Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-23


Court. and candidate for reelection.
addressed the csayenIion las, sasur'
day. lie is good looking young
man. and on The right side OF good
question would make good speech.
Though we could not remain to hear
him through. We were much pleased
with what we did hear. In very
frank manner he assured his audience
that the questions now before thepeo-
pie are new questions. wholly diseon-
necGed 18th the settled issues Of the
past. and consequently mans politi-
ical aIIini,ies heretofore had nothing to
do with his action in the present can
vass. This was said to "cajole" old
line Wings. bu, il is true. nevertheless.
and we hope every honest man will
bear il IN mind during the canvass,
After very high compliment Of
Henry Clay and the late Wing party.
neither Of whom differed Of old, he
said. very materially, from the old
Democrats party. (slbeit they were
called traitors. and monarchisis, and
federalisss. and blue lights, while liy-
ing, b, read. or purported to read. a
resolution. which. he said. had been
adopted at meeting in Boston. buthe
neglected. purposely. to tell when or
by whom. and then gave it ''tits. -
ID was a resolution denouncing the
Constitution and the Union. Being
anxious TO know lis paternity, we IN
quired Of DR.. Berry, who said .he
believed il had been adopted at con
venlion held by Wendell Phillips. The
odore Parker and others. but compos-
ed chiefly Of women and niggers" -
Be its paternity what il may, he ham
died il in a mastery manner, and con-
vinced us that lie was some on "wom-
en- and niggers." We were pleased
to bear him use up that convention
Their resolutions were vulnerable and
detestsble. But we thought il would
have looked better to have defended
The resolutions Of the Convention that
nominated him, or to oppose the reso-
buttons OF the Peoples Convention.
hut while we stayed. there was not a
word on either. We would have been
pleased to have heard him defend
Squatter Sovereignty as exempliied in
the Kansas bill. which. according to
President Pierce. authorized the Mis-
sourians to vote in Kansas. and the
Legislature elected by them to appoint
sheriifs. and magistrates. and ccnsta-
bles. for six years, some Of whom live
in Missouri. The President. in his
Kansas Message. expressly says
'ahat legislature was regular and le-
gal" We should have been pleased
to hear him defend the President in
sending the United States troops into
the Territory to enforce the laws Of
/ that Missouri Legislature. But end
ing it an easier matter to demolisll
some resolutions adopted by conven-
ton Of women aud niggers." he
i spent his strength on that.
His plea. that if the South cannot
have its own way. and make laws to
suit the Constitution" as interpreted
by them. they will dissolve the Union,
was certainly an able plea, though il
smacked Of consummate eowardice. -
When did the North talk Of dissolyine
the Uniong Except conventions Of
women and niggers?" Never. They
propose to meet their Southern breth-
rem like men. and reason with them
like men. and vote like equals. and i
they are defeated, they intend to try
again like men. On the other hand,
the South. and her allies, conscious o
the weakness OF their cause, use moi
violence to prevent the discussion o
the question in the South, end then. al
contemplate towards. shake their fist
at us and say: dissolve the Union
dissolve the Union r We pity The
craven souls that can be frightened
from their birthright of freemen by
any such threat.