St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-23

ken from a southern paper, | can fur
nish him scores, equally fanatical, Ia
ken from northern papers. Such cx-
tracts are only bugbears to brighten
the timid and ignorant, of whom friend
Humphrey would fain have us believe
he is one. 4 &
Mr.. II. seems to fancy that ! want
his trusteeship. l supposed that | had
settled the matter of desiring Office in
the outset. l have legitimate bust
ness Of my own, which affords me a
livelihood, and desire not to be enticed
from it even by the Establishments
which attach to one who is father of
the town." and that town St. Charles.
A few words more, Messrs. Editors,
and will close, promising not to troub-
lie you again in this discussion, and
yielding complacently the whole field
hereafter to my friend Humphrey. ]
am not and never have been one of the
croakers about the dissolution of the
Union. Ibelieve the Union will stand.
But / also believe that the course pur-
sued by the Abolitionists tends to dis
union, and if successful, would inevi.
tably result in it. But the Abolition.
lists do not believe their own words
and acts. They feel very much like
the Irishman who desired to be held
lest he should fight somebody F.; and,
like the Irishman, are never at peact
except when fighting! A party organ.
lied as theirs is, never can become a
national party. Their convention
which nominated Fremont was repre-
scented by only sixteen states, while in
the remaining fifteen they have no
strength whatever. They have gone
into crusade against the slavehold-
ers, and heap upon them flood of de-
nunciation and abuse. They depart
from the spirit in which the constitu-
ton was framed and renounce every OBJ
legation they assume when swearing
to support that sacred instrument.
The Republicans charge Democrats
with being in favor of the extension
of slavery. If true, we should expect
to find all the great men of the coun-
| try to whom we have been accustom-
ed to look for guidance, and who have
ever been known to be opposed to sla-
very extension, among the Republi-
cans. But where is General Scott p
Opposed toFremont. Where are Mar
tin Van Buren,, and Prince John" the
salaricd expounder, of anti-slavery, sent
forth by the Buffalo Convention in
l84S? Both on the Buchanan plat
form. Where is John Mclean, who
was proposed as candidate for the
Presidency by the party that nominal
ted Fremont His sons are doing bat
tie for Buchanan, and he has never de-
clared for Fremont and will not
Where is Tom Benton? Is he Ne
braska man, or don't he know FIRE.
mont? Why does he denounce this
sectional party? Is it because he is
in favor of the extension of slavery Z?
Where is Sam Houston? He ought
to be in favor of Fremont because he
is a Know Nothing, but he is not
Where is Rufus Choate? 1t has been
said that he is the greatest criminal
lawyer in the land, and has been en-
ployed to defend the Democratic par
" but there is one criminal that even
ne can't defend, and that is the Repub-
ican party. Who go for Fremont :
Humboldt is for Fremont, and SO is
Humbug-Ole Bull is for Fremont, and
50 is John Bull. The entire English
Ind French press is for Fremont.
Louis Napoleon, the usurpcr and the
enemy of constitutional liberty, is for
Fremont, because he thinks his cleo
ion the first step towards the dissolu-
ion of the Union. But the patriots,
he statesmen of the Union, almost
previous distinction of party,
ire for Buchanan, and all united and
sincere in their desire to preserve the
Union.
There is good deal said about the
of the slave power, but it
ii narrows down to the assault of
Brooks on Sumner and the Kansas out
ages, of which latter the free state
men have committed their share while
hold the Aid Societies of the North
IS being equally culpable with the
Border Ruffians of the South. These
Kansas outrages could not be stopped
because the Republicans required them
or the Presidential campaign. They
we're their whole~stock in trade 1t
vas said Of Gen. jackson that he al
yays had an Indian baby roasted for