The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-17

yoKTHERy Kxow-yOTHIsGs DEFINING THEIR
POSITION OF THE SLAVERY QUESTION.
II any member a a southern kn0w-nothiBg lodge has
been lea % believe thar AmsrennIs and aboonln It
tie North synonymous let him read ths aost0u
Bee the State paper n The kpov-nohag government 0f
Massachusetts, AID he eannot bail % see his error Witness
LIE fsLowiEg from that psper d he 18th Instant;
He Essd Be vastly mistaken who should suppose that
the auaFsry feeling which Hamed The breasts q % ooe
Americans last ycag la this year lHgEsbed a all No il
i dominant feeling Et H. motto, AIuerra nuat Be free
ranges uP ode b dq vita the great ensign which signals 70
al ne political erAit, Americans shall rule A@erirA
senator sumner stood up in our famous cid hail. o0asu
Grated 70 freedom b. Massachusetts and with either brazeu
er0ntery rneqasrd ignorance grAvey tod people
that he only question II this State election was Are ron
fpr liberty o. yuR for slavery Why, ii be isn't
much absorbed reading the gl0rcatous ef his 'Aatua
Admratun socisy England bpsa't be enough 81
Massachusetts, 10 Eaa tas emery aaers ~ ork II
~ bEaeay boundary II Rkass I.aad, choaie called
IL . ani-srey ~ JeeHgrf Yes, rybeay, from the
patriarch ola enough have Washington u the child
Young esougb TO know ony Is mother We drink in the
inspiration q feed0zn with every breath draw. We
eerlsstingly airing vocabulary in pGnegyrie upon H.
ami vet Charles Sumner hiaks the oay question moved
whether we love liberty or lore slavery
Al the State eonrpan0n in Springfield, II October at
which tie Aboonsts triunphed over the know-nothings
patforn was unrraobsly aigp3 promnigatng fully all
the abolition bsesiss Of sumner, Chase Giadings, and
HTsoa That tie platform then agr=@d upon Is still that
upon which tbs American party Of Massachusetts
stand is clearly shown ~ the following extract nom Tie
Bee 81 the ADORE date WI tie American party Of the
South ADOPT it
ahe New Bedford Standard thinks the Springfield plat
form vsry good one. or course does bot that paper
has been pitching into i far TIE last three months
The Bee i nistaksn We have nc. pitched into the
Springfield platform. We have always considered it good
platform. We have however, been anxious know whether
certain gentlemen really stood upon the platform who have
prosssea d. Does the Bee stand fairly and squarely
upon platform and frg endorse TIE antsayery seHt
ueuts IL expresses g-SsaadGrd.
We no stand that platform most decidedly, Is the
Standard answered - Boston Bee.
Again Of the Meeting Of TIE know-aothing council at
Worcester, Massachusetts the spy sayss
stranger visiting The convention and ignorant Of its
character wold very naturally hare supposed that he
the Hiaf u Ola Cushioned sseag 81 tie eHtsarsry
soeissy."
Among the strong antslavery appeals which were made
By the nownotngs before the election in Msssa
chuse and after they bad severed their ooansxion with
the fusion party is the following letter FROM the know
nothing member Of Congress elect ia the 10th district
watch was very freely circulated in the country
DrAR sIR In answer your inquiry whether sndorse
tile Springfield piatform, say that do endorse
in its length and BREADTH and only ask for my country to
see its principles Incorporated substantially in effective
laws
And further In the inquiry CIV bat viii be my
action on the likely bBfore the next Con-
gress If cbasen seat IN il, reply that in the or
ganizatoI Of the House shall certainly vote for northern
men with n0rhern principles for s officers the aduis
sion delegate from Kansas power earth could in
auce me to vote otherwise than for the admission Of sxov
ernor Reeder the question Of the admission Of Kansas
State, sheud promptly for her admission only
free STATE; the Impeachment Of Judge Kane, soaa, If
alive for bis impeachment For all the votes il the
10th district should Congress otherwise than
above indicated
am, very respectfully, your ebedieut servant,
C. c. CHAFFEE