Southern standard., 1852-10-02
CoNcoRp. N. II. Sent. 1s, 1852

swer your questions by giving orie' hIStoiy u
the politics of this State since The treachtry ot John
p. Hale made the slavery ayl'a ION a matler of
consequence in our el, cilonS
In i844 John r. Hale member of Con-
,,rpss hayin, been elected one of the regular !
Democratic candidates. he had before been what Z
tbe aboliionists call ''ul ra plo-sl;vtry man.
But when the anne Xatun ui II XaS WAS under con-
siJ.raon in The House, in the session OF l844-5,
he took ground against to tie great surprise
of the people of this Sta Z ; and he published
letter TO the people in usiifca ion of his course.
His letter was daed in January, 1845. He had
then been nominated ion recollection by the demo-
Gratis. before his course in regard To the Texas
question known As his letter
received Gen. Pierce us Chairman of the State
Committee set work tU counteract 1alc'S fac !
tiOus scheme an through his efforts and inhu-
tnce. more than those OF every one else, State
Convention met the Il OF February, just ono
mon h before ,he clcc.ion denounced Eae's course,
rescinied hi, nomination.. and nominated another
candidate ia his place. We thtn eIectrd our MEM
bers by general ticket. and IA majority of all the
votes cast in the STATE required 10 elect each
one Every federal paptr in tlrr State justified
Hales course, while every d,mocratic paper de-
nounce it. We had litc time JQr Tie canvass
and much To contend with, Hale was popular and
his friends were active but the Democracy. true
to principle. and uniImg in their gallant leader
(Gen. Pierce en.ored the contest IcareSly and
f5Ash IL g3Ilahtly. The result was, no et ion
for Hale's place, our candidate wanting $40 orr
1000 woes oil clear ma jority Hale, and the
federal and abolition candi iaSes. Hale cal ricd OF
some 1900 or EUOO ID, mocrats. The rest of.our
ticket elocied. During the htxt summer and
fall. three our trials made 70 tiect Il ant M
Der in Hale place, but withous success, Hale still
running and nlajorl Uyer all being required to
effect Gle ction.
ElaIes lac iot, chen uEi ed with the old aholition
faction, AMI or ;aulzrd the -Etatc election inI
March 1916. La tlas Ice ION tllere We re thrpeI
parties n, the ell--.be d, nlocratc. federal and
Hatc's abolition ia zion; bur there was IA peritct1
understanding aud bargain between TIN last two
Their game was iedcleaG i'm ccc lGA oi Governor
and m jorly IN the Lcsi.lature against
the Democra,> aud thtu tht biz, candidate WAS
to be made Govern by tle ai1.pf the ahoti.ien
members, AMI Hale was ~ be made y. s. Stnafor
BY the vo cs o. ae hdtIdi. Wig NJ, rItrl*, . This
corrup' game >acct cded. NosI OIce el Govtlil,H
WIS made by jLe people, aud by the union of the
whi. aud al,e uniSJo IN he TOWNS Gd ~ Material
di,ync.s II majpliy a4aiirst The democrats
cured in lhv House, tnI cnoash Senators deratcd
10 enable Gr ,wJ fuc ions 10 secure a maJorl in
that boly also, by filling the vacancies wi,h their
own can Ii iac>-->uch vacdAcies btirg filed by
th. ipn. Wv = oi the Lwo Houses i'll Cohycn ion.--
TAc L. si>ia urc mt III j uiic G46. Hale had.
been lee I'd 4 nIcmbt -ot thc llUusv trom- BoEtr,
by thc uH...d cS OF die abohtion>ts and wigs.
lllc NaS cilu n s{saktt, ils the Vo,ts oi al
the aboii on ana wlhg members, bu net Que det'i-
O.rdlc woe The {, htf officers of The House were
chosen in Ii!e sa.ule wy. Th,re were seven va
cmcies in he s, maze lNxttp be filled, and all Of
them were filled with fcdeFa>ts and aboIilionists,
bv the uni.ed vo,eSof'th So par l>, every demo
cratic member No.iiig for hi, regular eandl lteS
The officers of ia Senate were tieh el,o,ea N Ae
safne way. Thct cdue ,ire election ef Governor
BY tin two houses III Con, tneiun, a9d Colby, TIT
federal candidate, was cho-en, every democrat Eo
ting for Williams, the DYn"craJlc catdldate--
Two vacancies in he Council wtre filed in the
like manner Then Fogg. lhe editor of Haie,S
organ was elcc cd s. lcrctary Of State, having tY-
e.v whiy and ab0lIi ion VOC, but not one d nOeat-
i; vo.e and an isboiUliist WAS cheS State fret
surcr in The same way. And . cap he eilnfx
o wlig sub>tr>icncy to aboldenlsm, John / .
II ale was el, ccd u. 5. Senator for >ix years
every edcrai-whg member in boih Branches OF
the LEGISLATURE ,o.in4 tor him. aud every Demo
cratic member voting Tor Hon. Harry HlOoaFo'
one OF our present members OF Congress
This whs abolition Legislature passed law
making it penal offence Tor any officer or clyiz' Ii
O. this State nos a United States officer, to aiJ in
the capture OF fu3 i've slave or 10 act as tht
agent or attorney for any claimant OF such fu9iIlv'
(fhis law was repealed by sub b>eq4tnt Demo
cratic :, g ,a,u ure. The vote On the repeal stood
in the House 167 10 ll3--unly JOur Democrats
voun~ against lvpeslmg and only thirteen whs'
votinr ia iavo: oi repeating In the senate, every
Democrat vosed IN falor Uf repeating, and eyer,
whis a4ainst IT'D Thv same whis abolition Leg
isaturc paSsed a resolution pedgins the co-oPera
ton of this State to the ctorts Tor the suppression
and determination Of slavery; and when 1t pro
posed To amrnd the resolution by saying con
Stitasi0nuL efforts, the amendment was voted dow
by the wings and aboltlonists. In the debate u
this subject. ut the uhig MT ulbers (noW on
OF the scott candidates Tor Elector ID. NJ. Chris
t-,l said--''f goJor a dissolution of tie Union
s u0ery Is mi 0JotiSked,' - and most OF his poiucs
associates concurred in the atroclous sentiment.
have dwell. upon This chapter in our polite
for-obyiUus rtaSohs Il is important every way
but particularly as being Tire STARTING point of tn
wings here in tie process Of abohionzing the
party They Aarer@ver recovered. nor scarcel
attempted to recoi er from that debouch buth
since been constantly in league with the abolition
ists as will appear from what Is To follow.
The nexs year, 1847, the Democracy recovert
the ;.scendency IN all branches OF the Governmen
carving. The Legislatureby very small majorit
The same base g ,ne of bargain, intrigue and ama
gamation which succeeded 50 we'll the year belOf
was tried this year. by the Wings aud abolItionIsl
but it did not succeed. This year were PASSED u
solutions to which yIu ref r, and which (
c.Osc.s Ii is true that these resolutions were Y
ppsed by The whig and abolition me.1bers, eut !
the sole reason tilat they were not ultra enough
them. They proposed amendmf MS 70. tlle NJ q
ultra character, some of4y hich MilL notice. y