Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1854-11-16


MEssRs. EDIToRs:-The pecu{iu and
long reply of Mr.. Webster to my short no
ticc of1im, in my communication Of the 10Th
ult ecmst require Il. short rcj0inder from
me; and | therefore ask a space in your pa
per for the purpose.
He comedies that he did contend that the
Fugitive Slave act was constitutional in its
leading features, (tlcse are the most infa-
mous), but denies that he said one word in
favor of enforcing it. 6 His memory seems
10 be defective, for he did contend that con-
| stitutional laws should be obeycd. Nor is
his memory less Mt fault in regard to what
he said in relation to the Lowell factory girls {;
for while he was depicting, in his peculiarly
glowing manner, tlieir dcplorablc condition,
he was interrupted by Mr.. w. j. Ferris, WHO
said he had lived in Lowell, and he very
emphatically denied the correctness of what
Mr.. w. was saving with reference to them.
Mr.. F. is willing to make affidavit, corrobo-
rativc of my Statement. Cannot Mr.. w.
refresh his memory of what occurred at this
time, end the amusing colloquy which en-
Suc1 between him and MIR. r. Nor Is his
memory less trcachcrously asleep IN regard
to his iustifving the course Of Democratic
members Of Congress with. respect to petit
tions relating TO slavery. AS a precedent,
and in Justification, he referred to the action
of the House of Representatives soon after
the organization Of the General Government,
on Il petition relating to slavery. Can he
not now ~rccolicct it?
At the close of the meeting at Tar Cor
ners"-as he calls it-lrow dc-orous when
| remarked to him that | was a ndtire of
Massachusetts, The manner and Connec-
ton of his reply impressed me that he, too,
was a native and | so recognized him in
the note which | addressed to him through
the Telegraph, some two years since. Why
did he Withhold this fact when he quoted
from it in his reply: 81 aim informed that
Won (W.t arc from Massachusetts. Was
| the omission for effect ! That note was
written simply with reference TO a historical
fact at Issue between us, and had no refer
cncc to " attrociouS sentiments" "Ihat
lengthy cpistlc" was a short one. Mr. WIS
vision is apparently diseased. Has not Dr..
! Starkwcathcr cyc-salvc which would I'M
prove it!
&" That citizen of Paris is Rev. f. Meri-
dcth. Are not "thc leading features" of
the Fugitive Act wicked in Il high degree,
and does not the man who says he is IN IA
vor of it express attrocious sentiments Can
Mr.. w. be in favor of it and appropriately
and sincerely. quote The beautiful lines of
g JAAi AN ~ III " 4 III bTA ny ~ ~
Now with respect to Massachusetts. Mr..
w. has attempted TO show that slavery cN-
listed there at the adoption of the l. S. Con
Stitution, but has failed to establish the fact.
If his Inference is correct, slavery was there
in 1894. \ careful analysis of the facts in
the case, rs he has given them, TO which he
has referred, will show that slavery was not
there at that time. The point AZ issue being
q historical fact | submitted historical autho-
rifles. Alden Bradford was one Of the best
historians in Massachusetts,, and was Secrc-
tarv of State for considerable time, and | be-
[ licye is about as good authority for matters
of fact relating to his STATE as Mr.. w. /
not ONLY referred TO MIR. BIS history but to
the census of 1870. Which shcws that there
were no slaves in Massachusetts at that time.
I | now refer him to 'DcSpdtism in AmCrira,'
by Richard Hildreth, the historian, p. 227,
( also TO remarks of j. Q, Adams in Congress,
with respect TO an error in the censns of
Massachusetts in 1910.
With Mr.. w, other than n candidate for
an important Office, | have no controversy,
and had he not been Nominated by a Rcpuh-
! lican convention for the suffrage of Republi-
cans, I would have written nothing in regard
to him, nor felt it my duty to exercise the
I right Of an independent ~elcctor and particu-
larly canvass his position and principles in
regard to slavery.
In conclusion, Mr.. w. need be under no
appruh, nsion as to a determination on my
part to intrude myself upon his acquaintance
until he is a hftle more decorouS in the use
of language than the FIRST sentence in his re-
/ nly cvinccs. 1t may then be soon enough
for me TO make advances.
. Paris, Nov. 6. 5. S. BRADFORD.