The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-09-23

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WHAT MR.. BUCHANAN SAID AND FELT
No man felt more deeply in referencC
to Kansas than did Mr.. Buchanan. Nc
man talked more freely about it, In
his letter Of acceptance of the nomina.
tiOn and in the speech he delivered to the
Committee upon it in his parlor in Ian
castor, Cat which I happened to be pres.
ent) he laid stress upon the great prin.
| ciple that the will of the majority should
prevail Why, he said to me a thousand
times ',The South must vote for me, and
the North must be secured, and the on
ly way to secure the North is to con.
vince those gentlemen that when I get
in the Presidential chair I will do right
with the people in Kansas, I am now
66 years Of age I have reached that
time Of life when cannot have any am
bition for reelection, and if I have, the
only way to secure it is to bestrong with
my own people at home. / watched
this struggle from my retirement in
London; / have seen what / conceive 10
be the mistakes of others. I am hotre-
sponsible for the administration Of Pres
ident PIERCE therefore, 1 will inaugurate
new system; l will show to these gen.
tlemen that Pennsylvania President
will stand firm to the pledges of a
Pennsylvania gentleman and a Penn
sylvania Democrat"
WHAT MR.. BUCHANAN SAID TO NON.
JOHN HICKMAN.
Now, fellow-citizen in that letter of
acceptance, if you will refer to tit is
not necessary for me to produce it here
you will find that he stated distinctly
that the people Of the Territory Of Kan
sas should be protected in the sacred
right of suffrage, unawed by any inAu-
ence whatever and that the will of the
majority should prevail
We went into the canvass 1t fell to
my lot to be at the head of the State
Democratic Committee Of Pennsylvania.
All my affections were in that State; all
the emotions of my nature, physical and
mental, were enlisted on the side Of the
candidate she had presented. His whole
career, his character, my personal at
tachment and the sincere devotion I felt
for him, his family, his cause, and all
about him, made me so anxious for him
to succeed, that l indulge in no vain
expression of speech when I say to you
that l would have forfeited my life for
him. My devotion for him knew no
bounds. Day and night, night and day,
l toiled in that campaign. And there
are those here to-day from my own State
who will bear witness to the fact, when
l say that all my own resources, all my
fortune, my every exertiOn, every aid
that could be enlisted was enlisted to
produce the final result And above all
others in that campaign was the great
principle of popular sovereignty. APP
plause That was the standard which
marshaled the way. That was the Shib-
boleth-that was the war cry. From
Lake Erie to the Delaware Riyer-from
Pittsburg to Philadelphia-in every vii
lage and town in the State-everywhere
that could induce a pen to write, or a
tongue to speak, that was a theme upon
which those pens wrote and those
tongues spoke. Why gentlemen, Mr..
Buchanan had no confidence or reserve
upon this subject. He was public, he
was OPEN he w0s unreserved in his doc
lorations to everybody. He sent to the
traduced John Hickman, in an adjoining
county. He told him through his friends
and agents: "You, Mr.. Hickman, oc-
cupy a peculiar relation; you voted for
the Topeka Constitution; you denoune-
ed the Kansas Nebraska bill; you too
we're opposed to the repeal of the Mis-
souri, Compromise line; the Democratic
party of your district have nominated
you; the Republicans like you; they be-
lieve in you Now, / want you to take
the stump and 90 before your people,
and pledge me, James Buchanan, that
I intend standing by, and if necessary
dying by this principle Of Popular Sow
ereignty
PRIVATE LETTERs-MR. COBB-WHAT
WAS SAID no SOUTHERN MEN WHO
CAME TO STUMP PENNSYLVANIA,
For myself if could condescond to
the baseuess of re-pubishing private
letters, I might fill volume with simi-
lar pledges from similar authority
Why, gentlemen, when the distinguish
ed Secretary Of State, Mr.. Cobb, who, !
from having been q super6ne Union
man, has been converted into fire eat
er, equal to Mr.. Chaubert himself
when Mr.. Cobb came into Pennsylvania,
and Travelled our State from end to end |
from county to county talking to de-
lighted audiences all the time, what was
The burden of his theme? Why, Popu-
lar Sovereignty I would take the Ar
my and the Navy, / would use every
power of the Federal Govornment-II
would surround the Territory, but what
he people should vote, and by their
vote the destines Of the future State
should be decided. Whenever q South
,rn orator came into Pennsylvania and
,alled upon me, said to him; 'Now,
in, i have but one thing to say to You;
We have buta single thing before the
,eople; every day is making the cam
,aign moro and more doubtful; every
lay is making the popular feeling more
md more intense; Mr. Buchanan him
elf feels that everything depends upon
he prudence, the sagacity, and the
pirit of cancellation by which this CAM
,aign is conducted, and for Gods sake \
20 careful what YOU say about Kansas;
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