Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-02-09
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MnNBAY, FEBRUAKY .. 1857.
The Pregres. II AslI-ssavery Sentiment.


Of the 81 Louis Desoerat, the organ of Mr..
sntou, and long the leading Democratic paper
IN that section Of the county, on the question of
by it Adst highten the slavery propagandists
much mere tAan any fancied evil pretended by
them &c result from the so much dreaded agita-
ion" Of the slavery question BY the Northern
sabolitionists " The discussion we refer to,
ssose on the election of Director of the Bank
Missouri. by the Legislature the most proa.i.
nent candidate for which Was a Mr.. Palm, an
avOwed advocate Of slavery abolition in the
state. Once. such man would have been mob.
bed out Of every slave state now he can be elect
ed to animpartant and lucrative position by the
Legislature Of slave stateywhose acme Of dis,
grace Is that Of having been twelve years repre-
sented in the U S Senate. as man of her
choice, By that Border Ratiap, David R. Atchi-
son. slaaw ssHass3 tm 1ta ea,
Mr. Palm, who carried away the palm of VIC
tory, as candidate, on the occasion referred to,
resides in ST. Louis, Mr.. Raynes, pro slavery
member, asked if Mr.. Palm had not written
letter to the New York Journal of Commerce, in
which he declared that he was in favor Of eman-
eipa,ion ia Missouri. To this Mr. zeigler re.
spOnds d, he did so, and SO have many good
snti.Benton men declared Mr.. Brown Of st.
Louis, said: 40 +. ssgg .i Is. s..e
Il am Free Soiler and I don't deny it. No
word or vote Of mine shall enure to The benefit Of
such monstrous doctrine as the extension of
slavery over the patrimony OIL the free white la
borers ot the country, Lam for the good
of the greatest number, and against the system
whish mDnopolizes the free and fertile territory of
our country for a few Shareholders, to the txcu-
sion of thousands upon thousands OF the sinewy
sons Of toll The time will come, and perhaps
very soon, when the people will rule Tor their own
benefit. and not for that IF class t0hich, nnaer-
Scagty speaking, is iIsga,f eant. I stand here in
the midst OF the assembled Legislature Of Mis-
souri, to avow myself free soier Let those who
are scared at names shrink from the position If
they viii, ] shall take my stand in favor Of the
white man. Here in Missouri shall support the
rights, the dignity, and the welfare of the eight
hundred thousand nOn-slayehoders in preference
70 upholding and perpetuating the dominancy OF
the thirty thousand slaveholders who inhabit our
stats.
The speaker added that his sympathies were
with the toiling masses, and not with the pTivi-
legged few. He earnestly looked forward to the
time whens BY wise and salutary system of
emancipation, Missouri might rid herself Of the
evils and incubus Of slavery, and open wide her
rich harvest fields and unbosom her mineral
wealth to the active energy of her free white pop.
ulation." Mr. Glover Of St. Louis avowed him.
self an emancipationist, and said -
II vote for Mr.. Palm. as an endorsement and
svowal of his faith upon this paramount question
of our time-.the emancipation of slaves and
assure members of the Senate and House OF Re-
prssehtatiyes that the election of Mr.. Palm will
be hailed by myself and Others on this floor, and
by thousands throughout this State, as the Au-
roral glimmeT of the dawning OF day when q
political party. having this great purpose Tor its
end, will simulate policy which is necessary for
the development Of all the resources of this
mighty State, for scouting to it its Tightiul po-
sition in the Union, and for multiplying the pros
purity, wealth. and greatness Of its people. GAp
Mr.. Palm was triumphsntly elected.
The st. Louis Democrat is in ecstacies over
these debates, and declares that emancipation is
not only an open but popular and progressive
question in its party. 1t concludes long and
ably-wIitten article with these words speaking
for ourselves. we now trust our fortunes and our
fate to this great cause Of emancipation" It
sAys:-
Who that watches passing events and indca-
tons, is not sensible of the fact that great inter-
nal commissions await the slave States Better
to graphic with the danger in time, if danger there
be. and avert il. than wait until il becomes for.
midable. One thing is certain, or history is no
guide: that is, that slavery cannot be perpetual
ted anywhere. An agitation now would be the
effort OF the social system 10 throw OF disease
which had not touched its vitals hereafter it
would be the struggle for life with mortal sick
ness. But we not apprehend any agitation more
violent than has been forced upon us for years BY
the pro-slavery politicians. Besides, we know
that al the Tree States emancipated their slaves,
and NE hn4 VET m that n 9annprnna a0ita-
ton arose IN any instance"
The Democrat, which does not belle its name,
although printed in a slaveholding community.
thus dlsposes Of the :" stale cant" soriIe in the
slave Estates, and echoed BY their bunker breth-
rem in the free States -
1.-The stale cant Of loyalty to the institutions
Of the State is preached daily and weekly by the
niggero organs. Was Virginia loyal to her insti-
tutIons when she abolished primogenture Was
Pennsy lvania loyal TO hers when she abolished
slavery Were the colonies log al 10 theirs when
they abolished royalty ! This is the cry with
which bigols intimidate FOOLS Loyalty TO exist
ing institutions shuts out all reform There is
one institution to which all Democrats should be
ever lJsat, and only Olle--the sovereignty Of the
peop le. All other institutions must conform TO
that or cease 70 exist. ia sa
The Dsm9eyat gives the following statistics TO
prove the feasibility Of its scheme Of slave
cipatinh:
1.-THE opponents Of the movement will urge two
objections to 1.-THE debt which the purchase Of
the slaves would e..tsil upon the State, and the
agitation which may ensue. BY the last census
there were in r0uhi numbers 1000 slaves in
Missouri. valued at g5O,0O0,0O0. Our railroads,
when completed, viii have cost that sum. and the
State, 80 tai from being impoverished by the ex'
pendituFes, will be much richer than it was when
those great works were commenced A few years
f,a t,nt ahl 20 QSl
O0e 600 thsa u is now to bear the burden OF the
$40 900. 600 given to the railroads, and no one
can say that this burden is eDormnus. England,
with national. debt Of $4,000 900 900, gave
gi00, 900 600 20 the Jamaica planters as cOmpen-
sation ferernaneipating their slaves Even as a
financial question, these is nothing startling in it,
especially when Is Is remembered that land Uoutd
double "a uatue simultaneously with the passage
OF the constitutional amendment authorizing its
enactwept. IS lGss-3
Should Kanzas become a Free State. as we
trust & will. In spite Of the efforts of the
slavery propagandists who repealed the Missouri
COmpEoMise for no other object than to spread
slavery there. there can be no question whatever
Of the ultimate fate OF slavery, not only in Mis-
sour, but in other adjoining Slave States. Mr..
Atchisor himself declared, before he moved in
the matter Of repeating the Missouri compro-
mise, that his only object was to extend SLAVERY
into Khnsas, IOr Il that became free State, Mis-.
souri and other slave States must soon follow the
same destiny--thAt the salvation Of the 'insttu-
ton depended upon that issue. Let us hope
that AtsbisonS fears may be fully realized. in the
gradual erection of a Gordon Of free States
Ground ths whole South Western frontier Of tbs
Union, for after such inepient steps, slavery II