The Daily spy., 1849-09-28

ter Itself, aud conioned efforts Of the Gazette and
the "Respcctabe Daily can alter or conceal them
What though as The Gazaue so imposingy proclaims
he present government had not Mta beeaeStaliiShed"
This fact has nothing to do with the PRINCIPLES OF Wash
ing on His repugnaace tosavery was nol sentiment
hat lived under tie c,nederaCy, and d,d under lie
Constitution II, in l776 he dcclued 10 Robert Morris
his desire as cn perate with others 10 abol>
lsh slavery by the legislation Of any government under
which the evil existed he gave poof of the erity Of
tta declaration by hs off iai act as Presdcnt OF tht
Uniled States under It's present Constitution. Aad If,
at any period he was ready operate with others tor
the abolition OF slavery by appropriate legislation, The
inference is irresistible thai he would be at as ready
TO hnder by appropriate legislation, lis extension into
territory already tree iron that evil
'iis place, the whole letter OF Washington worthy
OF an attentive perusal II, on minor points, and
those irrelevant 10 the declared and oper jet OF the
Address of The Convention, Washington Id opinions
which belonged Iahcr his time than 10 our; neverhe
less, his clear and explicit language respecting has read
MSS toad by his slIge in AbOsh ing stacery by the leg
's!at'ce action of gopenment uader tcc TIE euu
ISIS worthy of great AND venerable We
no'ho" widely tie who letter which contains such po
ft'cai platform spread abroad What in is good win
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good, the deficiency will not this day. escape obser
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But, before we close we have word 10 say respects
ng the oonsed, though desperate effort, reconcile
the people OF Massachusetts the ''nominaon nol fit
10 be made" by briuging down Washington and lifting
up General Tayo: 10 a common le ell. The people al,
ready know too much Of both not resent the impu>
dence OF such an experiment their posed oreduy
Though the attempt is harmless TO the name OF " ASH
ington, is cruel TO that Of Gen. 1ay ylor. In whats
ever light the comparison made, whether as hero a
statesman, man, or even as a "Siavehoider" Gen.
Taylor is great sufferer to be entrusted TO the foil,
and madness OF his friends. the TWO names have nc
affinity, aid only repe each other Washington and
Taylor! How the contrast! Their lux apostion
Is sublimey ridiculous Even when separate the one
is never great and the other never so small as when
deliberately bsefved and carefully studied And y, t.
even tEus late, waen every months development mas
but demonstrated the fnIeseen civil ilcapacity Of Gen
f"yl"r, Except as hlr. Seuaor Davis is repcr rled 10
have said, before bis nomination for the Presidency "tO
l'ck CdsS ritt the Salem Gazette, in its attack on the
Free Sol! Convention aud tie repued writer Of its Ad-
DRESS hopes TO impose the people of Essex by kening
Taylor TO ashmgton whose resemblance is only like
thai OF the boastiu decalmers Cicero in that eact
had 1T on his nose.
Say the Gazette, the tuiness OF its conceit and i'm
pudence LET be borne in mind that ashgt OH was
il NTH Taylor, military hero, southern planler aud lC
the day OF his death great ayehocr, and every mar
e can appreciate the outrage upon tuth and facts in
erhlns his upon the Free Soil Van Buren, Bal.
Il Ier"-meanng, according to the Gaz~ttes own expla
n nation the of Washing tons anti slavery platform
'e as was used in the Address Of the Free Soil Conven
tom 10 illustrate and vindcae own Identical SEMI
'e ment on that subject.
at The Gazette may put show Of gravity ike tha
of Conurer Ctop, in the hope haits will opcr
40 ale III the initiation of Gen Taylor mag gMiu c which
Il" nature has denied hm but drugs incanaloas vii
& oveHsether established avs AS a solder Washns
H. Ion was the hero ofh5ery, "Io the blessing
III offreedom; while aylor his laurels by Invading
) The territory offreedom reduce ii 10 bondage, an,
hus extend and perpeuate The dominion Of slavery
Oh Bat even great siaceGoider, The character il
n which the Gazette seems most rapturousy to coa!em
ss plate the great co,equaI OF admiraon how wide
ry mmeasurably wide, is Was 1ington from Tayor! Villa
IN act, what sentiment Of the latter Justices or rather doe
as rown upon, the comparisonsl Ii Washington wa
H. "a greal s!aveLode" by The number his bond
De men, he much more great STAKEHOLDER by ii,
as OF that unbes relatongreat i'll his resolution wear
before his death, to acquire no more saveS-great in h
9 example OF emancpang them his dying testIn nv t
" tie rights aud The wrongs Of le sdvegreat in his dc
Gu sire III l776 TO cooperate by h in oyerh
the monslrous institution BY legisl live enac.men-grea
n his actual cooperation nterdct ITS existence in al
10 the territory OF the United States.
. But where, in any respect the Likeness of Tay
~ or to the moral greatness OF Washington even as
~ savehoderi 1t is wholly absent Ia, or is "a grea
ut STAKEHOLDER only in the number of The vc,ms he DOOM
Vi to his cotton fields, aud TO The essential enorites q
81 bondage. Instead Of refusing aid TO his small in
nc herauce Of slaves, he has spent his recent gains i
y stocking his plantation l,h aIgeIswarms of bondmep
" As he fought IN war ior slavery and was a succes<l
" instrument in conqueng free territory for the exenso,
OF slavery Tor that success and tor his inyeteiate
acter and habits willing STAKEHOLDER he was selected
by the political adopts OF slavery for office which h,
now holds but cannot FILL that by its pow er and patron
age, he may be used by his keepers finish The nu,y
which the tight Of tie nasual government has been so
long struggling 10 accomplish. Away then, with sucl
= uEseemly comparisons and dishonest m,ckeres Wbe,
= Tom Thumb shall become Hercu $, an Arabs ton,
an Egyptian pyramid, a transient meteor be fired i;
The frnannenf aS a star of tho frat ~, ,n,,.l.