Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-10-01

for the double purpose Of breaking them
at the earliest opportunity, and of carrying
CALLING chagriu to the breasts of those who
ardently aided in clothing them With pow
err The great mass Of Democratic othee
holders scout the idea that the representa-
tives Of the people should endeavor to re-
fleet and sustain their known preferences.
Ii is democratic doctrine, practically pro
claimed, that the people are to be used as
a mere stepping stone to posts OF Proh'
and power, and then TO be discarded and
iusulted, in the NapoieOnic fashion, as
having no right but that Of abject acqni-
eseence. The ''dear people" are to be
foudled, and f,ttered, until their suffrages
are secured, aud then repelled as having
no claims, aud scarcely an existence
We have living illustration Of this
truthful view, in the election aud subse-
auent conduct of James Buchanan-that
prince Of broken pledges and base tergi'
versations. The deeeitful, yet plausible
cry of popular Sovereignty" so charmed
the ever open ear Of the people as to make
them believe that the Democratic leaders
were at las. acting in good faith, and that
it would be safe, nay, expediens, to trust
them Sean the sequel and who but the
1 ignorant, or interested, are not bitterly
lamenting their easy credulity! No sooner
did Buchanan enter upon the duties of his
position, than he began ignoring bis elec
tioneering averments and platform of
principles, by the connection Of u conspi-
racv that has no parallel in the annals of
history (unless it be the crime Of Caaline) }
1t was 10 less than the ushering into the
ULion Of another Slave State by the em-
ployment Of foul force No means was
left uu,ried to carry out this black design.
Money squandered, army employed, jus
tee chained, rufianiSm made Il merit, and
a road to preferment-in short, all that
villany could conceive, or rapacity suggest,
was reduced aud put into practice BY the
Federal Government for the purpose of
obtaining triumph over Popular SOve-
reignty, the upholdiug of which was to
have been the darling object of the Ad-
ministration. The conspiracy has been
crushed for the present, but this fact does
not render its mover and his abettors less
. Infamous, or the crime less horrible. 1t
shows, beyond cavil, the complete demor
alizatiou of the Democratic organizatio0,
from the President dowr, and that it is
supreme folly to expect aught but bad
faith at their hands. They are nest Of
agitators without glimmer of patriotism,
whose monarchical tendencies render them
unfit to rule Republic. The President is
the Pope of the Party, and to brave his
thunders is to seek externination. Wit
ness the pi'iful plight Of Forney, Douglas
and thousands of others who have been
thrown overheard for conscienciously refu-
sing to endorse the Lecompton svindle.
The party in power has apparently two
grand aims, viz. the Bankruptcy of the
Nation, and the Extension of Slavery. If
it has met failure in the latter, the for
mer bids fair to be crowned with complete
success. Since the passage Of the Nebraska
Bill, its double purpose has been well def
ned by its every effort. The expenses of
Government have been enormously in
creased, while legislation has been mono
polized by the schemes of cotton cham
pions, leading dough-faces to extend Sia-
very and restrict Freedom. Public In
provement is comparatively neglected
barbors, Notifications, inland navigation,
are allowed to abide in miserable c0ndi-
tion, while the attention of Congress has
been absorbed and the treasury depleted,
in passing Nebraska bills and Lecompton
swindles. Congressman are bought UP, at
so much per head, when an appeal to their
cupidity is necessary, in order to induce
them to play the Arnold, and disgrace hu
manity. A system of espionage, that es-
sentia, of despotism, has been established,
whose well paid hirelings are found in
every Stale of the Union, for the purpose
of reporting delinquents, and forcing ad-
hesion to obnoxious measures. The Pres
idcnt and his Cabinet are occasionally con-
verted into special lobby, for purposes
of importantly and corruption, while their
legitimate duties are neglected or discard
cd. And all this, for what? To main
tain the "integrity" of the Democratic
party, aud convert land of Freedom into
land of bondage and barbarism.
Since the Inauguration Of Frank Pierce,
enough capital has been wasted-li;eral!y
wasted-by the General Government, in
its mad efforts to serve the Slayeryites,
which, joined with private enterprise, would
have been sufficient to have pushed for
ward the Pacific Railroad to successful
completion.
Is any further comment necessary to
show that the Democratic party is the bit
tor nnreleDtinp enemy of the neople and I