The Port Gibson reveille. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 185?-1857, 1853-09-14

party OF the present day, to talk Of the Free
Soilism Of the Democratic party, and to rail
|, at President Pierce, for what the Wings con-
slider Free Soil prociyities We copy from
speech made by Daniel Webster at Abing-
ton, Mass, on Oct 9th 1913. We also an
mex two Of the resolutions passed by that
meeting. These show what the Wing party
once was, and We know that Scott's nominal
ton for the Presidency in 1852, shows what
itnow is. Which party has frec-soil tenden-
cies? and which has courtcd afiliation with
the Free Soilers Of the North! Let the
great light Of Whiggery answer the ques-
ton -
And now the question IS, shall we aban-
don all these great whig principles Of which
have spoken And it il a matter Of regret
to me that the attention of the whig party
and Of the whig press has been drawn too
much away from the consideration Of these
things, by disputes aoout men. / am sorry
that in their disputes on the question whether
General Taylor is a whig-of which | con-
ceiye there is no doubt-or whether Mr. Van
Buren is. and always has been. true liberty
man-of which there is just as little doubt
laughter they should have left this vital
question almost unspokeu Of. Were it not
now too late, should invite the whole party,
both at the North and the South. to attempt
to rally upon tins matter Of so deep interest.
Now, gentlemen, some favorers Of this
new light of the free-sol sun instruct US not
to look backward | trust at least we may be
permitted to look forward hope we are
not to be placed in the situation Of him Of
whom it was once said
/" lie ne'er looks backward-onward still he goes,
Yet neer looks forward further than his nose.
II pray you. gentlemen, TO look forward
and see what will be the condition Of the
country, il Gen. Cass is elected. | have
given you summary Of the principles for
which the wings have been coutcnding for
twenty ycars-principles which deem deep
IL important and essential to the prosperity
Of the country and ask you to look for
ward and sec what will become Of them If
Mr.. Cass is chosen the next President /
will tell you exactly what will happen. Gen.
eral Cass will say that every one Of them was
! repudiated, put down. and contemned by the
very majority which made him President"
4
$50 much, fellcw-citizens. respecting the
general question Of the approaching election
Of President Of the United States.
"But recent events have raised another
question, which has come to affect very mate
rally the domestic government Of the State
Of Massachusetts, A party has arisen, and
has been organized in this State. which calls
itself the free soil party. think there
is joke by Swift, or some writer Of his time.
who wished to ridicule some man who was
making no very tasteful use Of the words
nataie s0ium.' in this wise
Natalie solum-dulce et natalie solum--
! Good words wonder where he stole EN-
81 will not say that the words free soil
4 are stolen from anywhere. But with regard
Z to the sentiment Of the party that uses themi
+ submit that it sayors very much Of petty
larceny. Laughter and cheers.
"The gentlemen who have joined this new
i, party from among the wings, pretend that
!, they are great lovers Of liberty and greater
J, haters Of slavery, than those they leave be-
hind them. / do not admit it. do not adj
nit any such thing. Applause. | thinl
: we are as good free-soil men as they are
though we do not set up any such great pre-
! eminence over our ncighbors.
"Why, gentlemen. what is the history o
:, this party! Some years ago, before Mr.. Var
Buren had come into Office, or in his time
there was schism in the locofoco party il
i New York, which increased BY degrees
' But Mr.. Van Buren was supported BY boil
sides. The schism grew wider and wider
till Silas Wright became the democratic can
:. didate for Governor. Then some Of the dem
e ocrats. known since as old hunkers. resolves
S 70 abstain from supporting him, or to oppos,
= his election, and they carried out that deter
mination. The other side assumed the name
&c barnburners,' and are SO called to th
dav So that there was an actual outbreak
n an actual outbreak-years ago, between thest
" two parties Of the democracy Of New York
= and this barnburning party existed long be
2 fore there was any question of free sol
= amongst them. Long before there was an,
D. question Of the WilmOt Proviso, or any op
or position by that party to the extentlon o
: slavery. And up to the annexation Of Texa
every man Of the party went straightforward
y for that annexation, slavery extention, AM
y all.
re but the wings, and they alone, raised
~ strong opposition to the measure. say tn
n whics alone; for nobody else, either in tn
East. West. South, or North, stirred iinge
~ in the cause-or at least made so small a
p effort that il could not be discerned until th
st. wings had reused the people to sentimen
>. Of opposition to the further spread Of tn
- slave power.
er "Then this portion Of the New York loco
lc- focos, these barnburners, seized upon thl
whig doctrine, and attached it to their polio
merely to give them the predominance owe
ds their rivals.
! "In their origin, therefore, the barnburr
= ers ha6 no more to do with the free-soil que
he ton than they had with the question OF mi
q sonrv or anti-masonry. They only adopte
q 4 70 osecure predomiuance in the Democrat
u party Of New York. But having adopte
this very just sentiment, though stll retaln,n
IS All the rest Of the thirty locofoco article
nd 81 a,.,aot the xVhip marty of Massachl