Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-27
Little Giant AGitatOr---Candidate DOuglal
AZ DaguerreOtyped By a Democrat.


as DasuerreOtyPed By Democrat.
Gen. B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts,, dis
tinguished Democrat, and prominent mem
Der of the Cincinnati and Baltimore Conven-
tions, in recent speech before Democratic
meeting in Lowell, thus brought out the por-
trait Of the Little Giant as he is. Remem-
Der, the artist and his subject are Democrats.
Mr.. B. said ..'.'r.t
p 1When the Democracy had carried the
election in 1852 for President with unequal
ed unanimity; when all parties had agreed
TO drop slavery agitation; when between.
North and South the bonds of the Union
were knitting frmer and frmer; when the
Democratic party were in a majority in Con-
qress from North and South; when the oppO-
sition to the successful administration Of Gen.
Pierce was either siieuced or broken in frag :
ments, and there was no hindrance to the
country in her career Of power and greatness,
what was it, who was it, that changed all
this9 Who was it that arrayed section
aqainsf. section, famed into blaze Abolition
agitation; ''struck down, as if by magic, i" 20
use the word of his committee in their late
aQuTeSS, -lue OtulOCIdtlC pa - ~ tAS ANOA I'll
and armed brother against his brothers
life on the plains of Kansas? 4? The answer
is the truth Of God and history on my lips
stephen A. DouglasI Grant the Missouri
line was unconstitutional as we may
all admit. Yet it was matter of no practi-
cal Importance, at that point of time, and in
course Of litigation between party and party,
it would have soon been so declared by the
Supreme Court, and the agitation in Congress
| in consequence of its disturbance have been
saved to the country What is the history OF
! this repeal Of the Missouri Compromised
Wss its repeal the long Thought Of, carefully
scanned measure Of most importance, weigh
| ed deliberately in the mind of a judicious
| statesman? Far from Il. The truth of its
history is this; After Mr. Douglas had, from
| his committee, reported bill for the orgaui-
zation of the Territories of Kansas and Ne
( braska. in the usual form of Territorial bills,
and after, too, he had advocated the exten-
sion of the Missouri Compromise line to the
Pacific, a Whig Senator from Kentucky re-
marked to him, in substance: "Why don't
you, Douglas, report bill for the repeal Of
the Missouri line Such measure would be
SUPPORTED by the South, and give You the
lead of the Administration" Douglas al
once said: al will do it," and within forty
eight hours this measure Of repeal was intro
duced as an amendment to the Kansas and
Nebraska bill, uncalled for by the Southern
Democracy, but which they were obliged tC
support, as It WAS right. in itself and was ad'
vocated by its author as a measure in theil
favor, which would open equally all the Ter.
ritory ofthe country toythe citizens Of all thC
States for emigration with their property
The measure was supported substantially by
| all Southern members of Congress, and wa
belaimed by Douglas to be boon to the South
which he had given them. For this he wa
burned in efigy by the Republieansi for thi
he q6aTheled With the 3 600 ministers Of th,
North; for this be claimed the support of-tht
South in the Cincinnati Convention in 1856
on. his second attempt to be President, By
bid for Southern support, The entire pros
tration of the Democratic party North, be
cause of the evils. which flowed from the Kan
sas bill, as plaques from Pandoras box, mad
Mr.. Buchanan necessity, and he was noni
mated" .'