The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-05-01

uniform action OF the democratic party. The t,....,
organ OF that year, then called the Republican 49,
OF that convention the convention OF The IN ~
democrats at Springfield" and endeayored to show ~
il not full representation OF the party in ~ on
ions against free. soilism. fti&u SO
The committee on resolutions al that eonvan6o
ceived all that wers submitted 10 them, as il ns0si
such occasions, and from these they reported iusns
nine resolutions on the political measures Of ina a..
one OF them which has been quoted ia he House w..
as follows:
color and in favor OF freedom and free SOIL and
lives foughout Gods heritage" "sa
was on that committee, and know that ihs No..
scented to as being, in the then state OF parties i ~
Commonwealth, merely Offset to the pretencs Then :.
up by wings and aboionists Gas popular cry as,0',
us) that they the exclusive friends Of freedom aa
free.sol in general and universal sense, as do.,
OF liberty The cant phrase OF Stree soip had hss 4.
gun 10 be appropriated by party in Massachusetts
the worst that could be said OF this resolution ,aLsa
the time when ii had much less meaning than /, MI,
to have, was, that it was meeting abstraction ,,a
abstraction. In a general sense, and as sentimso,.
universal liberty, republican. South or North Win
hesitate to say that he is opposed TO government !,
slavery, and is favor Of freedom and free soil eys
where throughout Gods heritage Surely The sol Of 4.
South is free the soil Of the North and ali i s.
oOii III BOVcTututnl AS sentiment
fore, aside from any local application 10 the domestic i
slilutions Of the South which was not Intended H..
true and sound the declaration OF the Conlioen
Congress that all men created free and eon,,n
Mr.. Jefferson was never called an abolons for n,s
ing that declaration, the convention for adopting Il
In the sense, and in other this resolution wa,
assented to by the committee. and directed by them 10
reported by the chairman 4 In the sense in which M,
Ranioul and bis coadu,ors Mr. Cabe and the southern
A. L... -.
is utterly repudated by the chairman and b.
majority Of the convention. This will be seen BY ia r.
laon to other resolutions of ina, convention, reuo,sd
and drawn by Mr.. Hallett, which were emineulv
national and ant-aboltion. To test this desire vou
would publish the substance OF those resolutions IN II,
language in which they were adopted, relating 10 n.
sectional Issues which the wings and free soes we,.
then agitatng between the North and South. X
The wing State convention for Massachusetts held h
1919, adopted this significant political resolution
Rsotped That go for The abolition and exclusion Of
slavery wherever Congress has jurisdiction"
This was the Wilmot proviso carried into State md
national politics. with the abolition Of slavery in the D
trict of Columbia, and the transfer of slaves be,wss
States, included. t .fTsa
To repudate all political action on slavery and lhs
Wmo provso. the democratic State convention Of ls,
(Which certain southern wing presses have attended ia
charge with ultra Free solsn) adopted the following e
oluiion--one.half OF which Mr. Rantoal quoted in bs
speech, and omitted the other: esat&5s
ResolOsd. That we are opposed to The extension Of ,
very free Territories and ia favor of the exercise oi
constitutional and restrict il 10 the lin
its within which IL does exist by the local laws
the States bni resolved these sentiments are % mi
versal the North belong party being held in
common by nearly all men north OF sectional line while
they rcpu1ated by most south that line osd
therefore fhsy cannot be made aationai party test"
That is the whole resoution-all after "bup having
been omitted in the qaotation made by member OF The
House. This resolution intended to ahrm and does
affirm, nothing more than the Two sectional facts that
the people oil Massachusetts opposed 10 that domestic
institution OF labor which exists in certain other States
and that those States in favor OF and therefore III
sectional issue Of slavery or anti slavery cannot be ma
national party teafor the plain that such an g.
sue is exclusively sectional, and not national and
brought into conflict must dissolve the Union.
1t was understood at the time and the democratic
party were assaied for having in their convention de-
clared against the Wilmot proviso. @
The action OF the convention OF lS49 was also in &C.
cordance with the views adopted in the resolutions and
in the State address OF the Massachusetts democrats
which was drawn up ia is4s by Mr. Haett. and widely
circulated single extract from which here follows and
10 which the Republic, the Richmond Whig and Times,
and other southern wing papers, may be referred for the
opinions OF the democrats Of Massachusetts and Of Mr.
Hallett care little for them, however; my ony desls
that may disturb the harmony OF the Baltimore Conrss
toa. or disaifect South and North ~
"The FREQ soil question, 50 far from bsng naiou,l
ISSUE tsays The address Of 1881 is exclusively sectional
@ classes % sns sss e s
this sectional lcud and stem collision on this
citing topic which involves thousand millions Of the
working pal of the South ther. be end the
Union. Nevertheless, designing and disappointed men,
taking advantage of the strong and impulsve epusnancsD
slavery In the North, hope 10 use THIS alb
straction TO let Ia the federal power by sevehng The
democracy of The North and South, and thus, 1924
aud 1870 divide and conquer; for Whenever 10 the h
of parties the federal wing party break down the
democracy OF the North. OF excite sectional j,alou be-
tween northern aud southern democrats, thst pary
sure eiher 10 divide or rule the Union"
The democratic State convention OF lsIs empbaieaHS
repudated the Wilmot provso 10 the following resola
ton introduced by Mr., Hallett e
Rso'psd That this convention Is opposed TO The epr
else by Congress of any Jurisdiction upon the mater
Of slavery in the Terhrofie but i In favor Of leaving
the people who inhabit them the right establish
and regulate their own domestic Institutions and reg
ulstions." .H.i set1
The State address, which also written by Mr. Hal
lett, and adopted by the democratic party OF MassachE
sets in 1915, thus distinctly defined their position upon
this sectional issue at that early period II said
When the same spirit of dsunon that procs tined
moral through the Hartford convention, in lsL
reappears in the form OF organized aboltionism inIsu
upon the one idea OF compelling nj the risk OF dssounG
Of tie Union, change in the domestic Institutions
portion OF the Satesover which, by the Of The con
hours OF labor the price OF wages in the faciode md
work shops Lowellthe democratic party of MASSACRE
sets, standing upon the constitution. bold politics.
communion and make no compromises with such pef
poses"
Now the resolutions OF isao--which have been sob
eced to much false Construction TO suit the preses
purpose OF this new alliance between northern abolition
~ and han