Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-07-16

TIE Hight about See, Of Douglas and Co, on
AaE renarszS
~ Iouisvia aUurnai CONS entna Is foiI ~
Zone Of Il rcllr abb heal ~
Of - age : fhe lssage Of she s6ee Kansas
byike u. 81 Il II q. ss1sspsf seReat cE ~
ssS;s ssbs IL fasssS Ssd 1sbraskubsHi
.ef 1854. Il is NOT only 4 recognition but ; psae-
teal assertion Of the right Of Congress to iegsaie
for the Territory and even to repeal It's legisia-
ton. Moreover, Il IS an express practical re-
cognition Of the Native American principle
1t ANIMALS the chief provisions Of the boasted bill
of 81 if SEES 1t open densace and wipes ont IN
important resolution Of The Cincinnati Democrat
ic National Convention and Is fies directly and
6ercely 10 the face of the loud preachings of the
entire Democracy for the last two years.
Feliow-countrymen! look At this thing! The
Democratic party Of the nation staked itself up
on the Kansas and Nebraska bill. That bill was
originally made party measure BY the Demac-
racy in Congress, and, whenis became a Law, the
Law was made party measure BY the Democra-
CT everywhere. The whole Democracy made
the law 4 Democratic test. Not to support the
law IN all ts provisions was treason to the party
The Cincinnati Convention declared the uncon-
stitutionality of the interference Of Congress in
Territorial legislation, and the party has endors-
ed the declaration.
And yet now our Democratic Senate does
away with Nebraska Law, iegisiates for the Terri
tory, rcpeals the legislation Of the Territory and
enacts that none but native and natnralized citi
zens shall vote in the Territory. What the
Democratic party one week ago boosted of as its
great distinctive measure, its test measure, is
annihilated by its own hand. Here is a party
castrophe without the shadow Of parallel in par
ty history. The Democratic party is suddenly
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as never mortal crab did before. The spectacle
| is monstrous one"
Mr. James Buchanan sent the following letter
| in reply to INTIMIDATION to celebrate the Fourth
with the political secret organization of Office
| seekers and election-mongers in our city which
! calls itself 'Taamany Society or Columbian Or
| der:n
Wheatland, near Lancaster, Pa. July 9, 1856.
Gentlemen: / have been honored by the re.
ceipt of your invitation, in behalf of the Tam.
many Society, to attend the celebration of the
approaching anniversary Of our National Inde-
pendence at Tammany Hall. Would that it were
in my power to be present on this great occasion!
/ should, indeed, esteem it a high privilege.
1 At % period when the National Democratic party
| of the country are everywhere railying to de-
fend the Consultation aud the Union against The
sectional party nho acoa.ld OUTLAW fifteen Of our
sister States from the Contsderacy, it must cheer
the heart of every patriot to know that the De.
mocracy Of the Empire State, in solid and united
column, are rushing to the rescue Acting up
on your motto; that "Past grievances are to be
sburied in exertions for the future" they must
prove invincible. Most gladly would ! be with
you on this suspicious day, and sincerely do
regret that this is impossible.
| With sentiments of high respect,
/ I xcu1v 4 s5s 8
1 JAMES BUCHANAN.
To Henry c. Murphy, and Others, Com, &c.
Mr.. Buchanan letter betrays his perfect con
/ seriousness that his only real competitor is Col
4 Fremont, though his more astute OF willy sup
porters rally all their forces to Fillmore Rati6ca
tons and even vote for Fillmore in cars and on
steamboats, in order to make show of strength
for the latter They know this is humbug
| and, now that their chief has exposed it, they
might as well give it up. Only the Jolly green
! are taken in by it. 49, s7
Mr.. Buchanan knows better than to accuse the
Republicans Of seeking to outlaw fifteen States
| We do not even seek to outlaw the Ninety Thou.
sand shareholders who have SO long ruled those
States, and through them the Union. We seek
to bring Kansas into the Union as Free State,
in accordance with the prayer of her pioneers
and to plant Free States on all the yet virgin soil
of the Federal Territories. If this is section
al" then Jefferson, who first drafted an act o.
ordinance excluding Slavery from the Federal
territory, was a sectionalist; then the last Con
tinental Congress, which unanimously adopted
that ordinance, was sectional; so was the first
| Federal Congress, which ratified it; SO was the
Congress Of 1902, which enforced its restriction
on the unanimous report of slaveholding Com
mittee, against the prayer of the Legislature
and People of Indiana Territory to be allowed
to tolerate Slavery for a limited term; so was
Mr. Buchanan, when, in 1919, he signed cal
for meeting in Lancaster TO oppose the admis
sion of Missouri as Slave State; and again
when, in 1866, he sustained the extension Of
the Missouri line across Texas; and again when
in lS49, he favored its continuance to the Pa
| cifc Ocean. But we waste words in exposing
+ this wretched ebullition of senile jealousy and
| reckless greed tor office.-New York Tribune.