Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-16

CuiOeiouS vi III HdtuIe, ply SiSfh anu HIGH
tai, were enlisted on the side of the candi-
date she had presented. His whole career
his character, my personal attachment,
aba The sincere devotion felt for him, his
family, his cause, and all about him, made
me so anxious for him to succeed, that | in
dulge in no vain expression of speech when
say to you that l would have forfeited
my life for him. My devotion for him
knew no bounds. Day and night, nighl
and day, toiled in that compaign. And
there are those here to-day from my OWL
State who will bear witness to the fact
when | say that all my own resources, all
my fortune, my every exertior, every aid
that could be enlisted, was enlisted to pro-
duce the final result. And aboveall Others
in that campaign was the great principle
of popular sovereignty. Applause. +
That was The standard that marshaled
the way. That was the shibboleth-that
was the war cry. From Lake Erie to the
Delaware River-from Pittsburgh to Phil
adelphia@in every village and town in the
State-everywhere that could induce a
pen to write or'h tohgte to speak, that
was the theme upon which those pens
wrote and those tongues spoke. Why,
gentlemen, Mr.. Buchanan had no conf
dence or reserve upon this subject. He
was public, he was open, he was unreserv-
ed in his declarations to everybody. He
sent to the traduced John Hickman in an
adjoining county, he told him through his
friends and agents-"Yeu, Mr.. Hickman,
occupy peculiar relation; you voted for
the Topeka Constitution; you denounced
the Kansas-Nebraska bill; YOU were op-
posed to the repeal Of Tile Missouri Com
promise line; the democratic party of your
district have nominated you; the Repub-
licans like you; they believe in you. Now
l want You 10 take the stamp and go be-
fore your people, and pledge me, Jaihes
Buchanan, that intend standing by, and
Unnecessary dying by the principle of Pop
ular Sovereignty" For, myself, if could
descend TO the baseness of publishing pri-
Vate letters, might fill volume with sim
liar pledges from similar authority.
HOW PENNSYLVANIA WAS CARRIED.
Why, gentlemen, when the distinguish
ed Secretary of State, Mr.. Cobb-who
from being a superfine Union man, has
been converted into fire-eater, equal to
Mr.. Chaubert himself-when Mr.. COBB
came into Pennsylvania, and traversed our
State from end to end, and from County
to County, talking to delighted audiences
all the time, what was the burden of bis
theme? Why-Popular Sovereignty. l
would take the Army and the Navy, 1
would surround the Territory, But what
the people of Kansas should vote, and by
their vote the destinies of the future State
should be decided. Whenever South
ern orator came into Pennsylvania and
called Upon me, said TO him: "Now, Sir,
l have but one thing to say to You; Ne
have bnta single thing before the people;
every day is making the campaign more
and more doubtful; everyday is making
the popular feeling more and more intense; !;
Mr.. Buchanan himself feels that everything
depends upon the prudence the sagacity,
and the spirit of Cancellation by which this
campaign is conducted, and for Gods sake
take care what you say about Kansas !;
leave Your violent Southern feelings at
home; you must not come here to threaten ;
you Governor Johnston, and you Mr.. Scott
of Richmond, and you Mr.. Extra Billy
Smith, and you Mr.. Secretary Floyd, all
of you, must remember that if you lose
this battle here, you lose it altogether;
it will be your loss, and therefore you must
allow us to manage it in our own way
And they did accede to that policy, with
out any hesitation, and gladly. There was
no deception in that fight, at least so far
as l was concerned. l sowed the State
with private letters and private pledges up
on this question. There is not County
in Pennsylvania in which my lettres may
not be found, almost by hundreds, pledg-
ing Mr.. Buchanan, in his name, and by
his authority, to the full, complete and
practical recognition of the rights of the
people of Kansas to decide upon their own
affairs. Applause.
Mr.. BUcHANAN's INAUGURAL.
Gentlemen, he was elected. He formed
his Cabinet. He issued his Inaugural Ad-
dress. And here, at this point, let me say,
that the public confidence inspired bv his
nomination in the Democratic Party, and
the apprehension of his election inspired in
the Republican ranks, that public confidence
in the man was renewed and revived by
the publication of his Inaugural Address
The Republicans, many of them who had
voted for John G. Fremont, said, "We be-
lieve in Mr.. Buchanan; ifhe stands by the
doctrines of this Inaugural Address, We
will stand by him." Now, had he done
so, the Republican and the American par
ties, in my opinion, would have been ex
tinguished; we should have been one
great, happy national family. After al
what the great mass of the people in this
country desire is good Government
Every man in this country Is hot an otfict
seeker. Nine out of ten are disinterestet
in their relations to this Government, ant
Mr.. Buchanan would have suited thecoun
try as we'll as any othet man if he had bu
fulfilled his pledges; and, therefore, it was
that when his inaugural address was pub
lished, they said one to the other-We be
lieve in Mr.. Buthanan-we are sorry tha
we have not voted for him; but we ar
willing to trust HIM and stand by him t,
the end. Mr.. Buchanan had before him
future which Washington, if he had beel
living, might have envied-a future whicl
if be had walked resolutely in the path h
bad marked outM-the path illuminated b,
bis resolutions and pledges-would hav