Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1856-10-02

tended to prepare the masses for con.
tinued refusal of justice and protection,
and relentless persistence in outrage
and oppression.
Ifind all the Democrats South, and a
portion of the Democracy North, boldly
regulating the Kansas Nebraska bill
by insisting that Slavery has a right to
90 into the Territories in spite of Con-
gress or the people; and that the inhab-
itants ola Territory have no right to
pass territorial laws to forbid it or ex-
clude it. Democratic Representatives
from Pennsylvania even, in the Senate
and the House, hold and proclaim these
opinions; while other Representatives
from Pennsylvania, with Democratic
leaders from other States, declare them
selves publicly to be non-committal up
on this hearey; the inevitable tendency
of which, it is easy to show, viii be to
prevent almost entirely the formation OF
any more Free States.
Having originated a movement my
self, to aid our people by sending them
men and money, and having prosecuted
it with the strictest avoidance of party
character and studied mentality as to
the political canvass, and having earn
estly asked the co-operationo fmen of all
parties, / have failed to enlist in it, to
my knowledge, single Democrat In
the Convention of Cleveland and Buffalo
called without distinction of party, in
futherance of their enterprise, there was
no Democrat present but myself This
cannot have been from any want of gen.
crosby or of means, butonly in Difference
to the prevailing tone and sentiment of
the party which is enlisted upon the 9th
er side of the question. And not only
have they abstained from aiding the
movement, but in their presses and by
their private influence they have endeav-
ored to cripple and retard it by sneering
at it, warning the community against it
as reasonable, and declaring that the
money would be misapplied, thus en-
ldeavoring to prevent contributions even
from friends Of the measure.
might go on with this catalogue and
enumerate other indications, if necessa-
ry, showing that the prevailing tone OF
the party is hostile to Kansas; but I con-
slider it only necessary to add that
what have said relates butte the North.
The South, where the great mass of the
party is to be found, makes no preten-
sion, as whole, to the advocacy of any
thing but pure Border Ruffianism.
What, then, have the Free State men
of Kansas to expect from Democratic
Administration, even if presided over
by Mr. Buchanan? If he could be left
to act upon his own impulses, unaffected
by external influences, and free from all
pledges and obligations, express and
imulied, the case would be very DIFF
ferent. But, unfortunately, this is not
so. His election would rightfully be
considered decision against us, what
ever may be his own private feelings
His officers at Washington, in Kansas
and elsewhere, would necessarily, to a
large extent, be filled with our enemies
His information would come through
a distorted medium; and lastly, he could
not aid us, without having first made up
his mind to be abandoned and warred
upon by his own party. The South
would charge him with violating his
pledges, and turn upon him with the bit
terest hostility, and at last a portion of
the Northern Democracy would follow
their example. He would thus be left
without a party to support his Admin
istration, unless he should cast himself
into the arms Of the Republicans. We
cannot, it seems to me, either ask or
expect him to do this upon a question
where party lines are plainly drawn be-
fore his election. Like all other men in
the same situation, he must obey the
party sentiment on which he is elected.
That there are Democrats in Pennsyl-
vania who are full of Indignation against
the conduct of the South in regard to
Kansas, l am well aware, and that they
would use their influence to redress her
wrongs | am well satisfied; but they are
too few in proportion to the whole party
of the Union to sustain his Administra-
ton in war with his party. They have
as yet been unable to make their op-
inions appear and be felt in the party
and, of course, cannot do so hereafter.
| honor their good intentions, but l
cannot believe in their power.
l repeat that l have been forced
to these conclusions after no slight
struggle with my feelings and inclina-
tions. Should Mr.. Buchanan be elect
ed, and his administration be different
from what my judgement compels me
to believe, | shall give it my cordial ap-
probation, and my feeble though will
ling support. AS 1 believe now, 1 must
regard the Democratic party as fully
committed to Southern Sectionalism; to-
ward which, for some time past, it has
been rapidly tending, and | quit it, well
assured that my duty to my country de-
mands at my hands this sacrifice in per-
sonal feeling.
Very Truly Yours,
A. H. REEDER.