Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1850-03-30

. g uu,ycr uuou the admission OF any new
. state creaied beyond the limits OF ihe oii-
/ 4" ginal territory OF the United States, to make
"the prohibition OF the further extension Vl
: slavery or involuntary seNll'ihe w suon
} "uew state n condition OF lis ndhnssloi
{ aud that II is just and eXpedIeIt 'Ila' ''lis
&. uo,yer should be exercised iy Congress upon
( 4. ,Lc ,du,ission of ALL new states erected
. " beyoud the original limits OF the Unl'eu
: " states" .N1to Mr.. Webster, as the repre-
sentative of Massachusetts in Congress, uoes
not consider tIint he has any thing to do WIN
: the subject OF slavery!
. WhoI, il was ascertaincd, during the war,
that new territory would hc hcq'hrcn' un"
when il was openly uyowed that u was TO be-
cou,c slave territory, tic House OF RcpteSeh-
tniiyes passed Mr.. Wiluot's proyiso, express
" excluding slavery from the territory TO DC
thus acquired. This, as We all know, lch 10
Il violent political agitation. What part nld
Mr. Webster take ia this agitation? In lSl1,
me addressed meeting OF his own party,
and declared, "Thcrc Is not man in this
"hall wno HOLDS TO THE PRINCIPLE OF THE
| "WILMoT PRoyiso MORE FIRMLY THAN mo-"
| The principle OF the pfoyiso Mas the ex-
| cusiou OF slavery by tile act OF Congress,
| from The Territory 10 te acquired from .Ner co
and ta, territory, We all knew, cs none
| other than New Mexico and California.
! Tho agitation wGXcd fierccr aud iicrccr
| The whig party ut the north pledged them
selves To the proyiso; the Legislature OF
| Massachusetts, rs we have seen, unanimously y
declared iOr thc exclusion OF slavery from
New Mexico aud California, and MIR. Web
sicr publicly thanked his state, and WIS proud
of her Tor 80 doing. The Wing party In
Massachusetts nominated Mr. Webster for
the Presidency, and hc stood before the
country US the Wihaot prouiso canfidaie.-
General Taylor was ultimately selected as
the Wing candidate, aud was supported by
the northern Whigs, on the pledges made by
= his friends, iliat he would not veto the provi-
4; III. Gcueral Coss, on the other hand, was
: the GyoWcd auti-proyiso candidate, aud os
I such, was opposed by the whole wlig party
: at the north. The great issue OF which the
C election turned in the Free States, was the
prohibition or permission, by Congress, ol
Is slavery IN New Mexico and Caliiornu. AT
II ter the candidates were nominated, aud
i while the whole country was conyulsed witt
" this issue, what was the course of Mr.. Web
e stcr? Did he dissent from his northern
o friends? Did he tell them the issue they
l. had made was a nonseusical one? lieal
+ him once more. On the 10Th August, 1918
d diter New Mexico and California were Ucqui
i red, lie rose in the Senate and thus delivered
Il himself: My opposition 10 the increase o
: "slavcry in this country, or TO the increase
: "slave representation, is general and uniyer
n :" sal. II has 10 reference 10 the lines OF tate
"tuae or points of the compass. ] SHALL
II oppose ALL SUCH EXTENSION AT ALL TIMES
= "AND UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, EWES
$ AGAINST ALL INDUCEMENTS, AGAINST ALI
: sUPPosED LIMITATION or GREAT INTERESTS
;, AGAINST ALL COMBINATIONS, AGAINST ALI
); " COMPROMISES"
ID To what, let inc ask, did this solemn, en-
III phatic, unqualified asscveration reior? Di'
Z he then know thai tliGro was not foot c
al territory in the United Suites, over which
" was not morally aud physically impossibl
,ir TO extend slavery? Was hc promising,
these impressive terms, 10 oppose whit j
Ia was conscious would never be attempted
ID Did he make this pledge before his countr
in with mental reservation 10 mite hercall'
les with General Cass and the Shareholders,
la denouncing aud scorning the proviso! ID
~ lie desire 10 keep up nn angry agitation
throughout the nation, for electloneering pu
NV poses, and did ho thus intimate his belief
ID the danger of the extension OF slavery an
of slave representation, when hc well kne
~ that tic fiat of the Almighty had rendert
Ell such extension impossible ? Was lIc tho
acquainted with the "law of ply steal &c
graphy," which would render the provi
Y "a re-euuctmcnt of the will OF God?" al
did lIc pllIposely conceal the secret of d.
law in his own breast, when 10y revealing
IS. Inc might have slilled the raging bill0ws
popular passion which threatened 10 cngl
tho Union? TO suppose all this, would
mr. to inlputc TO Mr.. Webster dogIec OF trick
nj ry and turpitude rarely paraIlcled cv
on among politicians. Hence we are bound
IL.
I, noio relies, is n recent discovery, subsequc
M, ut least 10 the l0th August, 1913.
,ye 1t is, however, extraordinary, that &c
u,- ileman OF his requirements, did not sool
in become acquainted with this "LAw
,ns PHYSICAL oEoGRAPHY-THE Law OF 7
v il FORMATION OF THE EARTH, THAT sETTL
hot FOREVER, BEYOND ALL TERMS OF HUMAN /
md AcTMENT, THAT SLAVERY CANNOT EXIST
iii CALiFoRNIA on New MEXICO" IL is To
-, /, regretted that Mr.. Webster did not COM
.cb scend 10 demonstrate the existence OF 4
ion. law, and 10 explain the mode OF its ope
ton. lie, indeed, tells us that our new
riiorics are "Asiatlc in their formation q
III scenery" but this fact does not prove
t'nu i':, law, since slavery has existed for ages, ar
ln l,"o the sceuery of Asia; 1t exists in the dest
10 10 OF Africa, has existed in every country
io' i Europe, and now exists in the frozen rcgi'
' of Russla. This law, moreover, must h
oio' been enacted by the Creator since 1891,
+ t',o its operation must huve been previously S
~ pended in Difference 10 the Spanish COVE
ment, tornegro slavery did exist in New No
To- co and California, aud il ceased in 1924,
sla- by tie law ol "plysical geography" but
'ion Mexican edict. Thousands OF slaves
re- employed in the mines OF Brazil, and
eils Webster does not explain how his law
res bids their employment in the mines Of G
Z q iorna. MIR. Webster ridicues the appl
oil ton of the proyiso TO CaDada, in case OF
etts nexation. / neither see nor feel The poin
do his wit-sIayery is already prohibited by
i've, local law OF Canada, btt were il not, n
certainly it ought TO be prohibited as n c
the dition OF annexation. New York Hdj'