Members Of Congress
No represen' ali ve n Cungress cnn depend on any effect unà snpport from eiilier nf iho j great partie?, when lie piesumes to meddle with slavery. IFany touch thissubjecf, tliey mu st do t at Ihe risk of ilieir diameters, f not ol'their Uves. The bull-dogs of thc soutÃi j wiil at once set upon them, and tliey cannot I fall back on their own politica! party for I port, Lut mtist expect to find their most bitter I enemiesamong tlieir own pnrty. Wliile this is ilie caso, how can vc expect that norlliem nicrnbors will vindÃcate northern nghts, mnintain tbf.ir own indeperulercce, or resist soulhi or aggression? They may be tiie friends ot' human rÃglits, and !q.le ala very iri all ita foioá; but when Ãbey arrive at Wasbington, they are in thc midst. of n sla ve population, find the admitiistration disposed to foster slavery, and i meet in the halls of Congress the whole south, all combined to maintain and exlend their elave institutimif, - and find that neithcr of the great political parties dure opposo the slave power, but are both more tools to do its bid - j dings. What can the poor representativo do? He louks round, seos a ho.-t ready for battlc, turns palo, takes coun.sel from his fear?, prudently retires to his seat, and conclndes to put a doublé bridle upon hia longue. Now and then, a Giddings may dare to speak, ai:d throw himselfon his constituents fur support; but ten to or.e, he will be driven again into his party ranks,anci meanly consent to draw in the traces, and carry out with liis party thc
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Signal of Liberty
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