The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-09-23
"a Demosratic Opinion.

& - a Demosratio Opinion.
The St Louis Democrat, one Of the most
intelligent, and doubtless the most honest Of
all the journals that supported M, Bnchen.
al for the Presidency, cannot sadosse the
sentiments Of that gentleman's letter to Prof.
Silliman, and the forty New ENGLAND clergy
men.4 The Democrat i will be remember
ed, IL one Of the papers of it, party that has
maintained q uniiorm record When il MAS
rood Democratic doctrine TO avow the right
Sc CoagrssS to make needfnl rules and reg
ulations for the Territories, and when Mr..
Douglas declared the Missouri Compromise
TO be q hallowed thing, which no sacrilegious
hand would disturb, the Democrat was found
ed, and through all sshe changes and trans
mutations Of the last few years it maintained
its consistency, insisting upon the integrity
Of the old Democratic faith. Hence, though
it supported Mr. buchanan, with the mista-
ken idea that he would restore the old dog
mas of the party, we are NOT q ell surprised
to find it arraved in Opposition b hiAaultra
and anti Democratic doctrines. 1t says:
1.-THE reply Of Mr. Buchanan to number
Of gentlemen of New England. who address
Cd him in behalf Of the canse Of ffeedonRiM
Kansas, win be found in another column, ~
We have DELAYED its publication until now,
hoping almost against hope that the olicial
copy would turn out somewhat Different from
the photographic report; but that has been
feceived, and we Rnd ourselves disappOinted.
II is neither more nor less than solemn act
Of submission to tie nulli6ers ut the South.
Instead Of being addressed to Mr.. Silliman,
it should have been addressed to Mr.. Keitt,
for it bears evidence in every line Of having
been intended for the latter rather than the
former. The President is said to labor un-
der nm obliquity Of vision. If this be SO,
we can well picture that the clear and straight
eye, in penning it, was levelled at New Ha-
ven; the cooked and sinister optic was point
ed to Charleston. With nothing about it
characteristic Of State paper, unless it be
a diplomatic combination Of plausibllity and
hypocrisy, it has yet the grave and deplora-
bic aspect Of document which reflects the
cowardice ana not the courage of the coun-
try It shuns the facts which it processes to
elucidate; it lodges behind conventional
forms to palliate and uphold gross enormi.
ties; it is oblivious to all the rights OF men
and citizens; but YET can see the divinity Of
slavery clearly apparent in every syllable of
the Constitution, and whilst it might exude
with propriety from tire merest tapeworm of
some circumlocutior office, it 10 not fit to be
put eofsh as the voice Of the First Magistrate
of this nation. II it were simply o compro-
mise in advance with the secession wing OF
the Democracy in the coming Congress, we
might treat it with leniency and contempt;
but it amounts to o surrender to them of the |
fact, the right, the doctrine, the government
and what is more important still, the destiny
and liberties Of all the Territories of the |
Union, and such breach of confidence |
should not be passed over in silence. 1t was
urged ~ Nr Buchanan's friends as rea |
son Why ne should be dominated at the Gin
cinnati Conventions thai he was compelled |
p cheat somebody, ana as matters Stood
there was none he could cheat save the dis
usilonIsts-his eMxMses lie has more than
fulfilled expectstlnn. He has cheated both
his enemies and 20 hlends lie began by |
deceiving the rad:eels ~ his appointments;
ne has ended BY eeceiving the liberals IN his
kvsn Brigham Young has
been treated g 9 touch OF duplicity IN pass
M, Tor ne VIII nnd al his preparations to |
resist the United otaees. and MAINTAIN .hls
poly gamous Kingdom IN defiance OF Federal
authorities, to be labor thrown away, IS the
expedition to Utah has been Abandoned
Inc army VIII be quartcred another year
m Kansas.
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