Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-02-18
Truth sppken in Missonri.

hoS oCeu cflueHt, LOT some montnS
past, from the manly tone of some of the
st. Louis presses, hat a strong feeling
in favor Of free labor, and free territories,
existed and was fast increasing in the
state OF Missouri.
The foul outrages committed on the
Kansas border, the. violation of all right,
and the prostitution of the very name OF
Law, in compliance with the demands of
the slave power, have at last opened the
eyes OF the dwellers in a slave State,
and men have stepped ont from the ranks
OF the Democratic party, over the bounds
prescribed by the oligarchy. and in the
Legislature of a slave State, openly ad-
voeate the cause of truth, freedom and
the right
To the northern doughfsces, who
eringe at the beck of the slave power,
who bow their neck in meek submission
to its yoke ; 10 the northern men, who
in blind obedience TO the commands of
party. win give their votes and influence
to extend a system which they viii not
attempt to defend. but condemn as strong.
ly as Joshua r. Giddings himself; tc
such as these We commend the speech
of Mr.. Brown, in the Missouri Legisla-
ture. 1t is an omen of the dawning of
that brighter day, when men, true men
viii dare to speak out as boldly on the
side Of freedom, as of slavery ; on the
side Of free labor, as of slave labor; on
the side Of many, as of the few; in favor
of The free white laborer, as of the
stakeholder.
The Pittsburg Gazette, says:
ITO the race of doughfaces who have
not pluck to stand up before a slavehol-
der and give words TO their true senti-
ments respecting the institution of Sla-
very, the sun of all villianies:' to the
k~nockkneeds sons of p~lunder,' who
choke themselves to silence with Treas
my Spells ladled out TO the orthordoI
Democracy by Jefferson Davis and his
man Friday, Mr.. Pierce, we commend
the following honest outspoken and no.
bic sentiment of Mfr. Brown, Represen-
iative from ST. Louis in the Missouri
Legislature. In a speech a few days
since, he said :"
81 an a Freesoiler, and l don't deny
il. No word or vote of mine shall ever
inure 10 the benefit of such a monstrous
and abhorrent doctrine as the extension
of slavery over the patrimony of the free
white laborer of the country. l am,
sir, for the greatest good 10 the greatest
number. and against the system which
monopolizes the free and fertile terrific
~ of our country for a few Shareholders,
TO the exclusion of thousands upon thou
sands of the s;newy sons OF toll, who in
10 peace or wal are the foundations and
ramparts of the social ediGce. The
time will come, sir, and perhaps very
soon. when the people win rule for their
own benefit, and not for that OF a class
which, numerically speaking, is insignif-
iesnt. In that near day Democracy
will not only mean The rule Of that SOW
ereign people. but The rule Of that SOW
people for themselves. and the
as well as the right of free labor
viii be recognized. Therefore it is. sir,
that standing here in the midst of the as
sembled Legislature of Missouri, l am
proud TO ayow a Free-Soiler. lie. those
who are scared at names shrink from the
positions. if they will. l should never
feel alarmed at meeting the issue under
whatever name, or style, Dr. title, or
or form it NAV come. And fur
thermo,e, / would add, sir, that when
the question may arise, whenever
the contest comes between the labor Of
the white man and the labor The slave,
I shall take nay stand in favor Of tie
man. Here in Missouri, l shall :
support the right, the dignity, and well
fare Of the SOC, GOO non-slayeholders in 1
preference to upholding and perpetual |
ing the dominancy Of the 10000 slave 4
holders who inhabit our State. Ny I.
are with the toiling masses, !
and not with The privileged few, and
while 1 shall be far from designing any 1
violation of The rights of property Of any /,
class, yet I conceive his labor to be as
much the property of the white laboring !.
man. as the slave is the property of the
STAKEHOLDER, and as much entitled to the :
fostering care and the protection Of gov
eminent az any vested right in the com
wealth. shall be glad to see both
protected so long as they may be co.
existent, but l shall earnestly look for
ward to the day when by a wise and
salutary system Of emancipation, Mis-
sour may rid herself of the evils and in
eubus of slavery. and open wide her
rich harvest fields, and unbosom her
mineral wealth to the active energy Of
her free white population. Such are my
sir, upon this subject, and l
not to avow them openly and
with 20 shadow of concealment.
II. Price, Of Green. II is time to be
gin now.
Mr.. Brown. Neither am l iremulous
upon the point, sir. Let it begin when
il viii. and now as well as any time.
The Test of Democracy.