Washington telegraph., 1856-07-30
Whence came Abolitionis1a?


upon Democratic alliance and assistance.
''That all the Southern Democracy. anC
many members of that party in the North
: are prepared to maintain the compromise.
OF the Constitution, L am willing to admit
But that the whole party In the North
as part possesses any peculiar claims
on the confidence of the South. [ stand
ready not only to deny, but to disprove, b,
unquestionable facts.
i What is the history of the rise and pro
gress of this Freesoil party. which has done
and Is doing, so much to disturb the har.
mony Of the country? When did it have
its origin2 What is its parentage? Who
are its sponsors in baptism?
. Prior to lS4S, we had no such PARTY
co nOnine in the country. We had the
Abolitionists, it is true, but they were few
and weak, and numbered amongst then,
only such men as Giddings, Garrison &
Go. No statesman of any respectability
or eninence thought, for moment. OF
identifying his fortunes with theirs. They
were looked upon almost with derision and
contempt
In May, 1913, the Democratic Conven-
ton met at Baltimore to select a candidate
for the Presidency. Mr. Van Buren. who
had been set aside In 1914, under the
operation of the tw0-thirds rule, was again
prominent candidate. But again. under
the operation of the same rule, he was
over-siaughed, and Gen. Cass was nomi
mated This second disappointment was
more than he could bear, and he and his
| at ! 81,
-bolted from the ranks, and summoned a
convention of their branch of the Demo-
cracy to be held at Buffalo, n. Y. This
convention accordingly assembled and
framed platform for themselves. the lead
ing principle of which was opposition to
the extension of slavery, and christered
the party the "Freesoil party" fIr. Van
Buren, once the favorite of the Democracy.
was nominated by this party, and promptly
placed himself Oh the platform, and took
the field as the champion of It's principles
and policy
Thus it viii be seen that the first organ
lied movement in favor of ''freesoiP' was
purely and emphaticalIy a Democratic
moyement-got up by Democrats
aged by DemOcrats-and headed by Mr
Van Buren, the man who was endorsed by
the democratic party, in 1910, as "a
Northern man with Southern principles"
and far more to be relied on in regard to
all questions affecting Southern institutions
than William Henry Harris0n-a native
OF Virginia, and son of one of the signcrs
OF the Declaration of independence x
L need not extend this article By giving
the names of the distinguished Democrats
who participated in or synlpathized with
this movement. 1t is sufficient to say it
was Democratic all over It's parentage
was Democratic, and It's sponsors in bap-
tism were Of the strictest sect of the
Phariseesi
But look at ether facts bearing on this
point Was not David Wilmot, the author
of the Wilmot proviso, Democrat? Is
not Grow of Pennsylvania, Democrat?
Who first sent John p. Hale to the
Senate? Was it not the Democrats?-
Was not New Hampshire Democratic
State2
Who elected Sumner to the Senate?
The Democrats. Who sent Robert Ran
tOul 10 the same august body? The
Democracy, of which he was shining
light
Who are Chase and Wade and Tappan.
but Democrats from the Democratic State
of Ohio?
Whence came the freesoilers Stuart,
Harlan, Durkee and Trumbull? From
the Democratic States of Michigan, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Illinois
Who appointed the Freesoiler Reeder,
Governor of Kansas The Democratic
President Pierce
Who prescribed Dickinson, Bronson,
and all the national men of New York
The same Democratic President and his
Democratic Secretary Guthrie
Who pronounced the Kansas bill ':a-
measure In favor of freedom 2" Franklin
Pierce.
Who in the recent elections in New
Hampshire sustained the action of the
Democratic party on the Kansas question,
on the ground that it would have the effect
OF preventing the introduction of any more
slave States? Woodbury. and Henry Hib-
bard, the apostles of Democracy in that
State
Who secured the election of Seward to
the Senate by combining with the free
soilers against the American party? The
Democrats Of New York.
Who was the President and leading
members and advocates of the recent Re
publican Conventions at Pittsburg? F.P.
Blair-the friend of jackson and Van
Buren-the former editor of the organ of
the Democratic party was Its president,
and b. f. Butler. Abiiah Mann, c. C..
CamberlIng, Preston King, the Van Bu-
rens, and others of the same stripe were its
defenders and supporters.
Who are now the Democratic delegates
to the Cincinnati Convention? / am not
familiar with the antecedents of all, but /
Will name a few specimen-Er-pede Her
cutemi
VIM c. Rhodes is one-the former edi-
tor of the Elmira Gazette rabid freesoil
paper.
Messrs- Todd and Bishop-two others