The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-01-31

cd lsdssed him 70 vote ~itA tAam by tAs prom.
- - 8 eanasisaisa - }ag(lu pf IL psaos,
aajt Of clothes, and pvouisA Of I loan Of o40o
In m0aey. LAaghtsfl At that time there was
: gssae cry of indignation. The only question
vas whether Il vs. true, and no livin9 man I'M
destooa 70 claim hat sueh things we're right
The geutleman hlmself would have considered
q thst time that Il wss an outrageous proceed
log. WHARF does the gentleman find the dis
tinction between that case and the Massachu-
sstts coalition Of 1850 and 1851 Does the suit
Of clothes constitute the difference IL it the
commission AZ 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 he holds his seat, it was not
one justice Of The peace, but FIVE hundred JUST
ces, who weFe bought in open market 1t was
q clean sweep Of goveTnorship, jodgeships-in
short, OF everything that Aattsrs the pride and
ambition Of man; and it was oil TO be given, pro-
vded the leaders Of the two parties would fall
down and worship the golden calf Of coalition
| wait anxiously for my colleague to point out
to me the distinction between the ethics Of the
Bell purchase and the ethics of the coalition
purchase.
Now, nobody al distance from Massachusett,
could Explain by the aid Of the treason sohich Goo
has giuen him, precisely hop il was thai too par.
ties that occupied such eracily opposits GROUND
upon the compromise question, could be brought
up 10 The mark-the one tohelp 10 send 10 the Sen
ate Of the United Sidtes, for sir years, man UhG
,cosld during that long period profess and enforce
Nth his Uhole posoer, doctrines phich they re-
garded as demoralizing and disorganizing; and
the other to lend its influence to put into power
s, he of nfS IF ho ~
Massachusetts, a set of men utterly and entirely
opposed to them in all those points which they
professed to think most essential Well, will
tell you how 1t was. It was party hatred and
that party hatred leveled az inst the man whom
we have heard vilified to-day. Nothing else but
that could, am sure have Influenced the Free
soil party Of Massachusetts to take the course
they did. From the Boston Commonwealth
which, is the organ Of the Free-soil party-and
it is my practice to read the papers Of the other
side more than my own, for take It for granted
that my own are always right-from the Bos-
ton Commonwealth, the organ of the Freesoil
party, clip the following, which was the rally
ing cry for the last campaign, in the year our
Lord 1851;
" In the next place there must be UNION and
EFFORT, CONFIDENCE and CONCESSION. No con-
cession of principle, for none is required. TO
our Free soil friends we say-now that we wish
to rebuke Daniel Webster, 10 sustain Charles
Sumner, and 10 stamp upon the iiue slaue taao,
its trainers and ap0lcgists, the seal IF popular
Reproduction, the Democrat who is furthest from
us is nearer than any Wing can be- To our
Democratic friends we say-now that you wish
10 sustain Governor Boutwell,, 10 retain the Slate
administrator, TO preserve and to perfect the re-.
forms so auspciously commenced last wikor,
the Freesoiler that is furthest from you is nearer
than any Wing can be. Let the spirit animate
the allied forces and victory is sure"
And this, Mr.. Chairman, was the way they
whipped u.s. Oh, glorious defeat? Oh, destruc
tive and abortive triumph! Need say, that
would rather be defeated fifty times in that way,
than have one such success.
Mr.. Venable. So had !.
Mr.. Davis But we are up within seven
thousand of them. We stand shoulder to
shoulder, and, though outnumbered, can tell
will state another striking fret in connection
with this matter. 1t is we'll known that two
years ago, before the election of the present
Free.soil United States Senator, and after the
election Of Mr.. Boutwell,, the Democratic gov
ernor, there were some twenty or thirty Demo
cratic members of the House who would have
nothing to do with Mr.. Sumner. What did the
Free soil paper do then? 1t came out the very
next morning after the frat failure to elect, and
said that Governor Boutwell, must not make
any changes or appointments to Office until the
United States Senntorship was disposed of.
That paper well understood its men. There
was the greatest excitement, and the most anx
ious expectation until that matter was arrang-
ed, and the doors of the treasury were thown
open to the hungry. remember an engraving
after Landseer, in which a number Of very hun
gry.looking dogs are squatting or standing on
their hind legs, with watering mouths and ter
ible anxiety in their eyes, watching meal tray,
over which very portly looking dog is keeping
guard. Lau hter The engraving embodies
these lines of tho distich:
Each wild with hope and maddening to prevail,
Points the plant and wags the expectant TAIL !"
Well, there was something of that sort seen
in Massachusetts. The pottage was savory,
Esau was hungry, and the birthnight and all
went Laughter What, then, is the state of
the case? Why, that these twenty-six thousand
voters, concentrating their rage and resentment
on one grey, silvered head, making that their
chief and leading object, and sacrificing every
principle for the purpose of venting their rage
on that great man, have succeeded, by moves
on the political chess-board, in causing sur
face expression OF state OF sentiment vastly
different from the state Of sentiment which &C
tually exists in Massachusetts.
Hypocrlsy Exposed.
The Unions whining protestations Of fidelity
to States Rights doctrines have great vaua-
ton put upon them by those whom it first would
drpe and then betray. The Union has shuffled
and evaded our direct questions on these TOPICS
by resorting to equivocation, and raising other
issues. The Lynchburg (Va) Republican, thus
puts some pertinent questions on the same SUBJ
ject to the distressed organ, and defines its posi-
ton in a few words;
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