Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-08-22

Mr.. { ooDRICHs LETTERING COPY the
following very fair abstract of Mr. Goodrlch's
letter, from the Boston Journal: h
"Hon J. q. Goodrich's ong.threatened
letter of forty eight manuscript pages power,
showing why he cannot support Mr.. Banks
for Governor, has at length appeared. We
have read it carefully, and will endeavor to
give our readers the substance.
We begin at the end, for it is there that Mr.
Goodrich most distinctly announces what he
expects and will have in a Republican candi-
date, and declares the deficiencies of Mr..
Banks. He thinks that the very kernel of the
Philadelphia platform of the declared senti.
ments Of the Repu bicans of Massachusetts, is:
mo more slave territory within the Union
With this in view, we return to set out with
the extended travels of Mr.. Goodrich's pen,
over the records of Mr.. Banks's public life
invited thereto by the declaration of Mr..
Banks, in his acceptance of the American
nomination of the 18th of June, that his pub.
lished opinions had been strengthened and
were unchanged today
In his speech on the Nebraska bill, Mr..
Banks expressed his opinion, by way of illus
trationr that 'we may acquire Cuba upon con-
dition that slavery shall not be abolished for
hundred years. and thence argues that we
may also acquire 1t, or any territory, on the
condition OF instant abolition. Again while
a candidate for Speaker, Mr.. Banks, in reply
to the heterogeneous of Mr.. Boyce, said, rel.
alive to the entire prohibition of slavery in
the territories Il leave the territories which
are to come hereafter, to the hereafter. In
his Wall street Speech he also said: I'VE don't
raise the question whether, in the future ex-
tension of our territory, slavery shall be pro-
hibited or not. We lay aside all these ques-
tons, and we stand upon this distinct, simple
proposition, that that which gave peace to the
country in 1920, and that which secured the
peace OF the country i'll 1850, ought to be
made good by the government of the United
States, with the consent of the American peo-
ple.' And; that the spirit Of the acts of 1920
and 1860, shall be made good In 1856 by the
American people, and that no legislation is
required for this purpose.
These expressions, illustrating, in the first
instance, Mr.. Bankss idea Of the supreme
power of Congress over slavery in our ac-
quired territory, and, in the latter, his view
of the efficiency of Col. Fremonts mere cleo
ton, contain the substance of his obiectiona-
BILE points, as felt by Mr.. Goodrich They
are thus commented upon in altogether the
most vigorous part OF Mr. Goodrich's letter
Il am aware that Mr.. Banks says in his let
ter that he is opposed to the further extension
of slavery, or 10 the increase Of its political
power This, presume every Fillmore man
and every Wing in the State, and at least
three lourths of the Democratic party in the
free States could truly say, while they do not
by any means, subscribe so the principles Of
the Republican platform. l am aware, also
that he says: uE
| Il believe that the Constitution confers upon
Congress sovereign power over the territories
| of the United States for their government
/ and that in the exercise Of its authority, it il
its duty to prohibit slavery or polygamy there.
in
But he certainly cannot mean anything BY
this, inconsisten with his opinions declared il
Congress and made public in the late presi
dental canvass, for that would imply that hi
opinions have changed, whereas he assures NJ
that they not only remained unchanged, bu
are strengthened He holds that the inca
sure of settlement by the compromise Of 1856
is binding on the government and people
when applied to- the territories Of New Mex
leo and Utah, to which they relate, and can.
not of course mean TO say it is the duty O
Congress to prohibit slavery in those terrific.
ries. If all he asks now as it must be, if hi
opinions are unchanged Is that the spirit O
the act Of 1860 shnll be made good, he can.
not mean to say that he is in favor Of prohib
iting slavery in New Mexico and Utah, fol
that would violate the spirit Of that act. |
he does not mean to raise the question whether
in the future extension of our territory-whici
he assumes is TO be extended slavery shall b.
prohibited or not, but proposes to leave it II