The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1850-04-30
SHAREHOLDERS AND AssAssINs.

The Washington correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, in abiding to the threat made some
time since, by Foote, that the shareholders de-
termned on assassinatng the friends of the Wilmot
Proviso, on the floor of the House, if necessary, in
order to the triumph of slavery, adduces the
following facts, tending to show that there is nothing
impossible in the story. These pistol and bowie
knife assassins-and they are all alike-Whigs,
Democrats, Clays, Berriens, and Foote's, these men
who live by the robbery of negroes, and who are
ready at any moment to become assassins-are the
men, the patriots, whom we have so much wronged,
and whose pride Daniel Webster would not wound.
In April, lS4S, Foote had declared, in open Sem
ate, that could he get Mr.. Hale in the midst of a
mob, where, with safety to himself, he could aid in
the MURDER he would hang him.
Sometime in January last, Jefferson Davis, Foote'S
colleague, invited fight the floor of the Senate,
by the way of deciding whether petitions and reso-
buttons upon slavery should be introduced there from
the free States.
About the same time, Clingman of North Carroll
ma threatened that if the majority of the House
should attempt to preserve order and defend its own
existence against the efforts of designating fac
ton to break it up, fight should take place on the
floor that would not leave quorum TO do business.
In February or March, 1917, Richard X. Meade,
of Virginia. declared, in his place in the House, tina
they, the Northern men, could only be made to re-
spect the rights of the South by being put in actual
bodily fear and that they must be made TO under
stand that they were legslang in absolute immi-
nent peril Of their lives. And few moments after
making these remarks, this same man actually did
make assault upon Mr.. Giddings, who Of
the persons referred TO by him.
On the same night, R. W. Johnson and s. w.
f Inge, Southern members of Congress, had fight
with Mr.. Fickm Of Illinois some point connected
with disputes between the North and the South, in
which the latter covered with blood
Some years previously to this, Black of Georgia
went across the hall to assault Mr. Giddngs with
sword cane, for some remarks of the latter concern
ing slavery, and not arrested until he had at
J tempted to put his threat in execution.
During the session, one Dawson, South
ern member, drew bowie knife in the House upon
Mr. Gddngs, and threatened to rip out his intestnes,
on account of something said by Mr.. g. in respect
to slavery. And, year or two before this, Ballle
Peyton, member of Congress :om Tennessee, be-
ing engaged on special committee in the examna-
ton of unarmed and unprotected witness, declar-
ed in the House that had such witness moved his
arm, he would have died by his Peyton's) hand
that is, that he would have murdered him there in
the committee room.
And now, to crown the whole, and give tenfod
significance and substance tc all the hints, threats,
and reports with which the city has been rife during
the present session, we find that Senator Foote does
go to the Senate, armed and prepared to take adj
vantage of pretext to destroy the life of an honor
able and distinguished man, who has become obnox-
g ous to the advocates Of slavery-extension every
Is where.
If HE New VERSION OF THE BIBLE. The
monstrous perverson of taste, to speak of nothns
u else, contemplated in new version of the Hol,
A Scriptures, seems to meet with little favor The fol-
d lowing specimens of the two versions, we should
u think would satisfy any with the bible as is
d Isaiah, chapters LII, and LII.
AUTHORISED VERSION.
re Z. How beautiful upon the mountains are the fee
OF HIM that bringeth good tIdings, that pubishetF
IF peace that brngeth good tidngs of good, that pub
at eth
+, Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the
voice together shall they sing; for thew shall see owe
h to eye when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
e 3. He is despsed and rejected of men: a man o.
sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and we hid as
1t were our faces from him; he was despised and we
u esteemed him not.
D. But ne was wounded for our transgressons he
was bruised for our nqultes; the chastisement OF
l. our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are
= healed.
lie NEW VERSION.
T. How wished for are the feet that brnsetb tidno.
over the mountains, proclaiming peace and good
tdlngs that publish salyation saying unto Zion thy
+ God reigneth
g. The voice of thy guards raiseh a sound Of
praise in unison for surely they shall be eve wines
C ses, when the Lord shall reinstate Zion.
n B. lie is despsed and withhoden from men. =
man OF sorrows, and has experienced grief and an
pears as it were, to hide his face from u.s. desnispd
and we did notice him.
: D. But he has been disregarded, such were our
transgresslons; he was depressed such were orr in
qultes; our peaceable instructions were his means
and in his association receive salvation.
Proverbs, chapter KIP.
AUTHORISED VERSION.
y. roofs make mock at sin; but among the right
eous there is favor 60
liz. There is way which seemeth right unto
man, put the end thereof are the ways of death.
Il. lie that despseth his neghbor snneh: but bo
'ilat halh mercy on the poor happy is he
}, 81. righteousness exalteth nathion. bnt sin ;s
reproach to any people.
u NEW VERSION.
D. Evil doors cloak over their tresnasses In,
amongst the righteous there is reconciliation.