The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-06-16

DOW AGIA c.:
Thursday Morning. June I6, 1850.
QUERY.-If Mr.. Buchanan had go
the thirty millions, we wonder which
he would have bought-Cuba or the
Charleston Convention =? Will the
Democrat at Cassapolis elucidate
The above anxious inquiry we find in
the Republican. We are not surprised
at the request to answer it. 1t would
seem that the topics embraced in itwere
SO greatas to be incomprehensible to its
editorial calibre. The inquiry presup
poses the President can expend the peo
pies money as he pleases. This notion
that government officials, state and ma
tional, can stick their arms into the
peoples strong box up to the elbows
without any trouble, prevails quite ex-
tensively in the republican party. Wit
ness the condition Of the treasury in
every State where they had power
Hence the readiness of Republicans to
coalesce with any faction that will as
sure them an opportunity to squeeze
Uncle Sans purse. The Republican
knows that there is no Charleston Con
vention to buy. 1t knows that Ma
tional Democratic Convention is not
and never has been an affair like the
celebrated Philadelphia Convention that
nominated Fremont. 1t is not there
fore purchasable by either money OF
coalitions promising success. 1t will
not invite spawned politicians to meet
with it. 1t will not accept their candi.
date who. like circus rider or Michi
gan Republican, can ride two horses,
Sam and Sambo, at once. The con.
clusion is inevitable-the President
would buy Cuba only with an appro.
priation for that object.-Democrat
Cassapolis.
Of course. "The President would
buy Cuba" IT'S strange we did not
think of that. We acknowledge that
our editorial calibre !" was not equal
to subject of such magnitude. 1t was
certainly beyond our comprehension
to see how the President could purchase
Cuba when it had never been offered
for sale; which we were innocent
enough to suppose was the case
Therefore we supposed that the Presi
dent wanted the money for some Other
purpose, and we confess to supposine
that object to be the purchase of the
Charleston Convention. How very
much mistaken we were to be sure
| The Democrat tells us there is " nc
Charleston Convention to buy" "A
National Democratic Convention new
er has been bought either with money
or coalitions promising success" Now
we confess that we were ignoran
enough to suppose that two or three
of these locofoco affairs had beer
bought up, both with money and BY
coalition promises. We confess ou
error Still we should be pleased t.
have the Democrat, in its wisdom, in
form us what really did control thu
Cincinnati affair. What was the means
employed whereby Buchanan was nom
mated and Pierce thrown overheard
How about the Convention that nomi
mated Pierce. Was there any none,
spent or promises given to secure tina
nomination We have heard it init
mated that there were a very fe1
promises given, and just little none,
spent in both of them.
And now that another pro-slaver,
Convention is drawing nigh, we find th'
slaveocrats attempting to play the SAM
old game, with this difference-th,
President having squandered all tn,
money in the National Treasury, ant
the Republicans having defeated hi
plan for an appropriation to buy Cub
The is forced to the disagreeable ne
cessity of depending entirely upol
!" coalitions promising success"
| We are glad to see that the editor o
the Democrat in the above, has tn
manliness not to deny the fact that tn
President has squandered the people,
money. In fact he could not. 1t i
too well known that when Buchanan
came into power he found the Treasur,
full to repletion, and surplus of twent.
millions lying idle there awaiting appro
priations. He not only appropriate,
this sum, but in the short space of
year he found way to spend abou
500, 100000 besides, leaving tn
country in beautiful state of bank
ruptcy. In view of this fact, we thinl
it no great matter of wonder that tn
"notion can prevail that the Demo
cratic officials do stick their arms int,
the peoples strong box"
We fully agree with the Democra
in its assertion that the Philadelphia
Convention was in no wise like tn
Cincinnati affair, or in fact, any of it