The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-08-26
Nafi0nnl POlltlca.


National Politics.
y FHsE soiLrRs ~ MAssAcHus.rr. SEXTON Cn H
tor Chase Ohio ~ IN. FREE soii meeting IN
ON the 23d met take from the Iraer OF sne sssn
Tst pap.r saws Senator Chase. OF Ohio addressed
the free soil caucus st evening He svowed his heart
felt conviction Of the souDdBess OF the gres. pruo
ples OF the free soil party and his full confidence OF
he ultimate trium PHI Of principles He did not
.t;cnsrs an sasy victory tho despotisn Of the
slave power would require long ana pstssv ss
sscri6ce TO the OF that power
and were Only to b. overcome by men VINO we're equal
~ rssdy 10 fscrcs every minor confederation to &C.
compsh overhrow OF that great curse OF the ma
tion-siavery. This was . greater snd more noble
bunker HILL for that to deliver the nation from
foreign yoke while this to deliver US from more
grinding and oppressive yIsnny, though ssat posed
and sins In carrying on this warfsre he urged
q kind and conciliatory courses readiness to sacr
Ace thing but accomplish the desired
victory He declared hmr-lf TO be strongly democratic
in his general views and sympsthies but still ne was
ready to Join bands with and every party, so far
to deliver land from III" bghting dospetism OF the
slave power 1t bad b.eu predicted oy distngaisned
democratic politicians during the late Presidential
conet that whichever party should be beaten In tnst
contest would fail naturally and inevitably int the
free soil party and It hrs full convictlon, that
few years would verify tn prediction by showing
rs tho democratic party IN the free states o. ieast
arrsyed under the banner OF d., ireeIom, ne 90,
msnifsstly in accordance with the convictions Of
every man in the fee states He was yet to meet
the first who denied this and 1t was for the in
terest OF the beaten party to favor the free soil move
mentas IL certainly nothing could prevent such
. courrs as he apicipa ed Ne had hope Of the slave
holding States too-of The Western and South
particularly. In Missouri aud Kentucky the work has
been commenced If Mr.. Benton was successful in
Missouri there leading In most Of the other
slavehoding States who would follow his example He
could not for South Carolina. Mr. Benton's In
red him trium phany through ali difficulties He had
succeeded in everything that he had undertaken-and
he had great hope for him in his present struggle
though MIR Benton had to meet difficulties more po-
tent than he had before grspped with In Kentucky
he sorry the " emancipation had for
the present failed But only for the present and
it had failed becsuse the in that State
had assumed unteDabe ground. He warned his friends
in that State outset the principle Of grsdu
alsm unsoand and that it could not succeed and
he was happy to know that thoss friends now agreed
with him. They thought however, In beginning the
struggle, that It beet to b, gin lew ground,
where they hoped to find the Of the people. But
they down to ground low that the people were
not be found there he Efforts of the patton
ifts had failed vction
cry conscience. that If slsvery wrong immed
ate emancipation was an updeni.ble duty ooovsr.
sstion which he heard in coming up the Ohio, his
journey north ward betweep two Kentucky savehold-
illustrated this perfectly One said to the other
"Well you want to set all these - niggers free 7"
|" Yes" replied the other, but immediately -
what" replied the pro slavery man, ARE you
So mean hold there poor niggers In slavery
for years when you believe slavery TO be wrong That
Is too for | will have nothing to do with
that The emsuci pationists IN Kentucky had expe-
Iienced, however, only a temporary check. They
might be stricken down by the drmon Of slavery, but
like Antaus the tabled giant Of antiquity Who in his
contest with Hercules received strength from his
mother often he touched the ground those who
wrestled for freedom would ise from every overthrow
with renewed energy ana resolution till the triumph
oftbeir ef,ced MIR. Chase spoke with grea-
confidence the ultimate Of free soil princi pies
in the West All the "ordinance States" he said had
already free soil repre- the Congress Of the
United States and they with their friends from the
Northern and Eastern States. would be found ever
ready TO do battle fer freedom Tie believed that they
would prove mseves could neither be driven
coaxed from their princ could neither be
sntioed bought of 1t bad been said that these
would hold the balance of power the next Congress
he could how that might be balances Ut power
were certainly sometimes very convenient things to
work with, and might be VI ths comiag xge.
Mr. Senator OF Mississippi who Threatened 10 hang
Mr. hale for his abolition prscipiesfor which threat
he bad no doubt Mr roote was heartily sorry, and
would have gladly recalled IL the after IL
uttered for IL certainly b~sd the Senator's whole
Proso void pass both houses Of Congress at the next
session; and his opinions might be taken ss pretty
fair exponent Of extreme soutbcrn sentiments Mr..
Chase disposed to a;cept the prophecy Of the Mis-
sirsippi senator as true t,s believed that the
wimot proiso would pass both branches Of Congress
At the next session and With celebrity than
the Oregon Bill passed immediately after the meeting
of the buffalo aud that pretty quick.
Mr. Chase CONTINUED to speak general
TsmsIE~of which We can give only q very Imperfect
sketch, from memory alone for three Of
hour or more, ding the liked aud gratned at
teption OF crowded auditory, despite the severely
stormy weather. His Language and manner cour
teous and conciliatory throughout lis declared hi
conviction that the triumph " ths free soil
could not be secured by vsporing reclamation, de-
mandatory attacks on Its opponents, but BY simple
and steady relisDce-in connection with active and
untirpg the justice Of their principles
and above all the favor OF just God In these his
confidence strong that he fully anticipated that
the day not far distant when the waves OF the At
lsntic along entire and extended coast would
wash only free soil and the answer Of its joyful swell
would be Of the Pacific saved
BY these principles from the whitening Of slavery
Richard j. Bowie Is the whig candidate for Congress
In the first district Of Maryland.