The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-05-23
MR.. PALFREY.

care the children of darkness to be forever so
much wiser than the children Of light? In the
recent choice of delegates for the Nashville Con-
vention, have not seen a single instance where
Wing and Democrat have not been chosen as
though they were Siamese twins and must go to-
gether But here it often happens, that as soon
as one party is known to be in favor of one man.
this act alone is deemed sufficient reason why
another party should oppose him. Why can we
not combine for the sacred cause of freedom as
they combine for slavery? No thought or desire
is further from my mind than that of interfering
with any mans right of suffrage; but if (which is
by no means impossible or perhaps improbable
the fate of New Mexico should be decided by one
vote, and my vote should have been the cause of a
vacancy in any Congressional District that might
have sent friend to freedom, should say with
Cain, My punishment is greater than | can
bear "-Lptter Of Horace Mann.
Another trial for a Representative in the dth
District of Massachusetts, is to be held on the 9th
Of this month. We hope each voter in that dis
trict will ponder the IMPRESSIVE and moot "rpro-
pirate remarks of Mr.. Mann. The hour has
come when every district in the country should
have its Representative in Congress-when free
dom may be saved or lost by single vote. While
in Boston few days since, we were informed
|
which has so long deprived Massachusetts, of her
full voice in the settlement of the controversy
between freedom and slavery now pending in
! Congress, should be closed, had como to the con-
clusion to make no nomination. lfthey adhere
to this reasonable and patriotic policy, there will
probably be an election on the 27th instant
There will be, unless the scattering votes should
prevent; hut as in the absence of any third regu-
lar nomination, no good object could possibly be
accomplished by such q course, while immense
evil would result we cannot believe that it will be
adopted People will vote for one or the other of
the candidates, or stay at home. Who will be the
successful candidate Who ought to be? The
remainder Of this session, and the whole of the
next session of the present Congress, will in all
probability be chiefly occupied in the settlement
of the present controversy concerning California
and the Territories Who more distinctively moro
eminenly more ably, represents the real sentiment
of the Anti-Slavery voters of the lth District in
Massachusetts than Palfrcy? Who would more
quickly perceive "new dangers to Freedom
more intelligently guard against them, more
firmly resist nsidious or open attempts to extort
degrading concessions, more bravely disregard
party interests and obligations, when they con-
| ficted with truth and freedom? Let every voter,
before he deposites his ballot, answer these ques-
tions to his own conscience, and il JouN G. PAL
| FREY be not returned to his seat in Congress- we
shall confess that we have greatly misjudged the
intelligence of the People of the Fourth District
| THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINEr.-People are
beginning to find out that the President has
will of his own Some of his considerable friends,
"a we'll rs his enemies, have been trying for long
while to break up his Cabinet, and the Republic,
his special organ, was induced to join in the at
tempt. But, unexpectedly, the editors of that
paper found themselves obliged to sell out on
| pain of open aud contemptuous reputation; and
as for the res, of the disatfected, they dis
missed with the following Buena Vista decara-
ton, from the NEional Iasliyencer of the 18th
{" We therefore now state, on The authority OF The
| Presided, that he ieRds no continuance 10 any at
| tfmId, from rbaterer quarter comes, 10 dianb or
uaS,tti his administration as IL is. All the state
ments or differences to the contrary are utterly
without foundation
| i'' C"y WY NH" '"''' noh'0
new light had dawned upon the mind of General
Taylor, since he sent in his California message
and recommended the plan of non-action, turns
ont to be groundless.
RownyISM IN New YoRK-As we were absent
during the late dsorderly proceedings in New
York against the freedom Of discussion, we had
no opportunity for comment upon them Passing
through that city at the time, we became wit.
ness Of the first riotous demonstration against the
meeting in the Tabernacle of those Abolition
lists who are represented particularly by Mr.
| Garrison. Ii was contemplate affair Half a
dozen police officers faithful and resolute, would
at any moment have cleared the platform of the
rowdics, and restored order to the meeting Our
readers are aware that the subsequent meetings
of the Society were constantly disturbed by Ryn-
ders and his gang, until 1t became impossible to
proceed with business, and it WAS obliged to ad-
journ
The same scoundres undertook TO disturb the
anniversary Of the American and Foreign Anti
Slavery Society, held in the Tabernacle in the
afternoon Of the same day on which the meeting
Of the other Society had been thrown into such
confusion but they were speedily overawed by
the friends of order and by the presence of the
police in strong force.