Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-08-19

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when we who are now in life are passing
INTO the grave, will 1t not be stain upon
our names and shadow upon our con-
sciences, that, having the power to pre-
vent 1t, we should permit Kansas to be a
siave-another marauding Missouri in
stead of a peaceful Iowa-or even Vir-
ginia, instead of New York or Penn.
sylvania.
Mr.. Buchanan, the candidate of the
CINCINNATI Convention, stands pledged to
make the resolutions of that Convention,
his rule of faith and PRACTICE. If we are
to take his own declaration, he is to rath-
er be an automaton than a free agent
The Convention which nominated HIM.
that motley and noisy crowd which nobody
would have allowed TO decide matter OF
business of the smallest Importance for
himself-has done the thinking of the
President for the next four years, if Mr..
Buchanan should happen to be President.
Such candidate, under such circumstan-
ces' we cannot support.
Shall we then throw away our votes?-
That we cannot do for two reasons: one,
that we shall thus indirectly contribute to
MIR. Buchanan's elections; the other. that
there Is choice. Mr.. Fremont, who has
been nominated by the republicans, is an
acceptable candidate, his professions and
antecedents are all democratic, and strong.
ly IN his favor. He is known to be man
OF great capacity, energy, probity and
honor In his hands the Presidential Of
zee Will be vigorously and justly admins
tered. We have, therefore, nominated
him for the Presidency, and his associate,
Mr.. Dayton for the Vice Presdency;and
we ask you, Democrats of New York, to
ratlfy this nomination.
We make no attack upon the South
We remember that the Southern people
are our brothers, and brothers we mean
them to continue. But they shall not in
tertere with our rights, nor introduce their
institutions into our States, nor fasten them
upon the Territories before those Terri
tories are mature enough to be States,
and, as much to determine their institu-
tons. We know well how many noble
men and women there are in all the south:
and we believe that many of them agree
with In the respect to the extension of sla-
very. 1t is the Southern politian and the
Northern traitor, who have done the mis-
chief, and whom we wish to restrain.
If the spirit of hostility to our free in
stltutions, manifested by the supporters of
Mr.. Buchanan, had been as violent du-
ring the days Of Washington, jefferson,
and Madison as it is now, those patriots
would have been driven from their native
State for their love of liberty, and COM
peiled 10 seek protection where sentiments
IN unison with their own were held sa-
cred.
President Pierce promised the democ-
racy Of the nation an economical admins
tratlon OF the government. In this also
his pledges have been broken. No admin
lstration has been more prodigal than his
The time which he should have devoted
to retrenchment and reform, has been law
lshed IN fruiless efforts to secure renomi-
nation and reelection. The dupe of the
Cushlngs and the Davises, his treachery
to principle was paid of'at Cincinnati with
a cheap recompense-the vote OF an i'd
cincre and heartless minority. We trust
that the defeat of Mr. Buchanan, in No
vember next will save him from a similar
fate. If Mr.. Buchanan is elected, Kan
sas is Slave. If Mr.. Fremont is elected
Kansas IS free. Thus thinking, we shall
labor against the one and for the other,
and we earnestly ask our fellow Demo-
Gratis to aid us in the work.