Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-04-19
The ision Of Daniel.


by the redoubnble defender Of the Constitution
1t is said that every one, high or low has his
price. Benedict Arnold had hos price, and be-
srayed his county Gedsgey had his price, ant
betrayed the brave Hungarians to the Bear OF
the North. amid me Indignation, frowns, and ex-
ecrations of the civilized world.
But what price has been paid by the mer-
chant princes Of Boston and New York to the
"God-hke" Senator from Mass. for his timely IL
reference TO save the dollars of Northern MGR
chants who have freely scld goods to the slave
drivers of the South, to be paid when the cotton
and sugar crop comes OF? Is he satisfied with
the appreciation of Southern representatives, the
smiles Of Southern Senators, and the addresses
Of Northern tape-sellers But let US contract
the different opinions Of this political vaultcr,
and take view Of his ground and lofty tum-
bling"
In 1919, Mr.. Webster, as one of the commit
tee, submitted to Boston meeting two resolu
tons, viz: "That the Congress Of the L. S
possesses the constitutional power, upon the ad-
mission of any new State created beyond the
limits of the original territory of the L. S, to
make the prohibition Of the further extension OF
slavery or involuntary servitude in such new
State condition Gifts admissions" and that at
is Just and expedient that this power should be
exercised by Congress upon the admission of all
new States erected beyond the original limits of
the United States
He now says: II should be unwilling to re-
seive from the Legislature Of Massachusetts, any
instructions to present resolutions expressive OF
any opinions whatever on the subject of slavery.
for two reasons: first, do not consider that the
Legislature OF Massachusetts has any thing to
do with il ane next, do not consider that ], as
her representative, have any thing to do with it.
On the lst of March, 1917, he read in the
Senate seHie very strong anti-slavery resolu-
tions Of the Mass. Legislature, and announced
that they had been passed unanimously. Hear
him he does not now denounce the Legislature
of Mass. as meddling with that which does not
concern them. 81 thank her (Massachusetts)
for it, and am proud of her, for she has de-
nounced the whole object for which our armies
are now traversing the Mountains of Mexico If
any thing is certain, it is that the sentiment of
the whole north is utterly opposed to the acqui-
ston of territory to be formed into now slave
holding States Gong. Globe, p. 555.
As soon, however, as it was ascertained, by
the result of the war, that territory co,tld be
quired, the WHmot Proviso passed the House,
and aspiring or despairing politicians took sides
on the question. And what part did Mr. Web
sser take on this question, that the North have
no business to NEEDLE with? In 1917 he ad.
dressed meeting of Wings in the city of Bos-
ton, and said: There is not a man in this hall
who holds to the principles of the Wilmot Pro-
viso more firmly than do" And what was the
principle Of the Proyiso 1t was no more and
no less than that whatever territory was ac-
quired should be free from the tread OF the slave;
and every body knew the territory to be acquired
was no other than New Mexico ard California
But the agitation st this time wakes warmer and
warmer. and the Wings Of the North TO man
are for the Proyiso, and the Wings of Mass.
nominate Daniel Webster for the Presidency,
because they think, with his views on the Pro-
North, and the enemies Of slavery extension ev-
cry where. But the wild Juror Of the South
laid the hopes of the God-Hke low, and Gen.
Taylor was nominated on the promise that he
would not veto the Proviso. The same nomna-
ton, we believe, Daniel said was not fit to be
made" Yet no now works in tue same harness
with the owner Of "OId Whitley and insists
that the matter should be let alone that slavery
can never GO into Cal:lorna--thai it is no use
20 "re-enact the will Of God" He would have
"a believe that there was one spot on the face Of
the globe where tyrants could not ta,ten on the
toll of the slave. Perhaps it would be as easy
70 tell us of that land where slave never had
hreathed He could not point us 70 the granite
hills Of his native y England, nor the chaky
cliffs Of Albion lie could not point TO hun
dred square miles OF inhabited territory on the
face Of the globe, after ransachiHg oil countries
and all chimes, where slavery has Tot existed
He tells US in one part Of lis speech, that "Sa-
very existed in the earliest periods Of history in
the oriental nations : and in another part be tells
ms that New Mexico and California are Asian.
in their formation and scenery" If they are,
what is TO hinder slavery from existing IN them,
in the latest periods, as well as in the oriental
nations in the earliest
Haar him once moro. On the 10Th August,
Is4s, after New Mexico and California were ac-
CURED, he rossi in the Senate and thus delivered
himself: I" My opposition to the increase OF sla-
very in this country, or TO the increase Of slave
representation, is general and universal 1t has
no reference to the lines Of latitude, or points oil
the compass. shall oppose all such extension
At all times, and under all circumstances, ever |
against all inducements, against all supposed
imitation of great interests, against all comtina-
.ions, against all compromises /