The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-01-07

vice prssiaus4 q ne Baissd siaAs6. Ths
Wing party shortly aftsr held their Csnvsa.
tiep, and nenisatsd HsxsY CLAys svsvsdly
ssia favor Of the annexation Of Texas any
how"-his exponent Vas JAMS Z. Poix.
Who ayssred that be would b glad to sss is
ssaassxsd Il il could 30 done without COM
tssaisiae -ssr saaisaal sAassstes. The
frisads Of each at the South, eonteadsd that
their candidate Was the better Texan Of
The TIVE; the northern wing Of both parties
began to preach up hostility 70 Slavery
The Democrats BY Publishing the proofs OF
HsxaY CtAy's Prs.Slsvssy cheat ; this was
done to prevent Abolitionists from vstiug the
whig ticket. The Wings on the other hand,
we're At infinite pains to prove thst Tie DEM
eeraey we're the ailissef Slavery. The Wings,
flushed With the successes Of 1s40, appealed
10 the North 70 vote for their candidates. 10
.srdsr to promote IL abolition, nd from The
sarseetasss With whish shey prssssd
THE slsis Il - svidsss thsy expected to
succeed. Wing orators throashout The
North, would tellin glowing language Of the
new life Il b. Impaired 70 the Anti Slavery
cause BY voting for the ssrand snbodimens,'
and how soon the Millennium would come
altar thsy got al the oikcss. Abolitiouists,
however, claimed that Il vas great cheat,
used only Al the North, 10 belisss and oct
with then, would plunge the Anti Slavery
cause into the bottomlsss gulf Of sndlsss
oblivion; and that, the ssxt great demand in
the work Of reform, would b to contribts
msaus to send ont Satan, a. . missionary,
Or attend IN Ecclesiastical council Of all
Yaekssdom to ordaiu Bclssbub - . preacher
Of righteousness. 4l-, 60
The battle Of liberty went on waxing hot
ter and fercsr, and in defiance OF oil appeals
from either party, in spite Of oil the roor.
backs and garland fixtures invented to over.
throw them, the Liberty party came out Of
the contest 81, 900 strong.
Il vas the Arst instance in ths history OF
politics in the country, Of . third party
meeting . second Presidential contest, with
out being crushed to powder, - bsswssn
the upper and the neither mill stone. The
news Of the election produced . profound
sensation throughout the land, especially
in the Slave States. Representatives in
Congress capped 10 astonishmsnt 1t the in
crease Of the abolition vote, gags dropped
from their mouths, and petitions OF
abolitionists were for the FIRST time read in
the Halls Of Congress. The Shareholders
strong fortress in the North was Frustrated
by . political HALE storm at the ballot boz,
for attempting to read JoHS P. HALE out Of
the party and out Of Congress, their morti-
fcation and establishment had no bounds,
when the very man whom they had combined
to distroy Was chosen to preside .over the
House Of Representatives. and elected for
six years, BY the Legislature Of New IIamp.
shire, to seat ia the Senate Of the United
States.
Space will not permit ~ to enumerats the
many evidences Of progress, which for .
series Of consecutive years multiplied them.
selves on the right hand and on the left, at
every step Of the pathway Of this growing
colossus. The annex alton Of Texas and the
consequent war with Mexico, while it ex.
tended our domain and opened up vast fields
for the ingre.s Of Northern men, done much
to increase in the public mind An abhorance
Of Slavery. Thus every effort Of the slave.
holders to strengthen their s'peculIar insti-
tuition - only serves to weaken it-every
attempt to conceal only tends to expose it,
deformi,ies--every effort to fortify and per.
petuate it, only hastens its obstruction.
The gag-law ended in the establishment
Of FREQ discussion. The pledges made in
national platforms "to avoid the agitation
Of the Slavery question in Congress or on,
ofit," had only the effect Of precipitatina
the entire country in a Whirlpool Of agitation
The Obstruction Of printing Offices by south.
srn mobs entering Free States, only served
to multiply their numbers. The numbering
Of editors served to give the cause greater
vitality. So strong and powerful had III,
Anti. Slavery sentiment become, that it
claims had to be heard and answered.
Every State Legislature in the Union hat
to meet it, every ecclesiastical body in thu
land, felt its presence and Acknowledged it
power, either for good or evil.
Again a Convention was held At Buffalo
and nominated MARTIN vAN buren,. Tn,
Free sellers went into the contest will
"Free.soil, FREQ Speech and Free Men,
inscribed upon banners, and came out Of tn
contest 29l, 1873, strong. It should be 70
membered, however, that the popularity {
the candidate, secured gree. may vote
that as yet had had !istis OF no sympath
with the movement. ass.
The, aambes Of Fres.soilsrs began to in
crease gradually, both in the Senate Of III
U. S. and in the House Of Representatives
/ In 1852, the Abolitiopists nominated
| p. HALE, who received at the Presidents
election 45s, l23 votes.
In 1856 the issue Of Slavery extension Q
non-extension was fairly nade,. and III
friends Of Freedom rallied to the support o
J. G. FarxoNr, the result Of that election
was l,34l,5 l4 votes for Fremont and 1888,
232 for Buchanan and s74,707 for Fill
more. eaT
Tho increase Of opposition to Slavery j
shown more apparent it possible in the in
crease Of Republican members in tho Senat
and House Of Representatives. Up to th
Xxxvth Congress, there we're ccmparstisel
few who dared 10 stand up in opposition &
the demands Of the South--ddrisg this ses
sion they sumbersd 20 in the Senate and Q
in the House. In the XXxVIsh Congress
their panber in the House had increased &
l03, ct which session BANKS was eleete
Speaker. 10 the present session, the eepub
lieans number liz in the loose end q b
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