St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-30

"not!" Such an inquiry is really
amusing. We think the only way he
could have sustained his assertions was
!. by producing the bills which he says
were passed, but which he fails to do
and giving to sustain him only sin
gle extract from a Senator's speech
who completely stultifes himself al
the outset. And this, bear in mind, il
the only part of my article which he
even attempts to refute.
! Mr.. Vindex next mounts his aboli
tion pony and switches away at a tru
ly astonishing rate, but we suppose he
is excusable as it's his last resource
and we therefore advise him to ride a
little careful lest both himself and po
ny should weary of the race. Mr..
Vindex next gives short extract
from our article in which he appears
so ridiculous that we almost blush for
him. A person voluntarily attacking
another in public print should be lit
tie careful in their first communica-
ton, not to leave toomany gaps through
which an unskilful hand could drive a
coach and six, and leaving them, no
wonder that it sounds like silly twat.
tie +" in their ears to have their blum
ders paraded before the public gaze
Mr.. Vindcx evidently feels the infic-
ton and wiggles under it most anus
ingly. Next follows a long array of
windy gable which amounts to moth
ng further than to show that Mr.. Vim
dex is very prolific where there's no
occasion, touching again upon Col. Lane,
upon whom he pours another torrent of
abuse and slang, showing plainly
enough that in such argument he is ev-
identity at home. He then tells us that
the balance of our article is made up
from ultra southern newspapers, which
is true enough but of such are the
supporters of Buchanan. But we are
not quite so sure of the truth of his
next assertion, viz: "that for every
fanatical extract Of his taken from a
Southern paper l can furnish him
"scores equally fanatical taken from
Northern papers" We would like
to have seen fe,c such extracts had
they been handy.
| Now, Mr.. vindex, permit me to en-
quire why you entirely ignore my re-
marks upon the Missouri Compromise
repeal, about which you kindly told us
we were bawling ourselves hoarse !?
Silence gives assent, and we therefore
take it for granted that you admit our
allegations in regard to its repeal,
(Which was surely your best course
for they are undeniable;) to wit: that
the Democratic party repealed it-that
its repeal was the, origin of all of the
Kansas troubles-that it had arrayed
one section of the country against the
other and that the Democratic party
were therefore responsible for all the
bitter sectional feeling between the
North and the South. We now add,
that the Democratic platform endorses
it's repeal, and erery cote for James Bu-
chanan also endorses it.
Bnt to return again to the article of
Mr.. Vindex and resuming our review
we find any amount of gas thickly in
terwoven with lies of which we quote
a specimen, speaking of the Republi-
cans he tells us "They have gone in
to a crusade against the shareholders,
sand heap upon them a flood of de-
nunciation and abuse. They depart
from the spirit in which the constitu-
tion was framed and renounce every
obligation they assume when swear
"ing to support that sacred instru
"ment." False! every word of it, sir
and you know it.
/ Mr.. Vindex next thinks that if the
charge be true that the Democrats are
slavery extensionists all the great
men of the country who were ever op
posed to slavery extension would bt
found among that party. We can tel
lhim that all such truly great mee arr
| with that party. lie asks us "wher'
is General Scott? Opposed to Ere
mont.' Establish that if you please
Where are Martin Van Buren, AM
Prince John z" They are the abol'
tionists who support Buchanan. Til
latter destitute of all principle, belong
ing first to one party and then anotl
; er, and we now reckon him amon
: those who for personal aggrandi;
i ment" are willing to extend SLAYER
| into Kansas. John Mclean support