Slavery is deaf to the voice of remon
strance. In vain we point to the history
lof the country—in vain we invoke the
names of Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
and their compatriots, in defense of the
early and settled maxims of the Govern
ment —in vain we appeal to the eternal
principles of justice and right—al], all are
unheeded, unavailing. In the absorbing
selfishness of a great interest, Slavery push
es onward in its barbarous aud destructive
policy, subverting every principle that gave
life, vigor and success to our Revolutiona
ry struggle, and defeating all the great
ends for which the Government was estab
lished. It has broken down the highest
precedents of constitutional law, in open
ing to its ingress the Territories of the na
tion. To-day, Slaven- is prostituting the
holiest functions of Government—endan
gering the public peace and provoking on
the country the horrors of war for its ex
tension and aggrandizement. Now, at
this present writing, it is insidiously under
mining one of the most valuable and sa-
•This letter was confided by the receiver to
the hands of a professed advocate of Free-Soil
who supports and votes for Douglasites—hence
the delay in its appearance.
