Squatter sovereign., 1855-10-09

ling to see the gallant and long enduring
representatives of "red'' republicanlsm in
the light in which have it In my power to
present them. 80
The noble but too poetic mercy of the
ssreds" of '4S, has shown how little deserv-
ing they were of the epithet ''red" in the
sense in which it was intended by their
enemies; though they have since defiant
ly retained it, as we haughtily called our
selves ''rebels'' in our "red'' struggle with
the lion of Great Britain. "Our flag is
red," say they. 'swith the blood of our pat
riot martyrs! lis the handkerchief which
has wiped the bloody sweat from their tor
tured brows."
The red republicans of Europe, al
though opposed to slavery under their own
jurisdiction, and not the advocates of i;
anywhere, are nevertheless not interven-
ing abolltionists of the black republican
American school.
A red republican in America, desirous
of American sympathy and national sup
port of European republicanism, must OF
necessity be wholly national. Neither the
North, the South The East nor the West,
can fractionally advance those interests,
mighty in their present and future bearing
upon the world. The whole great Union
must move forward in the harmonious ac-
ton of all its members under our divinely
balanced constitution. An Irish, German
French, Italian, Hungarian or Polish
American, in becoming an abolitionist re-
nounces every species of aid from the fed
eral government towards the liberty of his
fatherland. For it is not possible that
America can turn to the sympathetic and
active consideration of European interests
as long as the agitation of the negro qucs-
ton wears an aspect SO threatening to her
own internal quiet. A red republican, to
decide that this country can do nothing to.
wards the liberation of Europe until the alb.
clifton Of slavery be consummated, gives
us exclusive home occupation for centu.
ry to come. Or, if anything more sudden
should. by some dread frenzy be percipita-
ted upon us, we shall find ourselves in the
vortex of civil war, out of which we can
come only disorganized fragments, power
less for good to ourselves or others. Eli
ther way America would be lost to Eu.
rope, greatly to the delight of all the ene-
mics of republican liberty.
1t is only necessary to quote largely
from the republicans to show them thor
oughly Jeffersonian and State rights in
their views on American questions. Sc
lect few paragraphs from Kossnth's
speech at Harrisburg. delivered soon after
his arrival in America:
81 hope to God that the people of this
glorious land is. and will ever be iervently
attached to this. their free. great and hap
py home. | hope to God, that whatever
tongue they speak. they are. and will ever
he American and nothing but American
And SO thew must be if they will he free
If they desire their adopted homes great.
ness and continued existence Should
once the citizens ofthe United States cease
to be Americans. and become again An.
glo-Saxon. Irish, German, Spanish, Ital.
ian Danish. Swedish. French. America
would soon cease to be what it is now
freedom elevated to the proud position or
earth. l hope that all the people of the
United States will never become ANYTHING
but Americans; and even its Youngest ad
opted sons, though fresh with sweet hon.
recollections. will know here no South, M
North, no East, no West-nothing hut the
whole country. the common nationality o
freedom-in word, America"
This declaration Of principles. met as i
was entitled to, a generous response from
the national men Of the country. @
Now. not only should every red repub
liean take this enlarged view of the work
ing of our system, and regard the Califor
MIA, Kansas and Nebraska acts as fina
, settlement of the perplexing negro ques
tion-but so should every man of sense
For it is by its continued agitation tha
tthree-fourths of the fools in office, Nortl
and South, keep their places.
Il The test with the democracy is only t
. be sound" and with the black republi
cans not to be slough face" and no
wether man has brains and integrity
Some big bloekhead gets ON the Southerl
delegation, and because he is true to tn
South on the negro question, he is fasten
, ed for years upon her representation
/ His entire stock in trade being, that tn
t South viii be ruined unless she. sustain
, her faithful representatives. And thus h
, IS sustained, although his rival may be {
! the same party, equally as sound, an
; have five times the ability. And on tn
other hand, it was only necessary for tn
j mnddiest dolt In the last Congress to yot
| against Kansas, to ensure, il not q re-eIec
: !.tion, at least the support of powerft