St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-10-09

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tried to ward it off. Both Wings and
Democrats joined hands in this great
work of preserving inviolate the COM
promises of the constitution +; but in
this the Whig party at least have been
truly unfortunate. Horace Greeley
found that he could sell more Tiibunes
by declaring the Wing party "dead"
than by upholding the pillars of his
country's liberty, and he did so. One
after another of the great statesmen
of the party fell by the hand of death,
till finding themselves without leader
or guide, the Wings finally disbanded,
and are now scattered like sheep with
out shepherd. Some are found act
| ing with one organization and some
with another, according as they judge
their views and principles may be best
carried out. The more enlightened
and patriotic are rallying under the
banner of either Buchanan or Fill
more, while the shallow-pated, super
fetal observers, who have far more
zeal than knowledge, are found in the
wake of Hale, Giddings & Co., and are
contributing to swell the ranks of sec.
tionalism and disunion. ..
To show that the Fremont party is
a sPoils party, and not party of prin-
'ciple and patriotism, it is only neces-
sary to revert to their past history
Their leaders began operations as
7" immediate emancipationists," about
twenty-five years ago. Then it was
great moral question with them. The
South at that time were doing what
they could to amcliorate the condition
of the slave, and the Kentucky legis-
lature came within two votes of pass
ing a law for the gradual emancipa-
tion of the slaves of that state. But
to such lengths did the abolitionists
go, that Kentucky, as we'll as other
northern slave states, was compelled to
pass laws more stringent than ever in
order to protect themselves in their
property and their rights. 1t is in this
way that abolitionism has Benefited the
slave down to the present time. Look
at the acquisition of territory and the
multiplication of slave states during
the last twenty or thirty years-all
provoked by the slavery-agitation IA
natics of the North !!
1t was soon found that the moral ag-
itation Of the slave question was not
sufficient. 1t must be agitated politi-
cally Finding a broken-down slave
holder of the South, in the person of
one James G. Birney, they set him up
as a candidate for the Presidency. To
show the purity and consistency of
this Observation-Disclosures party
at that day, let us. glance a moment
at the history Of Mr.. Birney. Mr.. A.
S. Mitchell Of Danyille, KY, says: a1
He (Birney) formerly lived (prob-
"ably was raised in this vicinity
About: the year 1918 or 1919, he re-
moved toaAlabama, taking with him
"a large number of slaves. He lived
"in Alabama till the year 1888 when
che returned to Danville, bringing
"with him but one family of slaves,
six in number, and one small girl
!" torn from It's mother in Alabama, and
"a boy Charles. The remainder Of his
"slaves and their increase he sold be-
fore leaving Alabama. How it be-
"came necessary for him to sell so
many men, women and children, 1
'"have heard, but think it not worth
while to state. Very soon after he
returned, he began to show signs Of
"abolitionism." u a.as
Mr.. Birney goes to work and makes
out free papers for this family Of ne
groes, as it appears, because he found
them Improbable. to him., and in the
deed Of emancipation he sets forth that
=" After careful and deliberate ex-
e animation to ascertain my duty as
"citizen of the United States and q
"professed follower Of Jesus Christ,
"* y l do emancipate,' &c. This
instrument is dated June End, 1884,
and Mr. Birncy says about that time,
that during the winter 1884, and en-
suing spring :" My mind was deeply
interested in the whole subject of sla-
every [of course it was and in the
"month Of May became so fully con-
"vinced of the right of my slaves to
"their freedom, and Of my duty as a
Christian to give it to them" &c. $
But bear in mind that all this time
poor Charles, who appears to have