Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-09-17

unite in support of my policy, there will not
DC whlmpcr of this thing it will pass by
like Summer breeze" | told him il wos
very well with an Administration surrounded
by ofiico-holders. and living all the time in
the atmosphere Of hattery, that was followed
by thousands of gentlemen who expectcd
place that they could come to him and saw
"You are right, Mr.. Buchanan we are down
on our bellies please to walk over us-please
trample upon us and we will be happy and
content, and hope you will believe your poli.
cy is right" But tell you" said |. that
there is still small voice in the people that
instinctively rejects frauds and this is not on
~ fraud but a dishonor. do not claim TO
be more honest than any other man. have
done as all politicians have some things
which may not square exactly with the rules
of religion and right and which, if have.
regret them but this thing will not do
Loud cheers. have reached the stature
and years Of manhood, and cannot 90 back
to Pennsylvania to cat my own words and
become the slave OF power. Renewed cheers
/ cannot. But then, Mr.. Buchanan Won
must tolerate this difference Of opinion Gen.
Jackson tolerated differences Of opinion in hia
friends. Col. Polk tolerated differences Of
opinion, and you differed with him in his
views on the tariff, and yet you remained in
his Cabinet Mr.. Pierce tolerated differences
of opinion. But here you are. Men who
put you where you are--who ask nothing at
your hands--who have refused your favors-
have trampled all the patronage that has been
offered them under feet here they are, ask
/ ing to be tolerated in the indulgence Of an
honest opinion" The reply to that was
"Sir, intend to make my Kansas policy
test" ''Well, sill" said Z, II regret il; but
/ if you make it test with your officers we
will make it test at the ballot-box" Loud
cheers. Repeated efforts were made to heal
the difference. But it seems to me- gentle
men, that when the Presidency is conferred
upon poor mortal. it transforms him into
god, in his own estimation, or a lunatic.---
Laughter Nobody is permitted TO APP
proach power to tell the truth. Power new
cr hears the thunder voice Of the people. sit
ting as it does in its cushioned chairs. be-
tween its marble walls. The independent
man, loved and bold, with a clear eye, who
comes to tell the truth, is waved from the
Presidential presence as rude intruder
Then we went home As said. repeated of-
forts were made. and made in vain. to heal
the differences. The comforting Of this Pres
idential patronage of vast millions-moro
than the monarch Of Great Britain enjoys,
and nearly as much as the French despot
wiolds-this patronage induced Mr.. Buchan-
an TO believe that he could make his test sue
cessful. How was il made, Gentlemen.
when the chapter. which shall detail the man
ner in which the Administration has used It's
patronage is written, it will be a black one
When our children and our childrens chill
drcn come To read it. they will not believe
that an American citizen, elevated 20 the
Presidential chair in the face of such peo-
pie, covered with such an armor Of pledges.
would have gone into that chair 10 have used
his army, ay, his army and the treasure
your money and mine-vour officers and mine
for the purpose Of putting down a gallant
band Of men for standing by the plain Gods
truth; and | would wish that when the his
torian comes to write he would not be com
+ PEELED to write that that President was born
in Pennsylvania. Applause. Now. gen
tlemen, there has not been an element lacking
to relieve this unredccmed infamy-not one.
There has not been a single circumstance
lacking They have gone on step BY step,
{ with tread Of fate and destiny, trying to
crush out the brave and gallant spirits who
have stood forth asking for nothing but to be
, allowed to do right. Look at the South. in
whose name this deed Lecomptonism. has
representatives
the Senate and the House have assisted in
, bounding down Stephen A. Douglas and Da-
yid c. Frederick and their gallant eompatri-
f OTIS in the House, the South begins to say as
! they see the Administration hell-hounds pur-
suing and attacking Douglas and mis- friends
/ in Illinois This Is too much. We are will
, ling to accept Lecompton as gilded poison
(which has been extended to US, and which
, us to help us. though the only thing it has
done has been 20 commit our Representa-
"tlvcs to a gross wrong toward the North 49,
But we cannot bear this persecution Read
the letter published the other day in the New
t York papers from Roycrdy Johnson Of Mary
1 land Read the statement Of Alex II. Ste
phens and Henry A. Wise. rhey are clam
d orous against these attacks on Mr.. Douglas.
F. Public men in this country forget in their
, trucking TO the South that Southern people
are Americans as we are. They have their
t Slavery. They have their peculiar institu-
! tons. But they reject wrong--they reject
! an infamy-they reject unfairncss Just as read
lily as we do. They will not submit to this
tyranny Of the Administration upon Mr.
Douglas. And so it will be when the Adj
, mnistraton begins by counting the south
c by declaring that the only thing the Presi-
dent should do is to yield to the South, that
D Administration will end by the south turning
/ upon it. What then 1t will be Tylcriscd
Laughter. The Administration Of James
| Buchanan Tylerisod--supported by set of
: offce-hoders and expectants only, with all
5 the great parties, and the one that put it in
E power inclusive, standing from it and shun-
, ming it like a contagion
Imperial Caesar dead and turned to clay.
, Must stop hole 10 keep the wind away"
Laughter
/ The Baltimore american, one of the most
hightoned and influential homemade T., 4lo Slave