True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-10-08

question entirely others Of them treating
it with perversiOns, misrepresentation
end false issues and others taking opeu-
ly the side of the oppressors /; but moi one
Of ;hem advocating the cause of Kansas
or favoriRg her admission under the free
State Constitution adopted by her Peo-
pie.
In the public demonstrations and pro-
cessions Of The party, find banners and
devices containing brutal insults, in re-
spnnse to the appeals of the people
for protection against unparalleled wrongs
calculated, as no doubt they must be in
tended to prepare the masses for con-
tinued refusal of justice and protection,
and relentless persistence in outrage and
oppression.
find all the Democrats South, and a
portion Of the Democracy of the North,
boldly repudiatlng the Kansas Nebraska
bill. by insisting that Slavery has right
to 60 into the Territories, IN spite of Con,
gress or the people and that the lhabi.
tanls "f the Territory have no right to
pass Territorial laws TO forbid it or ex-
clude it Democratic Representatives
from Pennsylvania even, in the Senate
and the House, hold and ,roclaim these
opinions; while other Representatives
from Pennsylvania, with Democratic lea.
ders from other States. declare toemsel-
yes publicly To be noncOmmiIal upon this
heresy; the IneVilalabe tendency Of which
1t is easy 10 show, will preven almost
entirely the formation OF any more Free
States.
Having originated movement myself,
10 aid our people by sending them men
and mon)y, and having prosecuted it with
the strictest avoidance of party character,
and studied neutrality as to lie political
canvass, shd having earnestly asked the
CO operation Of men Of all parties, have
failed 10 enlist in II, o.my knowledge, a
single Democrat.-In The Conventions of
Cleveland and Buffalo, called without
distinction Of party, in furtherance of this
enterprise, there was uot Democrat
present but myself. This cannot have
been from any want of generosity or OF
means, but only in Difference to the pre-.
vaiing tone and sentiment of the party
which is enlisted on the other side of the
question. And not only have they ab-
stained from aiding the movement, but in
their presses and by their private influence
they have endeavored to cripple and re.
lard ii by sneerng at it, warning the com
munily against it as reasonable, and de-
claring that the money would be misap-
piled, thus endeavoring to Prevent con
trlbulions even from friends of the meas.
ure.
might go on with This catalogue and
enumerale other indications, if necessary
showing that the prevailing tone of the
party is hostile to Kansas but consider
it only necessary to add that what have
SAID relates but to The North. h.-The South
. where The great mass of The party is to be
found, makes no pretension, as a whole
to the advocacy of anything but pure
Border Rufhanlsm
) What, then, have the Free State mer
of Kansas to expect from a Democratic
nislration, even if presided over by
Mr.. Buc anan! If he could be left lC
act upon his own i'm, ulses. unaffected by
external influences. and free from all
pledges and obligations, express and i'm
piled, the case would be very different
But, unfortunately, this is not 50 His
election would righfulIy be considered /
, decision against US, whatever NAV be hi
own private feelings. His offices a
Washington, in Kansas, and elsewhere
: would necessarily, to a large extent b.
filled with our enemies. His information
u would come through distorted medium
Il and lastly, he could not aid US withou
$ having first made up his mind 10 be abar
s. doned and warred on by his own parry
u The South would charge him with vioIi
;, ting his pledges, and turn uron him vii
IL tfe bitleresl hostility, end at least a POI
$ lion of the Northern Democracy woul
follow their example. He would thu
! he lett without a party to support his A,
> ministratlon unless he should cast hin
III self inlr the arms of The Re ublcan
Is We cannot, it seems to me, either ask {
As expecI him tn do this upon a questic
s. 5, where party lines are so plainly draw
th before his election. Like all oth'
~ men in the same situation, he mus. ODE
the party sentiment on which he is ele
H. ted
III That there are Democrats in Pennsy
le vania who are full of indignation again
III the cnnduct Of the South in regard
10 Kansas, am well aware, and that the
or would use their influence to redress h
Is wrongs | am well satisfied but they a
'Ie too few IN proportion 10 the whole par
Of The Union 10 sustain his Adminislratic
n, in war with his party.-They have
a yet been unable 10 make their opinio
IN appear and be felt in the parry, and
ne course, cannot do SO hereafter | hon
w their good intentions, but Icannct belle
!" in their power. .-. .-.
lie l repeat that rave been forced
BY these conclusions after no slight struge
ut with my feelings and inclinations.
Should Mr., Buchanan be elected, a
r. his administration be different from VIII
is my judgement compels me TO believe,
% shall give it my cordial appreciation, al
N, my feeble though willing support. As
OF believe now, must regard the Democr
rs. ic party as fully committed to Sou he
ed Sectionalism, toward which, for sol
time past, it has been rapidly tending, a
ng | quit it, well assured that my duty 10 /
ke country demands a, my hands this sac