Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-02-26
Douglas Read out Of his Party

Douglas Read out Of his Party,
IE,trac recent Speech Of Hon. JouS ?. HALE
y. H., in the L. :. Senate.
This brings me to qlesti0n which the
Hon. Senator from Illinois (Nr. DoUG
LAs) propounded, when he asked ais {
man to be read out ofhis party for departing
from the President on this great cardinal
point?" Why, sir, be asks, is a man who
differs from the President on the Pacific
Railroad, TO 60 out of the party? Oh, no,
he may stay. If he differs on Central
America, very good take the first seat,
if you please. You may differ with the
President on anything and everything, bat
the question of Slavery. On the 18th of
August, 1912, in the Senate, Mr.. Buchan-
an used this language:
! 81 might here repeal what have said on a
I former occasion
! you sev /. was so important he must re
peat it
-''lhat all Christendom-'
mark the words
lis leagued against the South on this queS
( ton of domestic slavery.
"All Christendom" includes a great
many people. If that be true, and you
have got any allies, it is manifest they
must be outside of Christendom (laughter)
because Mr.. Buchanan says all Christen'
dom is against you; but still he leaves
you some allies, and you will sect is
as plain as demonstration can make it
that your allies are not included in Chris.
tendon. Where are the allies l will
read the next sentence:
"Thev have no other allies to sustain their
constitutional rights ercept the Democracy y
/ the NOrih.'
There is fight for you all Christen'
dom on one side, and the Democracy ot
the North OF the other. Laughter
That is not my version-it is Mr.. Buchan,
ans. That is the way he backs his
friends; for he went on, after having
made this avowal, to claim peculiar con
sideratiOn from Southern gentlemen, and
intimated that he might speak little
more freely, having previously indorsed
them as high as this. Well, sir, when
all Christendom was on one side, and the
Democracy of the North OF the other, and
the Democracy of the North growing less
and less every day--a small minority III
the New England States-how could the
Senator from Illinois be so unkind, Or how
could he doubt, if, on this vital question
he deserted the Democracy and went ov'
er to Christendom [laughter], as to how
the question would be answered whether
he was to be read out of the party? ReaC
out, sir That question was settled long
ago. On this great vital question be !:
out of the party.
l would not say anything unkind tt
that Senator, nor would l say anything
uncourteous in the world; but my expe
ricnce in the country life Of New England
does present to my mind an Illustration
and l know he will excuse me if | give
it. A neighbor of mine had very valu
able horse. The horse was taken sick
and be tried all the ways in the world tt
cure him, but it was of no avail. The
horse grew worse daily. AT last one o.
bis neighbors said: "What are you 60
ing to do with the horse p 81 don
know" was the reply, "but [ think
shall have to kill him" "Well," SAID
the other, "he does no: want much kill
ing" [Laughter.l You see, in ordinary
times, and on ordinary questions, a little
wavering might be INDUCED; but wher
it is on one question, and great rita
question, and all ChristendOm as on on'
side, and the Northern Democracy on III
other, to 60 over from the ranks of the De
mocracy to swell the ranks of Christen
dom, and then ask if he is to be read out
. leave that reiut laughter