Pro-slavery Voting

lt ns Feo wint is eon'ained in the eye of Rpnsoii, in ihename of a pro tlayerv candiente tor C h gres.-. The si; very voïcr stands 1 kowistlm Inpi.vlator oftwo years. at tlio hallot brtx, and on thm vote of his in the name of ihe can h'daie wntren in ihs eye of cxperiencp these n:her vvords: 'I vo'e ihftt mv cinflidnte fr Cnnofress i' eleciedj iet wiih and tin.ier Ilie (loTiuiio:) of' hia party, and if ft be nrccssary to preserve thé power of our party tliat incas'in liis vies. tlint 'ie bovv down to thé slavehi)ldci"r-, tlicn I so vote; I vote tlie PecJnraíion pf Intlepcndonce is a rlmtorical floiinsli, Jli.it all neri nrc Hul b-m free. r,nl eqnil: I vote slavery be tóhtinnedm the District of Columliii, nnd the inerna! .vlnve trade he proseen i ed; I vote.thut a nnster haa .1 hnttf:r right to st'il liis sIuvp, inl lo llmt sluvr' wifc and riiiHien. tlian the sla ve Ins [ohnnadf or then-- voie rlnt the sl.ive I) rve no Bihle; I vite lint the wliip, cwlrol and fetter b nsed us tho mister sws ri:: I vote the act of 17tf3 remtHn nnrppaled. In fact I vote tlini slavery rem iin one óf the "institMtions of litis c 'iinirv.' Tiie vote has jjone in, the voter'a nou er is spf-nt, ml tltnt vote has sent a lorpprfo -hix-k throiifjli ihe frame of ïhe tno.-t remota -iHté. h dips h bunkt in.the ivafer.- of tho Mr-xcan Gnli', or lifts bw itoe on the bftnka of Lite l'erdid.[Jmv cm a man prny nnd pleiul 7-29 days Cor i lie hw( nnd o'i tlie 730Ui úny, whpfi lio 3 arim-d vviíli llie powrr of n vovercign, wlien lio h nboiit to ilo ;in nct whicli lias more power nriiTeflicRcy, tlian nll h? has sai I and done for tvd vf.'tr. p:ii: shill bJ jjrñstitnfe it a:id go nnd votú !r tliu msterí- volé íli iie lins ;aid nivl pravcií ror I íio slave lo lx; b:ilil hypocriavi Wliat WD'ild tlin nnsïpr snv to S'K-li n voter? "Ah! well done górtd mil f-i!li('i)l serva nt, yon keep 'onr prnyer., tenréánd plwisforíhosfovej ■it i) tli'! nyinir motupiit, yon tví the power tome. It is all I :isk."' It'tlie slave were tó 'iplíCBid an ihnüíimi'.st, wlio Inri olod for thé mister, or a pro-slnvery cm 'i inte: vvotild nnt iifeh a vuter have lo npolojnze nnr' pny. "OliJ Slavp, have Ï ñol talke-l, p!eid and given my money. to wr.ke up tlie public to yiir casej fnr 7Líl dny-, nnd do yon supínese I am nlso to vote Inr viii? no 1 1iat s too mnch: my TáOth ;;iy is mv uva, my vote I pive to iny pnrty, ind your iinster." "Rut," says tlm .la vp, "g'wé onr 7u9 diva pf pravor. mornl sqnsjotl and ilins to my mnster, nnd on'y voff for me hy nsíinfr vour bnilot fcr nn aboütioni-t, nnd I am i)ii;ent.?' Flavo we not tjiol tJio-e purties Ip'ijg fnoiijrli? On tde free Sfnfos resta the riitne of t-l.-ivery. Thpre are 1,700,000 lawmakers or voters in (hiö land, and moro than n milKon ofibcm Ijve in thO fre Stnt.