The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-08-04
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FRIDAY MORNING, AUG. 4, "a.
w HIG NOMINATION
FOR GOVERNOR.
ISAAC REED,
OF WALDOBOROUGH.

OF WALDOBOROUGH
Tue " Fusion" PoLlcY What does it
seekl The " Fusion" Policy, about which
the supplement men, and the custom house
officers and their organs are so sorely troub-
ed, means simply the inviting of the people
together, irrespective Of old party associa-
tions, for the adoption Of measures which
shall promote the purposes for which the
Federal government was instituted, and The
election to Congress Of mea who will support
these measures. II seeks, in the language
of the Constitution, I" to form more perfect
union. establish Justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common defence,
promote the general welfare, and to secure
the blessings Of liberty to ourselves and pos.
teriy"; and it seeks 10 do this in con.
stitutional and proper way. This policy is
national, no. sectiOnal,- general, not par
ticular. and forbids the use of the powers of
the federal government to sustain and en-.
courage an institution local in its character,
and opposed to the principles Of free institu.
lions
Every person conversant, even to limit.
cd degree, with the expectation Of the friends
Of the constitution, is aware that they did
no, suppose that the institution Of Slavery
was to be fostered and expanded by the
Legislative action Of the government which.
they had instituted. On the contrary, the
institution was regarded as belonging to the
states in which it existed was under their con
troll and management, and it was hoped that
= ould be temporary in its character, and
;ssould finally disappear under more correct
leas Of State Policy. So far as the orisi.
majors of the Constitution could constitution.
ially do so, in the early days of the republic,
they were ready to take all measures to con-
dne slavery to the states where it existed,
and to limit its growth by such legisla.
ton as they could constitutionally take to
effect such objects. 1t was in this spirit the
wise and isalutary ordnance Of 1888 was
adopted, the Slave trade abolished, and
measures OF like nature proposed ard passed
It was dreamed by no man, either South or
North, in those days that "Slavery was an
institution under the care and protec ton Of
the general government" and that it was
the highest duty Of the federal legislator to
promote its growth, and favor its expansion.
The absurd and pernicious theory, that the
constitution by its own inherent visor, spread
The institution Of slavery all over the terri
tory of the United States, where it was not
prohibited by positive ordinance, had no
Judgement in the breasts Of the fathers Of the
constitution. These heresies have been the
growth OF later days, and the legislation
which has been predicated upon them,
which has been instrumental in spreading
slavery over territories obtained by conquest
or purchase, and which were free from the
curse when Obtained, and to repeating com.
pacis, securing freedom, would have never
received the sanction Of the patriotic men
who originated the federal constitution, and
who understood the purposes for which it
was made. 1t is unnecessary to follow
down these Legislative acts to which We al
lude until we arrive to the browning act Of
departure from the purposes for which the
constitution was made, to the recent repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise. A slender ac-
quaintanco with the legislative history Of
the country will show that this government,
which was instituted for no sectional pur.
pose, but made " to secure the blessings Of
liberty" has been made subservient to the
worst sectional purposes. The sectional
spirit Of the South has preponderated in the
government, passed sectional Legislation, and
is now seeking still further to destroy the
national objects for which the federal gov
eminent was instituted. The Fusion I"
policy, which meets with condemnation
only from the hirelings of a sectional aG.
ministration, seeks to remedy state Of things
which cannot full to be destructive OF all
the objects for which the Constitution was
formed. On oil questions relative to the
spread and extension of slavery, the south
is unit. 1t acts together for slavery con-
trary to the letter and spirit Of the Cons.ilu-
ton. Itseeks TO make that national which
was sectional, when the constitution was
formed-to make an evil which was sup
posed to be at that tune temporary, eter.
nal, and too weak to accomplish its purpos-
es, though united, it calls to its aid the
seekers after the loaves and fishes from the
north, 1t is to conteraet these sectional pur-
poses, to bring the government back to
the place whence it departed, and to secure
the national objects which were its care in
It's early days, that the people OF tho north
are uniting. The men who declares that this
union has any thing sectional in its charac.
ter, misrePresents its character. The PEG.
pie CT the North are opposed to slavery, its
evils reflect themselves back. mar their
prosperity, and impair their influence in the
national councils,--they are truly republican
and cannot see The justice Of enslaving a.
fellow man, but while they will be content
to leare slavery to the management Of the
states where it exists, not satisfied with
being made in any manner responsible
for its extension, and they rightfully re-
gard those whoBield to the arrogance Of the