The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1859-11-23
DICKINSON's GREAT SPEECH.

! will not stop till they read IL through
The old whig party, combating the Jem-
ocratic party upon financial issues, proved,
1 with all lis errors, foeman worthy of The
democratic STEEL IT brought into the field
a great and powerful array-its Webs:ers,
Clays, Claytons, Davises aud Choats-a
grand galaxy of talent, and although in the
opinion of the democracy and of the whole
people, as The event showed, it maintained
unsound notions in regard TO internal i'm
provements, a protective tariff, a national
party rallying around the constitution 1t
! was too national party to serve the pur-
poses OF the managing leaders who had
taken possession of it, and hence the old
whg ship was scutted, her crew dismissed,
and the republican party inaugura,ed, sail
ing under its black and bloody colors, and
based upon single idea, no higher or
worhier in State or national Legislation than
the single idea of slavery. The party took
to itself all the bad elements of the whig
party, dismissing the good, gathering the
debris, the desertion, the treacherous ma
leral of the democratic party; gathering
all the "isms" and "ites" Of any name, TO
march in a crusade, like the army of Peter
the Hermit, 10 expel the infidel stakeholder
from this holy land of the republic. Zap
plause.) To Kansas, which was in no more
danger of becoming slavehoding than of
becoming one vast rice field, it sent lis
sancified rifles for the purpose of shooting
the gospel into every creature Qaughter);
and it chartered the Browns, the blues, the
reds and the blacks TO go there and enter
into this "irrepresslble conflict" The whole
Legislation of the country was brought TO a
stand, public attention was arrested, and
whenever Kansas shrieked republcanism
lifted up its responsive voice. KaLsas was
the stock in trade, the foaling capital for
republicansm to trade upon; and by means
Of that it look possession OF the State OF
New York and other democratic States,
taking advantage of temporary divisions of
the democratic party, arraying together
motley crowd, including those who knew it
was cheat, and down 10 honest error and
blind fanaticism.
In process of time Kansas was PLAYED
out. Uaughter.)
Like an insect that fits its brief hour in
the sunshine, deposits lis eggs and dies
Kansas was permitted TO go quietly out, but
it left successor. Some of those chartered
10 enter into the conflict, together with
portion Of the sanctified rifles, were taken
TO do Guty in another direction. have
hear this opposition party styled black re.
publican. | have never called them so and
if am 10 give them any designation, it |
were 10 place any adjective before the sub
stantive, would call them Brown republi-
cans. applause and laughter.) have
very little 10 say concerning the miserable
men who have entered into this "irrepress-
ib,e conflict" in earnest, upon whom the
law has laid its hand. | will leave them
there. But have much to say concerning
those who set their ball in motion. This
Brown whom they now turn their backs
upon, was recently Zero. His name was
borne upon every breeze, and mingled with
the loudest shrieks that came from Kansas
He was not only John Brown, but Ossawat-
omie Brown, Captain Brown, Major Brown
and General Brown. Applause and laugh
ter.) But now that he is IN the hands of the
law, he is called "crazy old Brown" and
left to his fate. What we assert is that the
conduct of Brown and his associates is the
natural and legitimate, if not necessary
harvest, from such sowing as year after year
the republican party has made. This slavery
question has been agitated without any
cause under heaven. So far from slavery
advancing upon .he free States, the free
States have been advancing upon the slave
States, and not single inch of the Terrific.
ries of the United States, either of the old
or that recently acquired from Mexico, was
ever adapted 10 slavery; for there is not a
rod of il upon which hemp enough could be
raised tohans the blacks. 1t is so i'll adapted 10
slavery that if The slaves did not run away
from the masters, the masters would have
10 run away from their slaves. daughter.
Nevertheless, the public mind was excited,
and republican pupi!s, presses ard firesides
were redolent of Kansas and slave territory.
Every reasoning man knows that in the be-
ginning we were all slave States that we
were much when we entered into this fed
eral compact TO perpetuate the blessings OF
liberty. They know that one by one we
became free States, until we had at the
time this ''irepressible conflict" was inau-
guratsd by a majority of sixty votes in the
House of Representatives and six in the
Senate of the United States, and every day
the free States were growing stronger and
the slave States, too, stand ready, whenever
this republican pressure shall be removed,
10 abolish slavery in their own way and in
their own time, as we in New York have
done, and as has been done in New Eng
land, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The
democratic party is party of 'let alone
in everything except sustaining the consti
tuition. II believes our sister States are oul
equals in right, not only upon paper, but in
| spirit--(cheers)-not only equal in theory
but in practice that possess all the rights
that we possess and enjoy. The highest
| duty of both slave and free States we hold
| N no m have a lind reoard for each other