The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-01

sbotonist because his party gives any countsnancs
wbaevdf 10 dsunion views, or to utTaism IN auy
shape but be they right in resisting the
tension of slavery that necessarily have
pathes and good wishes however upabe they NAV be- and
course when he dssared ihe fressn North havs
deep interest in keeping labor Free res ~ 10.
to no extension Of the area of slavery upon this continent
any Of representation in the other Horse oil
Congress This Fremontiam, in whole and in partj moth
Ing mOre--notbiDg less.
The senator also made the charge that the New York
Tribune had appealed to the Garrison abotioris and To
the supporters Gert Smith, TO support the republican
party promising that in due time the republican parry
woud 90 with them in attacking slavery in the States To
this declaration Of the senator the Tribune gives this COM
plete denial;
The Tribune made appeal whatever to the Garrison
and Gerrt Smith abotonss over to the Fremont
party anything Of the SORT I, never promised to qnite
In urging the Of federal authority or power TO overthrow
slavery in the States"
call the attention of the senators who make 1t practice
here before the people to class us with the Garrison abo-
onsts, and with the supporters Of Gerri Smti to the
precise and difference between The Garrison
abotonsis do at all They will neither vote
nor hold office They take political part or lot in the
government of the country They notonly cobmtted
against the extension OF slavery but they are committed
against slavery in the slave States Believing with Brs-
that SLAVERY in all It's forms in all its degrees, is vi
olaton of Divine law, and degradation OF human ma
ture and believing the constitution 10 be what some
honorable senators this floor represent IL to be- an IN
strument that recognises what Madison said he would not
mbody in it, he idea tnat there be property in man.
they in favor OF dissoving hep Union and over
throwing the federal Constitution dissent the repuoi
party dssent from their construction of the constu
tion OF the United States We dissent altogether from
their dsunion sentmentswe do not cor cur with them In
abstaning from the exercise of the elective franchise
have ayowed that disagreement at home--l avow IL
here. But while dsagree with Them altogether, viii
do them the justice 10 say here that they have for years
devoted their lives and their property and incurred con-
tumely and reproache ot the of the hondmen o.
America aud here elsewhere while express my total
disagreement with them, will say that they are men o.
selfsacrfcing devotion, and men OF great ability, who
have studied the slavery QUESTION In all its aspects collect
ed volumes of statistics bearing upon in all its relations
at whose feet the senator from Pennsylvania Mr.
BGLER and other senators who gbly pronounce them
fanatics might sit and learn something OF slavery In
America
There is class of calling themselves radical aboi
toniss They believe that the constitution of the United
States is antslavery constitution. They believe that
the Supreme Court which sits under us has the constu
tonal power proclaim the emancipation of every slave
in America ss Lord Mansfield in England and the supreme
in Massachusetts declared slavery illegal in England
and Massachusetts They believe the Declaration OF lnde
pendence be- in the words Of John Hancock he ground
and foundation OF future government" in America They
believe the declaration that all created equal un
derles the foundation OF political institutions They
believe that the constitution of the United States was Or
daned and established only In the Terrific
re only under the exclusive control of Congress- but
in all he States the inaenabe rights of every human be-
The republican party, Mr. President differs with this
party differs with the Garrison aholitionsts in re-
gard to the constitution of the Uni ed States When The
bers of the First Congress assembled in l774 at Phil
adslphawhen they formed that first union OF the Amer
lean colonies-when they proscrioed the slave trade
when they made the articles of the association that bound
together people the inhabitants of these thirteen
colonies-they assumed power over slavery IN the
States When the articles of the confederation were made
in l778 power was then specifically granted to Con-
gress the local affairs OF the States When the
stituiion framed the who framed 1t did not ln-
tend give Congress the power abolish slavery in the
slaveholdng States. Opening the constitution Of eur
we nd
abolish slavery n these States Sir, the republicans
like the Garrison abolitioniss and the radical abolition
ists are opposed slavery We believe with Burke that
slavery is state degrading 10 the feelings and capa-
cities OF human that it ought not to be suffered to
exist We believe with Henry Clay that slavery is
curse-a the maser-a wrong grievous wrong,
to the slave that it is all wrong and possible contin
gency make it right We believe with President
Pierce that everything connected with slavery Is odi-
and in the expressive language OF the amer OF your
Cincinnati PLATFORM 1--WE in favor Of freedom and free
soil wherever man lives throughout Gods herage" y
Since took my in the Senate early in February,
1856 have travelled thirty thousand miles 10
fourteen of the free States have hundreds OF thou
sands OF AmeranScizens in council; have listened TO
many of the abest of the country have counseled
with them and yet heard word uttered claim
ing power in Congress- proposing to usurp power in
Congress- abolish slavery in the slavehoding STATES
The venerable senator from Michigan Mr. CAss mistakes
ia the idea many persons voted under the conviction
they voting for the abolition of servude in the
States The republican party was brought into being be-
cause the people there attempt making to re-
the of the for sixty years. and TO
revoutionze the whole policy OF the government IN regard
Territories The people OF the whole country were
summoned TO meet in June in Philadelphia to organize
movement the basis of the inhibition of slavery in the
Territories by congressional action The republican party
then organized and 1t announced to be its senti-
ments, principles, and purposes:
The maintenance OF the principles promulgated in the
Declaration OF Independence and mbodied in the federal
constitution;
The federal constitution the rights of the States and the
Union of the States, shall be preserved;
1t a seltevdent truth that all endowed with
the nalenabe right liberty; and the primary object
and ulieror design of federal government to
this right all persons within its exclusive urs
dction
No person should be deprived of life liberty property
without due process OF law
That it is duty to maintain this provision of the
constitution against all attempts 10 violate t for the pur-
pose of establishing slavery in any Territory of the
United States, by positive legislation prohibiting its ex-
istence ..4
We believe in the sublime doctrine of the Declaration of
Independence that all created equal and have an
inaleuable right liberty We believe bai doctrine 10
be mbodied the constitutions that without due process
OF law be deprived of liberty We do not
believe with Mr. Calhoun the Declaration of Independence
to be a rhetorical a. urishn We do believe it TO be
what Mr. Petit pronounced it," seltevdent lie" We
do not believe be an eloquent and passionate mani
revolutionary wsr"nere gttering and sound,
ing generaliies of natural right We believe II to be
living TRUTH the pages OF the New Testament eN-
pressed the Decara of Independence and mbodied
in constitution OF the United States We believe the
truth under the exclusive
jurisdiction of Congress- to be the constitutional and I'M
peratve duty OF Congress.
Then declare that the federal constitution, the
rights of the States and the Union of the States shall be
preserved Sir before the country with this
declaration that the federal constitution the constitution
il should be preserved and the President has
hafnr tho Uorld