Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-09-04
The Great Buchanan Rally on
the 23d of August, in MilIers-
burg.


not finding certain democrat at home, left a
note for him, in which he was invited to come in
get his neighbors to come also-and "help
bury the id black seoundrels." Handbills
| large Is life, had been circulated in every neck
and corner, on which it was announced that the
Hon. STEPHEN A. DOUGLASS, Hen. J. c. BREcK-
ENRIDGE JOIN VAN BUREN, and number Of the
smaller artillery in the Deirocra.ic ranks, would
be present. OF course, this would bring in the
people. We expected it. Had prepared our
selves for IN overwhelming, tremendous, unpre-
eedented, unapproachable, rally of the .'unter-
rifed" of Little Holmes.
| The 23d of August came. There was some
shooting running to and fro-some drink
ing-some pole raising, and then the Democra-
cy commencing eoming-some. There was
Raber and John Raber, and John Raber, ESQ.,,
and Mr.. Raber, P. NJ. and the Weinsberg band,
and the Weinsberg PROFESSIONS, and then the
Weinsberg Democracy. There were also other
professions from other directions.
The numbers In attendance at the meeting we
have heard variously estimated. Our neighbor OF
the Farmer puts it at 5000, but bring the same
number together TO 4 Republican Meeting, and
he would hardly make it 500. Honestly, we
do not believe there were over one thousand
persons in town that day that did not belong to
it, including men, women and children. As to
| tie speaking, We only heard part of what
each said, From what We heard, and from
what we have been able TO learn, the several
speeches differed from each other only in en-
phasis and intensity, the matter being about
the same, the manner differing with the gas
manufacturing capacity and gymnastic power of
| the several performers.
Excepting the gas explosions and the humor-
GUS, though somewhat violent muscular eontor-
ticns of the actors on the stage, and which can
not be adequately described, our readers who
were not present, will have lost nothing by be-
ing absent-after reading the substance of the
several speeches, condensed as fellows
Fellow Democrats. This is great country,
Our Revolutionary Fathers fought, and bled and
died for liberty, for the free whitcs. and their
pos.erity forever. They were very patriotic
men but mistaken on a great many points. For
instance, they thought that Slavery was wrong,
morally, politically and socially; aeurse to the
master and slave, prejudicial to all the States in
which it existed-ihe foulest blot that blackened
our national escutcheon. But it has bsen re-
Gently clearly and conelusively shown that it
is sanctioned alike by the opinions and usages
of mankind and by the authority and express
injunctions of Scripture. Again, the Fathers Of
our country hoped, and prayed, and believed.
tha. slavery WIS doomed to speedy extinction.
But history has demonstrated their error, and
more new slave states have been added to our
Union, and the religious, political and social
benefits of the Christian Institution of human
slavery extends over more than half the terrific
ry making up this glorious Union of States.
Again, they were very much mistaken about
great Constitutional question. They were of
the opinion that Congress had power to prohib-
it Slavery in the territories. THOMAS JEFFER-
son drew the first resolution to this efect,-the
principle was incorporated in the Ordinance Of
'S7 for which every Southern man voted. That
ordinance was re-enGcted in the first Congress
after the Constitution, and that act was signed
by WASHINGTON. The same principle has been
recognized and acted upon by every admins
tration down to 1850, whenever Territorial gov
ernments were organized. 1t is true that
JAMES MONROE and every member of his Cabi-
net. and the most celebrated Constitutional law
vers of that day decided that Congress had this
Constitutional power, when tie Missouri Com
porrnise was passed. But these were days Of
comparative ignorance and darkness in this Re-
public. And even STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS,
the bright and shining Light by whose rays we
are all illuminated, was of the same opinion,
I'D till as late as 1859. And now, these "infa-
nous Black Republicans" /" "wcolly headed mig
ger worshippers," these "fanatieal abolitionists,
have the impudence to ask US why we have
changed our platform.-why we abandoned the
early policy of this country under the Admin
istration of its Fathers and Founders?
Why, fellow Democrats, the Democratic party
is progressive party. There is no progress
without changes-hence the Democratic party
must change, or it would not be progressive
party. Now, fellow Democrats, you are all fa-
milliar with the old adase, circumstances alter
cases." and It's true, and we appeal to you to
bear it in mind, and we can show by 1t that we
are right or we are no judges of logic. Now all
know that the Missouri Compromise was neces-
sary to let Missouri in as a Slave State, (now
mind the object for it is well settled that in de-
| termining the character of the law you must
look to the object.) The South admitted that
it was Constitutional for that object, and so it
was-every body admitted it. Now when the
reason of the law ceases the law ceases; that
is also an cid maxim. Slavery is in Missouri
and Missouri is in the Unlon-the reason las
ceased. But the South never admitted that il
was constitutional for the purpose OF keeping
Slavery out. and it ain either that's altogether
a different purpose, that's where the circum'
stances are altered, which alters the case, and
these hyocritical abolitionists and nigger wor'
shippers, know it well enough, and yet they
charge US with inconsistency. They ought i
be ashamed. They say that we never discover
ed that it was unconstitutional, until slavery
wanted to 90 where it was prohibited. Well
suppose we didn't. 1t is none OF their busl-
ness. and where is the nse of discovering any
thing that there is no use in. We made the
discovery soon enough for all practical purposes
and to let slavery go where it has mind to
that is soon enough. There is no use of agita
lion on an abstraction. There is no use of Civ
ing man leave to go until you know whethe
he wants TO- Now keeping Slavery out il
directly the opposite of letting it in tie terrific