The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1856-01-08
The Presidents Message!


The Presidents Message
The latter portion of the Message is an 4
elaborate essay on the subject of Slavery, re-
spectfully dedicated to the South, with the
highest considerations Of respect and affection
of President Pierce-in view of his possible
nomination for reelection to the Office he now
holds At the CONNIE ncement of his Presi-
Dental career, Mr. Pierce took an important
misstep, the effects of which on the South he
has ever since been most anxiously solicitous
OF overcoming. He made move to secure
the strength of New York. In his anxiety to
secure the favor of what he considered pow
erful influence in that State, he overstepped |
the bounds of political prudence. He made
gallant demonstration to secure the Free
Soil influence of New York. He turned out
of Office old national Democrats, who had been
life time members of the party, and filled their
posts with warm headed and red-mouthed Free
Sellers, who had been separated from the par
ty ever since Martin Van Buren, led them
astray to defeat Cass The Democracy of
every Southern State was forthwith a vial of
wrath poured upon Pierce's head. Too late
he saw, that in counting single State he
had lost the South. Without the votes of
Southern States, he never could hope for re-
election. Dismayed for time he appeared
paralized. But recovering his Frustrated ener-
gies, he at once changed his tactics, and has
ever since been awning spaniel at the feet
of the South.
His first great act of Cancellation was the
Nebraska Kansas bill-fathered by Douglass,
but which never would have seen the light of
day had it not been clearly understood thatit
was to receive the support oftheAdministration
and of all those under it who for office or hope
of office would consent to make themselves
tools and pimps of obedience. 1t was at once
adopted as an Administration measure, and
made test of orthodox Democracy. Those
Of the party who Indignantly rose up in pro-
testation, Southern Democrats as well as
Northern, were either whipped back into the
party traces, or this not succeeding, were
promptly disowned, and pronounced Demo-
Gratis no longer, although they had been life
time members of the party, and consistent
democrats" in every other opinion. Every
citizen knows these are facts.
Since then, President Pierce has led his
party in toadyizing the South. The whole
party, who call themselves Democrats proper,
have been following his example in trucking to
the South-and they are now praying the
South to believe they are the National party
and the only National party in the country
that they, who have brought about all this
agitation on the Slavery question, form the
only party who are opposed to Slavery agita-
tionl And such is the sum and substance of
the latter part of the Message, though not
expressed thus in words 1t is a base and
contemplate demonstration for Southern votes
"a stump speech addressed to the South,
concocted especially for the South, and intended
only to secure the applause of the South, and
thus the totes of the South. Mr. Pierce, the
candidate for the next Presidency, is apparent
in every line-while the President of the
United States, breathes in no part or parcel of
the nauseous DOSE
His defence of the Nebraska Bill is thrust
forward with that anxious warmth, which
shows the author of the Message feels that in
this measure, there has been feeling aroused
among the people which may yet overwhelm
his party-that he feels the danger yet men
ances which for time shook the Union
And yet that iniquitous wrong has been de-
Tended from a thousand stumps and bv hun
dreds of pens, in more able manner than
Mr.. Pierce now labors to thrust it down the
Threats of the people. A disposition to dis
countenance the further agitation of the slavery
question may have nationalizel many Of us
enough to desire to occupy medium ground
between thePro- Slaveryites and theAntl-Slave-
ryites-but we, for one, shall never shrink
from expressing our honest condemnation of
this Nebraska Kansas swindle, and of the Ad-
ministration which fathers it, and of those
Northern doughfaces whoassisted in fastening
it upon the country.
The President may well rebuke the agita
ton which is distracting the country on the
Slavery question-he may well call upon citi-
Gems, as they love their country, to cease this