The Antislavery Of The Whigs
The Detroit Advertiser tries lo persuade ts readers that the Whigs are nn anti-slavery pnrty of some kind, and had tkeir tlaveholder bc-en elected, the whigs would have done much for Ihe anti-Ãlavery cause. This is all delusion. The profound eerviiïty of the Whigs to the Sliive Power wns tnnnifested by their recent action in tho Senate, where they hove o controlling mnjority. Look al the following table from the Cincinnati IlerMi ACTS OF THE WHIG PARTY. Mr. Spknckr, from a frec SNite. noniinatpd lo l he Supreme bench; rejecteÃl by a whig Sennte. Mr. Uknshaw, froni a Cree State, rejected by n Sennte. Clianccllor Walwortii, from a free b'tate, suspended by n wliiy Señale. Juilce Ki.ng, froin a tree State, rejected by i wliig .Senate. Isaac HilL, from a frec Stale, rf-jrcted by i whig Seiifttr. A.'r. Gilmore, slaveholder, and annexationst, accrpted by a whi? Senate. Mr. Upsher, slaveholdpr and anncxation?l, iccepted by a whip Sennte. Mr. .MasoÃV, sluveholder and annexalionisfj iccepted by n wliig Spnnte. Mr. C.ALHOüN,slaveholder and annexationist, iccepied by a whig Senate. Mr. Bibb. slnveholder and annexationist. ac:epted by a whig Senate. Mr. Wilu.ns, servile and annexotionist, ac ;epted hy a whig Senile. Mr. Proffit, from a free State, a Tyler man, rejeoted by a whijr Señale.' Mr. Wisk, slavehoider and Tyler man, accepfed by a whiff tenate. The present Executive consises of the folio wing persons:President , JohnTylkr. slavpholdV r and nnnexationist; Sccy. of.State, J. C. Calhoun, do. do.; Secy. of Tteasxiry.G. M.Bibb, do. do.: Sect. of Vavif. J. Y. Masón, rio. do.; P. M. 'GepraLC. A. WicKMFFE,do. do.; Sec'y. of War, W. VVilkÃnsà servile, from Tree Stnte, and annexafionist. John Tyler was elecled by a Whirr party, Wicklifie was confirnied by a wliio Senate, hefore the agait'-on of the T-xns que?tion.- All the rest have been confirmed by a whig Senat? since. Beliold your true Liberty, anti-Texae party! What has the Advertiser to say to these FACTS?
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