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smile iickered on the face OF her skeleton son,
they put themselves in motion to cooperate with
their distant leader In the obscurty, to which re-
tributive justice has consigned Martin Van Buren,
and Prince john the abhorred product of his execra-
Bile loins, they feel the yearnings Of the 'new
felt attraction and instinct whose compulsve force
links the black cohorts of perdition together To aid
in any scheme which promises enlarged power and
dominion to the dark dvan oil Abolition they bridge
the gulf of separation, and steering their un
couth way" through the chaos of New York politics.
range themselves at last by the side of their beloved
Buchanan.
In 1874 Martin Van Buren, left the Democratic
party. He LEFT it, not to sit apart in passive neutral
ity but with imbcdded in his heart, and the
purpose of vengeance forever glowing in his mind
With an unclouded brow and an cxvcrable smile, hc
nurses his malice through rolling years, until the
unfortunate Cass experienced his fatal spring and in
durable venom. Still sweterng in his boarded poi
son, aud quivering under the sgations of unappca-
sable wrath, he obliquely eyed the of Frank
lin Pierce, ready dnrt his fangs INTO n Demo-
cratic administration
But a con.enal nomination is ut last made at Gin
cinnati and To- sudden change comes over his rep.
tile nature He slides out of his coil, casts his old
skin and glitters in our view bright and FURNISHED
Democrat Memories of former dalliance and the
hope of engendering new monsters TO plague us
iicit him TO the embraces OF Buchanan. Drawing
after him the snaky train of Abolition he glides to
the subtle dipomatist of Wheatland, and twining
about him caressihs folds Misses forth his amorous
inclinatons
ltispot difficult to divine theinfuences which attract
that csnkered heart to the Democratic nominee Ii
nothing light or feStve-no idle within gay imper-
Thence. The oiter motives and the purer affections
which ennobie and etheralize the grossness of men,
find place in that dark and mplacable nature. 1t
is exercised on the homeopathic plan; like expes like
one scowling antpathy yields TO another yet more
deadly His detestation Of Democracy pales before
that al-consuming hatred of the SouTH, which has
glowed in has heart with volcanic ferceness ever
since his overthrow in 1874. He was then rejected
BY his own party; bat that rejection accom-
pShed by Southern contrivance. Under the lead o.
Virginia and with the aid other holding States
the Democratic Convention then first devised and
enforced the famous "twothirds rule for the express
purpose of his political ruin The will OF the majority
was baiiei, aud the of Undertook set forever
and henceorth "the name of the star was called
Norwood Compared with the corroding acri-
mony with which he has subsequently regarded tue
South, the of Marah were fountains of sweet
ness the bitter curse of Meroz the outpouring of q
Heavenly benediction
In truth il was a tremendous blow; the more crush
ing for being entirely unexpected Southern polili-
clans had deluged him. IN the day of his power, with
such profuse protestatons OF affection-had Tapped
and handled, and caressed him with so many bet
names of endeannent that in the eyes OF his party
and doubtless in his own, he seemed to have been
dissolved in menstruum Of love and then chrygrr~-
lized into the jewel Of perfection. Hsbtaally dis
trustul of others, from his Southern adherents lac
anticipated no harm. Guarded every other side
here he was exposed by has bouoiless security
But like 1E'ops one-eyed doe which watched the
land but neglected TO obserGse sea- he received the
fatal shaft from the veyquarerin which he believed
no guile could Turk nor danger threaten His own
familiar friends had concealed the asp among the
flowers which they strews his path--they had min.
gled poison in the cup Of enchantnent which they
proif;red to his IN Having exceeded him in pro.
fessions and beatsh him in craft, they whisted him
down the wind, a despised and disregarded thing.
"p~e+nood VIII follow where ths knife hath driven:
T6Vash will CULVER when the plncers tsAr"
LabQSne l:nder these Impressions and dcemin il re-
lL&on to repay such wrongs, the modern Tiberius
havng long boarded his treasures Of wrath now pur
poses in great eSigency to visit the South with
some fitting instrument for his malice he finds no
cement in the patriotic and national spirit of
Nillard Fillmore. Even Fremont, though a hopeful
graduAte in the school Of psrliy is too closely asso
cael by blood and birth with the land of his pecia
adherence to command his cordial sympathies The
opportunity is too precious to BE- committed to an
unreliable agent He remembers lsii AID. in the
lowest depth Of treachery, no fears lower deep
Still chafsd by such irritating memories, he places
the South Carolina apoststeiu the category Of Snake
in the School Tor Scandal as man mot possessed of
virtue enough to DO constant to his own villanes +"
Besides, no belongs n political organization which
is at feud With the alien rabbs which it is the dar-
ling scheme Of Abolition to fuse into one glowing
mass Of fanaticism, TO be hurled as from a sling.
against Southern institutions
But the veteran ntrigusr Of Wheatland is liable Z,
no such objections His lax political morality, a. in
dcatsl by his 0steni manifesto his evasive skulk
ing Rgrtsrh77k character a. ovncel IN his resolve
70 answer no quo'tions--his congsnill and uns,ru.
puous cunning in cajoling Pennsylvania into the he.
lief that the Tariff was safer In tho hand, Of Polk
than in those Of Clayhis dllibustering prope1sts.
90 well calculated to win 10 his standard the immi.
grant vagabondism already marshaed by prelude,
and interest against the competing institution Of sa
very-his Partially FOR sluat,ers from old Engani
and new, the great corps do reserve Of Abolition
his early Federalism oag9rnoss to apply freo-so
restrictions To Missouri m lsl9-his zeal for 'lmt
ing not enlsrging, the dominion Of slavery in 1884,
all set him apart a. holy and consecrated man
according to the perverted Evsngel Of Martin VA
Buren,.
In accepting the nomination Of the free Dsmocra
oy" in 1913, the oily magician insisted upon "AoE
oUArE. EFFICIENT AND CERTAIN SECURITY AGAINST I'm
EXTENSION " SLAVERY iNro TERRITORIES, WHERE u Ut
NOT PRACTICALLY ESrsT," one Of the cardinal primo
Piles by which his political craft should always 4
stesred. This emphatic declaration is still unrecsn
ed unmodi6ed unrepented To take bond
nate" and guarantee the execution Of purpose
strongly avouehsd, he is for placing Buchanan at III
helm. A long intimacy.-frequent cooperation
macy midnight caucus, "a loving partnership "
hands across and down the middle in the MAJ
dance Of party intrigue, give him entire assurance
his man
II IN for the south 10 determine whether she vi