The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-04-08
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
MORNING. APRIL q. 1881.



Mr. Hossrs Hssssui, JE.
a, gantoul once bore distinguished national char
=. bal the spell is gone. We doubt whether any.
=, .bich he may do or say hereafter would be worthy
',5,, excep, as il tends to elucdaie a warning 10
s,oo Of his own passions, departs from the noble line
honor and OF duty
!. lines past Mr.. Raniou was known as democrat
lno to tbs time OF the unhoy bargain To elect him
a. ssnate) as democrat OF national feelings, and OPP
IA "a seconalism. But bargain was struck between
,smporizng democrats and free soilers in the Mas
,hosst, legislature. That bargain contemplated the
Nan If Mr. Rantou 10 the Senate for the few days of
I, Wsbsters unexpired term, and the election of Mr.
Ha,,as Sumner, rabid ree-soiler, for the next six
ms
al W. have seen our wing contemporaries, even in the
N .,hsrn States, look upon such coalitions, when the
n, marty could make anything from them. with serene
nnacency and undisgused satisfaction But, notwith-
nodng the example which the wing party had sell we
u .0o,oced the Massachusetts, coalition as an inqui.ous
Examination: for we believed the safety of the coun-
70 aited that every honest man should turn his face
NAV from eyery alliance with the factionsts and do all
,bs mower TO crush them 10 the EARTH dsturbers of
a, pubtic peace and foes TO the Union
We could not believe that MIR. Rantou would be reck.
~ enough 10 present himself in the Senate to profit BY
coalition 50 base and corrupt But he did present himself
be Senate and filled seat 10 that angus, body for the
mace Of nine days He was received with merted con-
,mp,-he was put at once into Coventry. No konora-
n, man could give him look of encouragement Yet
,a members hoped that he had taken his seat only to
indicate himself from the corrupt bargain by which he had
obtained it, and then to resign il and retire But day af
n DAY passed over without The expected disclaimer
mill The session expired Then it apparent that for
4. plu honor of serving nine days in the Senate Of
NE United States Mr. Robert Rantoul, jr had sold his
Grhrsh!, and furnished that escutcheon which an
honorable man holds in higher esteem than the privilege
Il sitting in any deliberatve body that the sun ever
,oue upon.
Now for the consequence to which this false step
has conducted him. Ii reads a moral by which every
considerable and honest statesman may learn to profit
| We have before the speech OF MIR. Robert Ran
pal IT,, before convention at Lynn, Massachusetts,.
The speech was delivered for the ostensble purpose
defining his position. We will not lire our readers
With extracts from that speech We cannot find in
snence which indicates ability enough to justify its re-
|
nan Of talent His effort at Lynn, therefore, only proves
nsincer,y, and demonstrates that the extraordinary
nhtuaon OF ambition has placed him in position
vhch he cannot defend even with adecent show OF aus
haity We give the resolutions adopted, which will
xve 10 explain fully his present position:
Rsovsd That the constitution of the United States has
uhozing officers of the United States TO determine Ia.
ey or freedom OF persons found within the territory of
hey found, to bs held AS saves in another State
"Rssolred, That no person in any State OF this Union
aAw which process. in the OF alleged fugve
nom service, Is sun at common law, wherein the Tact
SAFE from which he is alleged 10 have escaped shall be
determined by irialby jury.
R,orsd Tia, sach t.,a BY jury should precede the
alleged tusve and should be had in the vicinity where
the said alleged fugitive is found
Rsera That, In tue determination oil the question OF
liberty all presnmptons OF law and fact are and ought to
be, IN ayor OF liberty.
"R,olred That the fugitive law enacted by the Con-
;ess lately expired, contravening hese principles is
s, unconsutuo al. in derogation of the iunda mental
maxim, Of the goyenmsn and ought to be speedily and
brewer repealed."
Dr. Rantoul's speech fully sustained these fana,ca
nd dangerous Observation-Disclosures which, if carried out,
must inevitably rend this Union asunder. We will no,
sppo these pss,ileRtia prncipes-they are too weak
nd, and contemplate 10 demand serious notice or any
rIuhion. Theodore Parker, Lloyd Garrison, and a
hundred other abolition slangwhangers-as unpnnciped
shey are reckless--have sustained themselves with
more pausbiliy. Even Abby Kelly herself might be
ashamed Of such feeble logic and such transparent
SPa'try as the ex-senator OF nine days has brought
iorh We hope that the public may draw correct
moral from this spectacle Of political bathos
The Boston Courier (whg) speaks in the following in
asnant terms OF the attempt 10 thrust him into the
House Of Representatives at the election which took
and lih congressional districts:
IN district No 2, al this time particularly, there are
ong and earnest reasons why the wings should for
SHi IN heir whole strength man, and record their
votes against the arch demagosue who is the cand date of
e democrats, and who IN the desperation OF his political
0lune' has made multiplying bid Tor the Of the free
Se' Is oil no consequence the wings OF district No
"esf The democrats proper adhere 10 this renegade
| principles and tbsir faith neither is 1t of par
uf interest To them to how the sellers look upon
~ oou stroke Tor sixyears' sena'orshp in
~ tne ground which was taken in the house of repre-
sh'auves the other day by Mr. Stone OF Charle,town
en '~ Threw out an open signal the rats OF the deoc
soy mat they must take the first opportunv 10
nun me sinking ship OF Sumneri.m. The quarrel which
""Se" 70 shse between the wings of the ,ton 4,
WY 5000 one as u Is and the whig party should no, In
e'isre witi IL In Mr.. Upbam the whig, OF district No 2
aeandIdaie upon WHOM, they can concentrar Al ,her
no 'ney should sec TO 1t that vote is LOST 10 him on
monday through indifference or negligence
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hoeeomes our painful duty to announce to hi, friends
'na constituents The death Of The Hon Ransom HoIIo
Wy, la'e member OF the Thirty-firr Congress- from