The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-07-13
NAMES AND PelScrpLEs." The Boston Adye


srs Of other parties, well those Of the Free DEM
ocracy, hold 10 the doctrines Of Free Soil 1t says:
No man who can make any pretence to
knowledge oil the sentiment of the people of N'e,c
England. OH the subject of slavery, can pretend
that majority of any party, even before the or.
ganization OF the g Liberty party" now merged
in the Free Soil movement, wished for, or was
prepared to consent to any action for the extern
sion OF slavery. Wings, Democrats, Native
Americans, all agreed here. Some disappointed
Wings assumed this doctrine of non. extension as
their own, undertook to build up separate party
upon this as a single principle of action-0hey
OF course, being captans)-then joined with those
whom they had always opposed in order to injure
those who had always been their guides and
friends,-and adopted the words &c Free Soir' as
motto, creed and banner. They thus esa5.
ilshed name by deserving principle.
Throughout .Ne,c England the word ssFree
Sol'' as the name of party was mere humbug
and the cry of demagogues Nobody here wish
ed the extension OF slave territory, and the pre-
tence that there was any other feeling was I'M
worthy of the conductors Of respectable presses
This is worthy of press having more Jesutsm than
we supposed The Advertiser laid claim TO- and as
an exhibition of impudence" may fairly be matched
against any thing that be produced We have la
ken the liberty to ilalcse few words in the extract to
show that the writer, while appearing speak for the
parry LOCALITIES the application of his remarks and cons
fines them to New England. We have never pretended
as the Advertiser, by implication would have its readers
believe, that the members of the two Hunker parties
10 much extent heeabouts, q wished the extension
slave territory" On the contrary, have freely ad,
mled that the masses, in both tie old parties not only
in New England but hroug bout the free States, are in
favor of Free Soil principles We do not suppose that
there very many persons north OF Mason and Dixons
line who per Sc wish the extension of slave territory
But, what we do affirm, is that the leaders, either
make no pretences of opposition TO such ertensioa or
9ey do they prove by their that their professions
are insincere and hypocrtcal and that neither party
as now constituted be relied on for any effective
opposition TO such extension. And on this ISSUE we are
prepared to the Advertiser or any oft coadiuors
That it is SO, is proved by the events of the last press
Dental campaign, BY the organization of the new adj
mnistraton, and by the readiness which the Taylor press
IN New England defends that organization and the sub
sequent appointments, by which great portion of the
mportantorelgn missions, and other promnant appoint
mens, have been given to the slave power.
1t matters little to u.s. it matters little TO the slave, ii
matters little 10 the cause of human freedom how strong
the professions of opposition TO slavery, or of favor
10 free soil, of politicians here may be- long as they
aod partIzan fraternity with the slave power go into
convention with 1t, and suffer their political action to be
controlled by Il,-nay, more, when they furnish il,
whenever occasion may require, with their Luns, their
hudsons, and as many other doughfaces as may be
necessary TO give it the ascendency and control So
professions, SO carried out, are, indeed but as sound
ing brass and tnkling cymba" And party, so con.
stituted and so acting, injurious 10 the cause of
liberty, than il openly avowed its determination to
sustain the slave power in all its assumptions.
1t is not 10 be supposed that any considerable mum
Der OF persons of any party in the free States uphold
slavery IN the abstract, deny the soundness of free
SOIL principles. But the trouble with the HunkerS is
That, With them, the love of freedom and hatred Of
oppression, is not fixed, abiding, vital principle,
interviewer with their feelings and controlling their ac-
hon, bn mere abstraction be used or cast aside as
interest, convenience party ascendancy may require
And II mas been the misfortune of The Wing party to
have In its ranks number of such mep seeking TO be
leaders, having great wealth, and sufficient talent, when
combined with it, TO give them wide influence. This
influence has been disastrous 10 the party We have
seen il, felt it, and commended against it, from the day
when prominent Wing in this pace insule a large
meeting OF our citizens in the Town Hall by marching
up, backed by huge two.6sted rishman and wrestling
his notes from the hands OF The speakers in which OUT
rage be was backed up by still prominent Wings
rom the day when 'the respectable Daily" excused
mob of five thousand "men of character and standug IN
breaking up meeting OF women in Boston, aud al.
tempting the LIE of their speaker; from the time when
leading Wings in Boston actively advocated the annex
alton of Texas slave ate because il would open
great market TO manufactures, and used their in.
auence in favor of it, although the party protested be
opposed thereto from these times respectively down to
the day, when getting the ascendancy, it imposed
upon the party that ignorant STAKEHOLDER, "Old
Zack Taylor as its candidate for the Presidency
When this be the case, we considered the par.
ty virtually dissolved. 1t so, and exists. now only
in name. The party with that name, as party neither
holds sustans free soil prime pes and hence the me-
cessy Of the formaton of party whose principles
shall be true on the greatest question Of the age and
whose action shall always be in conformity with its prn,
cipies.
William K. Stiles, late tax collector of New Orleans,
mas been convicted Of embezziug y2S 079 40 OF the
public funds