, 1859-12-30

Its Attempt to eave tho Party In Illts
NQl4s


From The Illinois State Register Douglas)l
Tho President takes The broad ground that
the territories are open to slavery, whether the
people thereof desire it or not. He tramples
upon bis pledge to the people Of the Union in
"Thr people Of Territory. like those of
Suite, shnll decide for themselves whether slave
r. shall or shall not exist within their limits"
And claims that the Supreme Court has dcci-
ded that thc. people Of the territories are pow
crlcss to decide this question for themselves.
That this was to be . leading text Of tho cx-
ecutive message, none could doubt who read the
fulninations Of tue Cabinet through the Attor-
ney General As oue humble Democrat, who. in
good, faith supported Nr. buchanan. for the
Presidency, and who believed him earnest and
honest iu tue assertion which We for the thou
saudih time quote from hialetter Of acceptance,
We protest against his assumptions, deny hls
construction Of the Dred Scott decision, and
condemn dissatisfaction Of his recorded pledges
to tue Democracy uf the Union, which cannot
he misinterpreted, aud cannot nor arc not mis-
understood
Whatever may be the motive, and We cannot
concede that it is Q sincere or honest one, We
repudiate the Presidents teaching as false to
the spirit of the Constitution, false 10 Democrat
/ 10 principles; and shameless violation Of party
| pledges and his own plighted and recorded
| fai.h t8thc people Of the Union, the Democrat
ic portion Of whom would hare 't let out the last
drop Of Democratic blood in their veins" before
they would have consented, to his nomination,
had they beliesed he would stand as be no"
does.
> We were going to say that VIC were not dlsap-
| pointed IN this enunciation of the message We
are. at lea t, surprised that the executive head
oftlc Union, chosen BY Democratic vote, should
he 80 blind TO the existing condition Of things,
can meet with Democratic faEor or can further
Tie Interior purposes Of those{sho hold tue re'ns
| Of power. They may, Temporarily, destroy the
party which has given them bad cminence, but
they cannot warp the Democratic people into
error. "After US the deluge,' may be their
Democracy to Little purpose # they believe
that they can make the Democratic masses write
their own epitaph--~ Died Of heresy, insti1led
through the 1ecreapcy Of those We have bon
orcd." The Democratic MASSES do not, noE
will not, accept my such heresy. To say moth
lug Of their honest convictions, the sound na-
tioaal policy Of the opposite view, they are
p1edg<d, as is ,hr. Buchanan, to it. He has
shown his contempt for Democratic principles
and his own personal pledges--she Democratic
people will show their respect for Msar pledges
their stcad[aSt adherence to sound Democratic
constitutional principles, and their contempt fol
Mr. buchanan and his rccreancy.
Can this be Trne7
4 correspondent of the y. Y. 1ias<s, writing
from Munich, makes thu following remarkable
statements, which re can scarcely credit:
have nade no allusion in mY previous let
tiers to the shameful exhibition, on the part. o
tue working people in Berlin, on the occasion
| Of the Schiiierfest- The population Of Aoatt
i (as that suburb is called where the foundrles
kc.. are) gave loose rein to the most brutal pas
sions- appearing in such force as 70 orerawe th'
poIice. Women were insulted und outraged
In some inktances having their clothes entircl,
turn oil them; respectable citizens were beaten
I and otherwise mslfreated. and during portion
Of the evening Of the 10th, certain parts Of Der
lin were made fit pictures of Pandenoninu-
: The mob undertook to dig up aGain the tounda
tion Of Schiller's monument, which had bee
solen,u1y hid That day, ,1nd manifested through
out as little regard for the dead as tbs lislng.-
Some incidents are grlmly ludicrous. At on
tine, in The crowd, there rose . cry, "Dowl
| with the black hats" aud in M instant ever
| man who wore "leayef' felt It torclbly Jam
| ncd over lis face"
There were arrests made, and the matter
undergoing judicial investigation Meanwhil
the Berlin papers hare got into pretty squat
ble as to who and what caused the Disturbance
1t seems there was money found upon the Leaf
e,s which they stated Ind been gwen 10 them b
| strange persons who incited them to the gu,
| break. Some of the papers expressed thel
suspicion that the hrtu--Nitung party, th
ultra Catholics, were at the bottom Of tue whol
| atfair. Whcreupon that journal becomes virtt
ously indignant, aud demands legal proof
apology. -:
: 1t Is Of less interest to outsiders how thj
, question is settled; more important is the 1as
! | that population exists in Berlin which coul
t tind its equal fox savage brutality, only in Il
palmiess days Of Faubourg ST. Antoine. Til
is not the first time it has como forth from il
! hiding places. When Humboldt died seen
s no, less disgraceful was enacted. After ii
: public ceremonies were over, as the body VI.
= being taken from his house to his castle IN
i fa1niiy burring place, the funeral eorttge ".
t overwhelmed BY IN irruption Of women, wh
. took possession Of the hearse, and sat astrid
the coffin, singing ribeld songs and yelling oats
r aud imprecations. After which. they aetual'
), attempted to take the body Of Humboldt fro'
+ tile colin and drag it through the streets; b.
y | the astonished spectators succeeded in dririu
i them Of, and the i1nstrious de2d was soon b
# youd their reach. Such q wanton outrage maxi
), ones blood boil But il, without especial exc
i ting cansc, these things arc possible, wh.
would the "Moabites" do when revolution lai
y torch 70 their passions?