Selections: The Slave Power

As evidence that the General Government of oiir country is little more than anotlier name for the sluve power, look at official f acts respecting its offices since the ndoption of the Constitution. Thefree siates have about hco thirds of the free population. Prestdents - number of years. Free States, 16. Slaves States, 41 . Every President from the elaxe stales has served twoterms, of eight years: while no northern President ever held the office but one term. Power to fill this office is always regarded a test of political strength. Secretary of State. Free States, 15. SI ave States, 37. Attorney General. 12. ' " 41. Secretary of JVavy. ♦ 15. " SS. Secretary of War. 80. " 23. Secretary of Treasury. o 40' IS. Northern people ur.derstand dollars and cent, henee they are allowed to keep the public chest under the supervisión of a slaveholding President. Speaker of House of Representatwes . Free States, 15. Slave State?, S8. This officer has theappointment of committees of the House ,and throngh thom a controlling influence over the action of Congress and the" covernment. But this officer the free Btates have not been allowed for a whole generation. Oixef Juslice of S. Court. Free States, 12. Slave States, 41. Jlssociate Jusficts. Free States have had 10 in number. Slave States '( 17 " AU appointments for many years to the Bench having been from the South. JVf{rty. - This right arm of the nation's strength is almost wholly in the hands o southem men. The President of the U. S., Secretary o the Navy, Chief Clerk, President of Nov Cominissionerp, Colonel of Marine Corp?, ar nll from Virjrnia. A very large proportioof the riavy officers are slaveliolders and son of slavehoíders, are 'bom to cornmand,' vvhiJ most of theseamen are hardy northerner who, it seems; are bom lo obey. Of 97 Commanders, Massachusetts has 10 Virginia 8, Maryland 14! Of SL8 Lieutenants, Mass. has 15, Va, 70 Md. 31, Dist. Columbia 16! Of 103 passed Midshipmen, Mass. has 5 Va. 11, Md. 7! Of 307 Midshipmen, Mass. has 20, Va. 47 Md. 21 Of 70 Surgeons, Mass . has S, Of 253 appointments made from March 4, 1041 to April 3. 1342, Va., Md., and Dist. Columbia had 101 ! Of 32 Midshidinen appointed the early part of this year, every one of them,are from siave states.Of al) our foreign Ministers and Charge o Aftairs, the 6lave states have liad 69, the free states 45! and of 14 or 15 of the last appointments about 12 have been frotn slave sta tes while the cornmerce of the country almost wholly belong s to the north. A f rge proportion of public officers which the free 6tate3 have leen allowed, especia lly of Jate years, consists of men' Bound to the core' the most obedient subjects of the slave power. No other cotild (hink of an election. And if the slave power controla to such an extent the offices of the country - ifit is thus allowed 10 nave the power, jt willpqually control legislation, as will be more fully eliown hereafter. It s but reaeonnble to suppose that the infliunce of that power which sits supreme in the land, would be seen moulding nnd directing n 11 ihe plans and action of governnient,ut home and ubroad; and that is the fact.