Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-01-06
NO. 50.
Whiggery and Freesoilism.

mSSOfI anu IECCcuIlicHts
Il Governor Dinsmoor, of New
Hampshire, states the position of
1.-THE democracy when he says that
every consideration Of good faith
land sound policy requires that the
I|compomise measures should be
I|sustained. The position of the
Iparty in the free States is exactly
1.-THE reverse of this. The New York
Seward platform recognises reagi-
Itation and repeal Of the fugitive
IslaVe law. The New York Tri7
Ibune says the United States consti.
Itntioh is "an M-c0nssdered compact"
| The Albany Journal goes further,
lhnd calls that sacred instrument an
ft'ATRocioUs BARGAIN" Massa-
Fhusetts whiggery takes its place on
he same platform with New York
Fyhiggery, and SUPPORTS for govern.
br man who voted a, ainst the
! Compromise. Vermont wings have
| Just reelected the governor who
| figned the act nulliiying the fugitive
slave law, and that governor has
| teaffirmed bis publication doctrines;
fhnd the whig legislature have just
refused, by large majority, to re-
peal the nullifying act. Gov. John
| fton, whom whiggery supported in
Pennsylvania, vetoed a bill to facil-
ltate the operation Of the fugitive
law, and said openly that no allie
glance was due to that law. In
New Hampshire. Amos Tuck, whig
Enembenof Congress, addressed the
free-soil State Convention. InOhio
4he wings, by coalition with the
free. soilers, elected Senator to
Congress, B. r, Wade, who says:
| +You know that | am hostile TO
The compromise measures, and es-
peciaIIy the fugitive law. | regret
10 see disposition in any part Of
ibis State to ingraft the comprom.
lse measures up0a the doctrines of
the whig party" The New York
Tribune, speaking for the wings of
New York., says the fugitive slave
law sis an act from which Chris
tendon recoiIs with abhorrence,T
4nd that the insulreetionisss at
Christiana and Syracuse, aare su~
lhorized TO resist it. The Boston
Atlas, speaking for the wings ol
Massachusetts. says-sWe Are as
@ne against the infamous fugitive
Slave law" and that @tlie whig party
proper is as anti-slavery as the free
soil party. Zeno Scudder, whig
congressman elect from Massa,
fhusetts, says the la W is "a fragrant
abuse OF political po wer, and bur-
iesque upon the genius of our free
Institutions" and that ''the doctrines
and views Of the Massachusetts
whigs," which he shall be ready
fat all times to MAKE practical ap-
plIcation Of throughout the Union"
would "undoubtedly repeal the en-
actment" The New Bedford Mer-
curry an old and leading whig press,
says, Oct 6, '-we think il an unwise
law-an oppressive and unjust law.n
Grin Fowler, another Massachu~
sets whig congressman, says the
law is "unjus." and WICKED and
fought forthwith to be repealed
Nathaniel B. Borden, wbie repre-
sentative from Fall river, regards
tfbe fugitlve.slave law as among the
soickedest OF all acts Of modern lep-
islation.' In Wisconsin the wings
are boas6ng that BY a coALlrtoN
with the free-sollers they have cho-
senior governor Leo nard J. FarweH,
who wrote to Charles Durkee. abo-
lition candidate for vice-nresident.
that he fFarwelr was '.in favor of
the abolition Of slavery wherever it
exists under the exclusive jurisdic>
ton Of Congress, and Of the repeal
OF the fugitive slave law!'' '-Boston
Post. !
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