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Policy Of The Slave Power

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Day
1
Month
May
Year
1847
Copyright
Public Domain
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Liberty Papers have ofien shown how readilytho Southera Statrs are accu.-.tom( d to ihrow the we'ght of iheir inlluenee iirst witb one parly, and thsn willi the oilicr, and finaily give tlieir support lo ihat party ihat will rove itsdf most objectly proslavery. Ilaving secured Polk 's eleeüon bv fooluig ttie Northern Deitiücrais out of i I.e norninution of Van Huren, they are now eoquetting witli tlio Whigs, withthe lx pa of elccting another tlavoholdcr, whnt the Washingicn corre pondent of the Charleston Mercury, Mr. (Jalhouii's orgin, say.s: - "'It follpws thnt, f theSoutli nre uniIcd ngainst nn Abolilion Democratie candidate, lie cannot be elected. We wil! now sec whrt w 1 1 1 d be the result, f tlie Wliigs wi'i-e t' present a Pfesídential enndidate, who would comm-ind the confijenco and reueive t'ic voto of the South, in oppoulion to a Democratk: AUolition candidate, that hcing t!ie i.-.siic, and the South lieing unite.l in oppowtion to Abolition. "He woviL' receive the entire slaveholding vote - say 123, and would reqilire but 23 votes from nll tlie non-slaveh' 1 Jing States to dect liiirt. Jf the South we ra now so rallic!, and public opinión so devel'ped, as to conviuce the political Icadeis of the Whig parl' that the entire Suuthnrn vole would be cjiven lo a Whig candidato, who would give satisfuctory guarantee to tlie Fouth on the q e;lion of Ab 1 tion, can any believe for (i moment ïhal the Whigs would liesitate to nominatu such a enndidate? Do we not know that, apart fiotn this question, ■ ihe Wliig-ï are now inclined to Dominate Ucnernl Taylor,because they believe that be will Ix-an availuhle candidate? Wh, then, can hesilale to believe thal, il' the Soulh are la'lied, s' ns to convince bolh partiefl that no cindidate who is taintod with tlie breath of suspicion ontbissubect r.an receive a single ÍSoulhern vo!e ihnt both porties wil comjete fur van; 'tftlie South, bij presenting ccmdidules acceptatie lo the South."

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Signal of Liberty
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