The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1850-08-09


The FREE DgMpcRACY- TIE Cass Men
Sold.-SignaI Taylor of the Constitution.
al Convention and an active participation
in the L1coloco fourth Of July Conveu
tion. tells few secrets and thus argues
with the Free Sellers why they should
support the Locofncos:
CAS- a member of the Constitutional
Convention. one oi the Mirror editors had
frequent communication On the subject Uf
slavery with the democratic delegates.
He rejoiced to find that it was possible
To barmonize aud concentrate the Ohin
Derhucracy in opposition to the Complo.
mise bill. and in favor Of admitting Cali
fornia aud New Mexico as States. A
strong etfnit was made To induce the ma
jority Ofihs Convention to adopt in Dem.
ocratic caucus certain resolutions in ia.
vor Of tho Omnibus or Compromise Till
This was known to The Free Soil DsriU.
Gratis. (Messrs, Swift, Townsbend, Cuok
and Taylor) but To our great satisfaction.
that overture from the Cass clique AT
Washington proved signal failure.
Then came the glorious intelligence from
New Mexicn. The Free Soil nut mbcIs of
the Convention perceived that the adms
sion VI California aud New Mexico had
become the practical issue fnr the flends
Of freedom, and they Immediately coop.
Grated with other liberal Democrats, tor
instance, Messrs. Farr. Clark aud Hum.
phreville from this Congressional dis.
trict.) Ia secure from the fourth Of July
Convention full aud cordial greeting To
the flee States of the fair West, We
succeeded. Our answer to all calumny
on this subject is comprised in the follow.
ing resolution oflhe Democratic Conven.
ton;
'RcsOlred. That We hail with high sat.
isfaclion the action % fIhe people of Cali.
furnia and New Mexico, in tho formation
ofgovernments for themselves, and we
Insist on their admission into the Union,
with the constitutions they have adopted,
without delay
Now, we ask the reader--lhe genuine
anti slavery rsadet-was not this a go0d
days ,Oorkl Have not the individuals,
who secured the passage of this resolu.
lion, given evidence Of their sincerity
aud consistency as the opponentsof slave.
ryf What more could we have asked?
Should we propose o resolution in favor
Ot territorial governments, when those
constitutions gave us the Wilmot Pruvisu
and struck away all the sophlslries Of tho
South by single blowl The issue to
be met the crisis Of he whole question,
is covered by this brief resolution. Ii
was blow at Clay-a lebuke Of Cass
"a reputation uf the compromise an
affirmation Of hostility to the extension of
slavery IN the most direct aud impressive
form. We should have been remiss, Grim.
inoIly remiss. to have held back, when
such golden opportunity presented
itself Of striking at the Southern plot of
MesSrs. Clay, Webster and Cnss. aud
committing the Democracy Of this great
State to the cause Of the new States Of
the West"
We hand the above aver tn our neigh.
bors of the Eagle aud TelegyaM. They
must either deny the revelations Of the
Mirror man or confess Themselves sold
sgain to the AbuiitioniSts. IL will bs
useless To der y that the article is not "by
authority" The dapper little gentleman
has been acting with the T.ncorocos and
knows their secrets. Swift aud Towns.
mend. Cook aud Taylor, huve again been
meddling in the Locrfoco household and
again triumphed even over Cass Hunk.
erism aud Ohio Radicalism. We advise
the DemScracy uf this cnuuly to read the
article carefully Ond scru,nize it closely
Will they submit to tho terms Of hi,
hew bargain and salol"