The Opelousas patriot. [volume] (Opelousas, Parish of St. Landry, La.) 1855-1863, 1856-11-01
Democratic Trickery.

Democratic Trickery.
Look OF it, people Of the; South, look at it
well. Tile Louisville yournals informs its
readers that it has in fts possession two ORR
Iginal notices or posters for two democratic
Meetings in Ohio, the irseof which Is as fol-
lows
tbs Union.
4 Buck and BrcckkA
To the Rescue!
"There will be a Meeting of tie friends Of
the Union, those who are opposed to legalssing
slauery IN tie territories, and who are opposed
to making all children born Of slave mothers in
those territories, for the next tvs. years. slaves
for life, this evening, Saturday, Sept. 20, 1855
at Nittich's Hall" etc.
The second poster contains the following
call a
Friends Of the Union # 5S,sI :.
Buck and Breck e95 ~ a;Se
Rally Rally a$se M TIA
/" The friends Of The Union and the Consti-
I "a L +ahFe-.g4 M ~ WlEFAg aH4."i H91HI
tuition, will hold a grand Mass Meeting at
South Bloomfield, on Saturday, the 9th inst. y
F" Cone up and help arrest the spread OF
slavery oyer The cast territories Of Kansas and
Nebraska" and Hon. $. S. Cox, the present
Democratic candidate for Congress, DIR. Edison
Odds, Democratic ex-member Of Congress, DR..
Griswold, Democratic candidate for Superin-
tendent Of public works, were the speakers on
the occasion.
aNow we call upon the people of the South,
to read the above and ponder it well, to put it
by the side Of Mr.. Breckenridge1s profession of
Democratic faith made at the North in his
Tippacanoe speech, that the Democratic par
ty did not desire to extend slavery " and draw
their W conclusions We ask them TO con
slider the professions of the leading men Of that
party South, that the Democratic party is to
he the salvation Of Southern interests and
Southern institutions that Buck and Breck
are the champions Of the latter, who are to lead
on the Southern hosts in the battle against
abolitionism against such men as Seward,
Sumner, Giddings, Hall, and a host Of other
free %soilers, and abolitionists we ask them, we
say, to consider these things and say whether
they can repose confidence in men, in q party,
whose principles at the North are one thing
and at the South another; and say whether
they will be cheated and inveigled into the
support Of q party which holds itself ont at the
South as q pro-slayery party, and at the
North scruples not to profess the principles of
freesoilism and Black Republicanism
Let them ask themselves this question how
can men who entertain such views and princi-
pies as are enuneiated in the above call views
that are identical with those entertained and
expressed by the supporters of Col. Fremont,
advocate the election of Messrs. Buchanan and
breckenridge, if they do not believe, that on
the subject of slavery and its extension, those
gentlemen entertain the same sentiments and
views that they themselves do that Buck and
Breck are as unexceptional to them, as far as
this is concerned, as Fremont and Dayton are !;
there is abundant evidence in the above call
that this is the case there is abundant evidence
contained in Mr.. Breckenridge's Tippacanoe
speech, that the advocates Of Buck at the
North, support him not because be is d pro-
slavery man; not because he is anxious that
the South shouldahave Justice done to her in
the partition Of the National territories; not
because'he designs to sec the Institutions of the
South extended and perpetpated under the
Constitution ; but because he is an anti-siavery
man BECAUSE he is anxious to see the South
cut off from her legitimate share OF the terrific
ries because he designs to see slavery circum-
scribed in its limits first, and then finally
obliterated for ever from American soil these
are the reasons that undoubtedly actuate the
great mass of the Democratic party North.
And it Mr.. Buchanan is supported by them in
preference to Mr.. Fremont, it ia because they
think his election is more probable than that
of the latter, and they depend much upon the
votes OF the South, for this contamination;
for having a version Of their platform that
looks fair and promising to the slaveholdinlg in
terest of that region, they feel sure of their
game. They know how the South has already
been deceived With hollow professions of friend
ship and kind assurances of devotion TO her in
%terests, and they can not believe for a moment
That she can forego the luxury of being again
duped. The leaders of the Democracy at. The
North say unto themselves, we will tell the
people of the South, how old ,Buch voted for
the admission Of Texas as a slave State /; but
we won't say anything about his reasons for so
voting; it won't do to tell them, that he voted
thus, in order to make Maryland, Virginia
etc., free States and gradually to get rid of
slavery we will tell them how he is in favor
of the principle of The Kansas ebraska bill
but we will not say a word about how that
principle is understood here, to operate, or was
expected and intended to operate, on slavery
in the territories andSnti will be right-they
will vote in a body for Buck and Brock, aud
this will secure us places for ever VIII The
people OF Louisiana be thus deceived; will thew
prefer this Janus faced r%olitica, monster, this
false and hollow profession Of Democratic faith,
the Cincinnati platform, with the gray haired