The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-08-11

And no one can be serious in pretend.
ing that its acquisition would secure the
the abolition Of the African slave trade,
while it is being successfully prosecuted
in the Carolinas and Georgia. Florida,
Alabama, Louisiana and Texas.
These reasons, when candidlv exam.
ined, all fail The cat under the meal is
badly concealed. The slave holders oi
the nation demand the strengthening OF
the shackles which manacle the toilng
millions Of their miserable people by the
admission of comparatively populous
countries, not as public domain for an
outlet to our swelling population, but as
State to hold the balance of power in
the councils of the nation; (Cuba has a
dense population-and Sonora and Chi
huahua, each has a population equal to
that of Minnesota or Oregon, and if ac-
quired must be admitted as States. and
the Democratic party now completely
under their control, is required to- per-
form this unwelcome service. Like the
patient OK, they are commanded to bend
their necks to the yoke-like the stupid
ass, who still knows his masters crib,
they are required to submit their backs
to this. burden; and their leader, like our
mother Eve beguiled by the devil in the
garden OF Eden, are holding the tempt
ing fruit laden with curses, to the lips Of
the people, and urging them to :" eat, |"
with the subtle logic that il is desirable
to the taste and good for the eyes,"
am aware that thousands in Iowa,
who still propose to vote what will be
styled the Democratic ticket, condemn
most heartily the policy and practices Of
this Administration. They strangely de-
lude themselves 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 l have alluded. This induces the
inquiry
7th, In wAat essential principle or
practice, does the Douglos Democracy DIFF
fer from the buchanan Democracy
Are they not equally responsible with
the administration Democracy for the
present condition of public affairs p
Having aided in the election of Franklin
Pierce, did they not become the leaders
Of the party during his Administration ?
Did they not 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 p
Did they not abandon old party issues
and affiliate with Wings and Americans
in the defence OF the one plank platform
-" the constitutional right Of slavehold-
ers to carry their slaves into all the ter
ritories of the nation ?" Have they not
denounced the self-evident truths of
the Declaration of Independence as
self-evident falsehoods''- "glitter-
ing generalities. and those who cherish
the principles of Thomas jefferson, as abb
olitionists? Do they not denounce those
who, like Presidents Washington, Ad-
ans, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jack
son and Polk. and contemporaneous Con-
crosses, would protect every mans right
to enjoy life, liberty and property in the
territories by fundamental laws, as
traitors to the Constitution and I'm
ion - ave'they not endorsed the Dred
Scott decision as fnality, binding the
conscience of the nation to acquiese in
the spread of slavery to the limits of our
dominions Have they not acquiesced
in the surrender of the machinery of the
Federal Government into the hands of
the Southern Democracy, and aided by
their official acts in imposing enormous
and unequal burdens on the northern
people ? Have they not clamorously uni
ted with their slave-holding brethren to
read every Democrat out of the party,
who, like Trumbull, Doolittle, Cameron,
King, Hamlin, Thomas HI. Benton, Nj. !.
L. Morris, Broderick. and s. j. Kirkwood,
dared to oppose the kansas Nebraska
Bill ?" '.t go.
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 to place the armies and navies
of the nation at the absolute control of
the President, to be used at discretion in
foreign countries Did they not speak
and vote, and lbrowbeat the Republicans
Of the Senate in persistent struggle to
secure the passage Of bill giving to the
President the unrestrained disposal of
$50, 600, 900, "to facilitate the acquisi-
ton of Cuba ?" Did they not oppose
the /" Homestead Bill whenever its con
sideration conficted with the success Of
this monster? On Mr.. Doolittle's mo.
tion to postpone the thirty million, and
take up the Homestead Bill, the Yeas
were: H 8 hstg;y a
Messrs. Broderick, Cameron, Chandler, Clark ;,
Collamer, Doolittle, Fessenden, Foot, Foster,
Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, johnson of Tennessee,
King. Seward, Simmons, Trumbull, Wade and
Wilson-l9
NAYS - Messrs. Allen, Bayard, Benjamin,
Bigler, Brown, Chestnut, Clay Clingman. Doug.
las, Fitch. Fitzpatrick, Green, Gwin, Hunter,
Iverson, Johnson of Arkansas, Lane, Mallory.
Mason, Polk. Pugh, Reid. Rice, s'ehastian,
Shields. Slidell, Toombs. Ward and Wrght--29.
[Cong. Globe. p. 1862, part 2, End sessisn 35th
Congress
But one Democrat. Mr. Johnson of