Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-04-27
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MONDAY. APRIL 81, 1857.
The Republican Victory in St. Louis.

MONDA A 1901
The Republican Victory in ST. Louis.
The late Emancipation victory in the city of st.
Louis, the leading commercial city of the South
West, is a most significant sign of the times, in
ssmuch as, until within year or two, the slave
power, as embodied in the sham Democracy, have
had complete control there. But the oudages
and violence committed upon the people of Kan
Gas have wrought change, until a majority are
now ready to not only keep slavery out of Kan
zas. hat to drive it out of Missouri On this is
sue has the election last held there exclusively
tprned. The convention which nominated the
successful ticket, passed the following among
other resolutions, showing that the contest was
between the Buchanan and sham Democracy, on
the one hand under the cognomen of irrational
Democrats" and the EmancipatiOnists, Repub.
lieans, or free soil Democracy, on the other =
Whereas, The pro-slaverg party OF this tate,
calling themselves national Democrats, BY their
course in the last session of the Legislature, re.
newed the agitation Of the slavery question, and
forced the emancipation question upon the PEG.
pie, and, whereas, the Den ocracy Of this city
deem this at opportunity to declare their senti-
ments in regard to this question; therefore be it
ResolUed, That we heartily endorse the course
VI Vus uNltShttS III the tdol Legislature.
lteSot1ed, That the gradual emancipation of
ssauory in the State Of Missouri, in the opinion Of
this convention, is an open question, and one of
uital Importance to the people Of this State.
Some of the Buchanan papers have had the au-
dacity to claim the result in St. Louis as Dem
oeratic victory" but the above resolutions show
what sort of Democracy was triumphant there
1t was not the Buchanan or irrational F" Democ-
racy, but their bitter antagonists, who fought
them to the hilt on their own ssue-slayery per.
petuatiOn or slavery abolition.
g The Bay State has taken occasion to sheer at
the paucity Of the numbers in the Missouri Legis-
1ature at the late session, who voted for the Eman
cipation resolves, introduced by Mr.. Brown of
the st. Louis Democrat, and for which but few
except the St. Louis delegation voted. Now, it /
was this same class of men represented by that
"contemptible minority in the Missouri Legis. 4
lature, who won the late magnificent victory in /
ST. Louis. That triumph was won over both the /
Buchanan or national democracy, and the /
Americans, both Of which parties had candidates /
in the field, and were distanced by two thousand /
plurality over them both. Such is the kind of
democracy which triumphed in st. Louis, and /
is dstined, we hope, soon to be victorious in 9TH
er sections Of the South.
The following extract from an article in the
st, Louis Democrat, before the election, shows
what was " the issue " in this canvass, the result
Of which has inspired such confidence and oour /
age III the ranks of the friends of freedom every.
where
THE ISSUE.
THE policy which has heretofore over.ridden |
the State, and blasted with the pestferous breath |
of slavery propagandism all progress and popula
ton and enterprise, such as should of right be. |
long TO Missouri, mas been brought to the bar of
public opinion and people, everywhere await with Il
anxiety the first expression from our city nre. 4
gard to this theme. They wish to know whether /
ST. Louis, the great centre Of wealth and intell-
genee, and politics and railroads and manSfae. 1
lures '0IH set her seal ofcoRaemnationu slaue-
~ ertension and saveTy peypetuatioR as injurious
to her best interests, and an incubus upon the
prosperity of Missouri. These things are now
set before the community, and they are expected
to respond in manner that will be worthy Of
themselves and will minister in the future to
their growth and advancement.
On the other hand are arrayed the denouncers
Of free labor, the worshipers Of notification. the
partizans Of secession the men who would i'm.
peril every interest in the state for the sake of
slavery extension, and who can see no future for
Missouri that does not contemplate the introduc.
ton OF negroes to take the place of white men,
We are willing to meet the enemy midway
LET THIS ELECTION BE a TRIAL OF STRENGTH
BETWEEN THE EMANoIPATIoNIsTs AND THE /
SLAVERY sEXrENSIoNIsTS. We follow them to
Their own ground, and fearlessly confde our cause
to the good men Of st. Louis This is our re.
Spouse to the threats the calumnies and the false
hoods OF the opposition, and to the treachery or
imbeeIilty of those VINO are prostituting a great
nane< let the result of the election on Monday
be excepted here and elsewhere as the triumph or
defeat Of the cause we battle for and uphold
Should our party be defeated then the waters
VIII have closed over the great stronghold oil free
dom on the slave soil. The institution over
spreads wide empire, nipping all enterprise in
tne 9ua, DISCRIMINATING the small proprietors; for
bidding Tree labor to take root and shifting with
us petrihc mace the immortal mind itself, until
the letters of the slave have become the smallest
Of the evils which make their lair beneath it but
IN Missouri it has never consolidated its despot-
Ism, and st. Louis is now challenged to bow her
neck to its yoke OF pronounce her declaration OF
independence. We cannot doubt that she will
declare for free labor and free rpeech The spirit
OF the age and the spirit of our institutions make
inquiry and research necessity. The most ab.
struse- and the most awful questions are freely
discussed oy universal consent; but we are for
pQoen by legislative resolutions and party leaders
TO enter the sanctuary Of slavery, or to lift the
veil of that sombFe, Egyptian idol. The thoughts
that wander through eternity are forbidden ex-
preston on this theme, and the question now is T.,
whether we will ratifg or resist this tyrrany."
Brayely was the issue put, and brayely did the
free working men of St. Louis try it and return
their verdict for Free Speech, Free Soil, Free
Thought, Free Labor and Free Men, by electing
the whole Free Labor ticket by more than 1000
majority.
oci Benton whose letter denouncng the Republican
Emancipation movement published a day or two be-
fore.
MiNNEsoTA.-By the enabling act of the last
Congress the people Of Minnesota are to elect
lS0 delegates, June LIST, to constitutional con
yentionl which meets at st. Paul July 18Th The
convention will first vote on proposition to adopt
the enabling act, with the boundary lines therein
affixed, and must then proceed to frame state
constitution which being accepted by the peo-
pie, viii give the state its own internal govern
ment and representation in Congress next win
ter The republican party is rapidly organizing
for the delegate election, and is confident of its
abilities to control it.
DEMOCRATIC CoNsIsTENcY.-Whent the Ohio
legislature was about to close its recent session,
Mr. Marsh, republican Senator, introduced res.
olutiOns deprecating the existence Of slavery and
opposing its further extension, copying his Ian
guage directly from the democratic state platforms
Of 1850 and 1882 these resolutions passed the
Senate ~ to 3, asd the House 60 TO "a but NOT
single democrat voted for them Mr.. Lawrence.
one OF the democraticIssnators, opposed the reso.
lutiOns because the old democratic platform has
been adopted BY the republican party.