Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1852-09-20

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the Wings and Democrats say is final settle
ment; that these practices may continue in all
| coming time. But they dare not go before the
| people admitting this truth; nor dare they deny
these facts TO avoid this unpleasant question,
they resolve to resist every attempt 10 speak or
write upon it Their only way Of escaping from
popular odium is TO keep truth from the people.
! Now, sir, does any Democrat or any Wing be-
| keve that Free Soilers will vote for any candi-
date pledged to sustain those revolving practices?
lfany one who ever held place in the Free De-
mocracy, shall cast such vote, it will be some
other man than myself, a l8a
Again, Mr. Chairman, the last Congress pro-
vided by the law aforesaid, that one or more
| States may be admitted from said territory, with
| or without slavery. They were unwilling that
! the members Of the next or any future Congress
| should Judge for themselves, whenever Utah shall
| ask admission into the Union; and they have
made this foolish attempt to dictate the action of
| this body ia future ages. Well, the provision is,
| that an indefinite number Of Slave States may be
| a mitted. OF course, their political power, I'M
der the Constitution. will be IN proportion to their
| slaves. The man in Utah who buys slave w0-
man, and raises four bastard children, and holds
them as property, adds as much to the political
power of that State, four Of those educated and
intelligent democrats who sit before me, add to
| the political influence of free State. Now, sir,
we, the free democracy, are unqnalifedy OPP
| posed to this insult to Northern dignity. We do
! rot believe that the man who thus sells at defiance
| Gods law, and tramples upon decency, is any
better than an educated intelligent Northern free
man. But, sir, wings and democrats say that
this disgraceful inequality shall be allowed to the
people of Utah, and maintained. They know
| that public indignation would be klnded against
| every man who would thus degrade the people of
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| power such men, if the facts were known to them.
They therefore seek TO smother the truth; to keep
the people in ignorance; and resolve TO resist
| agitation, TO diScountenance discussion They
pledge their candidates to carry out this disgrace
full combination against liberty and the rights and
honor of the free States, and then turn round and
ask honest men, those who possess self-respects
to vote for their own disgrace. Sir, Free Sellers,
men of intelligence, will not thus stulnfy them
| selves.
The same law, or a law with similar pro-
visions, was enacted in relation to New Mexico.
| The people of that territory may, if they please,
| enter into this speculation in human flesh. They
| may curse that land with human bondage
Wings and democrats say that this law shall be
| final settlement of that subject; that slavery and
! the slave trade shall not be excluded; and the
democrats are to resist and the wings TO dis
countendnce all discussion in relation to it.
One or more slave States are to be admitted
| from New Mexico, upon the same terms Of de-
grading inequality to the free States those from
| Utah, and Northern men are TO submit without
discussion. Agitation would, in the words of the
Wing resolution, endanger the peace of the Wing
party. They say they therefore deprecate agita-
ton Well, sir, the proper meaning of the verb
"to deprecate" is, to ''pray against" and the
Wings will, therefore, pray against agitation, as
it will endanger their peace Such prayers
would simply be can denominations" they would
do no other hurt And as for the peace of the
Wing party, should far rather see it endangered
than TO see one child sold from its parents, or
woman logged, or one man degraded
The motto of Free Sellers is 6 No MORE
SLAVE SrArEs.7 This is our unyielding, de-
termined position. We wage an exterminating
warfare against every man, and every party who
would extend the curse of human servude, or
| increase the slave power IN any degree. The
Democratic party and the Wing party unite in
the extension of slavery and of the slave power,
and then ask the friends of liberty to vote with
them! / shall not do 1t. af .e
Another measure of the last Congress
law entitled can act to abolish the SLAVE trade IN
| the District of CoIum6ia.' A fragrant false
hood was sent to the people in this title; for the
law itself does not profess to abolish the slave
trade in this District and only excludes from this
market the slave-breeders of Maryland and Vir-
| gina leaving the sale of men, women, and
children, TO continue here. And this commerce
in the image Of God is TO go on and continue for
ever The Wings say it shall not be disturbed,
and the Democrats say they too will protect it.
These parties have taken position between us
and the slave-deaers, and say we shall not dis
cuss the morality of their vocation; indeed, they
assert that we shall not agltate the cause of free
| DOM
You, sir, lately saw an advertisement in the
leading Wing paper of this District, in these
words:-ss For Sale, q handsome and accom-
plished lady'S maid, aged Just sixteen gears -
Except in this city and New Zealand, | do not
think any Government within the bounds of civ-
cation would have permitted such outrage
upon decency speak of New Zealand without
intending any disrespect to the people of that
island by comparing their habits with ours. They
buy men and women for fnod only. The object
is far more honorable and Christian-lke than that
for which the Young women of this city are adj
vertised and sold.
Mr.. Chairman, General Scott and General
Pierce are both pledged to maintain this traffic In
the bodies of women, and the advocates of liberty
are asked to aid in electIng them. Sir, let those
parties revel in such moral and political wicked
ness; let them pledge themselves and their
dida,es to petpetrate crimes revolving to human
ity, but beseech them not to insult honest men,
philanthropists, and Christians. by asking them
TO participate in such transcendent iniquty
] Another Of the compromise measures is the fu-
gitive slave law. OF the character of this law,
have spoken on former occasions. of its uncon-
stituionality, ] think no unprecedented mind can
Doubt who listened to the speech Of the gentle
man from Massachusetts, Mr. Rantoul. Ofthe
crimes committed under this law; of the enormi-
ties Of sending free men into slavery, under color