The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-10-02

moment! II Heating. tie IrishRaaa, had shot
Herbert, the Nem5er o., Congress- does any
body doubt that he would have been hung or
imprisoned?
But the whole atrocity OF this transaction
is not yet revealed Thus far, Herbert and
the court that tried him, are the only criminals
The same cannot be said Of the proceedings in
Congress The Constitution declares that
either House NAV. for disorderly conduct.
expel a member Did the House OF Repre-
sentatives inflict this punishment upon Her
bert? Nay, verify. the acA4e Democratic
delegation in Congress, a0iA one or tico creep
tioHs, by q formal r3te, refused egsn TO inquire
INTO the Haatter-thuS transcending the guilt
of the court which had acquitted him Of
murder, or even neuHszaHSAtsr, by declaring
that he had not been guilty of dtS0rderiy CON
duct, and that the killing Of an IriShn14n Is
not a matter OF sufficient importance 10 require
an inveStig And this Democratic Mem
beroi Congress now sits IN the councils of the
nation, with the blood Of fellow man upon
his soul, caressed and congraiulated by his
brother Democrats, for his escape from felon's
dea,b-making laws for the people. There
is one other body IN which he has since held
a seattle National Democratic ConUenti2u.
schict nominated Jzntas BacA2a2n. We are
aware that this facc has been denied, and tina.
his name was omitted from the list Of dele
gates-that Of his contingent being inserted
jnstead-blt the proof Is positive that he sat
in the Convention, to whose hnoT none but
members were admitted. AMI tha. hs coIa-
sellel AMI acted with the California Detega-
ton: aal this after tie Convention had been
requested to exclude him. Aud 40. one Dem
ocrtsic press in the whole land, 50 far We
have learned. has expressed any disSa,lSlac-
tion with all these dagrant outrlges.
The inference IS clear. l. tas uaanim 5us
voice OF the Democratic Parry Ia Congress,
and in National Conventioa Is worn anytAiag,
it is no harm for Hm5-r o. C1agcsss 20
shoot an Liyhmaa. And ye. he,e men are
the /i-ieaIs Of the forct2aert Aal they dare
to talk about the Louisville riots. The case
of keating is. with the exception OF the
Crime a a5ainst Kansas" the first instance in
the history of this country or Of the civilized
world. since the days OF the French Reyolu-
ton, in which q 1ctole political party eR 32rs@d
4 murder. Why, gentlemen, even = hundred
years ago, under a monarchical government,
an English nobIeman, Earl Ferrers. was hung
as a common felon for the very aat-shooting
a servant-whiIe you now palliate and ap
plaud. And you have the impudence TO
taunt the Republican Party with being Know
Nothiugs, forgetting that your Whole deega
ton in Congress, during the last contest for
Speaker of the Honse. went over in a body
to the support of Aiken, the regular Know
Nothing nominee; deserving your own candi-
date for tha. purpose. And yet you dare
to style yourselves the frie'is o: our foreign
born citizens.
And now if any doubt remains on this
subject hear James Buchanan himself. Here
is what he thought in 1915. He then a
Federalist. Speaking of James Madison. and
the Democratic Party of that dav, he said:
Let not our forei5 5n-b born citizens be deceived
The Democratic party is your friend 50 long
as it can you, and no longer. y party
whose leaders have trampled under foot all
the rights Of their own countrymen--as they
have done in kansas-anI which talks flip
PANTY Of reducing white men to Slavery,
viii not scruple to deprive you OF Dour rights
when the ends Of the party can thereby BE-
promoted Your interest viii be enhanced
by Whatever enhances the interests of the
whole country, and by that aIoae; and as free
dom Of The individual IS the Iii CHEST object Of
civil government, that party which lavors the
extension OF Slavery-Ieclaring /. to be "a
7norai an9 reiigj9us iaatlkaftoa"-can never
be. in reality, vour friends. Can the lber-
ties Of a natiea De thought secure" said
Thomas Jefferson. when W. have removed
their only firm basis, ceHvlc,ion in the mnIs
of the people that these liberties IRE the .ift
Of CODE Yet this Is precisely what the
Democratic Party have been trying 70 do
Can you trust them?