True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-11-03

see y They h9ve set price on Ihe ueAu
Of Stephen A. Douglas Of Illinois. They
follow him as il he had committed some
dreadful crime. A murderer, or a man
tainted with treason, could no. be more
bitterly perseculed; and only because ne
has beea true to principles that the Ad-
ministIalion have failed 10 deny or con-
trovert. The issues, however, between
us and them remains. We are fighting
the great battle of Popular Sovereignty.
+ Cheers. That is the issue. They
cannot escape the reckoning. No Char
lesion Convention will save them unless
they come forward and accept the doc
trine which they now repudiate. NO
power--no patronage can save them.
believe to-day, if the official vote had
been stricken out, and the people voted
without interruption, there would not DO
10000 Democrats in Pennsylvania in
favor of the policy of the present Admin
istration. Cheers. Hence they are
bound to submit to crushing defeat here.
after, or else come forward and on bended
knees accept the policy which we stand
by to-day. That is exactly the issue.
am we'll aware that those in high stations
in Washington and elsewhere are tellclla'
ting themselves that those who act with
me will be divided, and know they are
looking forward to the day when by means
of packed conventions they shall get such
nominations as thew wish. But, gentle
men, the day of Independent men has
arrived fgreat cheeriug]; the time has
come when no nomination is binding that
discards great and imperishable principle.
| lTCheers l say furthermore, and say it
deliberately, as one man speaking the
sentiments Of many thousands, that if the
Democratic party desires success in 1850,
they must get rid of this Administration
at once and forever cheers it is in the
way. 1t stands in the pathway of pro-
sress ; it belongs 10 the past it is iden-
tifed with the past, and if they undertake
to carry it along, ii will be like healthy
man carrying putrid corpse upon his
shoulders. Cheers There is no res
cue but in this policy--uo deliverance
but in this course. Those who have
been hoping that Mr.. Buchanan might
, come down without popular decree,
hope in vain. What can he do? Can
he recall his hounds now assailing Stephen
t A. Douglas without losing diguity3 Can
s he follow the example of Breckenridge
who has had the manlness 10 come forth
t and raise his hands in horror a! this inde-
f cent prescription! No; for he is the
i author ofitl He is worse than this, he
n is the author of the most scandalous doc
: trine' thai has been promulgated in this
a country he dares tell US that the Presl-
: derIt is the Government, His motto is
S not like that of old Hickory, "The Union,
:, it must "a and shall be preserved but
s "The President and "his policy must
g and shall be sustained" 1t is in vain to
II hope that q man committed to
IS dogma, to a despolsm, like this, can be
IS sustained by any party. He is in the
il way; his policy is in the way his mer
it are in the way, and they must move of
# and let the great train of Popular Sover.
c eighty pass on without them. Cheers
J. I know such language may be regarded
n as reasonable, but it is time we under
o stood each other. l say no man in Mr.
F.; Buchanan's position can be sustained
1t and the party attaching itself to his Tor
is tunes will 90 down deeper than did eve
I plummet sound. [Cbeers. This Lecomp
IS tonism has been The greatest disaster ,ha
At has ever befallen any party. 1t has done
:. good to nobody, has assisted nobody
+ except few miserable miscreants Wit
20 wanted office. AS said at Tarrytown
,e the blackest of Republicans could 60 tt
s, Washington and tell Mr.. Buchanan HI
ID admired his Lecompton policy, and b
| was washed white and clean, and reward
is ed with any Office he desired. NothinI
m has flown from this thing Of Lecompto,
m but black and bitter waters. When il
II. PENNSYLVANIA thousands Of laborers wel
/ starving for work and nearly for breat
in when credit was gone and business para
ed lyzed, and when the people turned TO tn
Il man whom they had regarded for twent
y long years with admiration to protet
he American indnstry-when they did thl'
of the only reply heard was LecOmptonism
it | say here that so far as this question
nd projecting America n industryis concerne
al. II speak as member Of the Democrat
tie party.) l am for it in all its length an
m. breadth. Tremendous cheering.
lot have never been what is called a Ere
inc trade man; I have always believed
gle spe cifc duties but when l see how Il
ra- South adhere, how.a all their platforms, al
be pledges, and creeds tend to their ov
ore benefit, am for this doctrine of prote
ion ton, or any other doctrine which W
,de help us here. Cheers. The Sou
am comes to Washington with united del
pie cations, demanding her rights the Sou
Der can be in favor Of the inhuman traffic
ag. slaves, notwithstanding our treaties wi
ent foreign powers prohibit such traffic,
the they are never read out of the democra
RS; party. The Southwest can come
dis Washington with demands for inter-
his improvements, and they are never re
OF out. Blu. let New York talk lit
s. abou! protecting American industry, a
Bu' we are told il is out Of the record, out
lsas the party, or out Of the Cincinnati pl
,uld form. Hence it is | am willing to go
lrly extreme upon this issue. Within the
fore week, gentlemen, I have had the opp
he tunity of sounding public opinion as
Chi' the position of parties, and l assure
as a that have not met any one, Lecompt
but lie or Anti.Lecomptonite, Republic
We American or Democrat, that does not