The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-11-15
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tion of congress. This action was
consistent with his ultra slave prop
agandism, for whenever the banks
expanded the currency, and specula-
ton was rife. the influx Of slaves In
to the new Southern states was Dy
the thousand. In Mississippi alone,
from 1880 to 1887, the slave popula-
| tion increased ninety-seven thous-
and. In the one year of 1885, q
time Of enormous imitation and spec
ulation, it was estimated that over
forty million dollars was invested in
slaves to be worked in the new cot
| ton states.
Mr.. Calhoun, in furtherance of his
schemes, had urged South Carolina
to the verge of treason by nullifica-
ton of the revenue laws. The presi-
dent promptly suppressed him, and
the rebellious state remained in the
Union.
Crushing notification with an iron
heel did not in the least retard the
growth of slavery. 1t dominated
party politics with extreme AFRO
gance. The public conscience was
scared, and liberty put to shame.
Domestic purity was discounted, and
duelling made honorable.
The high-handed methods pursued
by the advocates of the institution
did not, however, go unchallenged.
William Lloyd Garrison and Others
took up the gauntlet for liberty and
human rights. But to obtain the
public ear and rouse the public con-
science, was to move mountain.
While the moral sentiment OF the
North was dormant, the interest of
the Shareholder was intenSifying.
The human chattels were increasing.
Slave pens were inhumanly crowded,
the auction block was in constant
use, and the interstate traffic in hui
man flesh was said to involve fifty
thousand slaves year.
| Then southern members of con-
gress became more aggressive than
before. The bludgeon became an
active factor in legislation. The
party leaders piled the party lash.
Social ostracism glared upon the in
dividual recalcitrant. Meantime
the so-called Omnibus bill, the Fugi-
tive Slave bill, the Nebraska bill,
and other iniquitous measures were
formulated in law.
The bloody trail of this System OF
nominations was now rousing
strong resistance to it's progress.
The murder of Lovejoy, the assault
upon Sumner, the deadly raids upon
Kansas,-all called loudly for reac-
tional measures. In response to
this call Giddings and his coadjutors
were reinforced in the house, while
Hale and Sumner found increased
support in the senate. A political
revolution was in progress, and the
evolved force of new ideas burst
asunder the old WING party, and from
it's debris came the nucleus of the
present republican party.
In 1856 the republicans of Maine
elected their candidate for govern
or. Later, in the presidential cam
paign, the democrats held great
meeting in Portland. at which How
ell Cobb of Georgia and Pierre Soule
of Louisiana were present as orators.
At an entertainment given in honor
OF the distinguished visitors the
/ n MI nxuyiv,
| Poor old Maine
! Has submitted again
| To the fanatics chain
| And the liquor laws reign
| With it's murderOus stains.
She missed stays last Monday at the top
Went stern unto Wells beach, knocked
| ana hi1 strained every timber;
| Old Buck and Breck
| Will examine the wreck
And fit her and float her and sail her
Discharging two thirds of the lubberly
Replacing the milk-sops with trust
Who will never abandon the stripes and
| the stars.
The superb effrontery with which
those men posed as the special
champions of the flag of their coun-
try is we'll disclosed in the above
lines. All who opposed them were
fanatics" or "disunionists." Yet
at that time military companies
were drilling all over the south in
order to destroy the republic if
they failed to control it.
AS history repeats itself, we may
find the same dangerously masked
elements to-day-bold conspirators
charging conspiracy on others. But
slavery fell. With political blind
ness it resolved to rule or ruin. Il
could do neither, and went down for
ever as result of it's criminal follv.
carrying with it the dead bodies Of
a million brave men.
We erased all law that welded
property to human flesh, but have
we, since that time tanoht NO.