Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-11-10
From the Wisconsin. Milwaukee.
Con. Cass and the South and Douglas


Gen. Cas-, is evidently deeply moved or
rather indignant under tho assault Of the Rich
nond Enduirer upon him Cor speaking Of
slavery as 4 social and political evil. The
De,roi, Free Pres Of the 10th uli., came to
hand not oaly under hs frank but with his
writing the address an unusual thing, for
such labor he generally leaves TO his clerk).
lie has rolled up his sleeves in Indignation at
the b,seness Of the Southern politicians 10
spuruinr him afier he has done more Tor the
South than any living Statesman. The az
,icle in the Free Press is long, able, and olab-
onio. and evidently from the pen Of Gen. Cas-
himself II is a conclusive refulaiion and
carries the war home upon the lanaIical school
Of Slavery. He thus alludes to the degen-
sracy N iha, modern school which now rules
the South:
"Because Gen. Cass said that slavery i'a
prea, social and political evil, the Richmond
Enquirer declares that she has severed the
las, cord which bound him to the democracy
of the South heneeionh he must rank with
Benton and Van Buren, as ono who has insult.
ed our feelings and betrayed our confidence
Paw. in wha, rank does the Richmond En-
ouirer place Washington and Jefferson and
Madison aud Monroe and Jackson and Clay :
With Benton and Van Bnrsn They, all the
fathers NJ the Republic. hare SAID that 'i.drery
IS graf ,ocidi and political erA Did they
sever the cord that bound them TO the 1emoc-
rlcy NJ IN. South when they declare that sla-
very is a rrcat social and political evil Did
they insult vour feeling, and beIraY your con
fdsneo Were they-every one of that H.
lustrious lins-guiliy ola "Weak attempt to
serve Two masters, TO reconcile devotion to the
constitution with submission To aboliionism''
The article in the Free Press considers
Senator Douglas views lndeniical with those
Of Gen. Cas-. This is ccriainly no,so Sem
aior Douglas Is slaycholderand has direct
personal inicres, in raisirg the price ofncrroe'
and piccanninies. as much as a farmer has IN
getting higher price Tor his wheat and earn.
Every farmer will take al reasonable meas
urcs to AID to the yalue Of las hogsor wheat,
and So Senator Douglas feels deep interest
IN Increasing the value Of negro property.
4 Soulhener writes an article in 81. Louis
paper shaving how much Senator Douglas
would add To the value Of his negro stock by
opening all the territory north Of 20 deg. 20,
to the introduction II slavery. The EXPLAIN
ton Is perfectly conclusive in defining the dli'
iersnc. between the feelings and fympa'hles
II Senator. Cass and Douglas
For instance. take Stephen 4. Douglas
himself Ito married southern plantation,
"well stocked with negroes" Report has
IL. tina, he owns hro hundred k01d', or two
hundred persons, perhnp, counting men, W.
men and children. We'll, by opening Kansas
10 slave labor. a demand is created for slaves
To Gll ,he vacuum ofsnch property IN Kansas.
but by increasing the demand for an article
tho price is raised. So tia, woman on MI
Douglas plantation that he could not have
,old lor perhaps over $500, before this bill
was passed he may be able to sc, 500 "r'
from some planter who wishes TO emIgra'' to
Kansas. especially Il she be a good breeder.
For It is better 20 raise slaves from hearty
woman In Kansas than toinPori them. Those
raised there, will DO acelimatsd and live to.
relher.
10 ", sane way and for the same reason
Mr.. Dough-, can sell the chitlrcnon his plan
,al.on. At better prices since this bin vas pass
cd than formerly TIE Younger the slave
children ,ha, are taken to Kansas, the more
likely to become hardened to the climate, and
coutentsd having no troublesome associations
Of varme, southern home to haun, ,hsm nnd
make them otherwise.
!, mas be too high an estimate 10 suppose
tina, the increase Of price Tor his women ani
children. will or,rag, Mr. Douglas as much
as | have inlimaled, but Il halfhi' slaves are
women and children, and their value is 'iTse-
tel to the amount Of 500 each, the Senator
Of Illinois, is made $40, 600 richer by his Ne
bra,La bill. And other Southern men in pro.
20. lion.
Thor, /. also another and more important
Senator Cas was decidedly OPP
po,,d 10 the inir.Iuc,ion Of the bill repeating
the Missouri Compro,7i,c. He not Onl' dep.
,ec7,cd il, introduction ia conversation but
he even wen, 10 President Fierce and urged
him not adop, it a, an ajminis,n, lion measure
AS it would reopen the most dam erous AE''
ta,Ion ever known. IL truth, it was vel m
ders,ood at Washington tia, throughout ne
voted with tho repealers most reluctantly b.
Senator Douglas was aware Of this, and so
ere the leaders 9th southern school, and
the, laughed to see Gen Cas- iloundcr IN the
net. Douglas from the fret never had any
scruples. The rePealwa concocied between
him and Senator Aichison Of Missouri ana
another person whose name should be name |
less, was not the President. And It was
done without the slightest consultation with
Cass.
Gen. Cass thea had the grsndes, opPor'n'
nity to immortaliue himself that ever occurred
in hi, long aBd erenrful lie. Had he a'ou'e
taken an unnnching stand against the repeal
Of the Missouri Compromise, as 1t was-a'-
suredly at war with the solemnly pledged