Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1856-08-15
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Dr.. E. w. CRAM, (says the Ravenna
Democrat of Franklin in this county, a
Democrat of thirty years standing, one of
the leading and most influential members
of the party in the county, renounces and
,discards Buchanan, and declares fully for
Freedom and Fremont in the following
able and satisfactory letter:
Tothe Editors of the Portage Co. Dem.
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The attempt to sell the Democracy for a
mess -Pottage prepared by Southern
cooks will prove failure. 1t smells unsa-
vory to men Of Northern blood; VIC scorn
the fare But is the Democracy sold p
eAye, to work death-blow to the cause of
human liberty. Does any one doubt it, of
honest intelligent mindl Look here's the
proof; I quote Buehanans organ, the Rich
-mond Enquirer, which saws: ave pro-
pose to introduce no more slaves into the
country, but BY their dispersion and difu-
sion over a large space increase their value.
Andnow the mess of Southern pottare I
The extension of Slavery greatly benefits
the North by increasing the field Of com
meree, keeping down competition, and en-
larging the market for manufactures. 1t
viii enable the North to cOnfne herself to
light, easy and indoor aOerk and sIsHtaz
Occupations ,Olsich pay aoeU, while the slaaes
are producing by hard outdoor work. in !
creased quantity of grain and new material
to exchange with the North for her mer-
-ehandise and manufacturers of all kinds
Thus, the increased value of slaves will be |
SHARED by the North and South-the
North no doubt getting the larger share"
of pottage, to be sure.
And then we shall do IN door work r.
Won't that be nice9 That is 'easy and /
Light Don'tthe Southern dish begin to I
taste pleasantl And to crown the whole .
we arc to take the senior partners share = /
sAh, thereis the baitl We at tho North
svorship the almighty dollars, and this will |.
catch allwho are void of principle, and all /
VINO are too much engaged to search and
find the barbed hook which the bait con
conceals. The Enguirer has improved on
on CaSs's Nicholson letter, from which no
doubt ne took the thought, and amplifed /
the subject. An able commentary on Cass
to Nicholson.
. For further evidence let us quote the
same paper of another date-headed thus:
Buchanan on Slavery Record without
{ a Blemish." 'To strengthen and support s
Slavery, land now for the biographv.1
.t1. IndS36 Mr. Buchanan supported a
bill to prohibit the circulation of abolition
papers through the mails.
SO. In. the same year he proposed and
voted for the admission of Arkansas
. .-''S. In 1867 he denounced and voted
TO reject petitions for the abolition Of Slave
~ IN the District Of Columbia.
"A. In 1887 he voted for Calhoun's IA
nous resolutions defining the rights of the K
States and the limits of Federal authority k
sand affirming it to be the duty of the Gov
sernnent to protect and uphold the institu-
tons of the South. f
? ssl-5. In183S-9.and 40 he invariably vot-
ed with the Southern Senators against the
consideration ofanti-Slavery petitions. I;
sszss6. In 18445 he advocated and voted c
for anaexing Texas. /
a. In 1847 he sustained the Clayton {
Compromise t
"s. In 1850 he proposed and urged the |
extension of the Missouri Compromise to t
the Pacific Ocean. t
80. But he promptly acquiesced in the t
Compromise Of so and employed all his ?
influence in favor of the faithful execution 4
of the Fugitive Slave Law. t
"I0. In 1854 he demonstrated against q
an enactment of the Pennsylvania Lcgisla- II
ture for obstructing the arrest and return of p
fugitive slaves. ri
al. In 1854 he negotiated for the ac- L
QUESTION of Cuba. II
''I2 In 1856 he approves the repeal of Il
tho Missouri restriction, and supports the 81
principles Of the Kansas Nebraska Act. n
"ls. He nsusr gave vote against the IN z;
terests of Slavery, and never uttered word Il
that could pain the most sensitive Southern al
heart" c,
zs There, fellow Democrats, is a record kept b;
by his friends. How does it suit your cars ii
Mine are sensitive. Listen while YOU drag
this Southern Car of Juggernaut onward to to
the North; do you hear no sound? Yes, l h
hear the shoutfor Buchanan, the high priest ca
YOU would install over It's horid rights.- IN