The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-10-12
Fer hs Union 4 Easfsrn Journal
Shall the Union of these States be
Preserved"

In our former article, I'VE briefly mention.
ed the frs, inroad Of slavery. We shall
bu, continue these remarks, being confined
10 no particular date. Perhaps ere this,
some one has remarked upon the repIesen-
lion OF slave property, that I" II The South
votes thus, she pays tax Tor so DOING
Very well, we will admit all ,hal-but does
i, help the matter! n man at the North
were worth SlO, 900, aud wonld pay d..
rect tax for carrying seven votes, could he,
or would you le, him do it Do you know
TO how much that lax paid by Tho South
amouniedi By referring 10 our 4" Book oil
Facts" TOR we have little book 10 set
down all the bits Of information we geD wo
find that for GO years The South has paid, as
her slave tax for voting, only sl,25s,5i3,
while The North has paid sl2,743,447 for
no such a privilege. Tliirty-nine years
havo elapsed since the last direct iaX was
made. while all the taxes were from 1889
TO 1916.
But lha, idea Of properiy's voting has no i
90, out of our head yet. We cannot see
why five OF our horses should not bring us
three votes, as well as five slaves; for
" slaves are 10 be considered and held as
personal chai,les.' (See Rec. Of Law
The arrangement, in the Constitution giving
this, is certainly a gin "free gfatis for
nothing" This graiul,y was given at the
childs birth. /, has been humored by lis
parenis-,he north; nothing il has asked
Tor has been denied, till "a, last !, has grown
10 great saucy Swapping thing which rises
up and says, "lf you don't give me all
want, will Dissolve the Union. ;" aud !, EN-.
ploys sofl.heajcd Editors TO booboo for all
The swec,mcais the child wants. "To villa,
base uses have we come at last"
We will in their turn notice in general
terms the further aggressions OF slavery
The first aggressions Of slavery were in the
Cons,ilution-,he Basis OF Representation
and recognizing f" Involuntary Servilude.'
We class again the second aggression in adj
hitting Slave States. The Constitution
guarantees Republican government 10
each of the several States, and in the next
breath recognizes involuntary servilude.
Tha, is not grammar: il means either that
the first docs not mean REPUBLICAN. or that
involuntary seryiiude shall not mean slav-
cry.
Blu, YOU will say il guarantees, does not
make binding upon States To have Repub-
Ican form Of government. Very well !;
but il does no, do that. Florida was admit
ted State in 1915, but slavery did rot per-
nit that she might o, some future day have
a Republican form Of government; Tor il
said, and was so admitted into This Union,
iha, the Legislature should never emanci-
pate slave, nor prohibit slaves from being
transported ,hilher. So much for that The
next aggression was in admitting slave
States. think Kentucky was The stslave
State admitted; then follows Louisiana
Missouri Georgia &c. Now come down
TO 1915. Slavery acquired Texas, we Of
the North had TO pay for il. $4,000, 900
is no small sum COR Northern laborers /; nor
is il large sum FOR Southern aris,ocrats.
More Of This anon We will now use
broader language.
Samuel Wells said in his speech a, Bath.
that the North had always been the agressor.
Now wa boy not twenty Years Of age
will defy him, or his blubberins editor. 10
prove lha, assertion. The only lime the
North ever dared to stand up and asset her
rights, was when the Territory Of OREGON
was settled. II remember right, 5. A.
Douglass voted 10 prohIbi, slavery in thai
territory now he brings in bill 10 pTohib-
il freedom Tor Just The sane) in Kansas.--
ooh, wha, fall was there my counlrymen |!
Hc fell like Luciier never TO rise again."
The South was magnanimous then She
for once, permitted that we nigh, have &
rocky portion up in The North Western part
of the State, as our own. Magnanimous
Sou,h-ditlo Northern Doughfaces
Now Samuel Wells knew ihi-. ,hon why
did he saw the North had Arrays been the
aggTessor! Il will no, tell you Of wha, am
ihinking.) Well, when was the aggression |!
They will refer you, I suppose, TO 1850,
when we would not ADM, California as a
slave State, but gaze The South The Fugiiire
Sldm Lar! ! II that was the time OF
Northern aggression, don't lie, us have any
more such.
We have said iha, slavery has always
ruled this nation. Does any one remember
when we of the North had President -
We'll, do not; know that there have
been four Presidents taken from the North
ern States, but we should have done better
10 have had them imported. Even the Ed
itor Of the Democrat, dare not say that Pierce
represents the North; neither did Fillmore
or Van Buren,. One was TOO doughty 10
prevent his signing the Slave Law-,he
other was loo foxy 10 represent anybody
In the good old days "that were " We had
j. Q. Adams. Dear old man, hc could talk
for tho North when he was not in Office, but
like the priest Of old, he was speechless till
the child was born. or till he was man
again But, admitting that he for once
represented the North, where is the next
man! Twelve men have been elected Presi-
dents out of that twelve the North has had
four. while the South has had eight! Why
Is this Ay, we can aDswer-it is because
we abound in Doughfaces- who will sell
their conscience and religion for Office. Tho
Editor Of the Democrat is ono, than whom
none Is greater tho Same Doughface who
weekly boohoos in your ears" Tho Union
is in Danger" That race Is not yet extinct !;
it has peculiar faculty Of reproducing itself,
and II will never die. Whenever there is q
lack Of them, just whisper, in their ears
Rum and Fat Office, mot forgetting to men,
ton $500 worth of Government advertizihg)
and you can buy them at ''little or nothing"
Accuse tho south Of wha. you will-about
Slavery and aggression-you cannot say thut
she has traitors; she has no Moses Melon.
AIDS or Pierce's. Her representative power
is q unit. For this we honor her. We do.
spise the man, who, believing ho is right.
will not seek to uphold that right. Had the
North stood as united as did the South, we
should have no occasion to talk Of tho Un-
IONS being preserved. Should Kansas seek
to be admitted the South will raise the old
cry-"Dissolulion." All that will be need
ed to silence that cry, is for our delegation
to be men. But if VIC weaken their hands by
running Gas did the Editor Of the DEMOCRACY
even before gun is pointed to US, who shall
answer for a new crime against Humanity
Do you believe slavery rules this nation &
Look ut the government Offices II is COM
puted that there are $4,000 in the Free States
Do You know Of any one Office that is occu-
pied by anything but Pro-Sivvery man 3
II you do, run and tell him to shut his mouth,
and nockct hia consciencn IL he wishes 10