The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-03
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The Desperate Game Administr.tion,
We have frequently alluded to the project which the
administration in the desperation of its fallen condition.
has devised to save itself and restore the party by
which it supported to the confidence and support OF the
people, il is make Of the slavery question for
the purpose The scheme Of the cabinet is--through
its Stewards, its Hales and its Truman Smthsto stmu
ulae its northern tools and allies to get up resolutions
and petitions denouncng and insulting the people Of the
South with the view Of irritating them and exciting
them to some act Of ndiscreton in order that General
Taylor may come forward and suppress it, and thus
claim to be the preserver Of the Union.
In order to prove positions, have heretofore re-
erred to the fact that the Geddes resolutions. which
nouncng the institutions Of the South We're concoced
and prepared by Mr. Seward in this city, and sent home
to be endorsed BY the legislature and presented in the
Senate as the voice Of the State Of New York. AT
the same time, in order TO encourage the adherens Of
Mr. Seward TO push the resolutions through the egsla
,ure Thurow Weed then in this city, or at his
instigation wrote letter. which published in the
Albany Evening Journal recommending the members Of
the legislature to pass the resolutions and assuring them
in substance, that if the proceedings Of the northern ana
tics and demagogues should produce violence and out
break in the South, General Taylsr would put it down
with the army and navy.
Here we have two Of the most conspicuous and conf
dental friends and supporters OF the administration abo
tioniss themselves, devsng and connecting schemes
irrate and iname the passions Of the South This is
one link in the chain Of proof tending to show the de-
signs and plans Of the administration with regard to this
matter. We will now give another.
II requires declaration OF convince the public
that Truman Smith, with his limited capacities for states
manshp and his passable adroitness low and unscru
puous intrigue, is the confidential friend and right hand
man OF Gen. Taylor and the administration He is the
only man, believe, who enjoys the unlimited conf
dence of the General and his cabinet He is the only
senator who takes upon himself the defence Of the ad
minstraton at all times 1T is therefore reasonable to
suppose that he in with the purposes OF the
administration. He is also the great man among the
Connecticut federalss, and his voice is omnipotent in
controlling public opinion in that State Of course he
has the power TO suppress any further expression OF
determination insist upon the Wlmot Proviso among
the Connecticut ederasts and if such determination is
not suppressed, the public has right hold Truman
Smith responsible for further agitang the matter among
his own political friends in his State and the public
has further right that the continued agitation
Of the Wmot Proviso in the State represented by the
Fdus Aciates Of the administration in the Senate is done
with it's consent and appreciation. Moreover, the
public has right TO infer that If the Wmot Provso is
still insisted upon by the wings Of State in which its
confidential friend and adviser has omnipotent influence
il is done at the express desire Of the administration for
the purpose of enabling il to carry out the desperate plan
which has formed renstate itself in the confidence
OF the American people
Now what is the facti Has the Wilmot Proviso been
put down among the wings Of State whom the
administration, through Truman Smith, has omnipoent
influence Let the following resolutions adopted by the
late federal State convention assembled at Hartford an
swer:
We conceds that the general government has power
over the subject slavery within the States and that with
those limits II be reached by the State legislatures
alone.
We insist that Congress full power to egsate in and
over the District Of Columbia and that the immediate abo
tion trade within that District is the duty of Con-
gress the original ompact between the several States
did the extension OF slavery beyond Its org
nal limits; that obligation rested the free Staesto
thereafter the admission Of slave States; and
full power given Congress by the constitution to
egsae In and fer The Territories OF the United States the
prohibition Of slavery within these Territories where II has
existence 10 the right and duty Of Congress.
Thus in this period Of public excitement upon the sub
ect OF slavery, when il is conceded all hands that the
country has arrived at important and dangerous crisis
in its history and when all parties should orbear the
OF language and the commission OF calculated in the
least 10 add fuel TO the fires Of excitement already burn
ing 80 fercely the adherens Of the administration.
in State in which its influence, through its principal
supporter and agent, is unlimited, still persstng in
throwing the brands Of disco at their brethren Of the
South And they do this in the very face Of the example
Of the democratic convention which 10 the place
but few days BEFORE and which repudiated the Wimot
Proviso.
This is another irresistible fact going to show the pur
pose of the administration to excite and fomen the anti
slavery sentiment Of the North to acts tending tate
and offend the people Of the South.
Again, as a part Of the same nefarous scheme, we
have Mr. Hale presenting petitions from abolitioniss,
praying for dissolution Of the Union and he is sustain
ed in his course by the votes OF Mr.. Seward. This
duet on the part Of those two gentlemen has the end
in viewnamely, to irrtate and inhame the feelings OF
the people OF the South and excite them to expressions
and acts looking like resistance to such insults And
Messrs Hale and Seward are known to be confidential
friends OF the administration and the public therefore
have right 10 infer that their conduct is approved by
Gen. Taylor and the cabinet
Do not these facts prove deliberate design on the part
Of the administration to exasperae and excite the people
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