St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09

found in opposition to the Democracy
and have only allied themselves will
it when they could do no better.
j The closing portion of Mr.. Hum
phrey's document is indeed amusing
He says: II intended to have sal,
something in regard to the sectional
ism with which the Republican part,
is charged" and then drops the sub
ject as he would a hot potatoe Fl
nally, he tips over his whole pile o
extracts, and completely stultifes him
self, by topping off with the statement
Of Gen. Houston that the South acll
not sccede, and that he scorns the sug
gestion 10"
Oh, valiant champion of abolition
ism When next you pile up disun
ion extracts, see to it that you select
a more fitting top piece for yonr cyovn-
ing effort than this. The halter is
again before your eyes it seems, for
you still talk Of hanging" our good
friends, the editors. Have care, lest,
in your excessive zeal to secure your
reelection to the Office of trustee,
they may manage to place you in that
rather unenviable position occupied in
olden time by one Haman. oa sod
tIqtAnd now, Messrs. Editors, if you
have an abundance of room, commas
and italics, / would like to trespass a
little further upon your patience while
Ipaint, though family, a picture of the
abolition or Fremont party, all for the
benefit Of my friend Humphrey; al
though so far as his article is concern
ed mine might here very properly
close. I am bold to assert that the
North have for long series of years
been provoking the hostility of the
South. They felt that they had the
power and they delighted to use it
They loved to taunt their Southern
brethren with the sin Of slavery, and
sanctimoniously would lift up their
hands to them, exclaiming, II am ho-
lier than thou" Southern sensitive
ness could not always brook this, any
more than the boy could bear the
taunts of his school-mates when he
exclaimed that, eff he had got the
itch, he did not like to be told of it all
the time" an
Let it be understood that this Gov.
ernment did not establish slavery, but
found it here at the time of adopting
the federal constitution, and what to
do with it, or how to get rid of it, has
been the question ever since. The
South, or at least many of the South
ern States, would gladly have freed
themselves from it ere this, and some
Of them would in all probability have
succeeded, had they been let alone
But uneasy abolitionists and fanatics
must needs hurry up the thing, and
now let them inquire, What have they
gained by it? Third-rato politicians,
and vailr, egotistical ministers, of the
gospel could only bring themselves in,
to notoriety and keep themselves atop
the wave by ogitating. Were slavery
abolished their occupation would be
gone. The existing troubles in Kan
sas are kept up. on purpose to benefit
the political and pharisaical prospects
of these men, These Kansas difficult
ties could at any time have been set
tied during the recent session of Con.
grcss, had the 'agitators SO desired,
but no, their only political stock would
then be taken from them. The Senate
deeply deplored the state Of affairs in
Kansas, and more than once passed
bills for ameliorating the condition o.
the settlers in that territory. But an
abolition House under the leadership
Of Speaker Banks who ".would let the
Union slide," obstinately refused il
in every instance to join the Senate ii
its humane and patriotic action. =
The fanatics, who one after another
have worrned themselves into seats in
Congress, have done so by their unwa.
vering persistence in the work Of "agi
tation." While the South in the near
time have been kept in ferment OF
account Of their conduct, and have hac
their patience and endurance taxed t.
the utmost. It seems to bc univer
sal law that men, parties and inter
ests thrive by persecution, and if sla
very should finally gain the asceiidan
cy and be eternally fastened upon us
our abolition friends have only t.
thank themselves for the great and
glorious (?) achievement, as being tru
ly the work of their own hands.