Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1857-05-15
VOLUME "a, NO. %.
= l. Il & a l..
Mr.. wilmO,'s Letter of Acceptance
TowANDA, April II, 1857.

and rr,.,nt sIuUu..u. r0.. ..'.m'
.r.la'rcs.m Capitol I .. -... uiii-
mo. t,,.r,rai.ua .a.s a. r..l. .HrIpn
or rrincipI.. adopted y pai convention,
ACCEPT the position tn which I avn called
ny ,hc unsolicited suffrage the body whose
o,r,n you ar, profoundly grsr.ul for -
distinguished mark of the confidence Of
follow ci,iz ns. v.tplln'uIly sn'ih'c Of my
inability properly to meet it, responsible
Obligations.
The approaching election i one OF no or.
dinuy interest. Important questions Of
State policy. affecting the public welfare
and prosperity, arc not alone involved IN
F. the issues presented. As one Of the largest
and most powerful or the sovereign States Of
our confederate Republic, the honor aud
interest, or Pennsylvania are deeply con-
cerncd in tie principles that animate our
| National Government. She cannot, with
safety to our independence ani the liberties
or our people, b, Indifferent to the momcn-
tous questions Of national import in proge',
n scttlemen,-quosiions touching con'titu'
ulnal power, Of the Federal Government
anI vitality affecting ,h' dignity and TIsa"
%, free labor. Nor can she without d'shonor
witholi Der protest against thc wrongs m
1,,rl ur1n her sln. n % distant Territory,
under the license OF Federal authority. The
dearest right, Of frermen, secured 10y PLAIN
constitutional guanntics, are ruthlcssIy
,i,l,,ri On the s,il of our national domain.
American citizens arc made the victims Of a
tyranny unknown in tie dospoti'm OF the
OH World. The annals Of civilized aud
Christian nations furnish no example OF
cruelty and Outrage IN the part Of Gov
rrummt toward is T~ople, such as has been
endured by the people Of Kansas rnI1''
tlcy be- louul in prosecutions Of the Husue-
NOT, under Louis XIV, of France, and OF
the Protestant, Of the Netherlands, by tho
Duke Of Ava, under Philip H., King OF
spain. Indeed. the barbari,ics % which
the people of Kansas have been exposed
,,,,,oc =, character 50 ,nhuman as to pro-
,,t. in,rIulity in the minds " a large por-
,,, ,ronr citizens. Thousand. have been
I...ir,l i,,, tho belief that. for partisan
,orr,.,. fiction, were substituted for facts;
,Itb,u.h mo- event. in American history are
letter aut,cuuratcl tlran are the murders,
r,hrrri,.. arson. and aul..' raraclty IN
1,r,,l up,p the lr.c .ttlrr, of Kaus.s.
Tho, ou,rl,.. had for their object tho
..r.,,,,i,n Of that Territory to the cur-a
., s,,,.ry ~, sr.,k uf uu.c, h,ins r,-
.,,r.J ~ Kansas. I.car., armed taal. Of
,ri... mo, III, mot to-day nl-t hcr high
,,,,.anl rl,nl.rl laf r.1r'.--'e,lu.r her
town. ar.n.t.l,, 70. puI o.. .,'1u, ul boz
.r,u.r. iu Gtm... D. r.. .i'r,,'
and in.rur IN...... ...mumgn-
tnt th. l.aI'.., ...... ..... s.t1T'uf
.rIrtrrcI.r.u..r n- .-,o...... they
r.., b.cp u.l..-u.g unI violently de-
pri,rl. Tbr rurl.. of her cn'.a',ment Is
in,,omhIy pushed forward. \ system Of
ip..eninu,ly devised fraul, kindred tp that
,rplpycI in the usurpl,i,u under which 'ho
now rran.. /. b,ins carried out for tho
c,n,nmmati,n or to great wrong 10 this
end. al,,. the power ol the Federal Govern
msp, /. ha,,ly pro.titutcd. We ar given
,.,,y,og fairness. bui persistence in support
of the wrong. Every appoint,o Of the Pres.
il,ut in Kansas Is an actly, co.worksr in
the scheme Of her cn.laycment. Principles
Of eternal truth and Justice, which licat the
foundation Of a Christian civilization and
upon which rcP1se the rights Of humanity
arc d,Gln,ly a,,ailed by the power that con-
troll, in oE National Government. Those
truths, dcclara,1ry ol The natural ana in'
alirnabl, rights Of man, contained IN 'A'
great charter OF our liberties, are condemned
by our highest Judicial authority as un'
mcauin. and false. The sanctuary OF our
Court. Of Justice is closd against an entire
race of men. The poor and d'wh''rO'''n
are not allowelt' petition for a E'i'''' o'
thcir wrongs to 'ho'' tribunals 0, "u'A'"
so,yrumen, that 'holII most nearly r'P'''
sent the h.u'tc1nt a''r''4''s "' tnc '''A'''
and Gnll Judge OF men lA'''" o' 'hc',
ic1ntcs,ih.c hcts--ol The wrong peFPa'rA''i
against the rights oi American c'''L,n'n'P'
and the dang rs to wh'sh our '''e''''' "'0
exposed thus presented IN Us Fu' 1sP'''
the contest hc'Jrc US assumes d u'b"''! 'I''