The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-11-09
For as Onion & Eastern Jslrna
Slavery and our Government.

readers 10 The TACT that man rho is opposea
10 slavery is no, aiiO,red 10 hold any Office un
der this Government And this is a free
government, too, while we ate talking
about the despo'ism Of Napoleon The
Senate Of france is all farce all the Gool
!, does, is 10 make The people think iha, the
government, is not entirely despotic. II la,
no will Of its own; as the Emperor says.
so says the Senate. Jus, exactly so with
this Government as j, now is. AS 100000
SHAREHOLDERS say, so say the men at Wash
ing. II is called jree-ofand Jor the people,
but il is great mistake. FREE is i'll
There is not breath OF freedom throughout
the whole domain, from the Presiden, down
10 the smallest official. The President,
the Cabinet, The Army, the Navy, the Su
preme Court, the Diplomatic Corps, all,
everything is on the side of slavery. Du
you doubt It! When we lose the President
we Of course, lose all officers under him,
40 we : Very we'll. Now the fac, ,ha, moi
an anii.slavery man has been elected Pre.i.
den, since 1900, sufficiently proves tina, the
Government, is on the side Of slavery.
We say The government is perverted !,
is no, nalional-i, is sectional no, Of ard
for the people but for slarehOldts-ruled b.
a slave olgarchy Nor is Hunker Democ.
racy for The people il knows no protection
either Of " life, Liberty or tho pursuits oil
happiness" Democracy Of the prescn,
time, is only new way ofspelling slavery.
Think you lha, Arnold sold his country for
his couniry's good Did Mcdonald sell his
vote for his constituents, or was il for Office
and slavcry'
Had he only sold himself, we would have
said moi u word; bu, !, was you and I, Yeo-
many Of YoIk, lha, was sod-sold 10 be
the su2pliani tools of slavery! Webster
said, in his defence of the slave law, tina,
Massachusetts, should conquer her preju.
dccs," so he thought, perhaps, that Maine
would throw away her aniagonism against
the crime he was abou, to commit. Have
we done twill we do ii! No, no, NEVER
And ye, The editor Of the Democrat, calls
upon US TO support The traitor, aud conquer
our prgudiees! Why sir, that is what we
have been doing for the last so Yeas we
sihed our indignation when Texas was all
mi.cd, with The understanding iha, Jour
new SiGve States were 10 be made oui of that
same territory. Again we bowed down lc
support The Mexican war war com.
menccd solely 10 acquire slave territory, and
extend lis curse. Bravc New-Ensland
men shouldered their muske,s at the call o.
-avery-ready 10 die uron the battle ground
Then came the Internal Fugitive Slave
Law! Men reared from all corners" ae
quiesee for the sake Of the Union r-ant
down we went upon our knees, 10 the fee
Of slavery. We consented 10 be chang
ed into bloodhourds a, the beck Of our ma.
,ers-iuned our home into prisons for III,
capture Of Gcd's image
Then. as though we were not humble,
enough, came the Nebraska Bill, and on
Representative voted loyii!!- oh, Mr.
HanScom, greater mistake never wa
made than 10 suppose tina, Maine woul,
again s,iae her conscience by Tho owl.lik,
cry of-"The Union is in Danger !n
We have said that the government wa
hostile 10 freedom! Now 10, US look at tn,
Supreme Court. II is The most imporan
branch Of The whole government. We vii
presently demonstrate TO The letter (if indeed
we have no, done sol tina, slavery is The
grea, Hebrew God Of this Republic:
There are nine Judges Of the Supreme
Court every one Of them are pro.slarer,
men, and were nominated 10 that office
solely because they were such The slave
States with free population Of only GAZE,
436, have fpe judges. The free States will
a free population Of $4,000 900 hare onl,
four judges! In the fee States il take,
4,444,l24 fee men TO DO entitled TO one
judge. In The slave States i, requires only
l,243, $50.
Now We ask, where is the equality be-
tween The north and south II every one
OF our Judges were ant-slavery men, W,
should then be borne down by Slavery
would then rule US. Blu, We have no, ha
no, moi the meagre pi'iance OF one yoic,
10 stand up in that Court and speak for the
protection of Northern Rishls-no, not one
And this is The Supreme Court Of ihi'
Republic! The same Court Ina, declare:
u law 10 be constitutional, that would brib,
a man 10 send his father back 10 death
lha, gave Judge FIVE dollars to give mar
his liberty, but gives him ten dollars 10 de
prive him oft "And we are Romans
Why, in tina, elder day TO be Roman, wa,
greater than King!"
And Franklin Pierce is the man, who, il
his Inaugural, said tina, that law should b,
cheeriully enforced Weknew he woul'
say so-he could no, say otherwise. Tit
iron heel Of slavery was upon his neck-he
was plegcd 10 i,--all because slavery rule
, The nation.
There are bu, $4,000 Shareholders, AM
ye, they have more power than all The Is,
600, 900 Of Northern freemen. No, whee
in the whole government, moves unless b,
them directed. They make all the Presi
dents, and GIL all the Offices. As the Cath
Ollie prizes, takes Bit of bakers bread ant
says" Bread thou ART, become God" an,
, the dough is God, so they take any man an,
say" Thou art man, become a President;
and Immediately some Northern Dough !
made President. Say no, that this is boy
ish fancy or conclusion we have au,horii,
30 10 speak from sayery's own mouth niece