The Free Soil Banner Vol I. No. 10.

              EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY W. B. GREER & L. WALLACE.]
HE IS THE FREEMAN, WHOM TRUTH MAKES FREE; AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDF."
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VOL. I.
INDIiA.NArOLIS, FRIDAY,  OCTOBER  27,   1848
NO. 10.
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PUBLICATION OFFICE OF THE
BANNER IS ON
PENNSYLVANIA STREET,
Three doors north of 'Washington Street.
Fro77i tlie Utica Deirwcrat. The Van Bureii Cratliering Sosig.
Thej^'re I'ousing, they're rousing in valley and glen, The noble in soul, and the fearless of heart;
At freedom's stern call, to the combat again They rush with a zeal he alone can impart,
From wild Madawaska's dark forests of pine, To til's far fertile glades wdiere the calm Wabash
True sous of their fathers! the People combine, '    To keep ofT the chains of their tyrants and toes.
They're gath'ring, they're gath'ring, on hill-side and plain. They swarm every vale and o'ershadow each river, Each hamlet and dell is made vocal again With the spul-thrilling cry of "Our Country for¬ ever!" The Flag of the Free to the breeze is unfurled.
Around it they rally to guard its fair fame. And well may the proud sons of freedom he bold In the glory and strength of VAN BUREN'S great name.
Where the noble Ohio in wild beauty sweeps,
Where the swift Snsquehanna bears onward Us waves. And e'en where the Hudson in calm grandeur sleeps.
There are thousands of freemen wdio scorn to be slaves. Arouse then, true hearts! to the battle once more,
And Dough Faces (}uail at your gallant array! You will conquer again, as j^ou'vecon(q tiered before.
And Hope's morn will brighten to shadowless day.
Tremeisdous   Outpour ing  of the
Free Soilers in We^v York. The city of New \'"ork witnessed on Monday evening, Oct. 9th, the greatest demonstration which it has known for lyears. Nowhere in the present can¬ vass has there been such an immense gathering of true hearted men, devoted to the great cause of human freedom. The New York Tribune says: "Say as you will about Free Soil, its principles firo deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The meeting in the Park last night, in point of enthu¬ siasm, numbers and respectability, was one of the greatest displays of the sea¬ son. We have no correct numbcrom- eter to guide us in a correct estimate, but we should think the numbers pres¬ ent could not have been less than 16,- 000. On and around the stand they were crowded thickly to hear the speakers, and away back on the steps of the City Hall thousands clustered, where seeing was easier than hearing. The stanti was densely embannered with flags and paintings of various de¬ scriptions. Several portrtiits of Van BoREN were conspicuous among them. Bonfires flamed on etich side of the meeting, and -when the Fourteenth Ward Free Soil Delegation entered the Park with their banners and torch¬ es, the scene was exceedingly grand. A perfect roar of applause went up from the crowd, wdiile every man seemed to have a piece of fireworks in his hands, from which a perfect inverted shower of blazing balls went up from Roman candles. Trees, houses, and every¬ thing around seemed crimsoned into a magic glare by the varying colors of the fireworks.
John Van Buren, "Prince John," the pride of the People, the beau ideal of the Barnburners, the indefatigable ene¬ my of Old Hunkerism, was the princi¬ pal speaker, and he showered his com¬ pliments in every direction, particular¬ ly on the left hand. Now John is a ."broth of a boy," when he gets fairly started. His powers of sarcasm are inexhaustible, his energies untiring, his wit as keen as a blade just fresh from Damascus, his lungs like gutta percha, his voice pleasing, his manner captiva¬ ting, his self possession perfect, and his popularity with a crowd unbounded. There's John Van Buren for you."
The meeting was called to order by John Cochrane, Esq., and was organ¬ ized by the appointment of Henrt Ever- soN as President, with 108 Vice Presi¬ dents and 36 Secretaries.
Samuel J. Tilden then made a report of the doings of the Utica Convention, whichwas received with great enthusi¬ asm.
A series of resolutions were read by Mr. Cochrane, endorsing the Buffalo Platform, and advocating principles of reform.
John Van Buren was then announ¬ ced and came forward amid great ap¬ plause, holding the attention of the au¬ dience for nearly an hour, in a speech replete with argument and wit.
We take the following extract from the Tribune's report:
He denied that personal revenge wro't the nomination of his hither.— This crisis in the cause of Feedom only caused his re-appearnnce again on the political stage. He said his father was desirous that his name should not be used in connection with the Presiden¬ cy, from the Utica to the Buflalo Con¬ ventions, preferring the comfortable retirement he at present enjoys, with the best of health. No individual could be less solicitous for the result, and he asked for no man's vote. Pie said that much good had already resulted from this agitation at the North, and that Mr. Webster had acknowledged that the Free Democracy are on the right
track, probably thinking that they had made a inistake in the discovery of the North Star. (Cheers.) He demonstra¬ ted the preposterousness of the idea that this strike for Liberty would dis¬ solve the Union, remarking in the lan¬ guage of Col. Benton, that the women and children w^ould prevent such a re¬ sult! tie said that Calhoun himself admitted that the Free Soil party would prove victorious in 1852. He though i there was a general disposition with some to take an early train.
Texas was brought into the Union by the recent war, and contrary to the stipulation Polk had made to Messrs. Dix, Tappan, Blair, fee., the thirty- first State, we say, shall be free iii spite of any such intrigues. (Cheers.) Now is the time to settle this great question. Never had there been an agitation that had caused so great a commotion in so brief a period. He referred to the mis¬ erable Northern traitors in the House who had dwindled down to four in num¬ ber, who had all lost a renomination. (Three groans were given for Birdsalh) He said the constituents of Mr. B. would soon settle his case.
He then gave an account of the en¬ thusiasm for the movement through¬ out his travels, particularly in New England, where a great majority of the people were aroused for the cause.— He also pointed to the buoyant accounts continually being received from that section of the country which had ex¬ perienced the great blessings of the Jeffersonian Ordinance—the States of the North-west. He also read a cheer¬ ing letter from Mr. Giddings, pledging Ohio and the Reserve by about the same majority which Harrison receiv¬ ed. In New York, he said, four-fifths of the ^'Democratic" party were for V.in Buren, and a great portion of the Whig party, with many of the leading Whig orators and state.sman—Willis Hall, (loud cheers,) Joseph L. White, &c. &c. [A voice in the crowd sug¬ gested "Where's Greeley ?"al.so.
To this allusions, Mr. Van Buren, ever ready with a reply on any emer¬ gency, remarked : I am sorry to say that that distinguished gentleman, who had declared his unalterable opposition to mere military chieftains, intends to vote for Gen. Taylor, whose only claims for office were founded solely on these grounds, coupled with being also an extensive slaveholder. This man claimed to be an advocate of Land Limitation, and made some pre¬ tensions to be an Anti-Renter, but still he refused to vote for the Land Limita¬ tion, and Anti-Rent candidates. He announced his intention of going with us if he thought w^e should succeed without him.    (Laughter)
In conclusion, the following letter was read from Willis PIall, which was given as the choice morceau of this immense gathering.
Gentlemen : I have received your invitation to address the Ratification Meeting of the Friends of Free Soil, to be held in the Park on Monday alter- noon. You are not mistaken in sup¬ posing that I take i-r deep interest in the subject, and w^ould gladly lend my feeble aid, in any way in my power, to its advancement.
But my voice is too feeble to enable me to be heard in the open air, and my official engagements on Monday after¬ noon and evening render it impossible to be present with you on this great rally of the Free Democracy. But I cannot forbear a word as to the gross¬ ly false charge against us that we are a sectional party.
Not a memlaer of that party but hurls back with indignation the charge of seeking to advance one section of the Union at the expense of another, or any other charge which impugns his patriotic devotion to our common country, and every part of it. The territories were acquired by the blood and treasure of the whole nation, South as well as North; and, therefore, it is said the South should be admitted to an equal participation in all the ben¬ efits to be derived from them.— This is unquestionably true. We should enter upon them like a band of brother's, on terms of perfect equality. But if they introduce their slave.s, they exclude us, not we them. Slaves and Free Labor never have and never can exist together. If persons unite to purchase a block of ground, on which to build dwellings for their families, and one insists on erecting a nuisance, which renders it uninhabitable for the rest, he is prohibited by the laws of every nation. By so doing, he in fact monopolizes the cominon property to himself.
We have as much right to the pre¬ cious veins of New Mexico, and the golden, sands of California^ as our brethren of the South; and to them, in all kindness, we say, we will neither do wrong nor sufl'er wrong; we will be as firm in resisting encroachments upon the just rights securedto them by the Constitution, as w^e are sternly re¬ solved in asserting our own.
That the fact that the soil of New
Mexico was purchased by the common blood and treasure, gives any one the right to hold slaves upon it, is absurdly false. New York was redeemed from the domination of England by the com¬ mon blood and treasure; but does that give any one a right to hold slaves here ?—to drive three-fourths of our most valuable population from their fields and their work shops, and darken our land with the curse of Slavery 1— Every State has a right to say what shall be properly within its own juris¬ diction. The United States have the same power to resist the introduction of Slavery in the one case as in the Other.
.[ The Missouri Compromise is totally inapplicable. That restricted Slavery in what had been the Territory of Lou¬ isiana, where Slavery had been estab¬ lished.
: We seek to prevent the extension of Slavery to territory where ithasne\'-er existed.
The friends of Free Soil seek no sectionaf advantages^—violate no law —infringe: no obligation which rests upon them as American cilizen.s ready to "do or die" in defence of their com¬ mon country,
. Please accept my thanks for the flat¬ tering terms of your invitation, and be assured of my hearty co-operation in the great cause in which you are en¬ gaged.
With highest respect, vour obedient servant. WILLIS HALL.
New York, Oct. 7, 1848. To John Cochrant, and others, Corn- mittee.
A Mirror for tlie Taylormen.
The most amu.sing thing going ju.st now, is the stolid simplicity with which the Taylor men try to pour con¬ tempt on the true Whigs who refused to abandon the party and join the great " National Taylor Club." Periiictly delightful is the assurance, the infinite selfcomplacency with which they walk up to you and exclaim, "Oh, going to vote for Van Buren, hey! JJorft yoL* cut a ridiculous figure?"
How are w'e to account for so cx;- traordinary a phenomenon? Simply, we suppose, on the grouncl that when aanan is mad he imagines all the rest of the world to be crazy. It was our in¬ tention when we began this article, to advise them to look into a glass. But v^e forbear; because seeing their own features so distorted, it is possible that like the old woman in the nursery tale, t|eymight exclaim "surely this cannot be I," and straightway proceed to in¬ sist that by some magic in the mirror, another face had been presented in¬ stead of their own. However, at the risk of losing our labor in attempting impossibilities, we should like to make trial of convincing them, that when they: taunt the whigs with supporting an old democrat, ilis quite possible that they theinselves nre "cutting the ridiculous figure." We do not now speak of the original Taylor men, who bolted long before the nomination, and were determined that Taylor should be the candidate at all events; but of those Whigs who resisted his nomination to the last. The bare possibility of his nomination, made them irate. They were not going to stand such nonsense, not they. So hostile were they to it, that in this city they would not allow a Taylor man to go to Augusta. They were pretty much of the opionion of the Jonesboro Tennessee VVhig, that Taylor was a perfectly ridiculous can¬ didate.
Yet in one week after the nomina¬ tion they made hut one wry face and swallowed him, " war, blood, thunder," and all. A pretty set of people, truly, to "¦ run" conscience whigs for support¬ ing Martin Van Buren.
Now look at the matter a little furth¬ er. Did you not say that one of the cardinal principles of the Whig party was resistance to executive usurpation? Did you not say so when Jackson was nominated? Did you not then assert that of all men, a military leader was the most likely to be dogmatical, im¬ perious, arbitrary? The most likely to make his own will an arbiter in the aflti.irs of the nation? What are you doing now? Supporting not merely a military chieftain, but a chieftain whom you laud for that very iron firmness, which in Jackson you looked upon with so much alarm. Are you precisely the men, to scorn those whigs who, still true to their old principles, have deter¬ mined to cast their votes/"or a civilian whose administration itas eminently j^a- cific.
Again. Did you not, with that grand old leader Henry Clay, whom with remorseless arms the men who rep¬ resented you at Philadelphia hurled into the depths of the sea, deprecate on many other accounts the accession of a war chief to the executive power? Did you not denounce Gen. Jackson as a military man, notwithstanding he had been a Judge of the Superior Court,of his own State, and successive¬ ly a Representative  and Senator  in
Conn-ress? What are you doincr? Supporting "a mere military man," who has not had the slightest experi¬ ence in civil office, but whose wdiole life has been spent in border forays.— Are you the men to launch anathetnns at those Whigs, who true to their old principles, have determined once more to throw their votes for ct sagacious statesman., all whose days have been spent in ihe civil service of the Republic?
Further. Did you not say that the war with Mexico was wicked, inhu¬ man, outrageous? What are you do-, ing now? Supporting for the' chiel office in the nation, the chief instru¬ ment in that war. Are you the men to accuse us for adhering to o'ur prin¬ ciples in voting for a man who., had he been in power.^ would haveprevenled that war\
Still further, Did you not say, that resistance to the slave-power was one of the cardinal principles of the Whigs? That the Whig party was the great Anti-Slavery party of tho Union? What are you doing now ? Supporting as your standard bearer an old slave- "liolder from the extreme South, who was buying slaves at the very moment of his nomination, who has distinctly assured his friends that "the South ought never to snnction the provisions of the Wilmot Proviso," and who, the Southern Whigs aver, is with the South and for the South, and will be the faith¬ ful guardian of its interests. Are you the men to censure us for taking as our leader a man who honestly and open¬ ly avows himself the iidvoctito of that great principle which you, by enlisting under the black flag, have so unequivo¬ cally abandoned?
Nay more. Under Vart Buren shall we not gain, at least, tho River and Iiarb(;)r bill? And are we not left free by the Buflalo Platform to contend, if we choose,'for a Protective Tariff? But in what Whig doctrine has Taylor avowed his belief? Has he told you, that he believed in the Internal Improve¬ ment system, or in the necessity of a Protective Tariff? Not a word of it. And are you the men to accuse us for throwing our votes for a man who has avowed his adhesion to several Whig doctrines for which we have always strenuously contended, while the inan whom you sup)port has avowed no j^rin- ciples atctll?
Let us telL you in conclusion, that before you can convince the commu¬ nity that it is we and not you who are cutting "the ridiculous figure," you will have to appear in some other dress than the spotted skin of the clown ni the .circus.'—Portland Inqnirer.
Cost of Mail Transportation.
The following exhibits the annual cost of mail transportation, and the an¬ nual receipts of postages, for the year preceding July 1, 1847, as w^e learn from an official source, viz :
States.
Maine,
N. Hampshire,
Vermont,
Massachusetts,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
New York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Delaware,
Maryland,
Virgin in,
North Carolina,
South Carolina,
Georgia,
Florida,
Ohio,
Michigan,
Indiana,
Illinois,
Wisconsin,
Iowa,
Missouri,
Kentucky,
Tennessee,
Alabama,
Mississippi,
Arkansits,
Louisiana,
Texas,
Cost.
|41,964
25,660
26,663
107,392
9,187
45'797
229,307
68,930
115,412
7,862
133,751
192,615
172,520
118,157
153,001
45,193
170,295
38,211
52,430
102,485
15,045
9,722
49,720
89,581
55,298
136,499
58,451
39,906
41,795
24,102
Dist. of Columbia,
Prom the abo
ve it will be
Revenue.
|59,440
40,680
34,338
218,201
26,833
,64,157
494,757
39,285
252,176
8,789
81,656
92,292
31,379
50,385
55,859
10,883
158,869
38,491
43,384
52,359
26,703
9,495
41,506
6.3,632
37,987
49,602
33,773
9.669
68,523
8,246
179,391
seen that
all the New England States largely overpay. New York yields more than double the expenses of mail transpor¬ tation. But just look at the slave States I Only one of them, Louisiana, overpays (nearly |;27,000;) Virginia comes short f 100,000; North Carolina $141,000 ; South Carolina 168,000; Georgia |;97,- 000; Alabama |'87,000. New Jersey, Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa are the only free vSttntes in the list that do not pay. —N. Y. Herald.
For itic Inquirer. Is tlie Beiiioeratic .Party Honest^ .BiDDEFORn, Oct. 3, 1848.
The body of the people composing this party, are, and ever.have been, honest. The interest of the country is the interest of the people, therefore the people seek the good of the coun¬ try. But the great difltculty is, that the body of the people composing the two old parties look only to their party leaders for directions how to vote. All the information they have to guide them is, what they get out of the'' party pa¬ pers, because they read nothing'else. The question then comes up, are the party leaders honest? Let al! who wish to be right, and to act understand- ingly, just take the trouble lo examine for themselves.
Firsts then, it is a seUled question that the people composing all parties, at the North, are opposed to the extension of slavery into territory now free.
This position is proved by the fact, that the hireling politicians' dare not, any of them, openly defend the exten¬ sion of slavery, but each claims for his candidate that he is in favor of free ter- ritory,and of the Wilmot Provi.so.
Seqondhp h is also a fitct that tho candidtite in nomination by the Dem¬ ocratic party has committed himself as opposed to the Wilmot Proviso, and in favor of extending slavery into terri¬ tory now free, and mostly uninhabited.
Thirdly, The lias tern Argus, Saco Democra t, and all the olher Democratic presses in this State seek to conceal the real position of their candidate, and lead the people into the support of a measure they abhor.
Thi.s I know uill hti (honied ; and 1 ask no one to take my word for it, nor the word of any man*; but look at the tollowing among many things, and then decide for themselves, w'hoever the readers of this may ho.
Gen. Cas.s .snys in his Nicholson let¬ ter, his last declaration of sentiment, that tlie '^evil of .s-lavery will be mili- gated hy transportiug .slaves to a new country., and giviiig them a htrger space to occupy."
In the same letter he says that the Wilmot Proviso, if passed, ^hcoukl weali- en the union of the Stales, and sow the seed of future discord."
Again he says, «/rfo not see in Ihe constitution any grant of the requisite power to Congress" to pass the Wilmot Proviso.
Again he says, "I am opposed io the exercise of any jurisdiction by Con- grces over ihis 7na.tler," and " thai the principle it involves should be kept out of the National Legislature."
Now the Democratic presses all re- fijse to publish this declaration of sen¬ timent of their own candidate. Not only so, they all say that they are right, and their candidate is right on the Wil¬ mot Proviso. They represent him as so far opposed to .slavery, that he might consistently be supported by the old Liberty party. But were Gen. Cass's true position, and the present position of the Democratic party as well known to the people, as these professions of theirs, I should have no fears but that Van Buren would carry the Slate by ten thousand majority.
.Let every mtin consider these things, and decide for himself, whether the leaders of the Democratic party are honest, or whether they seek the elec¬ tion of Cass for the sake of the spoils of office.
0:5" It is not my purpose to accept of a lohig nomination on a whig plat¬ form or upon any p)latjhrm but that which is based upon my own repeated declarations. Z. Taylor.
{)::!rWill General Taylor vote the Taylor and Fillmore Ticket, or the Taylor and Butler ticket? That is the question.
The whole   number of Vetoes.— The veto power, says the Virginia Re corder, has been exercised tweniyfive times since the formation of the govern¬ ment.
By George Washington, - - 2 James Madison, - - - - 6 James Monroe, - - - - j Andrew   Jackson,   -   -   -    9
John   Tyler, 4
James K. Polk,   .   .   .   -    3
Total,   ------    25
The whole number of acts passed and approved since the origin of the government, is about 7,000, which will make 280 acts to one veto.
Fond of Kissing.—Human nature w^as strongly exhibited a few days since, says the PhiladelplAa Times, by a young girl in the city prison, who climbed up a rope sixteen feet to a gra¬ ted window, for the sake of kissing an utter stranger.
The nomination of Gen. Ttiylor was made in the Chinese museum, and the late Whig party have been engaged ever since in an excruciating attempt to screw up their feet (Chinese fashion) sufllciendy small to stand on the .Phila¬ delphia platform.
What the South think-s of the Free Soil Moveb;ent.—The Mobile Daily Herald and Tribune, a well-con¬ ducted paper, whose editor cannot hut have a deep conviction of the evil of slavery, very well remarks:
" We do not see how a party could possess more eloments of popular pow¬ er in the free States than this. It doubtless has the deepest sYmf)athies of the peo|)le on its side. This i^ .'ui apparent that it paralyzes the min-p ambitious placemen of the other parties, Tliey see very plainly that, if not now, it will ultimately absorb all other que.s- lions in the free States, and that those whe resist is must do so at the sacrifice of their political psospects,
"• Mr. Calhoun declared recently that the party in the face Sines that shall be defeated at the Presidential elecltion will go over in a body to the Barn¬ burners. We have no doubt of this; and, moreover, that the victorious par¬ ty will do the same thing as .soon as the time approaches for the succeed¬ ing election.
" As much as we may condemn the Free Soil movement, or the objects of those who gave it birth, it is, as far ns the people of the North are concerned, a moral movement. It stantls above the common motive of political parti¬ sans. It has a hold in the conscientious convictions of the people. The force thus given to it is augmented by a con¬ sideration of interest. Slavery, says the Barnburners, is adverse to the in¬ terests of labor. It degrades il. The white man cannot be a freeman where it exists. With this combined power, added to the hope of the leaders that it must be triumphant, it is impossible to calculate what may be its immediate eflects, or how far it is about to con¬ trol the result of the approatdting olec- tion.
Two Fictitres.
FREE   SOIL ;   MASSACHUSETTS.
Territory, square miles,        -      7,500
Population in 1845,        -        -800,000
Products in 1845,        -    1124,736,264
Production to each per¬ son,       -       -       -
Members of Congress,
The Scholars in Common Schools,       -       -
In Academies,
In   CollGgGH,
Persons over 20 who can¬ not read and write,       -        - 4.448 Slaves,       -       -       -       -    NONE
SLAVE   .SOIL ;   SOUTH   CAROLINA.
- 154 - 10
160,265 16,746
- 769
Territory, square miles. Population in 1845, Products in 1845, Products to each person, Members of Congress, The scholars in common
schools. In Academies, In Colleges, White persons over 20
who cannot  read  or
write,        -    ^ - Slaves,        -        -        -
Now, fieemen of "Iowa," which class of institutions — those accompanying freedom, or those accompanying shiv.'- ry — do you prefer for yourselves ? — Which will you vote to extend into our new territory? Remember, a vote for Cass is a vote to permit extension—a vole for Taylor is not sure against it, and we think it is for it-^—vote for Van Buren and you will know that you have done what you could against extending this evil.—T//e Trihmie.
-     25,000
600,000
53,086,765
12,520
4',32G
-   168
20,61 5 330,000
A New Dish.'—^A gentleman, Vv-hose knowdedge of the French v^'as limited to a few words, and who w^as ignorant of the meaning even of those, called in at one of our French restaurants a few- days since for his dinner.
"Vat vill you have, sare?" said the attentive French waiter.
"I'll take some of that—that—what do you call it? same as I had yesterday —some French dish or other."
"I do not recollect, sare, vat you did have day before dis."
"Oh ! some fried dish—let's see, a fried ftlk de chambre—I believe that's what you call it."
The poor waiter shrugged his shoul¬ ders, and put on a look of perfect as¬ tonishment, when his customer ctdled for a fried chambermaii!
Oi^" One of the Free Soil Electors in Virginia, J. W. Steffi-, Esq., is har- ranguing smartly in favor of Van Bu¬ ren and Adams, and denouncing his former allies and their Baltimore nomi¬ nee for the Presidency.
Another Free Soil Paper.—The Lawrence Messenger, heretofore an ably conducted neutral paper, ha.s come out for Van Buren and Adams. There are now five Free Soil papers in Essex county, Mass.
(K?^ A Democratic meeting has been held in Orange Co. N. 0. where Van Buren ttnd Adams were endorsed, and fifty delegates appointed to nominate electors.
0:5^Two of Mr. Calhoun's slave-? are said to have been committed to jail, in South Carolina, for an attempt to poi¬ son Mrs. Calhoun, by putting oxalic acid in her tea.