Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-04-08
party-thc Irish brigade-would march off to
the bowld anthem of

the bowld anthem of
'sErin NAV osrneen, Erin go bragh,''
But when every thing else fails, the cry of
the enemy would be, Wilmot is an Abolition
ist! Mr.. K. said he had no patience with this
charge. 1t was false, utterly false, and those
who made it knew it to be lie. 1t had ser
ved its turn thrice in Pennsylvania, and Mr.
X. thought it would now meet the contempt it
deserved. Who, he asked, that did not swear,
in the words of the ever-yarying creed of the
Democratic party on the subject Of Slavery,
was not obnoxious TO this epithet. He, him
self, had gone TO Congress from one of the
most conservative districts of Pennsylvania,
entertaining the most conservative views on
the Slavery question, and yet, because he had
voted for Mr.. Banks for Speaker, and for the
Investigation of the Kansas election frauds, he
was taken and reputed an abolItionist. If one
protest against the extension OF Slavery, adher-
ing to the policy that prevailed in the Fedcr-
al Government, from the days OF Washington
to Polk, he is abolitionist. If a christian
man declared his belief that all men have God
for their Father, and are, therefore, 2 common
brotherhood, he is abolitionist. Reeder
went from the bosom Of the Democracy of
Pennsylvania to Kansas only to be stigmatized
and sent back an abolitionist later, Gcary,
from the same political fold, went with the
dorsemcnt of the chief men of his party every
where, and because he would not prostitute
the functions of his office to fasten slavery on
Kansas, is liable to assassination compelled TO
resign, and branded as an abolitionst. All
men who will not swear to the divinity of sla-
very-not only to the black man, but that sll-
very is the natural and inevitable condition OF
labor, without regard to color-are abolition
lists.
Mr.. +. did not fear the use Of opprebrious
epithets. They were poor arguments, and had
no longer power with the people. He would
not hereafter stand up 10 defend against such
charges. They were lies, and he would not
waste time in argument about them. He meant
in this canvass, instead of being put in the de-
fensiye to carry the war into the enemy's
camp, to arraign the Democratic party-not
for sympathy with the negro, but with de-
sign to enlarge the house of bondage until it
shall embrace the free white laborer of the
North.
Mr. K. referred TO the opinions recently put
forth by the Richmond Enquirer on behalf of
the Democratic party of the South, that Slave
~ is the natural and moral condition OF the
laboring man, whether Uhite or black, and that
the great evil of Northern free society is, that
il i, burdened with serri!e class OF mechanics
and laborers unfit for sell gcrerameHt, and yet
clothed with the attributes and powers of cit
liens. The great contest, Mr.. X. said, was,
whether free society or slave society should
prevail in the territories, and in this struggle
these monstrous doctrines were avowed by the
Democratic party. Did they meet with rebuke
from the Democratic press of the North No;
rather with acquiescence. II is for depar-
ture from the ancient landmarks, for q settled
design to force Slavery with fire and sword IL
pom Kansas, for the bold avowal that Slavery
is the natural and moral condition of the white
laborer as well as the black, that the Demo-
cratic party will have to answer in this canvass
and in the overwhelming voice of popular in
dignation their miserable shiboleth OF aboli-
tionism will be unheard. Mr.. X. referred to
the decision of the Supreme Court of the Uni
ted States in the Dred Scott case. 1t was
mere dctum Of that Court-extra- judicial, and
carried no force. Even if it had been pro-
nounced upon the very case, there would still
be higher authority-for higher than acts Of
Congress, higher than decisions OF Federal
Courts, was the Constitution of the United
States--itself the supreme law of the land
Mr.. X. then pledged to the nomination OF
David Wilmot and the whole ticket his earnest
and hearty support under all circumstances
1t would be proud day for Pennsylvania and
the North when the ballot boxes should pro-
claim David Wilmot Governor of Pennsyl-
vania. He hoped and expected to see that day.
The National Democracy claim to have repu-
dated ard elected David Wilmot for the crime
of loving liberty too well. 1t will not be the
first time in political annals that 0thc stone
which the builders rejected, became the head
of the corner.''
The FAsuIoNs.-The prevailing mode in
New York for the spring is noticed in the New