Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1850-10-31

Anu ere the plotterS OF the SCheme could
take single step toward securing the
object for which they had " suffered, bled
and died" the voice of nation, born in
accents of liberty and progress, came roll
ing over the mountains of the West with
cheering promise to the lovers of freedom !;
while it sounded the death knell of slave
~, and proclaimed to the south, beware
California, suffering for the want of a
government, and of law, organized them
selves into State, prepared Constitu-
ton, declaring that Slavery should never
curse their soil, and asked for admission
into the Union as one of the States. At
this, the south took umbrage: lst, be-
cause country SO recently subdued
should have the impudence to say what
should, and what should not be, on the
subject Of slavery; and I'd, because that
by that act, " McDuffie's corner stone of
republics" was not to underlie and mod
Ell the institutions of that grand empire of
the west; and Sd, because they saw and
believed what Gov. Hammond, of s. G.,
said in his message to the Legislature 8
or years ago, ''if slavery should be re-
stricted to its present limits. who does
not know that it must soon die of its own
superintendent weight ?" quote from
memory, but the above is the sentiment,
if not the precise language. To crafty
the south, California was long refused
admittance, and not until it was ascer-
tanned that something could be secured
to slavery, by way Of compromise, was
she received at all and during this long
and disgraceful struggle, who do we find
side by side with Calhoun, Davis, Foote,
Houston and others, fighting the battle
for slavery The records Of Congress
will settle the question The democratic
party Of the north, as a party, voted with
the south, and talked for the south, on
every question favoring directly Or indi>
rectly the institution Of slavery; while
the wing party of the north, as party,
were as uniformly opposed to all such
measures, and for the reason that they
involved principles adverse TO human
liberty. | will cite but one case here, in
proof of the above position: The case is
stated in your paper of Oct. Gath, and
proves not only who passed the abomina.
BILE and disgraceful Fugitive Slave Bill ;"
but shows also, most Enthusiastically, on
which side Of the great question of slave
ry, the sympathies of the two respective
parties, the whig and the democratic par
ties of the north, are to be found. You
ask, "who passed the fugitive slave bill ?"
and then say -
"Those who assert that the Wings OF
the North were in any way or manner
instrumental in passing bill so repug>
nant to the feelings of every true friend
of freedom and human rights, pay but
poor compliment to the intelligence of
the people Of Connecticut. The fugi-
tive Slave bill is no Wing measure. On
the contrary it is one Of the measures
which the Northern Democrats, in pur-
suance of their policy of conciliatirg the
South, have united with the South in im>
posing upon the forbearance Of the peo-
pie OF the Free States. Let the facts.
as compiled by the Boston Journal,
speak tor themselves. ........ ..
In the Senate. on the question Of pass
ing the bill to third reading, the vote
stood yeas 81, nays IL. The only mem
bers from the Free States who voted for
the bill, were Mcssrs. Dodge and Jones
of Iowa, both Democrats. The question
on the final passage Of the bill to be en-
crossed, was taken by hand ballot. Mr.
Dickinson, Democrat Of New York, who
was absent when the previous vote was
taken, arose in his seat and stated that
he should vote for the bill with pleasure.
It will be seen by this statement that
while three Democratic Senators from
the Free states voted for the bill, IL re-
ceived the support Of no Northern Whig.
When the yeas and nays were taken
in the House on the final passage of the
bill, the vote stood 100 in favor of the
bill, to IS opposed. Total number Of
votes from the South in favor of the bill
was only 70, so that the bill was &C tually
passed by Northern votes. An examina-
ton of the following list of the names Of
those Northern members who voted for
the bill, will show from which political
party the shareholders obtained their CO.
adjutors. a
NORTHERN DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED FOR
THE FUGIrIvE SLAVE BILL.-Messrs.
Fuller, Gerry, Greene and Little6eld Of
Maine; Hubbard and Peaslee of New
Hampshire; Walden of New York; Dim
mick, Mann, Thompson, McLanathan.
Robbins and Ross of Pennsylvania; Mil
Ter Of Ohio; Albertson, Brown, (the
Democratic candidate for Speaker Dun-
ham, German, and Mcdonald of India
ma 4; Bissell. Harris, McClernand, Rich
ardson, and Young Of Illinois; Bnel of
Michigan; Letter Of Iowa; and Gilbert
of California. Total 81.
NORTHERN Wires WHO VOTED FOR THE
BILL--Eliot, of Massachusetts,; Nc
Gaughey, Of Indiana Taylor of Ohio.
Total 8.
The three votes from Northern Wings,
[whose course, by the way, has been con-