The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-06-19
From tho Detroit Free Prsa.
rn. y..s,ss Political Curiosity.

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We have in the New York Evening rost copy OF !,
.nsseb made nv John Van Buren,, esq al Tree soil meet
Inc held in Burlington, Vermont on the 29th OF last
month. and reported expressly" for that paper The
pom, Of the speech snmsa bv the Buao convention was
thai slavery within the United States should be exclu
sivey controlled BY the States themselves but that The
General government should relieve itself fruD all the
responsibility for the evil by aboshng it where Con.
gress had the power, and prohibiting its introduction
where il did not then exist This brie statement shows
the extent TO which the doctrines OF that convention
have thus far been carried into the action OF the gov.
eminent and, 1t seems 10 me- furnishes just ground oil
exultaton to the advocates OF these doctrines.
sons who were candidates TAYLOR and General Cass
are not less significant The latter had been some
what intimate acquaintance OF my own, WIN WHO'LL
and with whose family had enjoyed io wda hn
l could not fail 10 that when ne, res'uen. - 2
free State had once avowed the justice ana popriely
Of the Wilmot provso, and had then fenounced
that faith al The direction of the South. il became
matter of the first necessity hai ne shouiu nov DC re-
warded with the office OF President for SO dong Inc
c,nse of freedom becomes desperate at once those IN
the free States who eacherous TO 1t can be ele-
waited 10 Office and, important as we all deemed II 10
Gen. Tayior. the defeat of his chief competitor was
even more important This result, also, may be added
10 The other consequences which the friends OF
freedom have right TO rejoice"
The Buffalo Courier very well says this is cool enough
IN be refreshing Free sosm of the Van Buren, school.
after wrggng for six months past, and u9mpeng its
own defeat, prostraton, and utter discontinue IN the
ihe election OF General Taylor and adds it "to the other
conseouences over which the friends OF freedom have
right 10 rejoice" We glad to learn this and will aid
promptly 10 circulate the intelligence. The defeat OF
Zen Cass was matter OF the first importance to Van
Burenism that OF Gen Taylor being minor consideTa-
ton; and although free-soilers contributed little or
nothing to bring it about, that is two years after
wards its only consolation, il undoubtedly was the
only hope or purpose Of its organization and its subse-
quent abors and trials
And what, pray, has the defeat of General Cass
brought upon the advocates Of free soil! The compro-
mise measures, the fugtive-save law uded and free,
soilism may agtate and camor TO the end OF tme and
still not make one inch of Roadway in the work OF re-
peal has pat upon It's deluded followers. This Is its
reward for reachery and deserton, and hitting reward
it Isl for there nothing clearer than the fact that not
particle of principle prompted its treason to party and
country, or anything else, jealousy enter
tanned towards the presidential candidate OF the national
democracy We want to have every democrat in
the country hear this "prince," when he stands up
to tell the wings and aboltonists of Vermont how he
and his friends labored TO defeat the Baltimore nominee
in ls4s, and put a wing administration in power we
10 have democrats prepared for the same thing
again in 1852; for there is probability whatever lha
sosm will be willing to take the back track at the
election and vote with and for democrats OF the ole
school, who stand firmly on the old platform Keep thin
'before the people" Let them know what they may
expect and they will prepare in tme and protect them
selves and their candidate against those who sail pirat
ical craft and show the black flag