Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1858-09-17

necessity for spinning out these details TO
unnecessary length. But later, however.
was brought on series Of excitements such
rs, believe, were never before witnessed in
our country BY tho middle of August
the campaign became moro than doubtful
Because the opinion of tho North had been
stirred: because the opinion of tho North
had been stirred 10 its deepest depths, by
the excesses Of the Pro-Slavery minority,
backed by the Federal power in the Terri.
tory OF Kansas. That was tho only cues
ton. 1t was not the Ostcnd Conference
1t was not the Pacific Ralrond. It wa,
nothing but tho single issue, shall tho peo.
pie OF Kansas be permitted to dispose Of
their own affairs in their own way? Shall
they vote upon all their domestic institn.
ton, nnmolestod by tho bayonets of the
Administration on the one hand, md tho
presence Of band of foreign mornudors
upon the othcri No man felt moro doep.
ly in reference to Kansas than Mr.. Bn.
chanan. No man talked more freely about
It, In his letter Of acceptance, and in the
speech which he delivered to the commit
tee appointed by the National Convention.
to inform him of his nomination-and I
was present in his parlor in Lancaster when
he received them--he laid stress upon The
great principle, that tho will of n majority
oftho people Of that Territory should prevail
why, nc said to mo thousand times-lbo
South must vote for me; it is Fremont
or Buchanan; they must 90 for me: the
North must be secured, and the only wov
to secure the North is to convince them that
when I 50 into the Presidential chair, will
do right for the people of Kansas. l am
now sixty six years Of age. I have reached
that time Of life when l have no ambition
for reelection, or if l have, the only way
to secure it, Is to be strong with my people
at home. L havo watched this struggle
from my quiet retreat in London. I have
seen what | conceive to be the mistake Of
Others. | am not responsible for the nd
minlstraiion of President Pierce; therefore,
l VIII inaugurate new system; will show
to those gentlemen that n PENNSYLVANIA
President will stand firm to the PLEDGES of
Pennsylvania Democrat. Now. fellow.
citizens, IN that letter of acceptance. if vou
VIII refer to lit is not necessary for me TO
produce 1t here--you will find tha. ho stated
distinctly that the people of tho Territory of
Kansas should be protected in the sacred
right Of suffrage, unawed by any influence
whatever, and that tho will of the majority
should prevail.
Mr.. BUCHANAN PLEDGED To DIE nv pop,-,
SOVEREIGNTY.
We went into tho canvass it fell to NV
lot to be at the head of the State Demo.
cratic Committee of PENNSYLVANIA All
my affections we're in that State. all the
emotions of my nature, physical and ment-
al were enlisted on the side of tho candi-
date she had presented His whole career.
ms character, my personal attachment. and
the sincere devotion felt for him, his fam
NY, his cause, and all about him, made mo
SC anxious for him to succeed, that indulge
in no vain expression of speech when saw
to you that | would have forfeited my life
for him. Ny devotion for him knew no
bounds. Day and night, night and dav.
l toiled IN that campaign. And there arc
those here to-day from my own State who
VIII bear witness to the fact when I soy
that all my own resources, all my fortune.
my every excrtion, every aid that could bo
enlisted, was enlisted to produce the final
result. And above all Others in that cam.
paign was the great principle of popular
sovereignty. Applause. That was tho
standard that marshaled the way That
WAS the shibboleth-that was the war or,
From Lake Erie to the Delaware river
from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia-in every
village and town in tho State-everywhere
that L could induce a pen to write or a
tongue to speak, that was the theme upon
which those pens wrote, and those tongues
spoke. Why, gentlemen, Mr.. Buchanan
had no confidence or reserve upon this
subject. lie was public, he was open, he
was unreserved in his declarations TO every
body. He sent TO tho traduced John
Hickman in an adjoining county, he told
him through his friends and agents, s,-"You
Mr. Hickman occupy peculiar relation
you voted for tho Topeka constitution; you
denounced the Kansas Nebraska bill; YOU
were opposed to the repeal of the Missouri
Compromise line; the democratic party of
your district have nominated you; the Re.
publicans like you; they believe in YOU
Now want you to take the stump and 90
before your people, and pledge me, JAMES
BUCHANAN, that intend standing by, and
it necessary dying by this principle Of Pop
llar Sovereignty For myself, if / could
to tho baseness of publishing
private letters, | might fill volume with
similar pledges from similar authority.
HOW PENNSYLVANIA WAS CARRIED.
Why, gentlemen, when the distinguished
Secretary of State, Mr.. Cobb-who from
being superfne Union man. has boon
into fireater, equal to Mr.. Chau-
1ert himself-when Mr.. Cobb came into
pennsylvania, and traversed our State from
md to end, and from county to county.
alklng to delighted audiences all tho time.
What was tho burden of his theme? Why
Popular Sovereignty. l would take the
Army and the Navy, l would surround the
Territory, but what tho people Of Kansas
honld vote, and by their vote the destnies
# the future State should be decided
Whenever Southern orator camo into
pennsylvania and called upon me, | said to
llm: Snow, Sir, l have but one thing to
ay to you; we have but a single thing be-
ore the people; every day is making the ,
ampaign moro and more doubtful; every
lay Is making the popular feeling more {
nd more intense; Mr.. Buchanan himself ,
eels that everything denends unor A. -.