Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-07-03

can't fact that the names Qf senator cctodTu "
New York, and Of Henry Wilson Of Massa-
chusetts, are found in the negative on this pro-
position, in company with the names Of Doug
las, Cass, and other open and ayowed advocates
of alien suffrage in the Territories, and cham
pions Of "squatter sovereignty" Henceforward,
then, let the names of Se,Oard and Cass, Doug
las and Wilson be emblazoned on the flag of
alien suffrage and squatter Sovereignty, as CO.
workers in the crusade against American doc
trinesl
Ii is due to the country and to the Senators
themselves, that the names Of those who voted
on the motion of Senator Adams, to strike out
the alien suffrage feature Of the bill, should
be given in this article. They are as follows,
to wit:
YEAS-Messrs Adams, Bayard, Bell of Tonnes
see, Briggs, Brodhead, Brown, Clay, Clayton, Col
lamer, Crittenden, Fessenden, Fitzpatrick Foot,
Foster, Geyer, Hamlin, Iverson, Mallory, Massey
Reid, Thompson of Kentucky, and Yulee-22.
NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Biger, Bright, Cass,
Dodge, Douglas, Evans, Jones of Iowa, Pugh,
Seward, Slidell, Toombs, Weller, Wilson, and
Wright-l6.
We record the fact with no little pleasure,
that amongst the yeas may be found nearly all
the conservative or national Democrats who
were present in the Senate when the vote was
taken. 1t is gratifying to know that there are
such men, who, on such occasions, can rise
superior to party, and record their names for
their country.
Among the nays recorded upon the motion
of Senator Adams, will be found the name of
Senator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, the personal
and political friend, and especial advocate of
James Buchanan In this vote Senator Big
Ter was consistent. As the political friend of
Mr.. Buchanan in the Senate, it was his duty,
politically, to carry out the principles of the
Cincinnati platform, on which Mr.. Buchanan
has been placed, and which platform, Mr.. Blu
chanan himself has stated, destroyed his own
individuality -rendered him "no longer James
Buchanan" but metamorphosed him into a
machine, to declare mechanically maintain
mechanically to enforce mechanically
the doctrines enunciated at Cincinnati, as ex-
planned FoRNEY-cally through the Pennsylva-
Man!
Senator Bigler is right, politically, in voting
to perpetuate alien power and "squatter SOW
ereignty" in the Territories. Such was the
mandate of the Cincinnati Convention, and the
now dumb instrument of that Convention
knosos nothing but what that Convention enun-
ciated, and his friends must sag nothing
which was not thereby authorized. We refer
with pleasure to the contrast exhibited in the
vote of Senator Brodhead in favor Of Senator
Adamss motion. We honor him for that vote,
as we honor him for the expression of his can
did opinion, before the nomination, that Mr..
Buchanan could not carry Pennsylvania As
member of the pseudo Democratic party Mr..
Brodhead may deem it his duty to give Mr..
Buchanan his influence, but it is obvious that
he has too much independence to sacrifice his
conservatism in pandering to foreignism and
demagoguism.
There is one other member Of Congress to
whose recent political course we may here adj
vert, in illustration of the policy adopted by
the Northern advocates of the election of the
dumb machine put upon the Presidential track
at Cincinnati. We mean Mr.. Barclay, of the
House Of Representatives, one of the "immor-
tai seventy This gentleman was one of
the most strenuous advocates of the nomination
of Mr.. Buchanan-is his personal and political
friend, and we may add Gf we have the con-
sent Of Mr.. Clancy Jones,) that he is emphati-
cally the right-hand man" of Mr.. Buchanan
in the House. This gentleman is now the
earnest ADVOCATE Of the recognition Of the
Kansas Topeka Constitutional He is carrying
out the resolves Of the Lancaster (Pennsylva-
MAJ meeting, prepared by Mr.. Buchanan some
years since, denouncing slauery, and protest
ing against ats extension
To us, who know the whole history of Mr..
Buchanan on the Slavery question, and who
have before us his record of votes and speeches,
showing that until the present year, 1866, he
never uttered a sentence, (Which has gone into
print,) allo@ing, or in any manner consenting,
that slaoery should be extended into Territory
then free, the course Of Mr.. Barclay excites no
surprise whatever-not the slightest Mr.
Barclay, in advocating now the Topeka Free
soil constitution, is simply carrying out the
lifelong doctrines of James Buchanan, with
the "squatter sovereignty" and "alien suf-
frage" additions, by the Cincinnati coditfers!
The country must examine the movements of
such men as Senator Bigler and Representa-
tive Barclay, if they would learn and under
stand the maneuvring Of Janus-faced politi-
clans.
The Glorious Fourth