The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-01-27

4 dine forks" Now am not much of a Latin scholar,
but understand that the Ciudine forks do not diff
fer materially from the Alamo hatchery and that
| the Caudine forks in that connexion meant that
| Mr. Winthrop should have left the American
throat TO the tender mercies OF the Mexican knife.
| The Democratic party are in favor OF non-inter
vention regards slavery in the States or Terri.
tories. They called upon to send TO the
| United States Senate for six years gentleman
who was in favor of intervention anywhere, or at
least up TO the verge OF the Constitutions They
| send 10 the Senate of the United States gentle
man who declared, in a speech to be found in one
| OF his printed volumes, that there were depths Of
| iniamy as well heights Of fame; that Precedent
Fillmore ~ sounded the former. and that he had
better nevr have been born than to have signed the
Fugitive Slave bill. What induced the Democratic
| party 10 do this? What say, induced the Demo
| Gratis To do this What was it! Why and
how were The officers Of the State put up like NUT
| ton and beef in the shambes9 ! will tell you
how. The leaders of the two parties met in
peated caucuses; as an ultimate result, six Coun
| ciors, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and
81 torth, were given to the Democrats while three
Councillors, the United States Senator, and Ser
geant at Arms and some other make weight officer
| went to the Frccsoil party. The two parties hig
gied and Chartered day by day, and night by night
| III long and heated meetings, as to the distribution
OF these Offices each begging the other to come up
to the price of its pulled and advertised conscience
| and patriotism Puticd, say-advcrtised, say,
| as thoroughly as ever were Phllips's fire nnnihi
laor or E'ncrson's razor strops. L. will do them
The Justice, however, and feel bound to say, that
there was no trickcry in one respect-there was
perfect an imparality of treachery to principle on
| either side can be expected from the weaknesses
| ana impertection of mortality Such scene was
never before exhibited or dreamed of in this country
a. exhibited in old Massac husetts. The
| leaders OF two whole parties brought up by one
| vide, wild, wasting sweep OF the Offices fthe Com
monwealth.
| want TO hear what the gentleman will say about
| this great crime against our institutions, this
| holcsale corruption, this monstrous-I had al
| gIli fll3chOOQ Ce
and God to the heart of man, and to the nature
| of things? Where was the gentleman then? Where
| was he? Was he attempting to prevent corruption
| then? Quite the reverse. | understand that he in
sliated it; that he favOrs il; that nc thinks it
| right. Better that he should go home and endeavor
to undo the mischief that he helped to do there than
| come hereand assail Mr.. Webster There is one
point in this connexion to which ! must refer, and
10 which hope the gentleman will give an explicit
reply. Would recall to the genlenan's memory
the year iS43, when he and myself were members
OF the same party, and when we got whipped, al
though having, as we supposed, majority in the
Legislature. twas case OF this Sort the opposite
party g)t hold of a gentleman named MIR. Bell, of
| Montgomery, and induced him to vote with them
| by the promise of commission as justice OF the
| peace, suit Of clothes, and promise of loan
of $40 in money. [Laughier] AT that time
| there vas great cry Of indignation. The only
| question whether it true, and no living
| man ulder ook to claim that such things
| right The gentleman himself would have
sideree at that time that it was an outrageous pro-
| ccedrg. Where does the gentleman find the dis
| tincti,n between that and the Massachusetts
coalition Of 1850 and 1851? Does the suit clothes
| constitute the difference Is il the commission as
justice of the peace, which he actually got. which
makes the distinction? Here in the corruption
which the gentleman aided, and by virtue OF which
ne h,lds his seat, it justice OF the peace,
but i've hundred justices, who were bought in open
| market. 1t clean sweep of governorship,
deeships-in short, of every thing that ilatters
the bride and ambition OF man; and II was all to be
given, prov ded the leaders OF the two parties would
fall down and worship the golden calf of coalition
| ! wait anxiou5ly for my colleague TO point out to
me he distinction between the ethics OF the Bell
purchase and the ethics Of the coalition purchase.
Now, nobody at a distance from Massachusetts,
| could explaiu-by the aid of the which God
has given him-precsely how it was that two par
ties that occupied such exactly opposite ground
| upon the Comp omise question could be brought
up to the mark-the one help to send to the
| Senate of the United States for six years, man
who would during that long period profess and en-
| lorce with his whole power doctrines which they
| regarded as dtnationalizing and designating;
aud the other {, lend its influence to put into power
in the State offices of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusets set Of men utterly and entirely opposed
10 them in all those points which they professed TO
think most essential. Well, ] will tell you how it
vas IL was pirty hatred and that party hatred
levelled against the man whom we have heard viii
| fed to- day. Nothing else but that could am
sure, have induced the Frecsoil party of Mnssa-
chusetts TO take the course they did From the
Boston Commonwealth, which is the organ OF the
Frecsuil party-and II IL my practice To read the
| pagers OF the other side more than my own, for
take il for granted that my own always right
| from the Boston Commonwealth, the organ OF the
Freesoil party clip the following, which WAS the
rallying cry for the asst campaign, In the year OF
| our Lord 1851
| 'In the next place there must be UNION and
| EFFORT, cosFIDEScE and CoScEssIos. No concos-
sion OF principle, for none is required To our
treesoil friends we say, now that we wish TO Tebkt
Daniel Webster, 10 srstain C.oTiss sumner aud 10
"a. .f.
apoiogisfs the seal Of popular rsprobation the Demo
| crat who Ia turthcst from US is nearer thnn any
| Wing can be. To our Democratic friends we say,
| now that you wish 10 sustain Governor BoutroeA.
10 retain the STATE administration 10 prsserpe aud 10
psrJscf the reforms auspiciously commenced last
winter the Frecsoiler that s furthest from you lie
nearer than any Wig can be. Let the spirit ami
mate the allied force and victory Is sure"
And this MIR. Chairman, the way they
| whipped Us. Oh, glorious defeat Oh, destructive
and abor,iye triumph Need say that | would
rather he defeated fifty times in that way than
have one such success.
Mr.. NENABLE. SO bad /.
! Mr.. DAVIS. But We up within seven thou
| sand OF them. We stand shoulder to shoulder, and
| though outnumbcrcd, i can tell my colleague
| not by any means subdued ! will state another
striking tact in conntnion with this matter IL IL
| we'll known that two years ago, before the election
OF the present Freesoil United States Senator, and
after the election OF Mr. Boutwell,, the Democratic
Governor there we're some twenty or thirty Demo
cratic members OF the House who would have no.
thing to do with Mr. sumner. What did the Free.
sOil paper do them II came out the very next
morning after the first failure 10 elect, and said
thot Governor Boutwell, must not make any chhnges
or appointments 10 office until the United States
ScpatOrship was disposed Of. That paper well un
derstood its men There was the greatest state Of
excitement and the most ANXIOUS expectation un-
al that matter was arranged, and the doors Of the
treasury were thrown open to the hungry. ] re-
| member engraving after Landau IN which a
number Of very hungry looking dogs squattng
or standing on their bind-legs, with watering
mouths and terrible anxiety in their eyes, watch
ing a mealtrny over which very portly looking
dog is keeping guard. tL1ughtcr.l The en-.
craving embodics these lines 81 tho distich.
Each Wild with hope and maddcning to prevail,
Points the plant car and wsgs tho expectant tail
Well, there was something Of that sort sccn in
Massachusetts,. The pOttage vas savory, Eau
~os hungry, and the birthright and all went.
tTaughtof What, then. il the state Of the case
Why, that these twenty six thousand voters, con
ccntratng their rage and resentment on grey,
silvercd head, making that their chief and leading
object, and sacrificing every principle for the pur
poe Of venting their rage on that great man. have
succeeded, by moves on tho political chess- board