Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-01
SYNOPSIS OF JUDGE p. A. HAcKLE-
MANS SPEECH AT METAM0RA,
SEPTEMBER 10th. 1858.

rive attended several OF the appoint
m cnts Of Messrs. TTackleman and Hol
man In this county. We present The
following synopsis OF Mr.. Hackleman''
speech at Motamora. Mr. Holman
made the opposing specch.l
Mr. fIaekleman commenced by say
ing that he appeared before his fellow
citizens for the purpose OF discussing
In n spirit Of frnnkucss and capdor, th,
great political issues befor, the country
lie desired II TO be distinctly under.
stood at tho outset, that he stood firmly
and squarely on his platfornn--on cacl
plank, separately or conioin,iy. IL wa'
impossible 60 determine from the speech
of his competitor, whether he stood on
his platform or rcpudIatcd it--hc rowed
one way and looked another--whetllci
hc endorsed the administration OF Bu-
chanan or condemned it-whether ht
was llccompton or anti-Lecompton-
Green English or anti-Grcen- English
TOR permitting the people of tcrritor,
10 vote on their Constitutions. OF
against II; or whether he was a Demo.
crat or n Republican. lie had been try
ing throughout thc canvass 10 crowd
himself 0a the Republican, platform, un.
oil Tuesday at Cedar Grove. when. tor
tho first time, he had said he "cordially
endorsed the Grcensburgh platform oi
the 29th Of June" d. d. Jones was
yreserfat thof meeting But while en-.
dorsing il, rs stated, the whole drift ol
his speeches, 80 FIR rs IL was possible 10
determine anything from them. was
against the doctrines OF that latform
What are the living issues before the
country? ito endorsement or non -on.
dorscment of the Kansas policy of the
administration; tho approval or non-ap.
proval of the doctrines Of the Drcd
Scott Decision, that Congress has nt
power to exclude slavery from the ter
ritorics. and that the Constitution o.
tho United States carries slavery int,
all tho National Territories and pro
tccts them, without any power on th'
part of the people to rid themselves OF !
during their territorial existence; ans
whether the expenses Of the Genera
Government ought not to bo rctrench
cd.
Four years ag,s, old party organiza
tioHs were broken up by the repeal o
the Missouri Compromise, or your par
oft, for the South was there in tho iul
enjoyment of her part of tho bargain
aud II was only your part, which wa
abrogated by tho Kansas Nebraska net
The leaders Of the so-calIed Democrats
party took the stump to Justify the ac
ofthe Southern Nullifiers and the load
crs Of Northern fragments of the ne,
~nRarty IN tearing down your part Of tina
y compact. They maintained here u
thc North West, that IL was necessar.
to remove this restriction against th
extension of slavery into Kansas an
Nebraska in order 20 girc the eople N
right Of sell.gorvament in the territories
The people were TO be left "pcrtectI
free" to govern themselves, and the pc
litical millennium was TO be ushered II
Your fathers had not enjoyed tho rigt
ofseIf. f.government undo, the ordirane
ofl7s7; and the compromise measur,
of 1850 required the repeal Of the Mi
souri restrictions His competitor WI
n candidate for Congress in 1854 4again
Hon. Will Cumback. Judge Holman
with other leaders Of the party, the
maintained that Slavery was the ere
turc of local law, and that il could !
moro exist in the Territories witho,
local law for its support. than q fl
could live out Of water. To use his ow
eloquent language, "the moment sla'
was carried into Kansas, the shack
would fall off of him, and he would b
como as free as the God that made him
He further maintained in that canvas
that il was useless TO talk about ka
sas, AZ she would DO safely moored
the Union, as free state, before eth
he or Cumback would reach the Ha
ofCongrcss Holman might be We
good politician, an artful dodg,r, Al
an excellent tumbler, but he was We
poor prophet Kansas is not yet
the Union, and is not likely TO be 80
il the gentleman's party remains
power in Congress. The Repubica
said tho repeal of tho Missouri Coz
promise was the result of n bargain |
tween theslave propaganda Of the Sou
and the leaders OF sham Democracy
the North; and that there was but o