The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-08-22
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We hope Motive believe not. We think
we can safely speak for THE PEOPLE that
they will never yield the main point; nor
,riH they ratify any sophiaa rhieh rhikH
professes 10 MAINTAIN The rights Of freedom;
an efect dbdndons them 20 siGrery."
THE PEOPLE, have not, nor DO we be-
lieve they will atify the sopbism which A.
A. Hanscom speaks Of; but what has he
done? Only one bite of the supplement
was sufficient to make him ratify and con-
firm the sophism " which while it PROCESSES
to maintain the rights Of freedom, in effect
abandons them to Slavery We pity,
while we condemn such shameless derslec-
ton from principle.
June II, 1919, we find copied into the
Democrat, an article from the Augusta Age,
which then had Free soil proclivities, and
declared the doctrine Of non-extension of
Slavery to be what the Democracy Of Maine
stood upon, from which we make the follow
ing extract:
The great issue is whether Congress
shall legislate upon the subject Of Slavery
in the territories, the territories are now the
subjects Of the guardianship Of the general
government. Ii belongs TO Congress to
erect laws for them. In the discharge Of
this duty, the representatives in Congress
from the North desire to provide among
other things that there shall be no slavery in
the territories. The representatives from
the South resist such provision. This, we
repeat, Is THE ISSUE.
The Issue still remains, made doubly inn
portant by the adoption of the Nebraska
and Kansas infimy and it is now the lead
ing, we should say, the only NATIONAL Is
SUE. Tho bunker Democracy of Maine
have abandoned it, but the real Democracy
viii never give it up.
June %, 1910, the Democracy Of the
State held their State Convention, and a.
dopted the Resolution published by us las,
week.
A. A. HANSC0M, the editor Of the Dem
ocrat was there, delegate from Saco
actively engaged IN supporting the doctrines
which he had been promulgating in his pa
per, doctrines which no now repudates.-
, In his paper of July %, lS49, speaking o.
the State Convention. he says:
{" Fortunate rs was the Convention in tn
settlement of the claims of rival candidates
it was not less so in the expression and en-
bodiment Of democratic principles. Many
felt greater interest in this matter than il
the desi nation of the candidate fJr Cover
nor. They looked to the Convention for Q
candid and truthful expression of the popu
lar sentiment OF the Democratic masses, up
ON subject in which the whole country
feels deep, though disSimilar interest.
They expected the Convention to taxi
such ground upon the question Of freedom
in the territories, rs would unite in s0liC
phalanx the whole Democracy of the Stat,
and afford no longer an excuse for division
IN our ranks, upon this point the Conyen
ton fully met the expectations OF the people
TnE RESOLUTIONS EuDODY TIE TRUE DEMO
CRATIC DOCTRINES. They declare openly FOL
LAw--FoREvER RSCLrDNG SLAVERY FRO,
Our NEWLY ACQUIRED TERRITORIES. Uro,
THIS GBoUND TIE DEMOCRACY CAN srANl
UNITED"
This was Mr.. Hanscom's language at tina
time in relation to Slavery going into tn
, terrtorics-this was the ground the democ
racy then stood upon, now where do we fin,
Mr.. Hanscom and the Democratic party
bu; in opposition to what they then declares
was true Democratic doctrines. go con
sistency, indeed thouart a jewell" A. a
HANSON, afte. this exhibition you hay
made of yourself, are you not qualified t,
talk of traitorisn to the Wing party.
Again, this very Convention, which a
r \. Hanscom says fully met the expectation
of the people, adopted an address to the PEG
: pie, and we find the name of" Alphcus a
llanscom," signed to the addrcss-and it
published in the Democrat Of July 2i ant
81, 1919. 1t is one OF the most rabid fire
= soil documents ever promulgated, precisel
such Us this same A. y. IIanscom denounce
us % Garrisonian, ultra Abolition" at thi
time. Here are some specimens of it t
which we call the attention of Democrats
We owe it to ourselves to give no coun
tenancc to Slavery propagandisn--apd un
less tho people of California and New Mexi
co shall form State governments inhibitin;
Slavery, the Democracy of Maine shout,
consider it the imperative duty of Congress
to extend over these territories the provision
Of the ordinance of 1882"
Now A. A. IIanscom and his associates
! so for allowing Slavery to 10 spread owe
territory solcmnly dedicated to freedom by
; compromise as nearly solemn as the consti
tuition itself.
To quote further from the address
"Thus it will be seen that those who ap
propriatcd the whole of Texas for slayc-hold
Ing purposes, are for introducing Slavery in
r to California and New Mexico ut all haz
yards. Such men will find no sympathy il
such purposes with the Democracy o
Maine"
Every sensible person must sec how i'm
possible it is to draw the people of the Norts
into the odiOus work of an unlimited pro
pasation of Slavery"
? Again, it was necessary to inhibit slavery
from going into the territories because (" oil
the revolution that is going on in relation t.
the demand for labor" Hear what A. A.
IlanscOm and his associates say in theil
: print:
ave ask then, where Is the place Of re.
iuge for those whose services are constantly
giving way to the substitution Of steam and
water power. IL is upon tho AREA of our
public domain. In view of these facts, is il
too much to ask of patriotic Statesmen in
all sections that this domain shall be pre-.
served free, that it may be capable of the
utmost production, and that our FREQ labor
ers may be spared the degradation of bccom-
Ing the yoke-fellows Of slaves? Shall we
leave "A question of such magnitude even i'm