Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-04-15
,o,c,.s prNocnArs. COWBOYS.

fOIIunts VI GltIO' II u buuElUes lutst, III
their turn. denounce =" the Burkes, the Col
hys and the Atkinses, lengued with the
frc-cnters Of the South bent upon forcing the
Democracy to take the back-track and rcpu-
diatc the principles upon which the last Pres
idcntal campaign was fought as "Cow-
hoys. linen fighting merely for plumber We
presume both sides nre about right as to the
charges made against each other and look
ing to the motives of both, We suspect one
set might as fifty he called Cowboys ms the
other. They differ merely az vareties,-a
long-horrs ard short-horns, for instance.
The Patriot goes into long expose of the
efforts, sacrifices and services of itself and its
odhcrcnts, in promoting the election flames
Buchanan, ard of the pcrfdy and ingratl
tude with which their labors have been met.
We had no conception, however, Of the
seeancrifcing spirit of the Patriot and its
friends. and Of the awful character Of the
strife they were engaged in in 1856, till we
re the account which the Patriot gives
Of it:
" To screen the old Nebraska Guard from
the base insin alton Of detection to principle
and treason to Democracy, it was not enough
| that the record showed them the authors,
| founders and fnishcrs Of policy, that he
/ vunl all denial or cavil secure to the De-
mpcmcv the election Of sc. Mt enough
that, p'rilinG personal popul1rity, disregard
inr the vile,t abuse and scorning all opppsi-
tion, they had fought the hattie through 10
the end, conte"ding for the very principle
which the Administration had been elect d
to carry out, and which they were accused
Of deserving They had wadcd in blood t.
their arm pits They had canvasso night
and day. They haI fought with open enc
mi s and treichcrous friends. They had
spent their time, they had aid their money.
Tpcy had thrown their oXpCctati MS
# lrof.rmont, their hopes of popularity,
their sicacity MS p,iticians, their fame as
Statesm n, their all, into the breach, and
lighting to the end, unbuckled their urmor
nnly when by the triumphant election Of Mr..
Buchanan, the people pronounced verdict
in their favor"
Mr.. Buchanan, the Patr,o. sag, was mere
nobody in the case. "He could, from his po-
sitiln, do nothing if he would, and he did
nothing if he could" He was elected by the
original Nebraska Democrats
WHO had seen the cifi sics ofDourasswing-
ing in the wind. with the Republicans and
Cow Boys shouting and grinning around
| thom who had rcp'llcd the infamuu indig-
nit hearod upun Gen. Pierce, and amid the
Kisses OF "tlJls Of the South slavery r pa
/ gtuli,ts.' and TRAITORS to the constitution.
/ had never yielded an inch, never hcaitatod Il
/ breath, never ialtered a momeat. Ihese
| were the democrats who elected James Buch-
aoan. Men who it would seem had won
some right to be consulted some claim to
confidence, some right to an opinion OF poll
| cy, some claim to consideration ut least
immunity from insult and abuse.
/ But in an evil hour for the country. in an
/ evil hour for the party, and in an evil hour
| for Himself, the President allowed traitors to
/ the great principle, to excite his fears, rouse
/ h's jealJusies, and cloud his Judgment, and
| 70 20 forth to tho people clothed in the badge
/ Of his authority, to create dissention and di-
vision, h cmbLrrass the party and Disgrace
bin, and to hawk and pick at the brave old
/ Bdrous whose hulhevts won the G.ht and
| whose hands placed the crown upon lis head
/ The mischief OF the LecumpJon matter,
/ not TO say whether Douglas or the President
was night, could easily have been healed. Int
/ for thc selfish rlundcrers that cr4wled all
| over the common sense, the better nature.
/ the Judgment and the temper OF the Prc,-
/ dent as the lice crlwled all ov.r the palace
Of Pharaoh, and there seems h have been no
sacred corner in all the land where the peu-
pie Of God were S tle from the veruin. Lice
lice nothing int lice Lice here, lice there,
lice everywhere 4 very 'ousy set Of tel-
lo"s all round, according to the Pat10t.