The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-10-30


government, and have always had swa
IN all things, we are falling behind. |
is true we have got Florida, Louisiana
Missouri and Arkansas, and Texas ba
been re-annexed, with power to bring il
three more slave States whenever th,
King shall decree, and we bave built W
out of the Territories Of the old slave
States these additional powers of Ken
lucky and Tennessee, and SO forth, ye
the Tree States are leaving us behind, and
the political power is about to pass from
our hands. We must have this free ter.
ritory, We must break down this land
mark of freedom, and populate this coun
try with slaves therefore, Stephen, we
the King, are greatly displeased with
your Report the other day in the Sen
ate"
STEPHEN HAS VISION AND a REVELATION
Then was Stephen greatly troubled in
his mind, and it is SAID that for three
days and nights he refused 10 be com
forted-tasting and mourning in sack
cloth and ashes. Laughter. Then he
became suddenly pious he prayed and
he wrote to his good old mamma.
| Laughter. Let US not reproach her
she has had calamity enough in bringing
into the world such a son. Laughter
He wrote to his mamma, and at length
there was voucbsated an answer to his
petitions, and he had vision that came
aud stood before him, to his eye vast, in
distinct and uniistinguishable in form,
and 1t said unto him, 'Oh Stephen
where art thou % And Stephen bow
ing himself down, cried ont, 'Lo am
here who art thou, and what wouldst
thou have me TO do - Laughter. |
And it answered and said unto him, Il
am The Slave Power; am the King.
have made and unmaIe Presidents for
the last three quarters Of century.
know, Stephen, that you want 10 be
President, but | am sore displeaseI with
your antecedents in this war b tween lib
erty and slavery. In word, am
Archie Dixon Of Kentucky, the repre-
sentative OF the slave power. You must
retract your declaration that lhe Missou-
ii Compromise is a sacred thing, change
your report, and repeal that law, or | Twill
be President instead of You, Stephen"
Then Stephen fell down upon his face,
ana cried with loud voice, Allah il
Allah Glory to Slavery There is no
God but thee y Laughter. AMI
Stephen rose up, went into
the Senate and brought in the Kansas
Nebraska bill, breaking down the part-
ton wall between freedom and slavery.
Is there in history another such misera-
ble tergiversation AS this ?
HE INvENrs AN APOLOGY FOR his ArJs.
TACY.
Now Stephen well knew that it would
never do for him TO come here To Illinois
lnl tell these men of large families and
small estates, who wish to move into
Kansas, and under the Republican home.
stead Law, take possession of lheir birth
right that he had BETRAYED their trust,
blrtered away their interest, burned
their title deeds, and sold the land which
was their birth right to the shareholders,
in order that he might be President
What then can he do How can he es-
cape the popular indignation -? Why,
he haches up this fraudulent popular
sovereignty as a sort of parachute to
break his tall aad he says he dill nor
want the Shareholders 10 20 into Kansas,
md did not believe they ever would g
there but he wanted to maintain the
equality Of The States He dill not want
10 put badge OF nieriorily upon our
brethren /; but lel them take
property into the territory purchased by
he common blood and treasure That
seemed TO have some fairness in it, Il
IS true it reversed all the anteccdents OF
he fathers, and all the actions aud dec
arations OF the Democratic party. The
fathers hal refused TO put the word "sla-
very" into the Constitution; they had
excluded il by Congressional enactment
rom Illinois and all the rest OF the Ter
.ilory which they owned they had sane
Toned this enactment by a succession OF
decisions by all the tribunals AMI a long
series Of similar enaclmeuts Bat Sic
,hen had found cut that he was "a Dan
el come To in lgmenl" those who
made the Constitution did no. under
stand it--lhat the Constitution vas itself
unconstitutional Laughter aud cheers.
THE APOLOGY PROVES II BE \ FRAUD.
Well. We atquiesced, G,I knows upon
What principle. We went into Kansas
IA good faith to carry out the will of the
leople. We from the slave States, who
lad felt the unuuerable woes of slavery
md YOU from the free States who had
Known the inestimable blessings OF llber
y, determined that it should be free.
But what WAS our astonishmeut TO iind
hat once more they hal deceived Us aud
,roken Eith--that they were playing
he grab game, taking by force what they
'oud not fairly win But, thank God, |
he revolutionary spirit Of our fathers
survived the blood of 76 glowed in our
.eins. aud the friends OF freedom and
rec men swept the Border Rutlitus like
.han before the wind and made Kansas
free State with free Constitution.
But where was Douglass Popular Soy
regnly all this time ? Why il was
raaI aud cheat from the beginning
OCULAR SOVEREIGNTY WORKED our Br