Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-10-27

from the other Let the Rev. Ut. rorney DC
recalled from the foreign missions, and put
upon the New York circuit
10 Tie Editor Of Ie Union:
Sir am glad TO observe, from some editorial
remarks In your columns this day upon an address
delivered by me at 0swego recently that our State
election Is arresting the attention OF our friends
outside the State. We are not such deyotees OF
squatter sovereignty as to reject the advice and
instruction of those beyond our borders, though
our voting is done by the actual settlers. hope
you will be pleased with the manner In which we
shall do this. The election comes of week from
next Tuesday, and we shall thus soon be able to
compare the official returns with a prediction
which wish to put on record. The entire Demo
cratic State ticket ,oich you call soft aOH De elect
ed BY a. plurality Of fifty ttousand votes. 4 am
sorry to f,.d you stating that ia efecting this re-
suit zoe shall haze "cut ourselves loose from the
national Democratic organisation" Being deep
~ engaged in State election which is rather more
important to our citizens than amy national contest
Is likely to be- we may not have had our attention
sufficiently called to the position Of our brethren
in other States. We haze no candidates for ma
tional honors and very fen Of what are called in
Washington national men. Mr.. John Cochran,
the Surveyor of port takes the principal charge
OF this branch Of our politics, which moy apty be
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our State Convention, and I rather took it for
granted he had seen TO this a
As near as / now understand, you object to
our occupying now the position we occupied in
lS48, upon the subject Of slavery. That position
was then and now defined as follows:
!" Resolped, That while the Democracy Of New
York will faithfully adhere TO all the compromises
of the constitution and maintain the reserved rights
Of the States, they deem this suitable occasion to
declare their fired hostility to the ertension Of STA.
very to free territory"
Which branch Of this resolution do YOU object
to, in the name Of the National Democracy? Arc
they against the compromises of the constitution,
or he.reserved rights of the States, do they de-
sire to extend slavery to free territory, aud Is their
feeling 80 intense on either of these three subjects
that they cannot act with Democrats who agree
with them on everything else, but differ on these
Again: you object to the following remarks Of
mine, which you quote:
:" In the first place, upon the subject Of slavery,
the practical question Is, how 70 prevent the ex-
tension OF slavery into free territory. That is "A
| question upon which we have right to act, and it
is question which affects the State of New York.
| For example: under the constitution, In the APP
portiontment Of representatives, every i've slaves
countas three persons; consequently stakeholder
who own five slaves Is represented rs four per-
sons. But man in the State Of New York, though
he may own ten miilions Of property, Is merely
counted az one person. This is an unequal appor-
tonnient; but it was one Of the compromises OF
the constitution, and which we agreed to be bound
BY, aud which we must acquiesce in so far as ex-
! listing States are concerned. But when you pro-
pose TO convert free territory into slave territory,
you propose to increase that inequality upon which
| is based your representation in Congress, which
| laws your taxes which makes treaties, which de-
clares war; and affects the whole property Of the
country. It is, then, question with which we
have right to NEEDLE; and when we undertake
TO declare an opinion upon it it should be our true
opinion.
we took in 1s4T and 184S; and we have adhered
to it. This does not necessarily require Congress to
prohibit slavery in the Territories, because that
may be accomplished under the operation of the
Kansas bill. The settlers themselves may prohibit
slavery; but il they should not, then, when the
Territory Ia formed into State and applies for ad-
mission, yoa have again the right to raise the
question whether IL Is fairly FORMED ihtp slase
Slater and, II TIA not, yot haze tie rigM to pre-
veht L from coming is'io the Union until 4 pre-
scyts Isslf NTH free conAfitutio7 If you choose"
ought 10 state that the report of my remarks
was taken by tho Herald reporter, without my
even knowing there was a reporter present, and,
of course, without my knowledge or consent
suspect ii was done by Seward men, who thought
would say something in 0swego that would hurt
us in New York. On looking over the report I
am amazed at It's fidelity, 80 far as / can trust
my own memory It is a wonderful exhibition of
skin and accuracy in reporting and on reflection,
/ do not see that in advocating our platform
said anything that would hurt US anywhere. As
0swego is in'the extreme north Of our State, and
New York in the extreme south, ! am now convinc-
ed that our platform Is broad as our State IL may
not lap over, I admit. And now, have you read
the extract that you quoteS In It say to the
people OF 0swego that they have right, II they
choose, when Kansas applies for admission into
the Union, II Il comes as slave State, to raise
the question whether 1t was fairly formed into a
siave State. DO the national Democracy deny
this righR If they do, the people of Ostoego
nil NOT, n,rt year, act with ne national Democ-
rdcy.. ask you TO give this note prompt In
sertion In your columns. ] might also ask you
to publish all Of my remarks at Oswego on the sub
ject OF slavery and the South. But they have,
no doubt, already reached your readers through
the columns OF tho Herald or the Evening Post,
both Of which papers published them without my
knowledge or request
My request Is more simple, / ask you to road
the extracts you do publish. Allow me 10 add
that the citizens Of New York propose, this fall
to inauguratc good State gsvernmcnt--a govern
ment that win complete our magnificent system of
internal improvements, protect our State treasury
uphold our State credit relieve the occupations of
our citizens from unconstitutional restraints, and
their property from legislative con6scation, and
place the adopted citizen, wherever he may have
been born, and Mt whatever altar he may worship,
on footing Of entire equality with the native.
We shall thus Substantially provide for the happi
ness and honor OF onc-sixth Of the entire populs-
ton of the United States. This Is much TO do at
one State election. Although not strictly national
our numbers, perhaps, give some little claim 10
be called nation Of ourselves and " We should
be- as you anticipate 10 unfortunate as not to take
part in giving good General Government next
year to the Confederacy, il IL tho more important
that wo should now provide good Stae govern
rneut for ourselves