The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-11-02

wAsH,Ssros. oc,oesr Is, 1858.

wAsslxsroS. October Is, 1858
Ia As EG@ o. IA Usiss.
In ny 6rr letter 10 you 1 attempted 10 show Ina, nc
o, cause OF complaint could be urged the demoe
r.cs q New York In regard slavery agitation; and
"a my second thai lie division ia their ranks had
osx,n wholly dsaeren from suy slavery question ever
srilxed Ny present purpose is briefly 10 sketch the
.ssisA OF the federal and wing party The subject OF
ssvery, and particularly in The State Of New York
The wisdoa and pssrosisn OF The fathers OF the revo
LUTON plainly wriiun Ia Our constitution, and IN no
part dstincaly thsa in the compromises concerning
slavery. wsstssl which ihsl insrns'esi would never
have beea HdOD4ed. Southern agriculture was make cd
by large rlanixions slave abor and spArse white popu
lston Al ihs North thai noble calling exhibited smA
farms, managed mostly by Tree white labor, IN dense
scs,ie Without these compromises, ~ was Yuite
sppsert mt the control OF the Unon would have been
n northern bands ia al future time. and southern insf
es,s would have been subject 10 northern vew
aEseed ~ ~ iealouses bal one as hs ems.
mated from northern federasls. when me nahohsi gov
eIsaest wss il democratic hands, and The couny en-.
NJ ssis,snce aud uansgemen, Of slavery ia tbs
States are matters exclusively Ter The Sises themselves
Slavery agitation has often occurred ana mas hways
been fruitful OF evil. and seldom u ever. nAe Improved
rhe condition Of The slave and has never aided in has
emapcipaton. The earliest considerable agitation fol-
lowed ~ psschass OF Louisiana ~ 1903 The value Of
that nsAsuss ncalenisbse bui The iedealiss saw
s. siass Saaiss 10 ooaa.ebalanoe the tree ones
from the Northeast Territory. They sought it's defeat
upon various grosnds among Others, that 1t wosld add
slave territory aud strengthen the South Among others
Timothy Pickering. distinguished federallst OF Mas
sschuses, against the ratification OF The treaty OF
cesson The party sought 10 ombarrass the form
n,ion of territorial government but with neonsdcn.-
HE success in Congress- In 1914 The opposition TO I'D
hitting Louisiana 4 State bad ia lis ranks such men
AZ JOSIAH Quincy OF Martin Chitienden OF
Vermont and others al like political standing Though
opposed by the FEEDER party the war OF 1912
was declared within few weeks thereafter The stale OF
patriotic feeling of hairarty IN Massacbuses was illus
rated by her resolving toward the close OF The
war that il unhecomng moral and religious people
10 relocs over our victories. Southern democratic mem
hers bad urged the declaration OF the war. and had noby
sustained Madison in lie prosecution II the number OF
southern members had been much reduced. tn. war or
se ,sadc and sailors rights" would not have been de-
cIared or sustained when began, Federal hostility
reached crlss Hartford, Connecticut in The winter
oil lsl4-l5 While General Jackson. was preparing
10 end TIE "a blaze OF glory al New Ofleans
tins federal plotting treason II insii
,uiions and The overthrow oil The democrac party The
constitution would work out The results they desired
and hence iAey songh changes IN ito provisions The, pro-
posed 10 limit the presdencyto term (Which has been
ihe federal aud Wing limit practice 10 s day D 10 pro-
ho elections OF President from the State;
10 prohibit naturazed persons holding civil Offices ana
requiring two-thirds vote 10 declare war, or admit
new att. Bot Their most important proposition WAS
intended 10 dim nsh southern representation Congress
BY changing The rule Of spportonmen, from the mixed %
an exclusive free batis This proposed change in
these words: #E
Rxsofued, That representatives and direct shall
be- sppononed among the several States HIGH may be in
This Union, according their i've beers
Of ss persons inciodine thoe bound
and ruo.diss Indians not taxed, and all Other per-
Sous"
Conunued agitation, until their schemes incorpo-
rasd in The constitution, recommended. This agta
lion apparently look 10 dlsmemDerment OF the Union,
with slavery and nstive Amecansm the great levers
accomplish il Fortunately Tor The country. The feeble
notes OF reasonable sssemhage drowned in the
load shouts of victory New Orleans saved. Amer
icsn had achieved victory unparalleled IN the
annals Of var The schemes OF agitation by the Hart
ford convention were abandoned, and oay remembered
10 be execsaied
The Ascsssons and proceedings in ls1s-2o concerning
the admission OF Missouri excited the public mind to the
biEhesi degree. threatening dissolution oil the Union
Slavery Involved, but q question raised .
Had Congress the power. IN The ACT OF admission, in
authorizing preliminary steps, 20 Impose restrictions upon
slavery, prohibu the State admitted! Ola the on-
SIDE II vas csamed that such a power vested IN
Congress. and that ought Then 10 he exercised On the
other. both the power and duty denied The OF
and prohibiting slavery north OF 3S deg 30 min. in the
residue OF the Lousan. purchase, passed without any
limitation appi.cable Missouri. This and The sdnis-
son Of The St.s IN 1877 without Iesreon and N Term.
these clams THIS attempt 10 limit In Missouri power
exercised By considerable majority OF the States
and broadly Possessed BY all ~nansied in the House from
James Taiiostge OF New York 4 prominent whig
John W. Tayiof. from thai State. slAo wing supported
toe proposition in debate. Rufus King, dts,ins u,shed
iederast from the STATE took The lead the Sen
csc But The debates and votes psriook much OF a
sectional than OF party character. The feeling enSen-
dred was long IN subsong, bat has now happily pssed
away r.
Although there were abo,,onists and abolition soce
lies OF The free States the attention OF Congress
was no, mach attracted 10 slavery prior 10 December.
1885, when petitions praying Tor ats abolition The Ds-
inet OF Cosahia we're pssse0ted By Ae~ers Briggs and
Jackson. Of MssascAoseus Mr.. Slsde. OF Vermont.
snoe Wing governor made The fret formal and inHsmms-
ospeech AesiSsa savesy FRANKLIs PIERer then boldly
took The ground axalns, abouon and agitation, which
he has since steadily maintained Tsese psttious were
ad upon the table sgans the vote OF NORTH
eih vh,xA by The ard ot my vote and of my democratic
poured IN upon Coagress 10 March. 1895. Mr. Buchaa
N moved W re-ca The prayer oil sgsed by several
Saskers DAVIS. ssce whN governor OF Massschu-
es and United Ssass aena.or, Hendricks, OF Indiana
KNIGHT Of Rhode Island; Pren,'ss aud Swift. Of Yer
mont and Webster. Of Msssachuselis-A whEs-voied
10 The negative
10 May. 1896. this resolution Was offered 10 the
House
R,'ersd, That Congress. has constitutional authority
ln'sr.re 70 any wy h the Insulation Of slavery la
any Of The States Of tbis conederacy"
Adams and Phillips OF Massachusefis: CLARK, Potts
snc Denny, o. Pennsylvania; and James, Everett, and
SAoe OF Vermoni--ail whigs-voed against II. On
70 these woroe-
Rsesd That Congress ought not 10 interfere an any
Wy With slavery In the District OF Columbia
The folo-ing whgs among Others. voted asains, ii:
Aen OF Vermont Bond. late wing collector OF C,ncin-
BAT brHgs. late whV governor and Reed, late be hen
tenant governor Of MaAsschuseats: Calhoun and Grin
hsll Of M.s~sohusens Cnds Hart. Rus.r. and Haget-
hns n New York. Clark. Denny Henderson. HSisisr,
snd pos. NJ Pennsylvania: Everett. James, and Slade OF
Vermont; virion and Whirl~eey. Of Ohio s Mason
s vhR United States ds'fici attorney for Ohio; Hilsnd
hal. late Wing California land s.oner Abbott
Avrsene eed lugers ~ ls'e wing Ministers 10 Enr
and r. C faler. late whig comptroller of New Yori
Len Lknoon. late uhG collector Of Boston; McKennon