore in advance, that wl,atso-
ever else he shall give US, i, will be the n,pst
subservIens, slavish, and Southern admin
istrntion TINT the country ever saw
But Mr.. Van Buren, SAYS that he will
not veto n law ot Congress refusing 10 cx-
tend slavery into .hc newly acquired terri
tory. Very much obliged TO him, indeed.
by the way, how do we know that? "Con-
fidencc." said the eloquent Chatham. sis a
plant Of slow growth" How does Masra.
chusctts know that? Has she got rid ot
the sharpness aud strength OF those argu-
ments Of 1910! lie is very sincere today
J have no doubt. Bat suppose, gentlemen,
that instead Of being elected by the people,
as we know he will not he. he should come
into tho House u Representatives, who
can undertake to say he will come out Of
liz?
Tint is what ] want To know. With
what new pledges, new ties, ncw fcticr,
new objects in his political horizon, new
associations will he come out! lfhc goes
IN smilln. conspirator, how will he como
out? God have mercy upon us, and runsd
us and him from that terrible Temptation.
from that severest ordeal. hold that
no man knows any more how 10 will
come out than an uusophsticaied person,
who never saw girls, mill, could tell how
peck OF corn which be saw put into the
hopper, would come ont, whether ha.ty
pudding, dry meal, or all dough. fGrca.
laughter.
] say nothing for myself, bu, a. gres.
English debnicr once said, aud am sorry
am SO nearly able to say il with truth, II
am old aud slow" aud speak not my judg.
mcnt which is nothing, but the recorded
opinions Of 1910. But suppose he would
not veto the law Of Congress, prohibiting
slavery in the now territories, neither mM
Zen. Taylor refo such lar. On this
ground, therefore, we will do just rs much
Tor freedom with him rs with Martin Van
Buren, while along with il you have peace,
honor, quiet, and the whole vast body Of
Wing doctrines into the bargain.
ONWARD, UrwARD, ExcEIsIoR, iliomER,
HIGHER Is THE COURSE.
Residing as We do, Mr.. President, upon
the sen coast, allow mc 10 draw al iIiusire-
ton, which may not be 10 ineligible 10 a Il
present. ! have often thought, in looking
over the threc alternatives, what a very
different thing this great national ship ot
Stntc--Almighty God bless and prosper
her-will be, if she should fall into tho
command Of one Of the great csndidaies.-
Under Gen. Cnss, she would he bucaneer,
roaming all over the sea for silks and silver,
cannoaading this fort, firing into that Asg,
and making herself the terror Of the Ocean.
Cnder Martin Van Buren,, there would 10
n general row and mnliny fore and at, f.
ring from the quarter deck upon the officers
and from tho main deck through the hatch
es down into the hold; and, according -
ono or the other is in command, cruhiuq to
witch fos runaway slaves, or to prevent
slaves from running away, would he their
vocation. Give her to %, and she shall
swell away before every favoring breeze
upon her errsnd Of philanthropy, humani-
ty and civilization; every pTopiious gale
shall waft her on her course, aud she shalt
carry thousand merchn nj men under con
voy, the pride and mistress Of the conscio,Is
sea. The Hon. gentleman here tooA kN
scat amid applause long and loud.
eThe Boston Brass Band was heard playing
outside. Hence the alusion.