, 1879-07-24

Uatrlsun and lis associates boldly denounced |
tue Constitution Of tie United Btates n TN |
league With death and eovenant with hell"
nf the fret Statcs. All the religious dcnomina. |
tions began to take action In tho matter. and
.werc rent Ia twain rs. consequence, and must
OF thrtn supported two separate ORGANIZATIONS,
North mud South, tho dividing issue being
'uunkx SLAVERY.
After while tho AboI,ttonists and Frec.sotl.
ers tcgau to hold thH balance Of political power
In Congressional dlstrlcts md ia the state Leg-
lslntl,rcs. After Daniei Webster had k'ilel
in which he took extreme Southern gEouod. The
State OF Massachusetts sent Chsrlea Sumner 10
tue Unitesf States senate a. his aucceesor to re-
]nforcc tho gallant John I. Hale. of New 1lnmp"
leiy tic sisvo power. Then Ohio elected
II. SEWARD. The latter deIiyercd his famous
speech On 1.-THE 1rzopressihle Conflict between
.ucr aroused the tpdEgnatlon Of the South by de-
picttng, With mastarly. skill. the a.roctousness
ind victousnees Of the "pccuiar institution"
iu the scnntc, jo,hua. II Giddtngs. of Ohio,
aud tx-prcsIdcut John Quincy Adams had
noblY defended tho right of petition IN tha
House OF Representatives. Some Idea 81 the
ern mon in Congress at that time can be infer.
rcd by their treatment Of the venerable ex-
President Adams. He lad introduced pett'
ton from some quaker, IN ~, Mtssse9aseits ~. pia5 ~
is auE ten.eausc ~ , na - i"rea ~" It HdaH ~
stated that to disagreed NTH the petitioners,
but TIC held the right Of petition to be sacred
sns ~ s.'s IL ~ ,,.e.snt t,,sr
to to Gi tle ou.o. SONS @ Iet.par % sdiateiy IL.
troduccd resolutions ceusurinE Mr.. Ada1ns for
this act OF courtesy towards highly respccta-
u'c nnrahn discussion n,at foi1oEed III lie saye
a., f',s ~ aho9r .errn.. th't !. 80. tinir
ev,seo .ts ~ Iohn nn"1 in Hdam. '
county,, nlsteau " *on ~ 3uex naaas .h,,,
tta,.t.,s ,e xers nt III +, isan al 1aa1 thnv
! supported James G. B!rne7 for President. In
| 18f9 they took advantage Of quarrel In tho
Democratic party nnu supported Martin Van
| at Buffalo on a platform that distinctly pledged
him to
THE NoN-ExTENs1oE OF sLAvERr.
That ycor Van Buren, received votes enough to
ard ciect ravlor md F,itnnrs. in. Whg ran,,i
dntes In 1S52 t,r riotce for Presl,1ant fe1i n1,nn
Franxlln Pierce,|Gcn. | wv Winfield Scott, tie:Whig
candidate feeeiy!ng only eignt Electoral yotss:
narty. and. M il iisd hecome M stronsiv
nro-sinrery "A The Democrntic nnrty nj,
ous need rerrnt its dcmiSe. Tie dt.sotatton OF
IN Wit nartr nn1 t1,e i,rr. rnto .a.t fnr
lain p" HnSa n 1s5o Nv ,hc onnonent. nf the
sinra.now"r oinrn,sI fho Ro,th mi inc,tc,, In
North to renewed aet;yttv. IN Wi.cons,n tie
onponents Of the extensloi, Of slavery into free
trrritnrv Tero rrair to at,inst Mi mtnor t1iffor
enees of ontnton Ind 1;niss for Dr. a Common pus-
nnsa. In 18.W they ind nnitcfl with iii the m.
;1omepts of lie Democratic party, md elected
Enrweil TFn.IonistI {;oycrnor 6vcr I1nhnm
1jcmocrat> Iy 4 small n1aforitr. The next ycar
| f1H,D an1 nthn dnr va nro here to GELD.
l,rntr.,, ticv mat and 3rrnnfzcd the nenl,biican
narty' Ths mart ycnr # elected Coles Ba,i.-
iS5!, ., qshsosh, Governor over William A.
The r1,iical ard crci.ed condftfoo of nub,tc
ofYnlr. hrieily aIo 10 aboyn wifi oiya tic st1.
dcnt Of nojjt;cai history q clew VIZ to tho causcs
tint eu'"loated IN the organization Of
of tho milton. IN many # the States, rs In
Wisconsin, the Democratic party vas guilty OF
mitted acts aganst the good name and dcroga-
tory to thu best interests Of thc people, making
new party public necessity for the prcRerva'
t!on q our liberties; During tcrritostal ttmes
u tra,rt ~ e" o,,d ~ tap'I ~ n
~ tbs stotc intm fSc III nnn IN 1s4S thc r.i
uorsr.,,1 @ oioctnH br in n"nnic ~. No1.nn
11c1vev. n nr,norrat. H,woy was n Grant
| f,onntv farmer uf fnir ability and good fntcn.
tions, but wholly destitute of the qualities Of
leader Of, prennjzer. Ills associates in ottIce
w an,, ro H. u tntn nnico hv s4.
.nun1nttrsnta rn mn,sr the nomnerstic ran1.nn
Dewey wa. Te.alsctstl and served ieuf years.
At tue end Of bis second term tho Fuston'sta
elected Fsrwell. as sta1sd, but tlae >, DEMOCRATS
For Secretary Of State they elected William 4.
Barstow. who was subsequently, two years
elesou 0GvcTGp ~ m1oss as ol oge,
t1",,t ot1oi, anras',s s, frfnn,ans H. nns.1r 5nss, 5
asnnrt,ncnt sp5 IL lc1nnd tn nnie th,. nnnG'
sltion Of = new @ psrsy success. Barstog atIu
np it.n ~ 1V,.cnu.in ca I'M - Eortv fh;ov". !,
nn'i :. nars,nw n,'.f In Ra,onrr and tna,,,
mcmorv nm IL stil, stoncb IN ti.e rostria of ai