The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-08-18

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with the belief that the old JefFersonian
Democratic party is still in existence, and
that Mr.. Buchanan, alone, is responsible for
the evils and errors to which have alluded.
This induces the inquiry
7th. In aohat essential principle or prac-
tice, does tie Dougtas Democracy di9er from
tie Buchanan Democracy?
Are they not equally responsible with the
Administration Democracy for the present
condition of public affairs Having aided in
the election of Franklin Pierce, did they not
become leaders of the party during his adj
ministration2 Did they initiate the repeal
of the Missouri Compromise, and defend the
Kansas usurpations and outrages, on the
floors of Congress and on the stump to the
close Of his official term of office? Did they
not abandon old party issues and affiliate with
Wings and Americans in the defence of the
one ptaah pt"ttorm- 1.-The constitutionalright
of ofSlaveho}ders to carry their slaves into all
the territories ofthc Nation?" Have they
no. denounced the ''sefevident truths of
the Declaration of independence as .'self-
evident falsehoods" s"--as ''glittering general
tiles" and those who cherish the principles
of Thomas Jefferson, as abolitionists? Do
they not denounce those who, like Presidents
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, jackson, and Polk, and contempo-
raneous Congresses, would protect every
mans right TO enjoy life, liberty and property
in the territories by fundamental laws, as
TRAITORS to the Constitution and the Union?
Have they not endorsed the Dred Scott De-
cislon as iinalty, binding the conscience
Of the nation to acquiesce in the spread of
slavery to the limits of our rdominions? Have
they not acquiesced in the surrender of the
machinery of the Federal Government into
the hands of the Southern Democracy, and
aided by tAvir official acts in imposing enor-
nous and unequal burthcnS on the northern
people? Have they not clamorously united
with their slaveholding brethren to read every
Democrat out of theparty who like Trumbull
Doolittlc, Cameron. King, HaInln, Broder-
ick, THos II. BENTox, NJ. l.. MORRIS, and
:. j. KrRHwoop, dared to oppose the "Kan-
sas-Nebraska Bill ?"
Did they not labor for the election of
james Buchanan to the Presidency? Have
they not endorsed his Utah, Cuban, Mexican,
and Central American policy? Did they not
vote in both branches of Congress 70 place
armies and navies of the nation at the abso-
lutte control of the President, to be used at
discretion IN foreign countries Did they
not speak, AMI vote, and brow-hea the Re-
publicanS ot the Senate in persistent Strug-
gle to secure the passage of a bill giving to
the President the unrcstrained disposal of
S30, o00,001, ITO facilitate the acquisition of
Cuba ~ Did they not oppose the Home
stead Bi!I whenever its consideration conflict
with the success Of this monster? On Mr..
Doolittl''s motion to postpone the thirty
million Bill and take up the Homestead Bill,
the yeas were:
McSSrs Broderck. Cameron, Chandler,
Clark, collanCr, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot,
Foster, Hale, lIamlin, Harlan, Johnson of
Tennessee, King, Seward, Simmons, Truln-
bull, Wade and Wilson--19.
NAYS-Messrs. Allen, Bavard, BENJAMIN,
Biglcr, Brown, Chestnut, Clay. Clingman.
Douglas, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin,
Hunter, lverson, Johnson, of Arkansas, Lane
Mallory, Mason, Polk, Pugh, Reid. Rice,
Sebastian, Shields, Slidell, Toombs, Ward
and Nright-29. (Cong. Globe, p. 1862,
part ,, 2nd session 35th Cong.)
But one Democrat, Mr.. Johnson of Ten
nessee, voted with the Republicans in the
affirmative. Every northern Democrat voted
against postponing the Cuba Bill, to take up
the Homestead Bill which had passed the
House of Representatives and was awaiting
the action of the Senate Even Mr.. Douglas
abandoned the interests of the laboring men
of the North, for the purpose of extending
the area of slavery. That may do him no
injustice, quote from his Baltimore speech
of last January
Permit me here to remark that the slave
ry question rests upon laws higher than those
of legislative enactments. 1t depends upon
the laws of climate, of production, and of
seli-interest. Wherever cotton and sugar
and rice and Indigo are the staples. and the
climate is such as to exclude white labor, the
negro must take the place of the white man
on the plantation. When you get into those
hot climates, it is not struggle between the
negro and the white man, but struggle be-
tween the negro andcrocodile, which shall
occupythe Delta line. In those Delta lands
slavery must exist, negro labor must be en-
ploy otherwise their cultivation must be aban-
doncd while in those high northern latitudes,
where the earth is covered with deep sows.
and where there is severe climate, illy adam
ted to the constitution of the negro, and bet
ter suited to the white man, slavery can
never exist, because it is not the interest of
the people to have it,"
Here is the Southern for the ACQUISITION of
Cuba, and Mexican and Central American States sin
these delta lands slavery must exist " they are down
south under burning they produce sugar and
cotton indigo and rice; from necessity OF climate
according to Mr. Douglas their acquisition must add
Slave States to the Confederacy The establishment
of Homesteads for the andless would build up the
with an industrious and independent yeomanry IL
would give stability to civil society remove want and
beggary from DOORS and give resistess strength
the nation In times of foreign danger But its consd-
Grafton comes to direct conflict with Bin facili
tate the acquisition of slave territory and the Douglas
Democracy true to their southern instincts vote with
the south. Mr. Douglas has laid up treasure for his
children in the south in slaves and "delta landsanl