Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1852-07-09
WHY SHOULD FREE SOILERS GO FOR
PIERCE Or SCOTT

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WHY SHOULD FREE SOTLERS GO FOR
PIERCE Or SCOTT
We do not pretend nor seek to know the mo-
tive which impelled all of those who went for
Van Buren, in 184s. That in many Of them, it
was not of the most exalted character IS suffi-
GENTLY manifest from their present course. But
We do assume that the motive Of the great body
of them was to restoEethe government to its orr
Ginsl purpose, and bring back the purity of early
days in its administration. We might stop here
for certainly no one whom 1913 laborcd for the
purpose wo have mentioned, can now 60 for
either Pierce or Scott, but still few words on
the general subject may not be lost.
Tho Turk wstrings his victims or quietly in
sack deposits them in the Bosphorus, with the
consolotary reflection and remark that i" God is
great and Mahomet is his prophet !" and in the
same spirit do the powers in this government go
on numbering Liberty by inches, and crying con-
t'nuaIiy great is the constitution and its COM
promises. So Industrious indeed, have they
been in proclairiing al their 1guity in the name
OF the constitution, that the great mass of the
people begin to think that in an evil moment our
fathers did make some sort Of = compact bindnp
their descendants forever to the evil one. and the
very best We can TO IS to suffer in silence and
let this evil power roam unchecked. Now this
IS q cunning device Of the adversary-a delusion
OF Satan to the end that we may be undone-and
IT Is we'll that we shake off this delrsion, see the
truth, and arouse ourselves 20 resistance, before
it is entirely too late
The truth il, that the progress the power Of
slavery has recently made in this country is al
most entirely in violation OF the letter or spirit of
the constitution, instead Of being authorized or
required by it, and particularly is this the case
with reference to the fugitive slave law.
At the time Of the formation of this govern
ment slavery was condemned at the south as
well as the north, Washington and Jefferson both
expressing themselves as deeply hostile to it, 1t
was universally acknowledged grevous evil
and all the compromises made with it were sim
ply 10 permit it to die natural death, instead of
Killing 1t at once. 1t was supposed, and very
truly, if it were let alone it would speedily die
of itself, and the compromises OF our fathers were
simply to let it alone. Yet at the present time
1t is boldly urged and generally acquesced in,
that the government developed by the wisdom Of
our fathers through the pryations and labors of
the war of independence, has little purpose 9TH
er than to sustain, develop, and perpctuate the
system Of negro slavery, and northern men, wo-
men, and children have been enacted into kdnap-
pers and slave hunters in virtue Of the compro-
misses OF the constitution, and TO save the union.
Accountable! Now we assert that the history of
this government proves it to have been erected to
sustain, perpetuate, and advance the cause Of IL
berry and not thar Of despotism, and hence That
these denominations are subversve OF The purpose
OF our fathers, subversive of the constitution and
dangerous to The unoa, and should be resisted by
every patriot.
When, however our fathers agreed to let sa-
very alone under the impression it would spcedi-
y die Of itself, there one thing they did not
take into account, and that was the vitiatinr CT
feet of slavery upon all connected with it, and as
consequence its tendency to expand because of
the axity Of morals it inevitably of itself creates
There are now no Washingtons or Jefersons
among the southern states 70 lift up voice of
warning against this evil, for the reason that sIa-
very has done its yitiating work upon those with
whom it has been more Immediately connected,
and none are left free from its influence and pow
or. If it be asked why these influences had not
done their vicious work as well Before as since
the formation Of the government, we answer:
That while it is quite certain they have never
been entirely powerless, it will readily be under
stood that they must have been comparatively
limited during the stirring times of war and COM
motion that marked the history Of the colonies,
until after the peace Of the revolution. 1t is on
" since America began to take her place in the
commerce of the world and to grow comparative
ly mighty in that sphere, that this institution has
eXer;ed its worst influence upon the southern
mind. With peace came the awaking OF the arts
OF agriculture, manufactures &c, and as labor
ocgot wealth, und wealth luxury, ease, and idle
ness, so did the south grow to consider this ins-
tuition of charc labor as indispensable 20 its wei
fare politically, socially, and Individually; and so
considering, it now seeks all possible aids to
invgorate and give it permanance. And un-
der this growing feeling that the whole purpose
OF our government is sought to be--indecd, is
perverted Just look at two facts as clearly in
dicative of the character Of our whole govern.
ment' Government has just spent fifty thousand
dollars of the peoples money in the attempt to
convict Castner IIanaway, citizen OF Pennsyl-
vsnia, of the high crime of treason, for simply
refusing, TO aid in the capture Of fugitives from
labor, when few years since Mr. lIoar. of Bos-
ton went to Charleston to pcaceably inquire If
there was no remedy to prevent citizens of Mas
sachusetts from being shut up in South Carolina
jas and was expelled BY mob at the hazard of
his life, not a lisp from government was or has
been heard. To assist freedom is treason 10
the government, but you may raise all the mobs
you please, you may stop mails and tear open
mail bags to help slavery, and the government,
will not modest if itdocs not countenance You in