The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1856-09-09
GARBLING.

bapY Apeeeh. now the wing anu It's iii70i
able seFibbler, need not have gone from home
20 make such charge. Under the edito-
rial head of the Wig there is kept stand
ing an extract from speech Of ME. Buch-
anan. which no more represents the true
character of that speech, than n feshless
carcass represents the true original body.
The "Wbig' has most shamefuijy gGr6led
and mntilated the extract, to make it appear
that Mr.. Buchanan is hostile to the South,
and the institution of slavery. while the
truth is. the ungarbled speech shows that
it is one altogether in favor of the South
and Slavery. Mr.. Buchanan, Il aPPears, re-
regarded slavery as aR ''evil," but ''qR eel
agiLhOut a rcmedy'-" one of those aaOral ;
evils (says Mr.. b. from which it is imPos-
sible for Us to escape, without the intEoduc-
ton of evils infinitely greater"
The Editor of the Wing. however, in the
exercise of his notions of justice and tctir
dealing, suppEesses. in the first place, about
tuco lines, and in the next place, three or
four lines. in order TO give j false feature
to the remarks of 1Ir. buchanan. This the
editor is guilty of, although those lines
formed q pant of the paragraph from which
he takes the extract, two lines being erased
in the centre of the paragraph or extract
and three or four lines omitteda the end
thereof This may accord with the notions
of political honesty of some people, but we
incline to the opinion that there are even
some fair minded Know Nothings who will
repudiate such efforts to do injustice to Mr..
Buchanan. The speech was OLE in favor
of the acquisition of Cuba, avOwcdly as a
means of defence and protection to the
South-as every Southern man knows it
would be. And yet, we find an attempt
made, by garbIiHg and mutilatiHg such
speech, TO excite prejudice in the minds of
southerns against its author! Below we
give the unmutilgted and the mutlated ex-
tract from the speech of Afr. B., To show
the correctness of all we say on this sub
ject. we have designated ~ italics, the
part WHICH the Whig, 10 effect its purpose
of Misrepresentation, has omitted.
IN the first place, we give the correct and
ungarbled extract, as follows:
Mr.. Buchanan said:
pThere is still another view of the subject
in relation to this island, (Cuba,) which de-
mands particular attention. Let us for
moment lQQk ct the spectacle it viii pre-
sent, in case Mexico and Columbia sioald
attempt to revOlutiOnize it. Have they not
always marched under the standard of uni
Eersal emancipation Have they not al
ways conquered by proclaiming liberty to
the slave! In the present condition of the
island. Ehat will be tho probable consc-
auencel : sarvile war. which, in every
age, has been the most barbarGus and de-
structive; and WHICH spares naithfr age
nor sex. Revenge, urged on by cruelty
and ignorance, would desClate the land
The dreadful scenes of St. DoGl:nso would
ngain be presented to cur view, and wculd
again be acted almost within sight of our
own shores. Cuba would be q vast maya
zinc in the vicinity of the Southern States,
whose explosion would be dangerous to
their tranquility and peace.
Permit me here, Mr.. Chairman. for n mo-
ment, to speak upon n subject, to which [
have never before adverted on this floor,
and To which, | trust, | may never again
have occasion to advert. l mean the sub
iect of slavery. / believe it to be a great
political moral evil. thank God my lot
has beeen cast in o State where it does not
exist. But lgLiLe entertain h6Se O~iniOnS,
1 kRs'9 AZ is an eUd at present ,oithOut
remedy. 1t has been curse ontailed upon
US by that nation which now makes it
subject of reprOach to our institutions.-H
IS, bQwerer, one Of those moral eriLS, from
,0hich IL IS impossible for us to escape, Nth
out the introduction Of criLS infinitely great
Of IN,
WHICH, if you emancipate your slaves, they
viii become masters. There can be no
middle course. is there any man in this
Union who could, for one moment, indulge
the horrid idea of abolishigg slavery, by
the massacre of the high-mInded and the
chivalrous race of men in the South
trust there is not one. For my own part,
! would, without hesitation, buckle on my
knapsack and march in company with nv
friend from Massachusetts, (Mr. Everett)
in defence of their cause
/ am willing to consider slavery as a
question entirely DOMESTIC, and leave it to
those States in which il exists. The Con-
stitutiop of the United States shall be my
rule of conduct upon this subject. ! have
good reason to believe, that the honest, but
mistaken attempts of philanthropists, have
done much injury to the slaves themselves.
1uese attempts generally reaoh the ears OF
the slave, and while they inspire him with
false hopes of liberty, and thus make him
disobedient, and DISCONTINUED with his con-
dltion, they compel the master 70 use more
severity than would otherwise have been
necessary"
Now, we give the gar6ied and rputilated
extract, as it appears in the Wing, as fol-
lows:
Permit me hereeMr. Chairman for a
moment to speak upon a subject, TO which
l have never before a3verted upon this floor,
and to which, ! trust, may never again
have noession 10 advert. / mean the sub
ject ct slavery. believe it to be a great
political and great moral evil. thank
God my lot has been cast in a State where
il does not exist. 1t has been
a curse entailed upon US by that nation
which makes it a subject of reproach to our
institutions. "-[Sfe Gales and Seaton's
Register of Debates, page 2.lS0, vol. ,,
part 2.
Now we ask Why did the Editor of the