Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-08-21
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without BlemislH.'f

The above expressive heading is placed
by the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer of July
18th, over four-column article, written to
prove Mr. Buchanan's complete subservien-
sy to the slave power. 1t closes with the
following summary of his Congressional
and official labors to strengthen and uphold
slavery, which proves Old Buck to be a
complete embodiment of Border Rufian
Democracy. -r--
In private as well as in public, Mr.. Bu-
chanan has always stood on the side of
the South. The citizen and statesman are
one and the same Individual. He sup
ported the rights of the South when in
office; he yindicated and maintained those
rights when out of office. He not only
voted for all measures of justice to the
South, but he endeavored to carry them in
to effect. His is not dead record of
votes, but living record of acts, which
vindicate the honesty of the votes. Thus,
Mr.. Buchanan exhorted the North to a
faithful and cheerful fulfilment of the OBJ
legations of the Fugitive Slave Law. He
protested against the prohibition of jails
in Pennsylvania to federal officers for the
confinement of captured slaves. He de
nounced the Wilmot Proviso. He ap-
proved the Clayton Compromise of 1917.
And, to sum up in a single sentence, he
has at all times and in all places exerted
the authority of high character and great
talents to uphold the Union, defend the
Constitution, and protect the South.
To reeapitulate--
l. 1886, Mr. Buchanan supported a
bill to prohibit the circulation Of abolition
papers through the mails.
2. In the same year he proposed and
voted for the admission of Arkansas
8. In 1867 he denounced and voted
to reject petitions for the abolition of slav-
very in the District of Columbia
4. In 1887 he voted for Mr.. Calhouass
famous resolutions, defining the rights of
the States and the limits of the federal
authority, and affirming it to be the duty
of the government to protect and uphold
the institutions of the South.
5. In 1889 and 40, he ivariably
voted with Southern Senators against the
consideration of Anti-Slavery petitions.
6. In ls44-'5, he advocated and voted
for the annexation of Texas.
Z. In ls47, he sustained the Clayton
Compromise.
g. In 1850, he proposed and urged the
eAtention of the Missouri Compromise to
the Pacific ocean.
o. But he promptly acquiesced in the
compromise of so, and employed all his
influence in favor of the faithful execution
of the fugitive slave law.
10. In, 1854 he demonstrated against
an enactment of the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture for obstructing the arrest and return
of fugitive slaves.
IL. 1t 1854 he negotiated for the ac-
QUESTION of Cuba.
~. In 1855 he approves the repeal of
the Missouri restriction, and supports the
principles of the Kansas-Nebraska ct.
49, He never gave vote against the
interests of slavery, and never uttered a word
which could pain the most sensitive south
erD heart.
The Washington Union copies these
thirteen items of Mr.. Buchanan's pro-slave-
ry record, and piles it up still higher, thus:
"This rapid retrospect discloses a con-
sistency and an efficiency of serrice to the
South, which flattery can claim for no 9TH
er living man. Mr.. Buchanan is not only
vindicated from calumny; he is not simply
shown to be exempt from just reproaeh
and worthy confidence, he is promoted to
his proper position, in aduance of any and
every statesman Of the North IN tile con-
.fdenee and affections Of the people Of the
South