Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-08-23


South. The free white man who can &c
lis own consent to such marriage mus
have sunk low in the pit of personal deg
redation-must have forfeited hls own SELF.
respect. Such man will be disgrace L
any society. Even the. respectable negro
slaves of the South would srorn all ;associ
a,ion with him.
Whom are these laws intended for at
the North Are they intended for the
benefit Of the weallhy--the upper ten
thousand-="ihe lords Of The loom ?" OF are
thes intended as special boon for the
northern mechanic aud the day laborer p
Are such laws intended by the aristocracy
for any other class than those who occupy
the position of the laborers int the nootherh
States Is it not astonishing that the la
boring classes of the North should have
rested SO patiently under Az ,e.llt so gross
/ trust they will yindica.e their character
and their honor by hurting from power
and place all who endorse such laws.
This slavery agitation has been going ON
COR many wears. About the year 1888
it had attained such a strength in this
country, and It had sought TO exert its IN
Auence upon the slave holding States to
such all extent, by means Of the vilest OF
publications aud pictorial representations
disseminated through the mails, and BY
travelling agents. calculated "to produce
dissatisfaction and revolt among the slaves,
and to inctie their wild passions to ven>
geance," that it attracted the attention oil
General jackson, the tEen President Of the
United States. He invited the special at
:ention OF Congress to it in his message oil
December, 1885, and recommended rem
edy. "in connexion" said he, "wlth
these provisions in relation to the Post Of-
fee Department, must also invite your
attention 10 the painful excitement produ-
ced in the South by attempts to, circulate
through the mails nhammatory appeals to
the slaves, and in various sorts o. puollca
lions, calculated to stimulate them to ,nsur-
reclion and to produce all the horrors OF a
sersile wars" In consequence Of this rec
concentration Of General jackson, the Sub
ject was taken up by Congress, aud an
act subsequently passed, which prohibited
the use OF the mails for such murderous
and incendiary purposes.
The objects which the abolitionists then
had in view, as a reference TO their petI.
tons will clearly demonstrate, are
First. The abolition of slavery III the
District of Columbia. ===.Isl 81.
Second. The exclusion Of slave States
from admission INTO the Union, Florida,
being at that time particularly struck by
them.
One of the first governors Of any State
that took a position IN behalf OF the agita'
ton, and fully and squarely endorsed it
that undertook 20 denounce those northern
statesmen who resisted the abolition move
men., aud to denounce all action on the
part of the Congress OF the United States
for the protection OF the southern hall 81
this nation against their insane war upon
its rights and its reaee-was the then gov
ernor of the State of Pennsylvania, Joseph
Rilner; and among the men who arrayed
themselves prominently Iii opposition TO
the recommendations contained IN his an
nual message was one OF the present cans
didales for the presidency Of the United
States Mr.. Buchanan in his speech de'lv-
cred at Lancaster on the 18th OF August
1888, immediately previous to the guber-
natoria! contest belweek Rtner and Porter
discussed with great power and ability
the questions involved in that election
and quote the following extracts from
his speech made On that occasion
"Mr. Buchanan said there was one sub
ject Of vital Importance to .he peace And
and perpetuity Of the Union. which had
not occupied much OF the attention OF the
former speakers, and, Therefore, he would
mske a few remarks upon it, He referr-
ed TO abolition.
Before the spirit Of abolition had been
conjured up from it's dark abode by po'll'
zeal fanatic. and hot-headed enthusiasts,
all was comparatively peaceful and tran
qml in the southern States.
when the message OF GOV. kitner was
received in Washington, in 1886, il was
considered BY all az an abolition message,
and, as such, it proddced an impression
which shall never forget. Win the Ut
most anxiety depicted Oh the conntenan
ces Uf inqu.rers, was asked over and Over
again, whether. in my opinion, IT spoke
the voice Of Pennsylvania. lie key-
stone Stgte, which had been the fitness
buiwark of the Union, and had always re-
spected the constitutional rights OF her Sis
ter States, had embraced, SO lar as her gov
eInor could commit her, the creed. and
placed herself IN the front rank, OF abo'
iiuon. 1t remains for she people OF sh's
great Commonwealth, at the next election
to ratiiy or reject the doctrines OF this
message. consider the question to BIT
one OF ,ranscendent importance, involving
in itself the fate OF the Union, all that il
near and dear to the friends OF consttu
tional liberty, no. only here, but through
out the world.
! 81 might here also proceed to illustrate
the effects of the triumph OF this doctrine
What would be your situation fellow
citizens, if negroes were admitted to al
eoualiy with white men and white women
You have already had ioyetaste o. it il
tn. scenes which were exhibited at Penn.
sylvahla Hall. The subject is too disgust
ing and recoil from it,"
These extracts show The position Mr.
Buchanan then occupied upon this excit
ing subject aud Set forth frankly the grea
consideration tina. Influenced his mind II
taking that position at that early day. H
I admouished his people then, that it was
war commenced which must sooner or la.
,er &c II continued end in dissolution O