Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1850-11-08


And No more than that number had voted against III
previous question, in aver Of leaving the bill open
debate and ameadmsnt. Nine Northern whi-s cam
forward TO aid that bin It's progress and defeat
their votes the motion to lay it the table. Others n
fsei to ALL And, out Of house to be exactofI 10
WIN members, "a Of whom from the Free States
bat 43 could be found in favor OF aying thar bi
upon the table or against sustaining the previous que>
ton Not half Of the ~hig party, and bar little nor
Than half Of the Northern wings, voted with Us to d
stroy that BILL or TO allow it 10 be discussed OF amend
Now my friends, with party of log strong. ifb
lorty-two could be found oppose it, when it NIGH
have been successfully opposed, destroy il when
might have been efecUaly DESTROYED, or to open it
examination, so that il might be discussed, ask vo
whether II does no. riumphantly maintain the aSSer
ton that the whs party is responsible for that bill
[Cheers.1
But let me present this in a still more strikin
point of view. \ few days after the disposition
the Slave Bill, another question came up. which in
terested the feelings of the Wing party a measur
for the revision of the tariff introduced into til
House, and ninety-five votes were found in favor
1t, eighty of which were fiom the Wing party
present this matter to you thai YOU NAV know hoy
Wings act in Congress when they have measur
before them which they heartily desire 10 promote
Eighty were found TO vote in favor of a modification
OF the tariff, while but forty-two could be found
opposition to measure, which will be memorab
for lis Infamy while this nation shall endure And
of these eighty Wing members, sixty-six were fror
the Free States. Now, my friends, why were the
present, In the House, sustaining the Tariff: An
why were they absent when the cause of IibeFt
was IN danger? Why could eighty Wings be foam
for the one, and but forty-two for the other? VIII
could sxty-six Northern wings be found, to stan
there and sustain the Tariff, and but forty two fro,
the irhOle party, could be found, when the cause
freedom was IN most imminent jeopardy, and tn
honor OF the country at stake: Where wer
they Turn to the record and you will learn Sew
eral were, undoubtedly, absent on business, and ne
deslgnedly away fTom their posts. But, where wer
the rest Turn to the record, and learn. from tn
mouon OF Ihaddeus Stevens, noble wing, the tru
cause OF the difference. When the vote had bee
taken, on the passage of the Slave bill, he moved tn
Speaker that messenger be sent to hisWhig friends
informing them that the danger was all over that tn
slavery business was disposed of, and that they Nigh
safely return to their seats. When that subject
Whlch affected their pockets, came up then Their
was no doiging and, if any happened to be abroa
IN the most distant part of the land the TELEGRAM
was called into requisiton to bring them back to thei
places. This was llright. But, what Wing cause
the telegraph wires to be used to inform wings thu
Freedom was IN danger, and to tell them that the
must be back to their posts When the Tariff W.,
under discussion, there a man behind the chr
tam, to avoid answering TO his name? But, whe
that other subject was acted upon, there were man
VINO stood back from their seats, avoiding the re
sPonsbllIty and the duty of vote, in opposition
that measure.
My friends, do you believe, that, ifthe Wing Ad
mmlstration had been seriously bent upon the pur
pose OF defeating that bill, you would have seen sue
action, among Northern Representatives, in th
House?
deem the votes to which have referred. imnor.
lant to be remembered. The papers generally have
gwen you the hnal result only But. take the whole
process, and see by whose aid, and by whose neglect
mat measure was carried through its various stages
ana learn learn IN that transactions the true character
Oh the wing party. 1t is srikingly characteristics n,
the general action of that party. measure obaoxo,s
to liberty Is on the carpet Many wings, at home are
n e &c II aad ffy9 j e. the s %
go forward, particularly those who are stri w
renched in pro-savery districts so that thew can do il
with impunity, and support the measure while Others
OF their party, who dare take the same ground
tire from the conflict, and allow the bad work to he ac
complshed And gentlemen, if you will mark the
conduct OF the wing party for some past wears vor
VIII Ind that such has been the COURSE substantia
all occasions where the great interests of Freedom
were at stake. They have shown by the action q
some, and the inaction of others, their approval Of
measures hostile to liberty or their Indifference ia tban
as party. And, now, let me ask YOU whether there
Is or is not, the need of party for Freedom /,
there, or Is there not the need of party of Freedom
other than the whig partyl [Yes! Yesil Did the,
assert IN former years. that they would merely not on
pose measures favorable freedom and be alike indie
ferent to those of opposite character Was that tbs
councnance and support, which the wing party was tc
give to the cause? BY no means II assumed and !,
still assumes, that it is not the passive but the active
friend OF freedom; that does not fly at the approach
Of danger that it does not content itself s;nnI
with not warning either side; but it has pretcndei
before you, and it is the only claim to your confidence
It can make, that it is actively on the side of Free
dom But, il it can find any consolation in its pass;ye
condition, let it be called hereafter the passive friend
Freedom and De you It's active friends advocates
and supporters. Immense enthusasm1
80 much for the responsibility of Congress, And
then you come to the act of the President himself an
proving the Bill. That act alone, il seems m ne
would make the wing party responsible for the measure
u the party sustains the President If it denounce.
the Act, It repudates the man, them to be sure il
washes itself free Of the offence But if owes and
pays allegiance to that head STILL then the act Of the
PRESIDENT Is the act of the party. But what is is
cuse, here! You see upon the Bill itself the name
nMILLARD FILLMORE and the word cap,
! PROVED. But, the wings say it has no ,aea0;uq
The Wings say that, inasnuch as the two Houses If
Congress had passed the BILL it was the duty of Mi;
iard ilmore to sign 1t; that it is whio doctrine that
the President should not veto laws, which have been
passed by the two Houses of Congress.
Gentlemen, what does the constitution saw The
Constitution was made by the people themselves II
was made to be understood by the people. and be-
lleye the people can understand important
like to put questions to them, growing out of that in
srument. And ask their consideration of This
doctrine The wings say that the President must NOT
veto, unes the law is unconstitutional or was passed
with haste Do you find anything Of the kind in the
Constitution! The Constitution says, if he approrc
OF 1t, he shall sign it and if he does not he shall r,
to the House IN which it originated with his obiec.
tons: This Is what it says. And now, | ask where
You find anything in the Constitution which will shelter
Mr. Fillmore from that responsibility? There are
many matters OF legislation, admit, which present
questions OF e%pedency merely, in reference to which.
great Difference may properly be shown nv The Fvaon