The independent. (Harrisonburg, La.) 1853-18??, 1858-02-24
WISE vs.. BUCHANAN.

Hu4sA& 0tsS " Tue &0OO OH iuOtne5 OF States
L8ous for the third time on Kansas of ,irs.
q. last Bulletin is addressed TOT Mass Meet
ing Of the Democracy, at Philadelphia, in re-
ply to IN invitation 10 attend the meeting. and
define bis position in regard to the LIZ comp
ton constitution. In this third definition of
his Status on the Kansas imhrog!io. this
"Thane vf Cawdor" aud would b. liking
hereafter" has used his sword in good knight
u style, dealing back strokes and fore strokes,
upon Mr.. Buchanan's late message to Con-
gsess, urging the adoption Of the KANSAS
Constitution. In reference to this disturb
ing subject, Wise like Douglas, has been
condemned to severe ordeal. 1t IS an or
deal, which both # them woul! gladly have
been spared, the danger Of Undergoing. But
no evasion was pass'tls. they had to come
right up to the wc.k.They looked carefully and
steadily upoa the trouble before them. They
viewed .neir bread with precision and with
especial reference to the huttered side.
they know that it were better for either Of
them, that mill stone were tied around his
neck and thus decorated. to be thrown in
to the great Salt Lake, than to offend the
Nothern Democracy on Kansas matters.
Dangerous in the extreme, are the Acrocer
auhia, among which Presi dental aspiran:s
have 10 sail appalling the passage between
ScylIa, and Charybdis. Yet among all these
rock. smous and infamous, have they to pass
and to pr IS safely. it is pre-ennen'ly NC g.
sary that they should be-, If not always duly
sober, a, lea st always wide awake. Wise and
Douglas adr, vt navigators of the political
seas have roun Jed in safety the ScylIa Of the
North. but i, r, mains to be seen whether
they have been equally successful in aso'-
ding the ferven,, A.'arl>.rom that surrounds
the Southern Ch.sry bdis. Wise himself has
Of a e'r.;ble fate in that boiling
yulf for lie saws SO. ne what 'lolcfulIy in re-
gard to the position I've has assumed i "a"
what would BE- the etTe ct on me personally,
That many Of my be. t friends would con
I<mu the apparent ra>hn ess' OF the act ana
Il stand alone against a h ost," We should
not be surprised 20 learn that his political
bark is spill. wide open, and Il. " his aspirations
or the high place, scattered h ks the lr9'"
.iches, far and wide upon the seelh"g
waters.
This letter to the Mass Meeting is /" So
,ular jum.le Of fact and faction, IT ''e'''
and flimsy sophi>try. IL. sa!> ~
substance that had the convention, on pt'"-
lent. presented constitution, Republic An n
orm, and reported it to congress wi, hour
submitting it to the people, he would lave
,auc,i,ned its adoption without locking be-
yond he ins,um. nj, Tn t he co rot o i'm o
Kansas for proof, that the people of Kansas
were not allowed "a fair free and full vot. up !
w the part of the constitution, which the
Pres ;dent says WAS alone submitted for their
,,n-ov,~l or rejection. He says that. that
act is pa tent on the face OF the instrument
,sslf and as we think, he proves it fully
rh;. f,c, h. avs Congress, Is bound to look
=. II. 1;g.,. toto coelo from Mr.. Buchanan.
, hi, doctrine ,h,t the admission OF Kansas
,uJ.r the L. cornpt. IN Constitution would al
Az excitement, and points to the ground
hat the pro slavery party in Kansas would
occupy under the mn ~ ''Fa,''" e''",e' n'
> especially caus'ic up.'n the fres'as''S s ,
Il. a..
ng slavery in Kansas would BE- ,
n,o the union, ~ slave state. Ii
whether this would commend the adm. '>S'o"
o Southern gentlemen who 20 in for ',of"'' =
He denies that the Kansas d'f'
iculty ever will become local, or that it Ca
D. localized, as asserted by Mr.. Buchanan
md bis remarks on this point are puugen,
md Of great force.
For want Of room. we are rrecluded from
making some remarks that we would wish to
make on several parts of this unique docu
ment, and likewise from giving several ex
tracts from it. We may recur to it hereaf-
ter. We will however suhjoin the following
as sample OF Mr. Wise's manner Of treating
the subject:
II we are not willing to do justice, we
can't ask for justice; it we can't agree to
equality, we must expect to be denied it. |,
is our bull go,ing the an,i-slav.rv OK. Sup
pose We had a majority OF shareholders in
that Territory; suppose II minority of aholl-
,ionis,s had gotten the census and registry
in their hands aud had kept fifteen out OF
,hirty-four counties out Of the Con. en,ion
suppose they had for'ne! a Constitution with
a clause prohibiting Slavery. and had sent ii
TO Congress without submitting it to ma
i,r,y Of the legal voters; or suppose they |
had submitted all parts Of the Consi'ulio"
A., ,t,r x.t. .xcep; the one clause /,