Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-09-11
Mr. buchanan.

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Look at the following record Of Mr.
Buehanan's course ON the Slavery question
I-Will his friends here claim him rs IN 40
olitionist, or Will they brand him as {;
traitor, because, he too, has changed. L
seems that he did not sympatise with The
friends of freedom, but this was before he
he had become a marketable commodity
and while there was still North, and
Northern men claimed a voice in our Ma
tional Legislature, and were not afraid tc
utter that voice in favor of freedom. -'.
"Passing along the political graveyard Of
buried opinions, l find it recorded that on
the 23d day of Nouember, A. d. 1919, no
less distinguished a parsonage than James
Buchanan, in Lancaster county convention,
presented the following resolution: .-
".Resolred, That the Representatives in
Congress, from this district be, and they
are hereby, most earnestly requested, to
use their utmost endeavors, as members Of
the National Legislature, to prevent the
existence of slavery in any of the Terrific
RES or States which may be erected by
Congress.
"'Resozred, That in the opinion of this
meeting, the members Congress- who at the
last session, sustained the cause of justice,
humanity, and patriotism, by opposing the
Introduction Of Slavery into the State then
endeayored to be formed out of the Mis-
rouri Territory, are entitled to the w;il1n-
est thanks Of every friend Of humanity.
"In1s19, he declared against the Mis-
souri, line. In 1S47, in his celebrated
Berk's county letter, he declared in favor of
the extension of that line to the Pacific,
and his solemn belief that the stability of
Union itself depended upon the passage of
such measure" --.-.
r In 1856, he is opposed to the restora-
ton of this line. In 1886, in the United
States Senate, he voted to suppress inccn-
diary slavery documents throughthe mails
in southern States. This, sir, is & good
record for presidential candidate. 1t fur
nishes an apology for northern Democratic
votes and guarantees the united support of
the South.
Mr.. J. CLANCY Jones, Of Pennsylvania,
personal friend Of Mr. Buchanan, defends
him ON this floor against the charge ofFree-
Soilism, as follows:
''' '.All such accusations as these against
Mr.. Buchanan are answered by thirty-six
years of devotion to the Constitution of
the United States. RI a''f'--r- r'r
"They are answered by the fact that,
twenty years ago, in the Senate of the
United States, he was among the first
northern men TO resist the inroads of Abol-
itionism. ,- i-se
"They are answered by his opposition TO
the circulation of insurrectionary documents
through the mails of the United States,
amoung the slaves Of the South.
'.They are answered by his determined
support of the bill admitting Arkansas in
the American Union. III s
B.. '.They are answered by his early support
of the annexation of Texas.
"They are answered by his persevering
support Of the fugitive slave law.
''They are answered by his energetic eff
forts to effect the repeal of the law of the
State of Pennsylvania, denying to the
Federal authorities the Use of her prisons
for The detention of fugitive slaves.
''They answered by his early and un-
yielding opposition to the Wilmot Pro
viso.
p. ''They are answered by every vote he
gave in the American Congress on the
question of slavery, and by the fact that,
of all northern men, he has been among
the most prominent in asserting and de-
Tending strict construction Of The Federal
Constitution"
This endorsement of his soundness on
domestic slavery, together with his Ostend
manifesto, enabled him readily to outstrip
all competitors in the Cincinnati Conven-
ton.
Governor Wise, of Virginia, in his great
speech at Richmond, declared that, if the
nominee of chat convention should be
elected, Kansas wonld be made slave
State, and that the price of negroes would
advance from one thousand dollars to two,
three, or even four thousand dollars a
head. ~ -' d .."
If any further proof of the course to be
pursued, in the event of the election of
Mr.. Buchanan, is needed, it is found in the
speech of Franklin Pierce at a ratification
meeting in this city: ~
81 congratulate you that your choice
has fallen on a man who stands on the
identical platform which occupy, and
who will take the same with the standard
lowered never an inch" #'
MIR. Douglas says that pee
buchanan and myself haze for several
yearS back. ever since came INTO public
life, held the same position on the slavery
question from beginning 10 end"
Mr.. Buchanan, speaking for himself
says: '-.-i ''+f .Ht4'.. 81. .'='-
81 have been placed upon a platform of
which | most heartily approve, and that
can speak for me. Being the representa-
tive Of the great Democratic party, and |
not simply James Buchanan, l must square
my conduct according to the platform ofthat
party, and insert no new plank, nor take
one from it. That, platform is sufficiently
broad and national for the whole Demo
cratic party ' @ " '
After this, we think no man viii contend |
that MIR. Buchanan is national in his views
or proclivities. He stands before The cour-
try the avowed representative of the Slave
power-plcdged to its perpetuation and
extension. We ask if Northern Demo-
Gratis can vote for such a nominee? He