Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-10-30

From the Montgomery (Ala) Advertiser Sept Eth
Buchanan paper.
Mr.. Buchanan i'm his South.
ern Aspect.-He is ready to
90 outside and beyond the
Constitution to extend
Slavery--The price Of Ne
gfOes advancing!!
The position assumed by Mr.. Buchanan
in the Ostend Conference Manifesto, in re-
gard to the acquisition of Cuba, ought GER
tainly to determine every Southern man to
cast his vote for him. 1t removed all doubt,
if any existed, of his real friendship to the
South, and placed him Immediately above
other Northern statesman. We regret that
this conclusive fact in his favor has not had
its due prominence in the present contest.
Its great importance cannot be too often
dwelt upon by papers and speakers, for it
constitutes claim never before possessed
by any candidate for the Presidency. His
opponents may misconstrue and distort his
votes against Abolition petitions; his votes
and speeches against the Abolition of Slave
ry in the District of Columbia; they may
garble his speeches upon the annexation of
Texas, and, in violation of all the principles
ofsound logic, deduce odious doctrines from
his letters ofacceptance, but the language
of the Ostend Manifesto defies all of their
arts and ingenuity. While the boldness of
the position for Northern man is without
parallel, its soundness cannot be gainsay-
ed or disputed.
We beg the especial attention of our
readers as Southern men, to the following
most significant extract from that Manifesto,
remembering that the conference was held
in the fall of 1854, only taoo years since:
"After we shall have offered Spain a
price for Cuba far beyond its present value,
and this shall have been refused, it will then
be time to consider the question. Does
Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously
endanger our internal peace and the exist
ence Of our cherished Uniona
"Should this question be answered in the
affirmative, then, by every law, human and
divine, we shall be justified in wrestling it
from Spain, if We possess the power. And
this, upon the very same principle that
would justify an individual in tearing down
the burning house of his neighbor, if there
were no other means of preventing the
flames from destroying his own house.
"Under such circumstances, We ought
neither to count the cost nor regard the
odds which SPAN might enlist against US.
We forbear to enter into the question,
whether the present coalition of the Island
would justify such measure. We should,
however, be recreant to our duty, be un-
worthy of our gallant forefa:hers, and CON-
init base treason against our prosperity,
should we permit Cuba to be Africanized,
become second St. Domingo, with all its
attendants horrors to the white race, and
to suffer the flames to extend TO our neigh
boring shores, seriously 10 endanger or &C.
tually to consume the fair fabric of our I'm
ion,"
Admitting then, for the nounce, that Mr..
Fillmore is willing to grant to the South
all of her rights ,cithin and aAader the Con-
stitution, land his most insane admirers
never claim that he will do more, see how
much in advance or him Mr.. Buchanan has
placed himself. Mr.. Buchanan is ready
and pledged not only to concede to US eve
~ Constitutional right, but to 60 beyond
that conservative position. By the forego-
ing language it will be seen that he is ready
to 90 ontside and beyond the Constitution,
and, in defiance of all the world, to wrest
Cuba from Spain by the strong arm OF
power.
And reader, do you inquire, why act in
that extraordinary manner? His speech
in 1926 upon the Panama mission, as well
as this manifesto, furnishes the noble, pat
riotic answer. To prevent Cuba from be-
coming "a vast magazine in the vicinity of
the Southern States, whose explosion would
be dangerous to their tranquility and peace" !"
What stronger evidence would any reason
able man need? What stronger evidence
could any man offer of his friendship for us !?
In the face of Northern hostility to acqui-
sition Of Slave Territory, and in disregard,
too, of the laws of nations, he is willing, if
that Island cannot be purchased, to take it
by violence, in order to the 'tranquiEty and
peace" of the South In this matter he
will no be hemmed in by the Constitution,
or controlled for moment by any abstract
notions on the subject of Slavery, nor be
awed by the combined force of the world.
Southern men will do well to ponder
over this position of James Buchanan, as
it is complete answer to all the petty OBJ
jections invented and magnifed by Know
Nothing papers and speakers. When the
Mail, the alabama Journal, Mr.. Hilliard,
Kol. Watts or Judge Chiffon, or any of the
@lesser lights" talk about his repugnance
to slavery as contained in his annexation
speech-when they bleat about "squatter
sovereignty" falsely deduced from his letter
of acceptance, point them proudly, and as
conclusive, TO the Ostend Conference Mani
festo, and defy them to produce anything
Mr.. Fillmore ever did or said, which enti-
ties him to tithe of the same confidence
on the part of the South.
R The Richmond Enquirer has way
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