Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-06-14
What ,Se7Dard as After.

Gen. Cass, in his speech on Tuesday last, well
applied to the opponents of the Compromise bill,
the remark of Burke, that "Politcs, like misery,
make strange bed-fellows." For amongst those
gentlemen we see the hottest Hotspurs of the
South and the boldest fanatics of the North
Clemens and Hale, Jeff. Davis and John Davis,
Yulee and Chase, Mason and Sc ward, Hunter and
Benton, are certainly curious fraternity of anti
podes. But, what is the most surprising aspect
of the matter, is, that the Administration should
give countenance to the opposition of the North
ern Wings to tine Compromise, under the falla-
cious idea that they are for carrying out sthe
Presidents PLAN" 1t is surely time for every
real friend of the President to be undeceived on
this point Mr.. Dayton, who stood up in the Sc
nate, on Tuesday, avowedy to advocate the Pre-
sident's policy--and Mr. Dayton is one of the
most temperate and cautious of the Wing Sena-
tors from the North--solemnly declared that the
Wilmot Proviso was not dead, but would be found
still alive whenever territorial governments should
be proposed And Mr.. Dayton had, on the pre-
vious Wednesday, proved his faith by his works !;
for he was one of those who voted to attach the
Wilmot Proviso to the Compromise bill. Let us
judge from his course, what reliance we should
put in the idea, that if California be admitted in
dependenty of any other question, the Presidents
scheme Of non-action as to the Territories will be
carried out The introduction of Mr. Duer's bill
proves, that action by Congress is unavoidable,
and whenever that is proposed, Mr. Dayton and
every other Northern supporter of the Presidents
Al n
But we do not understand that Mr. DAYTON is
regarded as being so conspicuously the advocate
of the Cabinet policy as the famous Senator from
New York, Mr.. VIM H. Seward He, and his
organs in New York, the Courier and Enquirer
and the Albany Evening Journal are particularly
Jealous in support of that policy. 1t may be USE
full for any Southern man, whose prepossessions
in favour of the President may incline him to ac-
quesce in his recommendations, to learn from Mr.,
Seward himself, what is the leading object of his
course on this subject.
In the Senate on Thursday, the 9th inst, when
proposition to abolish peon servitude in New
Mexico and Utah was under consideration, the
Senatorial patron of the Cabinet policy spoke as
follows
MIR. SEWARD. 1 have asked for the yeas and nays
upon the amendment OF the Senator from New Jersey
for the purpose Of recording my vote against it as
shall with great cheertuness and pleasure record my
vote In favor OF the original proposition to abolish peon
slavery. We have been, remarked by the hon
orable Senator from Kentucky six months here engaged
in cndeavorng to admit California and haze spentaH
the days of those sic months endeauoring to arrest
african sIaOery Failing in that, to my profound re-
get do not think ought to be unworthy Of our care
prevent the ensavng Of Indians or OF any other class
orcase of men, We are told that we know nothing or
not enough about this peon slavery to egislae upon it.
Sir we have known enough to subvert the constitution
OF New Mexico and to undertake to give it another and
to snbver the constitution OF otah and to give anoth-
stand the systems which have prevailed there and the
systems which ought to be substituted, if any, their
place. Now, we know this in regard to peon servl-
tude-that it is SLAVERY and that it is slavery that is
created there either by law or by contract. Ii it is
created by law and without the consent and will of the
slave, then is void ought to be, and ought to be
abolished. lit be created there by contract then sir
have no difficulty i'll regard to the proposition for
hold this truth to be self evident, that "a men are
created equal" and that they have nalienabe rights,
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