The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-10-31
Rualanism among tho Buohanisrs.


last issue, speaks Of the Republicans being
disturbers Of the peace" No doubt they
disturb his peace, but mover the public peace.
His charge is merely q "stop thief" cry
raised to divert public attention from the
real eulprits, his friends Rufianism Is en-.
tirely confined to the BUCCANEERS. Suppose
we refresh his memory with few among
the many instances Of disturbing the public
peace which have occurred within few
months. To begin at Washington.
Who disturbed the public peace on the
grounds of the Capitol by cowhiding the
Editor of the N. Y. Tribune? Rust, Blu.
chaneer member Of Congress.
Who murdered Kcating, the Irish writer
at willard's2 Herbert, another Buchaneer.
Who struck down the Senator from Mass
achusctts, with cowardly blow in the Sen.
atc chamber? Bully Brooks, the especial
friend of Buchanan in South Carolina.
These are but few individual instances.
On larger scale,
Who, but the Border Rufian supporters
Of James Buchanan, have disturbed the pub
lie peace in Kansas. Who, but the friends
of James Buchanan, get up mobs and break
up the meetings Of the Republicans in Vir-
ginia, and drive from the State with mob
violence, citizens. for simply attending Re
publican meetings and expressing Republic
can sentiments.
Who sends mobs Of foreign hirclings into
the great cities to take possession Of the
polls, and drive away by violence pcaceable
and legal voters? The leaders Of the b.
cIrASAS PARTY; and to bring the matter near
er home-Who insult with groans and hiss-
cs members Of the Republican party, but
the border ruf6ans who are supporting James
Buchanan.
We charge that the Buchanan party is
the party Of MODS, Of violence, and border
rufIianism Of every kind, and this charge we
can establish by an appeal to acts that have
transpired within the past twelve months.
From the gigantic acts Of border iuihanism
by the border rufians in Missouri, through
the whole line Of Gaming editors, killing
walters, striking down Senators, breaking
up Republican meetings by rowdy violence.
down to the village rowdyism which exhausts
itself in kissing and grooming at members Of
tho republican cause, the Buchanan PARTY
has had an entire monopoly Of disturbing
the public peace, and we 60 a step further
and say, that the Custom House editor Of
the Democrat who once had principles and
sold them for Office, knew that when he pen.
ned the article charging the republican
party with being disturbers Of the public
peace, that tho charge was false one,
and could not be sustained by the evil
dence Of Q single fact
The last act Of Buchanecr violence was in
Philadelphia There on Monday night a
Fremont meeting assembled in National
Hall. was invaded by the joint rascality Of
the Fillmore and Buchanan parties. The
speakers were interrupted BY hideous .yells,
were personally assaulted, were dragged
from the platform, and were finally com
PEELED to Ay for their lives. The democratic
police, in tho pay Of Forney, refused to in
terferc, and the meeting was, Of course, Civ
en- up. Kansas rufaanism, under the dis
tinguishcd patronage Of the Government,
and developed by the british merccnaries
in its pay, is moving from the new Terri
tory into the old States. Physical violence
is the natural result Of the moral depravity
the sham Democratic newspapers have been
intoxicating during the last few months.