The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-06-13

claration 50 often quoted" that II there
,ca, drop Of Democratic blood in his reins
,eoula open them and let 10 our" q
He was Secretary Of State, under Mr..
Polk, and sigualized his devotion to " 81
40, or fight" by consenting to give away
about one half of Oregon Territory to the
British Government. t,N
On one occasion, in one Of his public
speeches, speaking of the rate Of wages
which laboring man should have, no said,
that rKN CENTS was sufficient compensa-
ton for days labor. On this account he
obtained the soubri7uet. in Pennsylvania Of
TES CENT JIMMY. His public speeches give
frequent Indications Of a want Of sympathy
with the industrious classes.
His summesets on the slavery question
have been numerous. =.
In 1919, at Lancaster, Penn. no opposed
the extension of slavery, and the admission
of Michigan as a Slave State.
In 1917, he wrote to the Democracy OF
Berks County, that the Missouri Compro.
mise had given peace to the country aud
that it should be maintained and extended.
In 1850, in letter to Col. Torrey, he re-
joiccs over the passage OF the Compromise
measures In 1852, he said, referring to
these compromise measures, " that the vol
cano had been extinguished, and the man
who would apply the frebrand to the COM
bustible materials still remaining will pro-
duce an eruption that will overwhelm the
constitution and the Union" Pierce has
applied the " frebnnd" and now Mr.. Blu
chanan approves the act and becomes the
chosen candidate of the incendiaries.
His last summerset was about thre'
months ago, while the chances for the Pres
idential nomination wercin view. Looking
South, he writes to John Slidell Of Louisiana
thus: "The Missouri Compromise is gone
and gone forever. 1t had departed. The
time for it has passed away and the best
nay, the only mode now left Of putting dowr
the f,natical and reckless spirit of the nortl
is to adhere to the existing settlement with
out thought or appearance ofw ayering and
without regarding any storm that may b
raised against it,"
I" We are going to suDdus you" Douglas
says to the free people of the north, ant
Mr.. Buchanan, writing in the same spirit
declares the spirit of freedom in the mort
must be "pm dotcn," and he is made by his
ready sabservicncy of spirit the candidate o
the party that has entered upon the diff
cult task of crushing out freedom of speech
in the free States, and continuing the hell
ish policy of extending the accused system
OF slavery.
With such record as James Buchanan
has, he cannot be strong candidate-rep
resenting us he does border ruifanism, h,
must be weak. Touch him where you may
he Is tender; speak of him as you will, yor
must, if you speak tho words of truth, anC
are faithful to history, use such language
as honest and sincere men use when they
speak Of political turncoats and foes t
freedom. Look at him now, and you see
him the chosen standard bearer of party
whose policy has kindlcd the torch Of civil
war in the country, and the exponent o
principles which would make the accurset
institution Of slavery with its benumbinI
and barbaric influences as wide as the Dor
ders Of the republic. He is the BoRpEI
RuFrnN Candidate for the Presidency, tn,
confederate of Atkinson and Stringfellow
in crushing out freedom in Kansas, accept
able to Brooks and Herbert, endorsed b,
Douglas, and the issue before the country
is not his elevation, but that of continuing
the asceudency Of the policy which has sig
nalized and will signalizc the administration
of Franklin Pierce as wicked beyond prece
dent in the history Of the country. This il
the position. Buchanan may be the strong
est man the border rufiian party could have
put up, yet strong as he is, he is not strong
enough to overcome the people. Amajority
of the people of the free States, (cvcry State
at the latest election shew this) are oppos
ed to the policy Ofthe administration, are op
posed to ruifanism at Washington or in
Kansas-and they have but to concentrate
and combine this opposition to make it eff
fcctual. This we firmly believe they will
do, and cxtinguish as they have the power
to do, the insane policy which seeks to ele'
vate the sectionalism of slavery upon the
ruins Of the cdifice of freedom. Did we not
think SO, we should despair of the Republic