Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-10-30
THE ISSUES.
Mr.. Buchanan's Record.

/ VI I'LL. 11uCntt1itth . iblOSU cuppOl-
tiers, says of his position:
"In private as well as in public, Mr..
Buchanan has Arrays stood on the side
of the South. The citizen and the states
man are one and the same individual.
He supported the rights of the south
when in office; he indicated and main
tanned those rights when out of office
He not only voted for all measures of
justice to the South, but he endeavored
to carry them into effect His is not a
dead record of votes, but living record
of acts which yindicate the honesty of
the votes. Thus, Mr. Buchanan exhor-
ted the North to faithful and cheerful
fulfilment of the obligations of the fugi-
tive slave law. He protested against the
prohibition of the jails in Pennsylvania
to federal officers for the confinement of
captured slaves. He denounced the Will
mot proviso. He approved the Clayton
compromise of l847. And, to sum up
in single sentence, he has at al times
and Ia all places ererted the authority
Of his high character and great talents
to uphold the Union, defend tie C0nsti-
ttttOU, an DFOteCt tftC tCOLttU.
To recapitulate:
l. In 1896, Mr.. Buchanan supported a
bill to prohibI the circulation of aboH-
ton papers through the mails.
2. In the same year he proposed and
voted for the admission of Arkansas.
9. In 1867, he denounced, and vo-
ted to reject petitions for the abolition
of slavery in the District of Columbia.
4. In 1887 he voted for Mr.. Calhouns
famous resolutions, defining the rights
of the states and the limits Of federal au-
thority, and affirming 1t to be the duty
Of the gocetn"ent to protect and uphold
tie iaStitnti0aS Of the south.
S. In 1889 and 40, he invariably
voted with Southern Senators against
the consideration of anti-slavery petit
tons.
6. In l844-5 lie adcoc0ted and coted
for the annexation Of 15ras.
7. In l847 he sustained the Clayton
Compromise.
8. In 1850, he proposed and atrged the
extension IF the Missouri Compromise
to tie Pacific Ocean.
0. But he promptly acquiesced in the
compromise of 1850, and employed all
his influence in favor of the faithful ex-
ecution of the Fugitive Slave Law.
10. In 1851, he demonstrated against
an enactment Of the Pennsylvania Leg
islature for obstructing the. return and
arrest of fugitive slaves.
II. In 1854 he negotiated for the &C
QUESTION ofsCuba.
u. In 1856 he opproreS the repeal of
tie Missouri restriction andsupp0rts the
principles Of tie hd1,sas-NebraSha act
10. lie 3serer g0re q 9Ote against the
interests Of iS20rery, and neoer uttered q
srord achich coH}d pain tie most se,asitige
Southerm heart.
The prominent facts of Mr.. Buchan-
ans record touching slavery are thus
grouped into a single view; so that per-
son Of the least patience i'll research may
ascertain at glance how the Democra-
tie candidate stands III respect to the
great issue of the canvass. In this sue
cinct statement, we give not detached
passages and isolated acts, but we bring
the whole history of long life to bear
upon the popular mind with the irresist-
ibie force Of truth. This rapid retrospect
discloses consistency and efficiency Of
SerOjce to tie South, which tlattery can
claim for no other living man. Mr.. Blu
chanan is not only indicated from cal
jimmy; he is not simply shown to be ex-
empt from just reproach and worthy of
confidence; he is promoted to his pro-
per position, IN adoa'ace Of a1ty and en-
cry statesman Of the North, IN the cont
dence and affection of tie people Of tie
South. He demands not mere recog-
milton of his attachment to the Constittl-
ton, but uabo,o,ded applause for such
serrice Ia the interest Of the Soesth as no
other man can boast. Against the cap
tious criticism of desperate adversary,
refining upon technical distinctions and
skulking among bubbles, the Democra-
cy oppose this incontestible attestation
of their candidates fidelity" And again
"We challenge the Wig to cite sin
gle instance of IA clear and unequivocal |
struggle between North and South, in
which Mr. Buchanan did not espouse
the interests of the South
The above is the testimony of one of
Mr.. Buchanan's warmest supporters. 1t
has never been denied or questioned and
we presume no friend of Buchanan's will
be disposed to question it.
1t becomes next in order to inquire as
to what are the peculiar principles invol- |
we'd in this devotion to Southern inter-
ests. We have time, time and again at
tempted to impress upon our readers the
fact that it means something more and
different from the enslavement of the ne
gro. The negro is only an incident of
the strife. 1t is the same war between
the aristocracy and democracy, between
the few and many, between capital and
labor, which has convulsed the world for
all time. The theory of the south is the
same as that of the aristocrats of all time: |
viz: that labor is in itself degrading and
the laborer properly an underling and
serf All their political principles and
all their political efforts are based upon
that fundamental idea, and devotion to |
Southern principles, such as is ascribed
to Buchanan, means neither more or less
than devotion to all means and measures
which illincrease capital at the expense
of labor, build up the few at the expense
of the many, and finally crush, degrade
and chattelize labor and the laborer
The sentimentswhich follow, of south |
ern leaders, of whom Buchanan is now
the candidate, viii clearly illustrate as
TO what these southern principles are: