Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-12-02
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"The Governor OF South Carolina in his mes
sage to the Legislature of that State, advocates
the revival of the African slave trade and thlnks
that every branch of labor should be in the hafeS
of slaves. In this position he will not De sus,diI-
ed BY the general sentiment of the oou'hF ~
States which is adverse to such measure IL
revive the slave trade would be to restore a sys-
tenn of barbarity and wckedness for WhiGh the
South is hardly prepared, and walca WI nnu
comparatively few advocates ou'Sde9' 'ng
of South Carolina, where railcaI Io!ls AZ
icism prevail about as extensively "s III
sets d-Hartford Times.
We pnblisb the above, from the Hartford Times,
hs..use that is one of the leading democratic
papers of the country, and next TO the Boston
Post. the leading Buchanan paper in New Eng
land We give it, as a specimen of the argument
tation and comments of the organs Of that party
in relation to the talked of revival of the slave
trade We should hope that this view OF the mat
ser might be warranted by events yet to trans
pire; but we fear that in this case, as on the
question Of the annexation of Texas, and other
kindred Entertainments Of the slave power, con
GLIDING with the Nebraska bill, the fist loud
mutterngs Of the Northern Democracy against
the proposed iniquitous measure, are to be sue
ceeded by subsequent acquiescence in and entire
approval of the whole thing.
Who does not remember with what indignation
the first proposition for the annexation OF Texas
was secuted by the whole Democracy OF the
North, their leading papers and orators denounc'
ingit, as late as 1S43 and the spring OF 1874, IN
no measured terms, AS the most iniquitous scheme
which could be devised. So in regard to the Will
mot Proyiso; when first introduced into Congress,
in lS47, by democrat with what unanimity did
the democratic party of the North endorse it, the
strongest articles in favor of adherence to the doc
rine of the restriction of slavery by act OF Con-
gress, from all the national territories appearing
in the Hartford Times New Hampshire Patriot,
and other leading organs of the party. And the
Legislatures of all the free states, whether Dem
ocratic whig, We'd with each other in the ardor
with which they urged that principle.
And before the edict went forth that the repea
of the Missouri compromise was to be made the
test Of Democratic doctrine, what paper was more
emphatic in It's denunciation of the Nebraska bill
than this same Hartford Times, and other papers
of that kin There was hardly Democratic pa
per in the free States but that repudiated the
proposition with the utmost contempt, in much
more severe language than that contained in the
above extract yet they all subsequently came
round, eating their own words, as in the former
instances, and Landed the Nebraska bill to the
skies as the quintessence of Democratic truth
With these facts and presidents before us, what
confidence have we that the Democratic organs
and leaders lat the North will not soon be found
Ginning in with South Carolina and Virginia, for
a repeal of the restriction against the foreign
slave trade, and revival of than Ubiquitous traffic
in all its horrors ? Atchison, and few other
slaveholding rufians of the South, first started in
the proposal for the repeal of the Missouri COM
promise, in order to spread slavery over Kanzas
and Nebraska, and they we're soon followed by
the leaders and what is now left of the masses of
the Democratic party in the free States. Leading
Democratic journals in the principal southern
cities, Richmond, Charleston, &C., seconded by
the Governor of South Carolina, have started the
proposition for the repeal of the restriction
against the African slave traffic, and how long
will be before we shall find the Boston Post and
kindred prints who now scout the idea with feign-
ed Indignation, proving the necessity of the pas
sage of law removing all such unconstitu-
tional restrictions as preliminary to the final
repose J" of the slavery question
As to the pretence ofthe Times, that the South
generally twill not sustain" Gov Adams in
urging this matter, we have to say, that had the
Governor of South Carolina, in 1852 or SO, pro.
posed in his message the repeal of the Missouri
restriction, the Times would probably have met
that proposition with the same denunciation of
its radical folly and fanatcism as exhibited in
the extract quoted above in relation to the revival
OF the slave trade. But what would it all have
amounted to The rest of the South soon fol.
lowed in the wake of the ultraists, Atchison
and others, as they are ready in the present in
stance to follow Gov. Adams and others in the
re.opening of the slave trade or any other meas
ure by which their peculiar interests may best
be promotes and, judging by the past, the
Northern Democracy will soon be whipped in, as
usual its support in spite of their present loud
protestations against it.