Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-05-14
From Fsraey,s Press Of MAJ lss.
A Uarh Ara Fatal retNmw

III 49, "a a. 0AA3GN1 4
States in the passage of the great fraud, con-
summated at the city which bears he hoR-
'rable name Of VAsHIsGToss N the 30th
lay Of April, 1855: On Fffddy. the most
day Of all the week. faceording TO
; superstition, still oheyed even in the most
circles) This wicked deed of
profigaie politicians will stir the moral sense
Of the country to lite rrofonndest depths. 1t
will awaken widespread indignation. II
call out emotions which have been still
ed because such aGeed was believed TO be
impossihles and il will hufl inte utter obscu-
rity and shame those servants Of the people
who have sought this opportunity to assist in
q betrayal, a. wanten as It was causeless
and Unnecessary. To see these men gibbet-
ed and Irsnsfixed before the eyes of The
may be a mechanically satisfaction; and
to this extent the black business of the black
est Friday that ever this century hiss seen.
may be full of Compensation.
But we have no ri icing over a common
shame We tsye no *osis of congrstula-
ton Al an event which infiiets disgrace upon
our common country. The more we deio-
crate open lie record of the last fourteen
the more do we feel that a blow hiss
teen struck AZ the very heart of our institu-
tons. from which we usay never recoger-
We saw In this Kansas business, when II
assumed It's new shape. last autumn, the seeds
Of a fatal REORGANIZATION. Previous to that
period II bore the aspect of eminent fairness
SIR. Buchanan appeared to US, in his early
movements In regard to It, TO be inspired by
a Waslingtonian patriotism. Il hsd been
q diff eais problem to others: 10 him il was
as clear as a sufbeam. lie tell 50 himself
up 10 the moment when he supposed he could
change his course, and be sustained by the
country. Tina, was the weight which pul.ed
him down. The whole natiJu stood appalled,
at the transformation. His very Office
holders ilesitatesi. and there was not a north
ern Senator or Representative, within our
circle of acquaintance, who did not, Al first,
doao: or denouuce the unexpected and extra
ordinary example,. The only intercs, thu
appiauded his course was that extreme pro-
slavery cabai, (known to desire a dissolution
of the Union.) which had induced him 10
leave those true and g~aliant spirits who had
SO long upheld his standard, and 10 surrender
the holy principle, without which he would
be reposing in honora6Ie quiet at Wheat
land.
From that moment to the present. what
have we witnessed. Nothing but a success
sion of personal and political dcgredations.-
The principle of the will of the majority"
had become overwhelming. The principle
of fidelity to a sworn pledge, and 10 a con-
secrated creed, had sunk into all hearts
The President, The C~abincf--aH men had
- - ff.ss rS.4r;sS~ .f.tf.r,n II ass
built upon honor, and rivetej and clinched
by a thousand solemn assurances. To de-
stroy II required hercuiean exertion, and n
scric. or operations, before which all the eff
forts Of past Administrations have paiea their
intellectual fires. Il stood out ..ull armed be-
fore the nation, instinct with energy, and
resistless from the associations that surround
ed it. But The word bad gone forth, and
though 1t coutd not be dnnihildted, IL ros at
least betrayed. And to accomplish this be-
trayal, the character of the Democratic par
~ and of the country, has been shameicssiy
IIshonored.
Independent men, who would not bow to
the attempe to sacrifice a principle. were
turned out of office. and base an character
less knayes put in their places.
Slcinn assurances TO high dictionaries.
written, spoken, printed, were ruthlessly
broken.
Representatives we're compelled TO change
their votes and to violate their plighicd
faith, and where Conscience failed TO APP
prove patron 1ge came in TO support them.
Cafatnnies, the most atrocious and cruel,
were hurled against nll who dared to be true
TO the truth, Is this all? Would that it
were! The formal declaration Ut a proud
national party was sought TO be nullitied by
the action OF Congress, and in substitution
for a principle, imposingly declared aud SOL
EMMY sealed, before the eyes of tho whole
country. we had offered to US a miserable
cheat. The dark deed OF q gang Of reckless
spectators in Kansas was made the test of
Democratic faith. Fraud and Fllsehood
were erected into cardinal virtues. and the
protests OF fifteen tiiols ind freenen a.
gainst this deed were laughed ut, as the pro
tests of our fathers in the Revolutih: were
laug he'd q, as the rawlings Of rebels, aud the
threats of a mob.
s. far for the footprints of this unhallow-
ed Despotism. They are marked on the his
toric page as the evidence of a receding NOR
atty and a degenerate Democracy. They
turn back the hands on The dial plate Of time
and remind us that we are living in the feu-
dal ages. Nay, worse than that; for then.
il power was great, public men were brave,
and tho knave that sold his character died
the death OF the infamous.
But the crime did not stop here. One
wrong after another was tried, nll at last. -
il to mock at even the semblance OF risSSt
the so called English bill was proposed, tbs
bill, be it understo ID, which differed from its
preceleIis in this: that they were swindles
and this was a bribe; which, protesting 10
submit Leconpton 10 the people. did not
submit il according to its Southern expoun-
ders; which. starting out in the preamble
with o scandalous misstatemeni, croWneithe
whole proceedings with q declaration thai If
the people of Kansns did not take it. they.
should tester in dlssensions ill il suited their
masters to admit, them. 49,
And this is The scheme that Ras forced
through yesterday-THE RLAcx FRIDAY OF
our century. $500
Well may the Senator from New York
cry SHANE upon the damning deed.
All history WlHefy stathe upon II LOO.
The burden uhich Mis on mirage. attaches to
the Democratic party eanDot be carried NTH
out crushing at Candidates for office viii
be compelled TO speak out against it. and
those who are silent will pay the penalty of
such an acquiesceHce.
VIVA, Kansas may decide upon We a,e
not authorized 10 say; bu. we ctnno, dou bt
that she will r.iect the brlbe with scorn.-
Whether she does or not. the wrong done
will be avenged. and the sacred doctrine
vindicated. The case has passed into the
hands of the people of the States. especially
those who haye been insulied by their Rcn.