Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-02-27
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 27. 1857.



ter illustrated than in the recent discussion ana
votes in the uuited States Senate, on the Mime
sofa bfu. What d.. we there seei The Southern
members marching mp in united phalanx (With
one exeepuon) J, an support of the motion oi Digs
~ N,,,b Carolina. an administration Democrat
ie slavery pr5paeAudist to attach the hho"
Nothing proyIso 70 the bill as II came Ai1'
II ,use. Against tie amendment 'o'eu
Northern Senator present, except tniee-l no"'p
son II New York. administration
FsA of New Y0rk, an old "hIg a9a feO' u
Veemoni, el,c ed as a Republican. Bugs
am ndmen5, il wall be recOlleeted, was carried
on SATURDAY, by only three majority-2l 10 "a
None exerted themselves stronger to XII IT, we
are happy 70 see, than Messrs. Wilson, HAZE ana
Seward.
A. amended. the bill passed on Saturday last
On Tuesday, on motion oil Mr.. Hale a recohsio-
Grafton Of the vote was carried by vote oil % 10
81 Mr. Hale then moved a reconsideration Oh
the vote by which Biggs's amendment was aoope
ed, watch prev allied, alter a long discussion' on
"Wednesday, we reioice to see, by vote OF 81 to
Is. the NAYS being undoubtedly all Southern
members and the Minnesota bill was then pass
ed, as it came from the House. by vote of 81 to
o. The adherence by the Senate to its former
vote on the matter, would only have tended to
the defeat of any bill this session to enable MN
nesota TO take measures to come into the Union
as State, to swell tile vote Tor freedom in Con-
gress.
And this defeat was Just what the slavery prop
agandists we're aiming at, in their advocacy OF
D ggs's amendment. Just note the arguments
advanced by them. The} care nothing for Know
No hingism, any further than that hunting may
b, made to subserve their darling interests.
Butler OF South Carolina, with tears in his eyes,
expressed his ftars that great danger night re-
sut to the perpetuity of institutions, if aliens
be admitted to exercise the right of suffrage IN
the.fJsnation of the organic laws OF new States!"
What patriot is g his uncleship," all at once
And Adams and Brown of Mississippi one
Know Nothing and the other an administration
slavery propaganda, endorse, in perfect unison,
the "sonnd policy" Ofthe Know Nothing restric
ton in It's application to Minnesota, knowing, as
they did, that the people who compose the mass
of the residents Of the Territory, intending to
make it their future home, are honest emigrants,
naturally opposed TO such prescription as an in
reference with their rights, and that they would
not accept of an enabling act" Of Congress,
based thereon, if it should pass but would be
likely to meet in convention in their oan mode
and time, TO frame State Constitution, without
regarding the preliminary action Of Congress, as
has been done in the case of many Of the other
States and thus the admission of a new State
would, they fondly hoped, be STAYED off for sea-
NJ througl alleged "informality," &c. But
tie final passageof the bill, it from the
hae ~ all iUbf
Werqjoice to se that but three members of the
Sc, the North were willing, at any stage
Of the matter, cooperate with the extreme
South IN reference to this bill. though these three
not Sc far as the recIeant q fom the
Nor b in the Bcuse, three Of them from old NJ as.
g.ehusetts. who disgraced themselves by going
even 10 the extent of voting squarely against the
admission Of free STATE. beca Use the inquitous
proser psive I, ature advocated by Biggs, Butler,
and others in the Senate, and oppos by Will
son, Hale, and others, was not in the bill
1hamp<an- IF KeHtnekY. Simon pure Know
Nothing, openly asowed as the reason OF his sup
port OF Biggs's amendment, in the Senate, that
hO was opposed TO the bill ITSELF it would bring
mSre Tree State members into Congress- and he
took that way to kilt! This is the secret of the
ole SoItaecn udshp for Know Nothing
ism. We must confess that the South is the only
section Of the country which should be in favor
OF this humhuR, as the only effect OF its policy
Is to enure 10 the benefit Of the slavery propa-
ga idiots. But few of the emigrants from the old
world settle south Of Mason & Dixon's line, they
all bring naturally opposed to slavery as interior
ing with their own interests, and therefore they
e. 10 a body and settle in our broad Northwest,
where labor is free and rapidly build up hat grow
ng region into new, free, Communwealths. 1t
Is for this the South is jealous Of the in
cease Of States in the Northwestern direction,
All resort to any means to prevent it, If posi-.
bic.
On this same principle. during the discus
sions in Congress the Nebraska bill, every
member from tie South voted for Clayton's pro.
viso, FOL the same purport as Biggs's) while eve
Ty senator from the free States voted against it,
thus X ling It ty only one vote in the Senate
The arguments advanced by Adams Of Mississip.
pi, and others, were. that " aliens" If allowed
20 vote, would vote against the introduction Of
slavery into the territory, and that the darling
Constitution " Of the South would stand the best
chance foothold there by applying the Know
Nothing principle to the BILL as all emgrants
from the old word, Adams and other slavery
PropsgaDdists maintained, would be natur ally
cppos,d to having slavery in Kapzas or Nebras.
IA, and if allowed the right of suffrage, would
vote to exclude it, And every Northern member
Of the Senate endorsed this view of the matter by
voting against the Clayton proviso and killing it,
WIscoNsIS is a noble State. She has recently