New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-02
POSITION OF JOHN BELL iyD HIS SUPPORTERS
SPEECH OF HON. HENRY WILSON,
Fro. The peSau Rpo,t The Boston Daily Alias and Bee
At MyRIcRs, SEPTEMBER 10, 1850

the nation and he unity Of the Repnblc ba' toe ma
lion cous els Of John G Calhoun and his eoniedera'es
| core bsfpe6 by the infexi'e firmness OF Andr'W
Jenkson the conoatoIy COUNCILS OF Henry Clay, tne
inspiring appeals Of Daniel Webste', and the LOFTY pa
t,io,,m Of the American people. Thomas H. Barton,
IN HIS "Tbirty Years View" tells us that " Mr. Cal
boun when he went home in the Spring Of 1888, told
bis friends that the South would never be united
AGAINST the North the Tariff question; that the sugar
interests OF Lousiapa would keep her ou and that the
basis of Southern union must be shifted to the slave
nm, sop.'p HIS associates and Disciples prepared 10
force the issue uponthe NORTH and that issue was
upfalerpg fidelity to Human Slavery in America.
Andrew Jackson saw with clear vision the designs
of the great nuli6er and he declared that the tariff
had be- made the pre'ext for nlll6caon-that
the next prstext for Disunion would be the Slavery
question. la June, lS33 Mr.. Madison wrote Mr..
Clay: sit is psioful to the unceasing efforts TO
alarm the South by impuatioDs against the North Of
unconstitutional designs the subject Of Slavery"
And that venerable statesman in 1886 again wrote of
sufcepbl ty Of the cOntsgion Of the heresy of uu-
6catop secession and dsunion in the Southern States,
and OF the "iDcucatsd impression OF permanent IN
con paiibty of interests between the North aud the
South" "'He was" Gays Benton, Z" a Southern man,
bus his Southern home could not bind him TO the origin,
design and consequences Of he Slavery agit ton: de
gives TO that agitation southern gin 10 that design
dsu ion end 10 that end disastrous consequences TO
the South and the North"
Mr. Calhoun proclaimed that
"Many in the iuh believed that Slavery moral
and political evil that folly and dsllE0n We 1t
now lis light and regard the most 'fe and stable
ba,is forfee Institutions in the world
His lieutenant Mr. McDuiie, declared that Slavery
was the cornerstone Of the Republican edifce." In
sIred by such counses the aspiring men OF the South
rejected the sentiments ald theories of the Fathers of
the Republic assumed Slavery TO be positive good
an institution be Ostered nurtered extended, and
patcraized New theories Of constitutional construc-
ton were invented and prOmu gated and the policy OF
Slavery extension and domination inaugurated Then
the policy of Slavery aggression, which has
for quarter of century been pursued with reckless
eucscly and treess energy, in defiant mockery of the
sentiments of mankind and the laws OF the living God
The right of petition wds for years eloven down, the
Constitutional right Of the freedom OF speech and OF the
press violated Texas wss now " TO give" in the
wod of Gen Hamilton "a Gibraltar 70 the SOUTH
to add" in The language of Henry A. Wise, more
weight 70 her end Of the BEAM" The srmy was
arched to the banks of the Rio Grande, the nation
Crawn into a war, and half million square mile5 OF
territory won. The North was forced lgnomclou'ly
10 abandon the policy Of applying TO the acquired ter
JoTy the prohibition of Slavery, and the foot OF the
slave was permitted 10 poue soil consscrated to Free
com by Mexican humanity and law. Fugitive
Slave law inhuman and unchristan was enacted and
public and political organizations forced 70 ndorse
these yictoIiss Of Slavery over Freedom The pro-
bibtiOn Of Slavery in Kaneas and Nebraska was alb
Topsed aud the slave masters permitted 10 range with
their boIdlnen soil consecrated 10 freedom.
The Supreme Court hidden to Decree in the Dred
Scott Gaze the dogmas Of slave propag4ndsn and the
Presdent directed to proclaim that by virtue Of the
Constitution, tho master has the right 70 take his
slave inio the Territories property, aud have pro-
tecied there under the Federal Constitutions" that
neither Congress nor the Territorial Legislature, nor
any h0msn power, has any authority to annu or impair
this vested right" The nstiOn has been forced 70
acc pt the creeds acknowledge the sway, and bear
The crimes Of slave propsgandsm, and now Slavery is
ms ser Of the Republic.
Isaues growing out of the existence Of human Slavery
in America are now the paramount issues before the
nation. Shall Slavery continue 10 expand Shau II
continue 10 guide the councils of the republic Or
shall It's expansion he arrested, lie power broken aud
il forced 10 retire uuder the of the local laws
u1der which it exists These issues loom up before
the nation dwsrfIg all other Issues aud subotdinatiug
all other gu, sOns. Public men and political organ
cations are forced TO accept the transcendent Issues
growing out Of he existence of Slavery in America
The American Democracy, which for twenty-five
years has borne the banners Of Slavery, Won its vcto
Ties and shared in is crimes against humanity, though
broken into fragments struggles faithful sill to the
interests of Slavery. BIecslnTdge aud Lane accept
the creed Of Slavery expansion Slavery protection and
Slavery olinaton. Douglas " don't care whether
Slavery is voted mp voted do Sn, aud JOHNSON,
commended by the Massachusetts Democracy at Spring
field Tor his "hoDest and fearless prOmuy Ation Of Dem
ocIac truth, procaims that it is best that capital
thOuld own labor The American Democracy de-
morazed by Slavery, has ceased to speak Of the rights
OF ma-it speaks DOLLY of the rights OF property In
man! The Republican party, brought into existence
by the sggIessous of Slavery upon Freedom, cherish
ing the faith of the founders Of the Republic aud
believing with their chosen leader, Abraham Lincoln,
that "Le who would be no slave must consent 10 hare
no slave pledges itse all it IL, all IL hopes to be, TO
arr, II the extension Of Slavery Danish IL from the Ter
ritones dethrone it's power in the National Goyerl-
ment and force back under the cover OF State SOW
ereignty.
While the conflict, the "irepressibla conflict" is
going on between Freedom and Slavery while the
nation is profoundly sgated with the great contest
and the eyes of the nation are upon U.s. Convention
assemblies in the city of Bait more to place in nomna
ton candidate for the Presidency. God in his provi
deDce imposes upon the men VI this generation duties
which must be bravey or iguJmiaiOu,ly Stunned.
These men, representing portions of the American peo
pie Dgloiously shraIk com the living issues Of the
age in America proclaimed that il is both the part OF
patriotism and Of duty recognize political princi-
pie other than the Constitution Of the country the
union Of the States and the enforcement OF the lave
and nominated for Chief Magistrate of the Republic
John Bell, STAKEHOLDER of slayeholdOg Tennessee.
While this Convention TO deude, deceive and cheat
the Ieo Of the North, proclams that 1t is tie part
of patriotism and duty to 'RECoGSIzE NO PRIECI-
PIE the head snd body Of the party in the South
vauTt their fidelity 10 Sav.ry and triumphinly ap.
peal to The record Of their chosen leader.
The UNIOE STATE COSyENTlOs or ALABAMA
pssses resolutions affrmiJg tost "nehter Congress
nor IeTTtOrldI LegtSdtHre has any rlgh D3rer 10
egiSiGte the Suyect eC"eDt so tdr may b. HeceS.
sdry 10 protect tie citizens Of tie Territory IN The p1s-
session and enjoyment gf ms sIacc property" and
'Hdt the public speeches and acts Of John BeH dur
ing The period ot hyfre years If actiUs sercice in
h,gh public stations shOc coHciusiU,iy that tie Draci
pies and opinions set oS IN the foregoing resolutions
arr m occordaHce ruth kts OrR that he has Recer IT.
tered a sentiment inconsistent herepuh." The Loa-
dsriHe Journal The Leading orgsu Of Bell in the
South declares that, We cold that Congress nos
SeScs the uad0uJted 'p0Ger 10 protect tie rights OF
prCpoty Of ,rery KIND IN The Territories Of the Uaioa
ana that Il is The un9uediOHaGle duiy0f Congress 10
eUe,cisc his poner wkcEeUer II IS necessary. And we
hold that the right of slave property in the Ter toris,
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