Washington telegraph., 1852-08-18
From the Nca0 York Campaign Times
Tlae Free-SOiIers Of IS4S.

ate GplStle 10 hon. ID. L. Dutler-WHO was
one of his most jealous co-laborers at Buffa-
10 in 1S49, but who now seems inclined to
turn his back upon the principles which
both then agreed, were vital to the well-be-
ing of the country and the integrity of the
Democratic party. Mr.. Chase enters into
very full review of the steps by which
the Free-Soil Democrats of New York were
led to take ground upon that subject. He
points out with great clearness the overbear-
ing manner in which they were treated by
the Southern wing of the party, and the
persevering efforts made to drive them into
cooperation with the pro-slavery propagan-
dists of that day He shows, also how firm
ly they resisted all these endcavors-how
manfully they stood up against this prodi-
gious pressure, and asserted for themselves
the right of free speech and free thought
upon this as upon all other subjects.
After rehearsing the history of the Buf-
falo Convention,-the declarations there
made by B. Z. Butler, Preston King, and
other prominent members of the Democrat
ic party,-and the action there taken, he
reviews the subsequent action Of the Free
Soil branch Of the same party in the State
of New York After the Presidential can
vass was over, at the State Convention held
at tic, in 1S49, strong resolutions reitera-
ting the principles Of the Buffalo Platform
were introduced and passed, and j ohm Van
Buren,-"who had been regarded as the
Cnur de Leon of the free Democracy, -
made the following explicit declaration of
their purposes:
Il will state Che remarked) fairly, freely,
and fully, what we expect. We expect to
make the Democratic purity Of this State
tile great Aati-Slacery party 9fthis State,
and, through it, to make the Democratic
party of the United States the great Anti-
SlaUery party Of tie United &ateS.--
Those who do not contemplate this result
will do well to get out of the way; for there
is no doubt that, when our principles get
fairly before the people, so that they can
hear them and know what they are-and
we have made arrangements for that now
that the whole people will 90 with us.
And our Southern friends, having had
things their own way for the last twenty
FIVE or thirty years, must make up their
minds 10 let us hare our osose acay for a
while, we being fair men, and reasonable
in our demands"
Soon after this, both divisions Of the par
ty met at Syracuse, and there .JoHN VAN
BUREN repeated his unaltered and unalter-
able attachment to the principles he bad be-
fore proclaimed lie there made this ex-
plicit declaration
81 have had occasion to say, heretofore,
that would not support any man for the
Presidency who does not believe slavery to
be an unmitigated evil, and who will not
use all the power which the Constitution
and laws may place in his hands for its
overthrow. | would give notice now, that
the general judgment Of the people Of this
State is, that they cannot swerve from
their position; and as for me, I shall Hce
and die by 1t. This committee have not
reported that as resolution, and have,
therefore, fallen far short Of what | want
said; but, nevertheless, they do say some
thing"
The speech to which Mr.. VAN buren,
here refers, was made in Cleveland upon
the anniversary of the ordinance of 1897,
only a month previous to the meeting
at Syracuse: and in that speech be thus
defined his position:
When l have heard it said that no
STAKEHOLDER shall be President of the Uni
ted States, | have dissented. Washington
was stakeholder; so was jefferson, Madi-
son and Monroe When STAKEHOLDER like
them shall sustain cur principles, he can
bring to our aid class of men no other
man can reach; therefore, do not think
it proper to take such position I an,
holceycr, tie uamitigGted enemy Of Stare
ry, and aoouId haUe 10 abolished acithout
dcLay. [ say, therefore, for myself-and
[ wish to be understood as speaking for
myself alone that, let what will come, I
ShaLl, u3a11cr 71O necessity ach0tercr, sup
port u man acjtO does nat 6eIieGe StaCery
to be an unmired curse, and qcho acitL
not, By vjrtue Of his o6ice, use all c0nSti-
t~ti0nal po1rer to abOl5sh II. But | ask
by what mode are we to reach the object in
view? The answer is plain. BY going
back directly to that adopted and pursued
by the immortal founders OF our govern
ment 1t is comprised briefly in this No
more SlaUe StateS-7aO mare SlaUe Ter
ritOries-the withdrawal of the support of
the Federal Government from slavery, and
the abolition of it wherever it can be reach
ed by constitutional means. / know very
well we have no power to touch it within
the States where it now exists; but, even
there, we can surround it by Free States,
whose action and example will wear it
away
This is, certainly, very much to the point,
and was still further strengthened by the
following emphatic warning against the per-
lis of Compromise
"a Ii onr danrnr los In onrnrronnisn