Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-04-28
WADE ON DoUGHFACEs.

Hon. B. T. Wade, in a speech delivered in
the U. S. Senate, on the 18th March daguer-
| roetyped the race of doughfaces IN the follow
ing style =
.sYour allies, the doughfaces of the North,
in my judgment, are the most despicable of
men. The modern douShface is not charac-
| ter peculiar to the age In which live, but
You find traces of him at every period of the
worlds history. He is void of pride he is
void Of self respect he is actuated by a mean
grovelling selfshness that would sell his Maker
| for price. Why, sir, when old Moses, under
| the immediate inspiration of God Almighty,
enticed whole nation of slaves, and ran away
not to Canada, but to old Canaan, suppose
that Pharaoh and all the chivalry of old Egypt
denounced him as a most furious Abolitionist
| (laughter). / do not know but that they bias
phemed their God, who had assisted the fugi-
tives from labour to escape. have no doubt
at all that, when some Southern gentlemen of
the Gospel come Up to preach to the North
| they will say that the Almighty acted a very
| fanatical part in this business. l am afraid
they will say so for He was aiding and abet-
| ting in the escape. But amidst the glories of
that great deliverance, even feeding upon mir
acies of the Almighty they went along
there were not wanting those who loved Egypt
better than they loved liberty whose souls
| longed for the fesh-pots of Egypt; and who
could turn from the visible glories of the AL
mighty God to worship an Egyptian calf.
These were the doughfaces of that day. They
| were not exactly n Northern men with Southern
principles but they were IsraeliteS withEgyp-
tian principles. (LaugLter.)
Again, when the Saviour of the world went
| forth on His great mission to proclaim glad
| tidings of Joy to all the people of the earth,
| to break every yoke and to preach deliverance
| to the captive, He met with the same class of
| men in the persons of Judas Iscariot and the
| chief priests. In the days of our own Revo-
| luton, when Washington and his noble associ-
| ates were carrying on that struggle to estab-
| lish justice, and to secure the blessings of
| liberty to themselves and their posterity,
| they met with the same class of men in the
| admirers of George III and Lord North.
They are all of the same class-false to the
| education of their fathers-false to the great
| principles which have been instiled into them
| by their mothers from their birth-willing to
do anything that will minister to the cupidity
| of their masters, let the consequences be
| what they may. 1t is this class of men, aided
| by close aristocracy at the South, that has en-
abled the minority to rule with iron hand the
| majority, since the organization of this Gov
| ernment. / have endeavored to daguerroe-
| type these men for the benefit of future ages !;
for believe that, like the Indian tribes, they
are disappearing. You have put them to very
| hard service, sir. They die faster than the
Northern negroes in your rice eswamps-politi-
| cally, mean. You put them to service that
| they cannot stand. When you ask them to
| vote for fugitive bill, they may do it once,
| but political death stares them in the face.
| When you ask them to go with you for the
repeal of the Missouri restriction, you find
| the same state of things. And now, worst,of
| all, when you ask them to fasten upon their
| fellow-men, in Territory of the United
| States, "a Constitution which that people abhor,
/ tell you every Northern representative who
participates in this act is not only politically
dead, but he may thank his God if he escapes
| with that.
| But theSenator spoke about degraded class
| in our great commercial cities. l have to con-
feSs that there is some truth in that. We have
degraded class in the cities. .Theysare the
| offscourings generally of the OldE orld-men
who come here reduced to beggary by their
| Ignorance; reduced to beggary by their vice !;
| ignorant, vicious, dangerous. do not deny
| it. They are incidents to all large cities; but
| the Senator should not complain of them.
| They are the chief corner stone of your polit-
| ical strength in the North. Find me the vi
cious ward of any city that does not uphold
your system of slavery, vote for its candidates,
support its measures and labor for its men.
No, sir; you should not complain of this vi
clous population. In truth and in fact, they
| are about the only stay and support you have
| there now, and You ought not to traduce them.
| From their very natures they attach themselves
| to you, and I do not think by any treatment
| you will be able to drive them Off. They are
| naturally with you; they were slaves in their
| own countries; they do not know anything
| else than to be the understrappers of some
| body; and when they hear that there are slave
holders contending with freemen, you find
| them with the former all the time.S
| e<N n,-rr p.ra Tha Toll