The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-10-30
Mr. Buch1nan i'm his southcrn
Aspect.
iE Is READY TO co OUTSIDE AND BEYoED rBg con-
TITUTIoN TO EXTEND SLAVERY
lie wi | not be hcmmed in by the
Constitution.
WILL TAKE CUBA ANYHOW

WILL TAKE CUBA ANYHOW
THE PRICE OF NleeERs ADvANCINe!!
From the Montgomery tAlaL Alvrrtiser. Sept. llth,
buchanan Pnprr.l
The position assumed by Mr. buchanan in
tie D teLd tOrf renee Manifesto, in regard
to the acq ii iion "f Cuba ought certainly to,
determine every .uth.rn man to cast his.
vote To- him. 1t removed all dolbs, if any
existed, of his rel friendship to the south,
and placed him immeasurably above all other
northern statesmen. We re yret III $ conclu4
slve fact in his favor has not had it, due PROM
inence in TIE present contest. Its great i'm
porttnce cannot be too often dwelt upon by
papers and speakers. fDr i. constitutes = claim
never b. fore possessed by any candidate for
the presidency. Ills oppon. nts may miscon-
strue and distort his votes against abolition
petitions /; his votes and speeches against the
abolition Of slavery in the District Of Culum-
ba hey may garb'e his speeches on the an
nexHtion Of Texas, and, in violation Of all
the principles of sound logic, drduce odious,
doc rines from his letter Of acceptance, but
the language of the Ostend Manifesto deies.
all of Their arts and ingenuity. While the
boldness of the position for the northern man,
is will out parallel its sounduess cannot be
gansayed or disputed
We beg the especial attention OF our read
ors as southern men. to the follow ing most
significant extract Of that msnifesto, re nem-
bering that the conference was led in the =.
fall OF 1854 only two years since
After we shall have offered Spain price
for Cuba far beyond its present value, and,
this shall have been refused, il will then be .
time to considcT the question, Does Cuba.
in the possession Of Spain. seriously endsn-
ger our int rnaf peace. and the sxistsuss OF,
our cherished Union
Should this question be answered in the.
affirmative. then. by every law. human and
divine We shall b, ist6ed in wrestling Il from
spain, II we possess the po yer. And this,
upon the very same principle that would JUS
tty an individual in tearing down the burn
log house Of his neighbor i, If there wer. no.
other means OF preventing the flames from.
destroy ing his own house.
/ Under such circumstances we ought nsi-
ther to count the cost or regard the odds
which Spain might enlist against us. We for
bear to enter mo the question, Whether the
rrest Mt condition Of the Island would Justify
such measure. We should. however, be
rocreant to our duty, be unworthy Of our gall
liant fo'efithers, and commit base treason.
against our pOstriity. should we permit Gu
ba 10 be Africani7 d, become a second st.
Domingo, with all its attendant horrors TO the
white race, and suffer the Il ,mes TO x end TO ,
our neighboring shores, scriou.ly to -ndan-
ger or actually to consume the fair f,bric Of
our Union.''
Admitting h, n. for the once, that Mr. Fill
more is willing to grant to the south all Of her
rights Within and u"der the con >titution. land
Lis most insane admirers never claim that he
will do more SEE HOW MUCH IN AID.
VANCE OF HliI MR. BUCHANAN HAS
Placed HIMSELF MR.. BUCHANAN Is
READY. AND PLEDGED. NOT ONLY To-.
CONCEDE TO Us EVERY CONSTITUTION
AL RIGHT. BUT TO GO BEYOND THAT.
CONSERVATIVE POSITION. By the forego-
ing Language it will h. s-rn that h- is rrady to
90 OUTSIDE AND BEYOND THE CONSTI-
TUITION. AND IN DEFIANCE OF ALL THE
WORLD tn wrF~T CuRA FROM SPAIs Br THs
STRONG ARM OF POWER.
And reader, do you iIquire. Why at In
that extraordinary manner? His speech in
1896, upon Panama mission, as well ~ The
manifesto, furnishes the noble patriotic an
swer. To prevent Cuba becoming "a vast
magazine W the VICINITY W tht COushefu cSnb.s,
whose explosion would be dan or u@ to tran
guilty and peace. Wh.t stronger evidence
could any man cff,r of his friend hin fnE
us? IN THE FACE OF NORTHERN
: HOSTILITY TO ACQUISITION OF
SLAVE TERRITORY and in DISRE-
/ GARD. TOO, OF TIE LAWS OF MA
iTIONS, lie is wiling. il that Island
cannot be- purchased. TO TAKE IT BY
VIOLENCE. in order To the " tranquility
and peace" Of the South. In This m,tlrr ha
will NOT BE HEMMED IN BY TIL:
| CONSTITU ZION, or cOlroled for a mo-
mcnt by Any abstract notions on the subject
Of Slavery. nor he AWED BY THE COM
BINED FORCE OF Tue WORLD
! South. rn men will do well to pond over
/ this position from james Buchanan, as il is =
complete answer To nll the Petty objections.
invented and magni6ed Ivy Know No.hing
papers and speaker. When the Mail, Ihe
/ A ALBANIA Journal. or N billiard. or Col.
/ Watts. or Judge Chiffon. or any 9th, "I,sser
| lights" tax about his rrPugnanc- 10 slavery
as contained in his ann, xation specrh-bleAt
about "squatter sovereignty" falsely drdueed
/ from is letter nf acceptance, point th. m,
! Ir mdly, and as conclu i've. 10 the 0strrdl
/ Conf, rer oe Manifesto, and defy them to pro-
duce anything Mr.. Fillmore ever did a.
said, enilins him to a ti'he Of the san
Co, l,nce 81 the part of the South.
! --elf vou mu,ry,r said n Roman consul To his
Sum ~lct it he woman who has Judgment and in.