The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-09-04

IL was not long uetore II began to manifest It's
control over the public policy; taking first one
step, and then another step, as public opinion
would permit, until in the progress of time, that
power came into the entire control of the Govern
ment And how Simply by saying to one
political party, the party, tor example, which was
opposed TO special privileges, and desiring the
largest liberty Tor individuals. II you will 90
with us, we will enable you to accomplish your
tavorte schemes in the free States under the
gency OF the General Government, so far as ii
may be dole. Aud if that pdrty--I mean now
Inc Democratic party-obeying its natural in
suncts in favor OF freedom, should at some time,
seem TO be likely to vary little from The path
which the shareholders had marked out for them
TO tread, all that this power had TO do was simply
TO turn 10 that Conservative party, and say, II
you will give US your votes, we will check the
wild schemes Of the Democratic party and teach
them their proper places. This, fellow citizens,
was the game, and this game was so successfully
played that this power in the hands of the slave.
holders gradually reduced everything under its
control; so that at last the interests OF slavery be
came the prime interests regarded by the Gov.
eminent, and you found the STAKEHOLDER in the
possession ofnearly all the Offices of high public
trust; and so arrogant did they become that in the
Senate OF the United States, man who had been
nominated for high political Office, was doomed
W 'NJSNhCH pCCduSe tie entertained anu slavery
entlments-because he had dared to respond to
the sentiments which burned in Massachusetts,
heart.
Other men proposed for public office were re-
Jected simply upon the score of their anti.slavery
sentiments. l do not think it will be done again,
but it has been done, and it was oone by the ar
rogance OF this pow err which had possessed itself
OF almost every department, and which was now
to sway the sceptre of uncontrolled domination
over our country.
Seeing this state OF things, seeing that it was
necessary that this state OF things should be met
by some remedy appropriate to it, lew ndividu
ais in the country determined that they would
make the question OF freedom paramount, pre-
cisely as the shareholders made the interests of
slavery paramount Thus there arose PAL ty in
the country which, planting itself upon the great
truths OF the Declaration OF independence, de
handed nothing unreasonable, nothing forced
nothing extravdgant-but simply that the Gov
eminent should return TO its original policy; sim
ply That the Government which our fathers had
created should be administered upon the princi.
Piles which they had proclaimed. Thera was
nothing unreasonable in this. Applause
This attempt was met by obstinate resistance
ard in process OF time, the extravagant claims OF
the shareholders began to startle the entire BODY
OF the people. We had acquired Louisiana. a
slaveholding territory at the time OF the cesslon,
and it was permitted TO remain So except so much
OF it as should lie north of the parallel Of latitude
500 30' This was great departure from the
principles OF our government; tor according to the
legitimate principles OF our government, the very
moment that Louisiana was acquired every shack
lie upon every slave of the Territory should have
fallen from him So with Florida. Instead of
extending over Florida the same ordinance of
1887 which was extended over the tel ritory
nj tha ID -
main slave territory. Then came, still later, the
Missouri struggle upon the same question, which
resulted in the Missouri Compromise.
But hhally the question presented itself in
new form. We acquired from Mexico an i'm
mense district OF country, larger than all the orr
ginal thirteen States. This territory was free
1t came to US free. Barbarous Mexico had made
her air too pure for the slave TO breathe. And
now the Shareholders came forward, with total.
ly new construction of the Constitution of the
United States, and by their most learned men in
the Senate and else" here they proclaimed the
unheard OF doctrine that wherever the Ameri.
can flag floated there the slaves chain must clauk
beneath it; that there was no foot oil the Ameri.
can territory, not org anZed into States nor pro.
hitting the existence OF slavery by its own power
as State, where the stakeholder might not go,
and there find still over him the egis OF the Con-
sitution to protect his usurpation, and to bind
and manacle the slave This was something en-.
tirely new-entIrely new. 1t shocked the PEG.
pie OF the country And yet we saw, to our as.
tonishment, politician after politician bending the
knee, and taking upon himself was about to
say the mark Of the beast in his forehead, but per
haps that would be an expression little too strong
but we saw politician after politician bending
the knee, and repeating after the STAKEHOLDER,
Great is slavery; il is protected by the Constu.
ton; we must not interfere with it; let it go wher-
ever the shareholders may choose to carry it.
That shocked the people. They were not pre-
pared tor 1t. 1t was doctrine which had no
sanction in our history. There was not single
page, of single Leaf, OF single record, in our
whole history to lend the slightest sanction to any
such doctrine as that. Cheering
But the politicians thought it was nece sary to
recognize it in order to get the South. We find
the Wing party, not absolutely ready to recog
Dize this doctrine, but rejecting with contumely
at the National Convention any expression of op.
pos ton to this doctrine. And we find the Dem
ocratic party, in their National Convention at
Baltimore, willing to take upon itself this yoke;
we find their candidate willing 10 repeat this
confession Of f it'll.
But there was portion of the Democratic par.
ty, and there was portion OF the Wing party,
who were not thus to be misled. (Applduse.)
And there was an old liberty guard which need
ed no admoniton to reveal TO its eyes the enorln.
tiles OF the slave powre. (Renewed applause
There were these three great sections OF the PEG
pie OF the United States who determined that
this thing should come to an end, and therefore
they met at Buffalo; aud there they put forth
creed which will do for the people OF the United