The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-07-27

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tinual agitation ofiho peace Of tho Uniol
for the purpose Of extending Slavery, bring
into notice the men at tho North Of gian
intellect and moral force. Docs no under
stands A mote, like the gentleman or my
self, floats very comfortably in q still anC
quiet atmosphere but !. takes the wilC
tornado to move the imbedded rock. Tha
political tornado has been raised by your
selvcs-by your determination to extend
by fraudulent and unconstitutional means
the area of human chatteldom. Do you un.
derstand mo, sirl Yes We; thank God &c,
haze such men as Wilson, Seward, q
Sumner and Chase-men who, knowing
the right, have the nerve to contend for 1t
men Of undoubted integrity and ability,
whose patent of integrity comes from heaven
And mark 20, gentlemen Of the South, the
days Of nunkeyism at tho North nrc ann.
bered. The Northern aunkeys ore oil dead
and damned and If ever another ono ap-
pears to your vision, rest well assured he is
Legitimate. We have elected twenty.one
representatives from Ohio, all pledged for
the repeal Of this Nebraska iniquity ;-and
you will find when they arrive there you will
have an accession Of just twenty-onc Hales
and Wilson's on that question, ,rith not a
funkey among them. We in Ohio do not
threaten them with political death only but
have resolved that il they do not stand up
for the right in opposition to tho ercroach-
ments of the Slavery propagandists wo will
hang them as high as Haman, [Long con.
continued applauso.l A gentleman from
Alabama cries out, Douglss was from the
Nothp Ford replied: So was Benedict
Arnoldl The British took the traitor and
We retained the territory. Our Southern
brethren have taken the territory, and lef
us the traitor. Thoy onght to protect il they
do despise him. Applause and Laughter.
Now Mr.. President, wo Of Ohio protest
against this plank in your platform as un'
jus, and unrighteous. The majority Of oul
delegation are from Virginia, the sons o.
her soil; and Virginia in the purer days O.
her Commonwealth taught US The lessons O.
liberty. You will remember by the cessior
your State made 10 the General Govern
ment OF the Northwest Territory, you
Virginiaus expressly stipulated that neither
Slavery nor involuntary servi,ude should
ever exist therein, except for the punish
ment of crime. We, then, under tho ordi
nance Of 'S7, are the first born in the cause
Of Freedom; and in Ohio your children
have resolved 10 carry out your will by see
ing 10 ii tha, Slavery never does exist there
and we are prepared and determined 10 re-
sist its encroachments upon soil consccra,ec
10 Freedom. Yes, Virsinans remcmbe
this; that with warm hearts and strong arms
yorr sons will stand up for liberty and The
right; and Ohio, connected as she Is will
tho mighty West. is irresistible as the ar
mics of Israel. Striking for tho faith once
delivered 10 the Saints, we strike for Hu
man Freedom aud Human Rights. [Cheer'
and cries OF go on!' A voice in the
crowd, You had better come 10 Virginii
and see our condition." Ford answered
We have been In your State and all over it
We know the situation Of your people, boil
white and black. We know that Virginia
in this age Of advancement, has retrograded
iha, The white and black races, both suiIeI
under The scourge Of slavery.
have been on some plantations where
from one 10 two hundred negroes were
worked, who, in the course Of The year, like
the locusis OF Egypt, eat up everything
and the owner was compelled, SO as 10 make
both ends Of the year meet, 10 send a few
human cha,tels southwark. In addition ic
this ignorance and superstition, mighty
monsters brood over your land, shrouding j
in darkness indescribable. Wo OF Ohio
have no wish 10 return 10 your State. Tha
whiie-haired old gentleman before you spen
half his days in Virginia He has known
your peculiar institutions long; and he
knows ,ha, the genius Of liberty having
been driven out flom among you, has come
10 take her abode in the wilds Of the West,
crn world, where she may build up for her
self institutions and laws based upon the
immu,ablo principles Of righ:. [Trcmen,
dous applause.l Much has been said abOu
New York and Sewardism; and inasmuct
as her delegates are here will say nothing
abou, that State, bu, will, I hope, be per
miiied 10 speak Of our own State. Seward
ism, gentlemen, at this moment has ii
heel on Sans neck; and unless yol
give us libeI,y-loving, juslice-like lookin!
platform, The ideas OF October next will finS
Sewardism Standing with both feo, on III,
political grave Of every Sam in this land
Already tho voices Of Freemen are hear,
marshalling their forces for tho contest
The fires Of Liberty are now burning oil
every hilltop and in every valley through
out the length and breadth Of the land; ant
may they continue 10 burn until LiJni
shall be he Lirthight Of trery Ameiean
rnhl re haze government triihOm despc
iismj Religion irithom Pope, aud al
Empire trithoui Stare!
ouR VINO CONVENTION ABRoAD.-Th'
Ncwburyport Herald deplorcs tho decay o
the old WhiS party, but is too sensible t
conceal the fact. It thus refers to tho lat