Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-07-18
A southsrner's Private Opinion Of
Mem and ousstions.

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letter from John Henderson, ESQ. OF
New OrIeans to William Mcclure
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Is the son oil hon. John henderson,
many years Senator in Congress from
Mississippi. and who will be remem-
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commend Il to our readers as contain
ing the private opinion Of an inhuen-
tinl citizen Of the South:
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R.charsa F;llmors and fremont Bu.
chsnar - the crnonent Of the Dem
ocrs,;c ,arty and ia principles. Fill
more of he American partv. and
Fremont Of the Anfi-slayeyv porfy oen
>roVy Fillmore on the slavery uues
ton. is true to the consf;tuf;onai RI. hts
of the South. though in 1886 rank
aboli,ionist. | have no doubt he is
Free Soiler on the Kansas and Ne
braska questions. Buchap an is equal.
" true to the constitutional rights Of
the South, though / have no doubt he
il Likewise Free Soiler. Next comes
Fremont. He is the exponent of the
anti slavery party generally. He is a
native OF South Carolina. and l have
never seen one born there yet who is
an abolilionist. ventura my exist
ence. n, mortal man ever heard Free
mont say he was an aboIitionist. On
The contrary, / believe If any man
was to tell him to his face, that he.
Fremont. would slap hia face. Yet
this Is the man the Black Republicans
or AboIitionists nominate. Well done
for them! They have nominated a
true Southern man. and one that
would use morc power than ever ex.
ercised by Fillmore or Pierce, or that
would be exercised by Fillmore or lIu-
chanan. IL elected. Fremont is gen.
uine Free solIer, and no more. He
favor~ Kansas coming into the Union
IS Free State. In this | concur with
him. and. | doubt not, Buchanan and
Fillmore entertain the same opinion.
save they do not choose TO express
such opinion. for IL they did. the poll.
ticisns Of the South would call them
abolitionisls end discard them boih.-
Policy prevents their public express
ION Of opinion. The masses Of the
people North are Free Soilers. Will
they vote for an avowed Free Soil can
didate? "Nous serrons." 1--WE will
see what we will see." as Father Rich.
10 said. II Ere mont would avow himself
an aboIilionist or that he would oppose
the admission Of a Slave State into
the Union. he would never live to be
inaugursted, may, would never live
to sec Washington city, IL he travelled
through Slave State .c;fhom dis
guiss. This is not all. The Slave
States would take upon themselves to
meet in convention and declare tn.
Union dissolved, and would, by force
of arms, dissolve the Union More
blood would dow in this mighty civil
war than was lost IN the revolution
that obtained our liberties. and cemen-
ted our glorious union. am Free.
Soiler. but hostile to abolitionists, and
to the knife. They are dangerous to
the institution Of slavery. and would
steal slaves il they could get chance.
st. Louis is harassed to death by alb.
olitiorisis. A Slave State should pun
ish such free thinkers. very summari-
ly. Not so with Free Sellers. They
are rational men and seek not TO di.
vest men Of their property by viIlainy
in the guise Of fanaticism, rs practice
their bastard Observation-Disclosures.
Free Soilers act in accoadance with
national right. and the Christian relig-
ion. and human laws. The abolition
lists tread the bible under foot, spurn
human law. and defy God himself
Their prece pts and practices bring cur
SEES upon their own heads, and harsher
treatment on the unfortunate slave by
the master. Their motto is that OF
the arch angel Of heaven after he fell
III had rather rule in He'll than serve
in Heaven"
The civil war in Kansas is wrong.
and both parties are to b.ame. l do
not sympnlhize with either party, and
| wish the devil had them both. Kan.
sas Is destined to he n Free State
Cuba is Slave State, and would b.
one Tomorrow. if she asked admission
into the Union The Free Sellers do
not propose to interfere with slavery,
ia State or Territory, but oppose the
extension Of slavery to free soil. In
this sense | am Free Soiler but in
none other. II .ft
The Kansas and Nebraska Bills are
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determine whether they will or sil
not have the institution of slavery