Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-09-26
A SHORT POLITICAL cATEcHIsM

10 leu thousand MAJORITY
A SHORT POLITICAL CATECHISM
/ Q Who is james Buchanana
A. A single gentlemen tbachclcr) Of
Wheatiand, near Laneaster CITY, Ia ns
youth lawyer and politician, asd during
his mature and declining years an aspi-
rant to the situation OF President of the
United States.
@ What have been h:s political associa-
tlons, tendencies and opnions2
A. they haye been Federal aud Demo-
cratic; protective and tree trade; bank aud
ant-bank; for restricting slavery and then
for extending it, al libitun;-opposed to
our late war With Great Britian in defence
of our maritime rights, but IN favor of war
with Spain to rob her of Cuba. for the graft
fcation of the shareholders and the extern
sion of slave territory and influenced
@. In what has he displayed the greatest
degree OF inconsistency
A. In courting the slave power Of the
Union into favoring his aspirants for the
Presidency.
Q. What are his present prospects of
success in the pursuit of that object!
A. His friends Of the black Democracy
have placed him IN nomination and express
determination ,s elect him--if they can
get votes enough--by bribery and intinlda-
tion, or by threats TO destroy the Union to
accomplish the purpose.
Q. Who are the black Democracy that
hayv nurGnatra lIui.
A. They are those men of the North
aud South who deny the truth Of the Decla-
ration of Independence. that liberty is m
'sinalienahle right, but declare that ''migh,
makes righ,," and who consider the market
price Of black men of greater national i'm
portauee than the liberty of white men.
Q. Are the black Democracy politically
and religiously atheists!
A. Practically they are, but abstracted-
Ii they ara professed Christians and Demo-
Gratis after the straitest manner Of the secta
@. Do. not the black Democracy profess
great anxiety for the safety Of the Union.
and determination 10 preserve il!
A They are wiling to apreserye the
Union if it can he made entirely subser-
Went to the preservation, protection and ex-
tension Of slavery, and can BE KEEP; entire
" under the control Of the Shareholders
aud their tools; otherwise they assert that
they viii divide and destroy it.
Q. Are they not most devoted support
ers Of the Constitution!
A. Yes, when cortcnding for tue repre-
sentation of ''property in slaves" and fer
the privilege of taking them into free States
or territories, or if they escape, requiring
all good citizens TO aid IN catching them,
under pain of fine and imprisonment, but
they deny in all the slave States the free
dom of the press-frcedom Of speech--free
dom of the osi-ofice-freedom to meet
together to petition for redress Of the
grievances imposed upon the people by sla-
very: they deny education to the poor, aud
(if they be Whitley inprison benevolent fe-
males who teach them TO read the Bible,
and tar aud feather ministers of the gospel
who assert that it Is sinful to make mer-
chandise of the poor.
Q. Are there many of this party in the
free States.
A. Yes Among politicians and dema-
gogucs seeking after the spoils of Office q
merchants and manufacturers seeking after
Southern trade. and large number of
,lupes who fud charm IN the name of
Democrat, even when used 70 enslaye them
selves.
O. What arguments do they generally
use to sustain their Siewsa
A With the ,isnid they threaten TO dcs-
troy The Union and ruin the country, with
the fearless bludgeens, bowie.kniyes aud
pistols are used TO enforce submission to the
peculiar institution and its demands. In
Kansas, armed bands Of rufhans are the
supporters Of black Democracy, headed by
Atcbison, StringfelIow, Buford and other
kindred spirits. IL Philadelphia they sup
port the Pennsylvania newspaper te advo-
cate their cause.
O. What are the means which this party
possesses for bribery
A. They have the Senate and Executive
Of the United States IN their service, and
consequently the immense federal patrQn-