Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-10-18
A VOICE FROM NORTH sG4aoLINd.
Truth Fi'iy spshes tu Il Slave Stale.
A COLLEGE. PROFESSOR OUT FOR
FREMONT

| buchanan organ at Raleigh has published a
bold, manly sad sensible letter in favor Of Col.
| Fremont election. Il is one Of the most re-
| msrkable letters OF this remarkable campaign.
| 1t has called out savage demand from the
/ buchanan paper, that he be expelled from
the college and the State but the other Of
| fcers of the college have o0n1euted them
selves with mild vote OF censure upon his
| conduct, as {" an indiscrelon'' in lavolying
| the college in political controversaries. We
| produce the letter Of Prof, Hedricl,. and we
| commend it to public attention is among the
| pioneers in an improved, reya1ltiouized,
| healthy Southern 5piuon s--
| Then, to make tho matter short, ]
| say am in favor Of the election Of Fremont
| ~ thesPresidenty; and these are my reasons
| for my preference:
! l. Because like the man. He was born
and educated al the south. Hehas lived at
| the North and West;aud therefore has had an
| opportunity Of becoming acquainted with our
| whole people-au advantage not possessed by
| his competitors. He is known and honored
| at home and abroad. He has shown his love
for his country by unwavering devotion to
| g its interests. Aud whether teaching school
for the support Of his idowe3 mother, or
exploring the wilds Of the great West: wbeth-
or enlarging the boundaries of SCIENCE or ac-
curing for our country the Q golden state y
whether establishing a constitution for this
youngest daughter of the Mon or occupying
seat in the Senate Of tho natiQn--in every
position, and under all circumstances heth.
er demanding heroic daring OF prudent caun-
sell he has always possessed the power 10 IN
deytake, and the wisdom TO carry through.
In reference to the value Of his services in
California, Mr., Buchanan says, . ne bore
conspicuous part IN the contest Of California;
and i'll my opinion is better entitled 10 be call.
ed the couqueror Of California than any other
man. For such services and eapabhty,
love to do him honor. $ Platforms and
principles are good enough III their PLACES
but for the presidential chair the first reani-
size is mar. l-C
| 2. Because Fremont is on the right side of
the great preston which now disJurbs the
public peace. Opposition to slavery IS nei
Their Northern nor sectional ism. 1t origlna-
ted with the great Southern gtatesnepo al she
Revolution. Washington, Jefferson, Patrick
Henry, Madison. and Randolph were all OPP
posed TO slavery in the abstract, and were all
opposed to admitting it into aew territory.
One of the carly acts OF the patriots Of the
revolution was to pass the qgdinanee Of ST.
by which slavery was excluded tIom ali the
territories we thea possessed. Tins was goa
ing further than The Republicans at the pres
ent day claim 49,
Many Of these great men were slaveholders;
but they did not let seIf.interest bliud them
to the evils Of the system: Jefferson says that
slavery eXerts an evil influence both upon the
whites and blacks; but he was opposed to the
abolition policy, by which the slaves would
be turned loose among the whites In his
autobiography he says -" Nothing is more
certainly writtenih the book Of fate than that
these people are TO be free, nor is il less GER
Toi4 lint no frgD al r Ot
live in the same government. Nature, habit,
opinion, have drawn indellible lines between
them" Among the evils which he says
3slavery brings upon the whites is to make
them tgFaniea and idle. g With the morals
Of the people their industry is also destroyed.
For IN wBrfn climate no man will labor for
himself who can make another labor for him.
This IS SO true that Of the proprietors Of slaves
o very small proportion indeed, are ever seen
to labor. What ives trse in Jefferson's tire
I might 20 on and give the "Alumnus" ev.
cry week from now til 3he election, coluEal
of good itblaek republican" documents, ell
written by the most eminent southern states
men, beginning with Washington, and in
Guiding nearly all of emincnee f9F-abihty, yir-
tue, and patriotism, and coming down 70 our
own times. No longer ago than 1850, Henry
Clay declared an the Senate-"I never can,
and never viii vote, to spread slavery over
| territory where it doaa not exist. al the
| same time that Clay Yss opposed to slavery,
be was, Ike Fremont, opposed to the least la
terterance by the general government, with
slavery in TIE states where tseSists. Should
there be any Interference with subjects, be1ong-
ing to state policy, either by other states or
| by the federal government, 10 one will be
| more ready than myself to defend the "good
| old North" my native state. But, with
| Washington, Jefferson, franklin, Henry, RAN
| dolph, Clay, md Webster, iorspolitieal teach
| ers, Gsunot believe that slavery is preferable
| to freedom, or that slavery extension is one of
| the constitutional rights ef the South. If
| "Alumnns' thinks that Calhoun, or any 9TH
! eT, was wiser statesman or better Southern
| er than either Washington or Jefferson, he is
| welcome to his opinion. shall not attempt
| to abridge lis liberty in the least. But my
| own opinions | wills have, whether no is will
I ling TO grant me that right of every freeman
| OF not. s@
When was a student in college, few
| years ago, the young Politicians used to debate
! in the -hali5' of the societies the same a 6es-
tons which the old politicians were debating
1 in the halls Of Con 9ress The side which OPP
! posed slavery la the abstract generally had
| the books in Their favor, and as the records
| of the society vii shQEs they had quite often
"the best Of lie ARGUMENT - So that whom
! Colonel Fremont said that he was opposed to
| slavery in the abstract and upon principle
sustained and uado habitual by long settled
convictions ne but uttered the sentiment of
four ffths d. tbe best southern patriots ftom
the revolution down to the present day and
! may add, Of the majority Of the people
| among whom / was born aud educated.
! OI my neiSlhoI-, friends and kindred, nearly
| one-tait b8yesleft the stgte since was old
| enough tn.ternember Many is She tune /
have STOOL by lie loaded emigrent wagon,
AID gWea Inc parting hand to those whose
! face "a' never TO look upon again. They
| were sorgto seek thoit 1iomee in the free
West Knowing, as they didthat free and slave
labor could not both exist and prosper in tbe
semc community If any one thinks that l
speak without kno wledge, let him refer 10 the
lsst census He will there find that in 1859
there we're hlty-egllt thousand native North
CGfonians living in the free states OF the
Nest thirty Three thousand in Indiana alone.
Ibere were, az the same time, one hundred
and eighty thousand Yirginians living in the
Tree states. Now, if these people we're SO
! much in love with the "iustitution," why
dEl they not stay where they could enjoy its
blessings
have very little doubt that il the slaves
w.soh are now scattered thiuly over 1ennes-
wee, Kentucky, and Missouri, were back in
Nigguia and North Carolina, it would lie bet
ger for oil concerned, These old States would
then 20 OIL and develop the immense wealth
which must remain locked up for many years
t1como Whilst the new States, FREQ from q
system which dcgrados white labor would be-
como land of common schools, thrlt, and ill.,
: t,usWy, equal, il not SUPERIOR to any IA tho