The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-31
FREE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.

TO TIE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
In addressing you at this time on behalf Of the free
democracy of the Empire State cannot but aude to
the marvellous change which few brief months
have witnessed In the political aspect Of repub
At the beginning of the current year. the two great
national parties are yet moving in consolidated masses
still proessed to recognise the pledges they had given
at Baltimore in 1852 to dscounteance all further agi
tation OF the slavery question, whenever wherever
however made as unnecessary, useless and danger
ous.o
It was distinctly declared on their behalf that the last
concession had been demanded at our hands by South
ern Shareholders and men hoped that slavery thence
forth would encroach no further upon reedom.
President Pierce in his inaugural congratulated the
country the existing of rcpose and security to
the pnblic mind throughout the confederacy" and
lunteered his to those who had placed
during bis oa he had To- ue
Thus much for the past-now for the present
That confidence, security and repose, those conven-
air before breach Of national faith perpetrated by
Southern coalition Of wings and democrats abeted by
Northern traitors, and led by the President himself
armed with the executive patronage patronage 1t
may be incidentally remarked, immeasurably greater
than ever belonged to Washington and the control Of
the principles Of constitution and hazardous to the
Liberties Of the people Already is verified the prediction
powern to which he might have added its de,noraxino
and degrading influence
The credit Of the Nebraska perfdy belongs exclusively
to neither wings nor democrats From its inception DO
tical antagonists srove with each other for share Of
the nfamy that clings to those who trample on COM
COmDrOmi6e Or0
nay suggested in covert form by Stephen Arnold Doug
las, holding commission from free State but in fact
an accompce and tool Of the Shareholders with Whom
he Is identified in interest presently proposed in
boder shape by whig Senator from Kentucky. The
Southern wings met in caucus, and sunerng forever
the national party to which they belonged reckless of
their recorded promsesof the honor OF the State and
Of their integrity joined the President and his abet
tors and pledged their support to the bill that to
swinde the free aborers OF the North East and West
out OF territory ten times larger than New York; ter
ritory which the slave power were honestly estopped
from attempting to occupy either in whole in part
since for consideration long since granted by us and
accepted by them they had given for every i'm
mutabe and eternal quit clam.
EmbOliened by the numerical strength thus acquired
the coalition resolved to consummate the fraud before
the Northern people should learn their design and the
day nsolentiy announced when they would arrest
tention, you will remember, was defeated by the vgi-
lance OF the free democratic Senator's Chase Sumner
own Senator's, Seward and rish-instantly sounded
well fitted to arouse the country The citizens Of
.ne ,ree states accustomed from childhood to the OBJ
servance OF good faith slow to believe 1t possible
that Congress was base bold enough to repudate
eompromse which for thirty years had been regarded
forever and without recall the territory north Of SO de-
grees 3o minutes to perpetual universal freedoma
only BY Henry clay with whose was 10 n
mately associated but by President Monros sn% hi
principles Calhoun ssa anS Of Southern
As each morning telegraph, with confirmation strong
dispeed their doubts and revealed the design Of Ne
their danger and the closing winter and opening snpnS
looked upon popular convulson unparalleled il our
history.
The agitation was not confined TO the abolitiop,sts
some whom viewed the Kansas bill with
faction exhibiting the part Of the slave power 40
long distinguished for wise subtety, that madness
which preccdes destruction.
But the most conservative and cautious among our
citizens the honest "Union men" and sfrends OF the
south;' the compromises Of lsson who had pledged
themselves for the honor Of the slavehoers in regard
ing that compromise fnality; the merchants and
mechanics Of New York. who, in blunt phrase held that
ga bargain was bargain revolted at such
breach of ith and declared again and again from tho
Tabernacle that with the repeal Of the Missouri compro
mise oil compromises and all confidence at end