Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-05-20
The Democracy on Slavery Extension.
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Democracy
The Boston Post tries to defend itself from the
charge of having deserted its old 'squatSer sover
eighty" doctrines.sas expounded by Gen. Cass, its
Presidential candidate in lS4S by pretending that
it sknows of no Northern democratic press, that
does not" still adhere to them. This is con-
fesson that the larger portion Gifts party Il. all
South Of Mason & Dixon's lne) have bolted from
its positon-that the national democracy are
divided IN the centre on the slavery question
and that the Post is hard at work leading on a
sectional trade against the majority OF its own
party, in the opposite section of the Union
But it gives us great pain to be obliged to spoil
the Posts statement about the unanimity of the
Northern democracy in favor OF "squatter sover-
eighty" We have already given extracts from
the Philadelphia Pennsyloaiian and the n. Y.
Day Book, the administration democratic organs
in their respective cities, showing that they side
with the South on this matter, against what the
Post used to preach. The Massachusetts Dem
ecracy, in lS49 under the lead of Messrs. Greene,
Hallett, &C., laid down the doctrine that ''slav-
cry is a local Tor sectionaI institution, and can
have existence anysOhere unless created by posi-
tive law.
The Pen,asylUania',, Day Book. &C., unite with
the South in utterly scouting this doctrine, by
boldly asserting that slavery is a national, not
a local Institution, and may exist euery,0here
sothin limits unless prescribed by municipal
aw.'' And they clinch the matter by deny
ing the power right of Congress or the terrific
rial Legislature, to "proscribe" it, thus giving
over irretrievably to slavery the whole nationa
domain. Whereas, the Posts doctrine, as ad-
vanced in 1S49, was, that "the local laws of any
State authorizing slavery can NEVER be trans.
planted into the territories, nor slaoery erist
there but by local law oil the territories, sane.
TONED by Congress, or by the Legislative act of
State in its sovereign capacity"
But the Post, having long since abandoned
this doctrine, and adopted instead thereof for its
creed, the border rufiian edicts of Kanzas, of
course it is the most natural thing in the world
thatit should soon be found Ginning in with the
Richmond Enquirer, New York Day Book, &c,
in favor of Matchmaking slavery, protecting and
perpetuating it, and promoting its extension to
all the national territories. If the Boston organ
of the administration, is not yet quite ready to
unite fully in opinion with its contemporaries in
Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia. and New
York city, as to lthe constitutional right of slaye-
ny to spread itself. in spite of 'squatter soyer-
eighty" should that stand in the way. over Kan
or any other territory, it is only because the
contrast with its old position will be so great that
a gradual slide is to be made; but that the Post
viii eventually be found Ginning in fully with its
Southern contemporaries, in favor of the a consti-
tutional rights " of the South, there can be not
particle of doubt, judging by its past changes
The only thing which now separates them, is
thin film of theory, very easily removed Actions
are more potent than opinions, and soon control
them. A supporter or defender OF the policy of
Pierce, Douglas, Atchison, & Co. toward Kanzas,
could not be otherwise, eventually, than an en-
dorser of the "Ssuthern rights" notions oftheVir-
gnia and South Carolina school. 1t is signif-
eantfact in this connection, that the latter State
has instructed her delegates to Cincinnati, to go
for Pierce.
The New York Day Book, which appears to be
an honest administration sheet, has berated its
Boston contemporary in right severe terms, for its
hypocrisy in pretending not to be in favor of the
extension of slavery while supporting the acts of
the present administration. 1t secuted with con-
favor of slavery extension" 1t tells the Post
boldly that negro slavery and its extension is
the sole question before the country-and that all
who oppose it should join with Seward, Hale,
Chase &c., and that if the Post is so opposed, it
should join them and not hypocritically retain its
connection with tie Democracy, the cardinal
principle of which, practically exemplifed by
Pierce, Douglas, & Co is to carry slavery to the
ends Of the earth. The Day Book, which is the
only administration organ in New York city, con-
cludes its article on its Boston contemporary, by
giving it dressing down in this wise:
The Democracy are not opposed to slavery
extension, and the time is at hand when those
who assume to speak for it must understand what
they are doing in the matter, or they had better
hold their tongues, aye, had better cut out their
tongues = thousand times over rather than thus
help to mystify and bewilder, and indeed de.
bauch the common sense of the people,"
In another article, the Day Book scolds the
Post for its theoretical" notion in pretending that
the Northern Democracy are opposed to slavery
extension, as follows:
eff the Northern democracy, deluded by lies
and bewildered by the terms slave y and
slavery" are opposed to the future expansion of
the mixed population of the South or in other
words opposed to the extension of slavery, then
they should have the honesty and manliness to
let their Southern brethren know it, and thus
give them a chance to prepare for the inevitable
consequences of disunion--and their own preser.
ton.
No, indeed, thousand, million times NO
There is not single Democrat in tn whole broad
North opposed to the expansion of Southern soci.
ETY. or so-called extension of Slavery" and they
only wait to have the truth spoken out, and
things called by their right names, to sweep the
abolition imf ostnre from the Republic, and to
bury its besotted tools in the lowest depths
the lowest possible depth OF the popular con-
tempt"
The Post, which processes to be in favor of
having ''plain terms" used, and having things
called by their fright names, will get and con.
fer much edi6cation, BY reading the above.
Enron Commemorative notice going the
rounds. of the papers, an erroneous statement of