Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-09-25
SOUND BUCHANAN DOCTRINE!
The Honest Ground and no Flinching |!

The Honest Ground and no Flinching I!
/, : time that the Democratic Party should
..le here as It has elsewhere, high aud clear
Ground on the Narery Question: Why pre-
tend that slavery is wrong in any sense, when
he t,>tiptnr Of all the Buchanan leaders and
rsvsua,s-rs ia the South, and in certain parts
d: ii, North, is in favor Of it as a rightful in
,.s:.5a? Has not slavery always existed
.r-grghcre2 Were there not white SerfS in
England formerly, as there ace in Russia now
I. Il not therefore a cowardly evasion of the
;-g.h to contend that We should tolerate in
,.s country no slavery but that of negroes
E,ery man. who has travelled in the South
"a, seen huNi7edS, or perhaps thousands of
..5r> 50 nearly white, that ne one would sus-
g... they had drop Of black blood in their
a> Bu. slaves they are-and of course
',av ought 70 be because the laws of the Slave
States make no distinction Of color, but only
r. blood This distinction OF blood however
"a false distinction, according to the most
aEe writer's and <senkerS of the great Demo
cate party in the South They boldly and
ig5rab,v declare that slavery should be con-
f-i to 10 particular race of men-that every
wife .aborer-eyery white mechanic-every
v,:c practical farmer-every white working
ran would be better of as a slave than as 4
re man, and therefore ought to be a slave
Had the words of the highest authorities in
-a South The Richmond (Va) Enquirer,
ss Oldest Democratic paper in the Old DomiR
m 4 most able supporter of SuchandH for
TIE Presidency, and of the Cincinnati Platform
as the only doctrine that will secure the estab-
anont of slavery in Kansas. and in all the
Fre Territories Of the North,-this paper
gss5S thus on this question. We take its
,7. iljr and forcible words.
Until recently, the defence of slavery has
L.r-el under great difficulties because its apol-
s-s,s for they were mere apologiSts,) took
bali way grounds. They confined the defence
& slavery to mere n>cro slavery thereby Civ
Cup the slavery principle, admitting other
rms Of slavery to be wrong.
TIE Hur of defence, however, is now chang
81. Tie South maintains that slavery is right,
'"r-L az! nrsrssIrv, end docs not d>ptad spos
:.T.-'r~ # COMPLEXION The laws Of
N->ave->;atcS jaetits the holding Of WHITE
VEN In baug7gr."
This, Ne repeat, is the honest language Of
e Richmond Enquirer, the staunch advocate
4 VI. Buchanan, and the organ of his friend
7T.--o- Wise who with the clear calculation
Flrh lie is remarkable, has shown the
a. Of S.ayerv extension TO Virginia and
A n5ei that slaves Row worth one thousand
N Liars each, would be worth from three TO
N I've thousand dollars each in California and
\ -e' parts Of the great West, if the good old
A "'.eR could only I've extended there. Sup
'% aH the 'chtie working men of Virginia
.-e a->o slaves, as the Enquirer, in the ex-
.-a Above. says they ought to be, it is easy
imagine how immensely rich Virginia would
79ae-tha, is her distinguished first fami-
owning black and white slaves, whom they
- Breed aud send TO the West for three or
thousand dollars a head
Al';aer leading press of the good old Dem
~4.c party, and worthy organ of Mr.. Bu
LAC published in South Carolina suStains
15Ss Ne have quoted from the Enquirer.
-~N ta'> plain, straightforward language on
subject:
>47ery is the natural and normal condi
TIE hborlng man. whether WHITE or
The great evil of Northern free socie-
a = that It IS burtherncd with a serriic class
-.-iNirS and LABoRERs. uRft for self gOr
az 'A WI tiotleu WITH tue attributes
''t7> Of citizens. Master and slave is a
IN society as necessary as that of pa
'-4 child and the Northern States will
ave l. introduce it, Their theory Of free
oeat Is a delu>ion."
- S aoaaSt, There are no false p-e.ences,
~ nor, free soil, abolition stuff and non
.i '4e>e words. They are the doctrines
Southern brethren, and James Buchan-
% trler friends than they are, and they
- Fuer friend than he is
eete Is still broader ground on the sub
Sriely taken by the Richmond En-
Sa!S in a recent number:
l. !Sai@dly have we asked the North Has
Aneiunent of universal liberty FAILED.
'ae evils of FREE SOCIETY ENSCFFERA-
Ana Do no, most thinking men among
"se to subvert and reconstruct it ,"
=, answer This gloomy silence is auoth-
lN'e proof added to many other con-
"NenceS We have furnished, that fTsF
i. 'o' h.a- run, is an impracticahle form
'F II Is everywhere starving, dc-'orai-
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