Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-12-16

gress made at the last session Of Congress
towards the settlement OF the sectional strife 4
which had grown up in connection with |
Kansas afiairs--by the passage of the Eng
lish Bill, he means. And YET he evidently
contemplates and indirectly recommends a
course of policy in reference to Kansas,
which, If pursued. will rckindle the st,ire,
and unite the entire North in sectional
party. He does not say, in so many words,
that Kansas should ne refused adm sson into
the Union in case she forms a constitution
and applies for admission before her ponu-
lation has reached the number designated by
the English bill. But he argues against such
admission. and it has been stated by Senator
BR own of Mississippi, if our memO"y serves
~, in public speech. that in conversation
with Mr.. BUCHANAN, the latter declared 10
him that he would "docapitate' every office
holder, who should he in favor of dispensing
with, or rrpealing the prohibitory clause in
the English Bill.
Is it possible that Mr.. BUCHANAN has not
the sagacty to foresee that should Kansas be
refused admission on that ground, it would
rekindle the frcs of sectional agitation with
az much ierceness as ever. Why should they
be tins rekindled? The people Of Kansas
have decided nv an overwhelming majority
against having it slave State. What posi-
bic advantage, then, to the South, will De the
postponment of her admission ne a Free
State, for very brief p ROD? No advantage
whatever to tho people of the South or North.
but a very desirable thing To the sectional
agitators North and South. Kansas admit d
into the Union. the Republican party must, in
the very nature Of things. crumbe to pieces.
But that is precisely what the Democratic
leaders of the South do not want t. see.
They want the Republican purity kept to-
gether "a strong party organ cation, in
order to strengthen themselves at home fy
dwelling upon the dangers of abolition as
tendency in the Federal Government? That
is their established policy. ard we here pre-
diet that in pursuance Of this policy, they
will get up other and further slavery Issues
before, and in view Of the next Presidential
election. This will he playing directly into
the hands of NJ. SEWARD and other R"pu'-
lican leaders at the North. IN" success Of
whose political aspirations d -pends upon the
union Of the North into political organ-
cation.
Now. taking into view the narrow escape
Mr.. BUCHANAN had of heing beaten by
FREMONT at the last Presidential election, ard
looking at the result Of the late ell, ions in
the Free States, how much further agitI on
of the slavery question do the Democratic
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unite the whole North into one great North
ern party, Th ir object is, by continued
agitation to unite the who'll South and then
to get enough votes at the North to elect
their candidate for the Presidency. Bat we
submit that this is a perilOus game. and il
played out, must Inevitably result il the
election of a Republican at the next Pres
idential election. That sdch will he the
result. should Kansas be refused admission
undcr the English restriction, we most firmly
believe. 1t il. therefore, to b. deeply regret
ted that Mr. RTrcHAvAv should. in his mt
message, have expressed his approval of the
policy of the adherence to such restriction
by Congress Mr.. BUCHANAN is weak. very
weak and in the hands of bad advisers.
Mr.. Buchanan says, though he had, as an
"individual,'' been in favor Of the submission
of the whole Lecompton Constitution t. the
decision of the voters of X lnSas, yet when
the Consti ution, without such submission,
was presented to Congress he deem it his
duty, as President earnestly to recommend
to Congress to admit Kansas und T it. That
recommendation having fail d of sncccsS. he
GgcArdiaIlu ocouiascadv in tho T. lolish R;lI
Had he stopped there. the country would
have been saved the disgraccful SIP 'ctaclc of
of the most fragrant Outrage on popular
rights and the fred I'm of elections. ever
committed by Chief Magistrate Of this
Union. But he did not stop there lie
brought to bear all the official power and
patronage he could WELD. at the lite State
elections TO punish and defeat ever member
of Congress. of his own party, who f'rrd
in opinion with him in regird TO the Lecomp.
ton and E1glish bills. and who had felt it
their duty to vote against those bills. In
Illinois he turned out numerous public officers
because they would not oppose the r'-el'c-
ton of Judge DOUGLAS. / NV York AID
Pennsylvani he had his orh:e-hOlders hard
at work to defeat the reelection of such
repres natives in Congress, of his own party
as had dared to vote contrary to his wishes.
We say Mr.. BUcstSNAN did these things. So
he did through his oifice-holders, whom he
might have restrained, but who well knew
they were acting in accordance with his
wishes.
This enormous outrage on the freedom of
elections and the rights OF the people by Mr..
BUCHANAN, has been SO forcib'y stated by
RICHARD BUSTED. Esq formerly City At
torney OF New York, and Democrat of large
influence in that city, that We are snre our
readers will pardon us for here inserting ii.
The occasion was large mass meeting In
October last. in the City of New York, in
favor of the reelection of the Hon. Horace
tives in Congress who had voted against the
Lecompton and English bills.
Mr.. BUsrEED said:
This is not gathering OF politicians Itis
not Republican meeting, although numrr-
ously attended by persons Of that political
stripe. Ii is not an American meeting, as
this word American is Us to designate "a
particular class of political opinions. although
many persons protesting those opinions are
here. 1t is not Democratic meeting. al
though see around me men Of we'll known
Democratic tendencies aud character. | do
not understand the call as addr ssed tn us as
politicians, but as men. understand, il la
be an appeal upon behalf of freedom free
dom not of the black, but of the whit man
freedom not in Kansas. but in NV York
freedom not Of the far West, but here nj our
doors in the ast-freedom not Of the for, -
ard prairie, but Of our Own great city. To
such an appeal no citizen IL nj liberty Ia turn
deaf ear. No man who values personal
liberty, or who can appr,c iate lis value 10
Others, win hesitate momrnl 10 fight beneath
n a., very thread of "A hich IS AN heIrioofn al