Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-09-23

the eAcosSes OF the Fro Slavery minOfit,
backed by Federal power, in the Territor
of Kansas. That was the only question
IL sinot the 0stend Conference. it wa
not the Pacific Railroad; il was nothin
but the single issue Shall the people o
Kansas be permitted 70 dispose OF thci
own affairs in their own way? Shall The
vote upon their domestic institutions. no
Slavery alone, but upon all their iustitl
lstions, unmoleStcd by the .bayonets of tn
Administration on the one hand, and tn
onslaughts of bands Of foreign marandcr
on the other. No man felt more deonly i,
references to Kansas than did Mr.. Buchanan
No man talked more freely about it. Il
his letter of acceptance of the nomination
and III the spesc's-he delivered TO the Com
mittec upon 1T in his pSrlor a. Lancaster
I 4 atwhich | happened to be presently he lait
stress upon the Great principle that the vii
OF the majority should prevail. Why. h.
said to me thousand times. "Fhe South
Mtsr'vofe for me, and the North mnst bc
ssecared, andsthe soaly way to secure the
North is to eonylae, those gentlemen that
when | get IN the Presidential chair | will
do right with the people in Kansas. am
now 90 years-of age have 'faa .sliel that
time of life when | cannot a,ve anv nnii,i
ton for a-rs,ciceti6h, anyl-ifI have. the
only way TO secure it IS 70 be strong with
my own npsople at home L have watched
THIS struggle from my retireinent in Lon
don; | have seen what conceive to be the
mistakes OF Others; | am not responsible
Tor the administration of President Pierce
therefore. will inaagurate n new system .
| wlllshow to those gentlemen that \ Penn
sylvania President viii stand firm to the
pletSes Of Pennsylvania gentleman and
a Pennsylvania Democrat. Now, fellow
citizens. IN that letter of acceptance. if YOU
WIZ refer to lit Is not necessary for me
TO produce 1T here-you will find that he
stated distinctly that the people of the Ter
rl;ory OF Kansas should be protected Ia the
sacred right OF suffrage. unawed hy any in.
flucnce whatever, aud that the will of the
majority should prevail
We went into the canvass. It fell to
my lot to be at the head Of the State Dsm-
ocratic Committee of Pennsylvania. Al
my affections were in that State; all the G.
motions OF my nature. physical and men
tai, were enlisted on the side Of the canAi
late she had-presentel. His whole career.
hls character, my personal attachment anil
the sincrere devotion felt for him his
family. his cause, and all about him. mn nls.
me 80 anxious for him to succeed. that
indulge IN no vain expression of speech
when say to you that | you'll have for
feitod my life for him. Ny devotion for
hm knew no bounds. Day ant night,
night AMI day, toiiel in that campaign.
Aud there are those here to-day. from nv
own State who viii bear witness 70 the
fact when say that all ms own resources. /
all nv fortune, my every exerton. every
all that could be enlisted, WAS enlisted 10
produce the final result And above all
others IN that campaign vas the great p,ln- /
,,pie OF popular sovereignty. LApplause.
That was the standard which marshalvi I,
he way. That was the shibboleth ti,a. i
vas the war cry. From Like Erie TO the I
Delaware River-from Pittsburgh to Phil I
sdelphia--in every village and town in the
,tate--ererywhere that / 'could in1uce a
zen to write or a tongue to speak, that was
ne theme upon which those pens wrote
md those tongues spoke Why. gentle
nen, Mr.. Buchanan had no confidence or +
eserve upon the subject He was public.
le was open, he was unreseryed IN his dec
ar-tlons to everybody. IIo sent to the ira
uee John Hiek'nan. in adjoining eoun b
y. He told him, through his friends and +
gents: ou, Mr. Hickman. occupy a pe-
Inliar relation; YOU voted for the Topeka
Constitution. you denounced the Kansa.-
.ebraska bill; YOU too were opposed to
he repeal ofthc Missouri Compromise line
nc Dcmocraticparty Of vouf6district have |
you, the Rspubiica rs like Won. Z
ney abeieve in itcua g Now. i want Won to
Ike the sturrp and so before your people, ie
al pledge me, James Buchanan. 10 the G
rcat principle of sPopular Sovereignty
or myself. if 1 could jejcenl to the base
sss of republishing private letters, might e
1 a volume with similar pfeises from :
authority. Why, gentlemen. when =
edistingnisbei Secretary ofths Treasury. 3
= Cobb. who from having been a super =
lc Union mau, has boon converted into
e cater. elnal to, Nfr.. Cbaubert himself 8
when Mt Cobb came into Pennsvlvanis n
al travelled our State from enl to end. "a
u from county to county. talking to de Il
gated audiences all the time, what was the 81
irden OF his theme? Why--Popuiari
'vercignty, | would take the Army and in
avy. / would use every power of the Eel ~.
st Government 4 would ssarround Thea 81
rritory. but what the people, ,Iofs ! Kansas :, :
ould vote, and-by. thsiF-vote the destl- :.
% Of the future State shoiIabe decided = =
henever Southern orator came into -
and calledppon me- / said ~ ~
himfIf'Now., Sir, | haze but one thing n
say to, you. we have but a single thing 80
ore the people; every tlsy is making the =,
ipaignn more aud more doubtf,F:s ere.y -
= is making the popular feelins, more ~
more intense; NJ Buchanan himself r,
Is that everything depends upon the pru- no
ice, the sagacity. and the Shirt Of con -,
alton bywhich this campaign IS con ~, ~
ted, and for @ od' rsake.take care what =
] say about kansas; leave your violent l1 *
athern feeling At home; you must. not e.,
ne here to threaten; You Governor Johns ,o,.
/, and you MI Scott, Of Richmond. apdt,',.
Mr. Il xafa Billy Smith, and You Mrsi.;ns
retary Floyd, allsof Won, imust remen- s.s s
that ifyou lose this battle. herr. you, saf
II alforat her, If will he vonr Iaeo anJ t@Se