American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-04-12
a FEW PLAIN FACTS.

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Fruit grown on tie Tree Of Democracy.
Although President Pierce had no
scruple about appointing hundreds of
former freesoil agitators and disunion-
lists to Office in place of sound national
Wings prescribed, he and his partisans
are now representing it as monstrous
offence to preach freesoilism, and
claiming to be the only national party
Of the country. We will grant, for the
sake of argument, that freesoilism is
the monstrous offence that his organs
represent, particularly if it becomes l.
IDENTICAL with abolitionism. Suppose,
however, we show that all the freesoil-
crs who have done much mischief in
the country, are off-shoots of the tree
! of Democracy-what then willbecome
of the claim Pierce's party sets up to
be recognized as the only party to
which the South can look for protec-
ton? This we shall do, and that with
out wasting many words. -
Up to the annexation of Texas, or
till after the Mexican war had been
prosecuted year or so, abolitionism
was thing that gave no one any con-
cern, but was generally laughed at ev-
! 4erywhere outside small circle of
Southern fanatics. But as soon as it
was discovered that the war would end
B with the acquisition of New Mexico and
y California, a large body of Democrats
n m CIV Sr.., ~ IL
holding States organized themselves
into league against slavery and .the
South, and solcmnly rcsolved that Cal
2ifornia should never be admitted into
the Union, except with the prohibition
Of slavery. Martin Van Buren, G. @.
Cambreleng, Preston King and David
Wilmot, (all Democrats) were the lead.
! crs in this crusade against slavery and
s@he South, and they persevercdin this
q abolition movement until they saw sla.
very excluded from California. After
THAT they ceased agitating the slavery
squcstion, but quietly resolved to defeat
eyery prominent Democrat who had
gaided in passing the compromise of so,
sand thus possibly saved the upper part
l#of Texas and New Mexico to the South
j In this determination they were sue.
Scessful. All the distinguished men Of
athe party were thrown aside to concili
#ate this abolition organization of the
4 Democracy, and Franklin Pierce was
nominated. The prescription he dealt
s out to National Wings, and the perse
! ! cntlon National Democrats received al
Z his hands, emboldcned these anti-slave
i ry men Of 1850, to make another boil
from the National platform on the pas
/ sage of the Nebraska bill, to wage an.
4 other war upon the constitutional
&rlghts of the South. Old Wing Aboli
& tlonists like Giddings, Greely, Weed
and Wtson, would have been perfectly
harmless without the aid they have re
3 ceiyed from the boasting Democracy.
The men who have done all the mis-
chief, we repeat, are "off-shoots of tn,
tree of Democracy" There is Bentor
s preaching Frecsoilism in Missouri
) Reedcr, Lane and Conway preaching
war upon shareholders in Kansas
Francis p. Blair urging the Black Re
publicans never to abandon their oppo
sitlon to slavery extension; Bryant, o
the New York Evening Post, doing tht
same thing; Preston King, Abijal
Mann, Gen. Nyc, and thousands o
other Democrats in New York, are il
q open and cordial alliance with the Blacl
j Republicans; and John p. Hale anc
Edmund Burke, Of New Hampshire
now Freesoilers,s were o short time aet
distinguished members of tho Demo
cratic party, like those above named.
4 1t eous these Democratic ofshoots
that made Abolttiontsn, .formidaWc.--
before the tree Of Democracy yielded
'h's fruit, now painted as SO very bat
ana 50 bitter to the taste by Piorce''
organs, Abolitionism was of no account
& ana caused uneasiness nowhere. The
! question then comes up, can n tree
& mat bringcth forth such bad fruit, bt
3 good enough to be imposed upon intel
,,i,9ent minds Of the South as worthy fol
lnem to fly TO for shelter? And, agait
8 i Freesoilism and Abolitionism abound
II the land as the product of the Dem.
o.cratlc party, ought not all true Ma
3 t,,onal men to fly from It lest they catcl
inc prevailing family infection ?---lest
'o.ey be aidcrs and abcttors Of section.
a''sm? We leave these questions witl
the people.