Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-10-10


of Terror has arisen in our Southern
Sta,es-the terror Of the mob-compared
with which the well-defned limitations
Of popular privileges, even in Russia, are
better adapted TO the security Of "life,
liberty, and the pursuit of ofhappiness."
Within a few months past we have
had n number of striking illustrations of
the prevalence and virulenee of this su-
preme law Of the mob throughout the
South. The savage assault by Bully
Brooks, Of South Carolina, upon Mr.
Sumner, in the Senate chamber, and the
lion which the Southern democratic oil
garchy have made Of their hero of that
/ trightlul spectacle, indicate, in the outset,
condition Of the Southern goyerniag
sentiment deplorably demoralized. Such
a condition Of the public mind can only
exist where constitutions and laws have
ceased to be morally binding, and where
brutal terrorism is the order of the dav.
In rapid succession, after this bloody
scene in the Senate we have had bru-
tai dispersion of popular meetings at
Wheeling, Va, Baltimore, Md, and va
rious other places in tho Southern States
the lawless expatriatiou of Southern citi-
zens from their homes and their families,
for the astounding crime Of speaking
their own opinions upon the political
questions of the day, and an interdict-a
iperfect Chinese law of exclusion-estab-
lished throughout the South, in defiance
of the constitution, against all Northern
, men, suspected even, of doubling the in
fallable blessings of Southern Slavery.
The latest Southern outrages attempted,
in this connection, have not been limited
to Northern invaders of Southern terri
tory. They have been addressed TO
! Southern born men, and by the leading
organs of the Democratic Jacobin Club
in the capital of Virginia. Mr.. Bots
a native born and distinguished citizen Of
Nirginia-yentured, the other day, tout
e ter the opinion in Richmond, that the
T South would submit TO the election Of
f Fremont aud remain in the Union; and
for this audacious declaration the demo-
cratic journals Of that city have left no
: stone unturned in order 10 strip up
: democratic Governor or a democratic
d Mob to the forcible expulsion of Mr.
Bolts from the State A man Of less in
iluence in the shoes of Mr.. Bolts, and
II with fewer friends at his back, would
2, probably have been taTed and feathered
e before sundown; for a similar ofience-a
a similar attempt-to call into force the
invisible powers Of the democratic mob
ID which now governs the South. was tried
S. against the Hon. Henry Winter Davis n
h prominent and promising member OF
4 Congress from Maryland. The demo-
cratic Richmond Enquirer is horrifed at
> the temerity of Mr.. Davis, and sugges-
y lively says that the opponents of Mr..
y buchanan will very likely next announce
e the appointment Of Mr.. Burlngame to
4 speak to the people Of Richmond. Mr..
Burlingame is the gentleman who cut the
D comb of Bully Brooks but tlet him no
) show his face in Richmond,i if he desires to
% escape the yengenee of the Virginia Blu.
, chanan democracy with whole skin.
And such is the existing supreme law
Of the South the law of practical nulli
p fication the law OF democratic Jacob
al in club the law of brute force tho
.s law Of spies, informers, outlaws and as
sassins the law of general and re-
IL morseless terrorism
he In fifteen States Of the Union we o.
81 The North are thus denied the liberty O
) speech, the liberty Of opinion, and ever
those social privileges which barbarian
concede TO strangers, as arising from tn,
- universal rights Of hospitality. We dar,
u say that in no region OF the ciyilize,
world, during the present century. ha
!. there been parallel 10 this irresponsible
lawless and invisible despotism whicl
sh now lords it over the South. II is, new
ms ertheless, infamous, from the fact that
IS has been generally overlooked, in vie,
h Of the bloody conspiraiy at work TO max
). Kansas slave State through the sam
= savage law Of brute force.
us And where lies the responsibility fo
SIS this irightiul state Of things? II rest
Ia with this wFeiehed democratic Pierc
oo- administration, with IFS disuuion mans
!, gers, with the party, and the candidat
~ pledged to perpetuate is policy. Itrcst
us first, with that plotting and deliberate ..
is cessionist, Jefferson Davis, the Mephi
! Of tophiles Of the whole conspiracy, an
er with Atchison Of Missouri, and 20,
= Pierce, and his active confederates; Sc
'' ondly, with the Cincinnati Conyeutic
up and the democratic Senate at Washing
on ton and thirdly, With Mr.. Fillmore ar
Mr.. Buchanan, and their traitorOus r
r. commentators to the South Of diss
luton Of the Union should Fremont
So elected. This il is that the democrat
oiic Southern jacobins have been encourage
Of not only 70 threaten disunion should the
,le. fail 10 retain the spoils and their pow'
in the government, bot practically % 8
- eede from the Union 10 advance becaas
tut with the constitution ms the test, the
,ept teen Southern States are already out
lie the Union, and the Union Is practical
II. reduced 70 sixteen States Of The North.
80 Where, then, Is the remedy? Net
eA- the election of buchanan for "a d