Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-08-30

exercise all their ingenuity, and sIl their
powers 10 fortify and sustain il there. Legis-
lative sction u 10 be invoked, judicial De.
crees had, executive fats pronounced, pa.
vies equipped and urmies msr.hsied, 10 ex-
ciuce forever every settler iberefrom who
will now bow down before the black god OF
bis idolatrou, worship. I appeal to you,
| freemeD, TO know heiber this il the Demo.
cracy Of Jefferson, Madison. Monroe and
Jackson. appeal to you to know whether
vou have ever found anything in the annals
Of parties so insulting to the understanding
until within the lifetime OF the youth who
has not yet reached his majority. appeal
TO you TO know whether the honesty, intelli-
gence and unmixed blood Of the offspring
OF Northern mothers can ever accept an ex-
bose for those who would endesvor to fasten
such ruler upon Us. But we may congra.
tnlate ourselves that even official zeal can
perceive no chance for Mr.. Breckinridge's
election. If there had ever been any, the
recent stump speech OF Mr.. Bucha nan would
have effectually disposed os it. No amount
Of populirity sould be able 10 stand sgainst
the encomiums Of such an advocate. His
midnight appeal can only be accounted for
by surprising the "old public iunctionsry''
was unable to obliterate his anirnosiies to.
wards "the young gentleman of Kentucky"
and that his well known craft suggested a
speech as the readest and least offensive
means Of de s,ructon. Such suggestions
are the more reasonable, as il is not to be
imagined that the gaved tenant Of the
W hile House should for q moment believe.
after the investigations which have been
had and the exposures which have been
made, such testimony os he volunteered
/ could be otherwise than ruinous TO any
course. The daring evineed BY him on the
occasion was only equaled by his lack of
eelf-respect, and his utter disregard of the
circumstances by which he was surrounded.
and which should have restrained him.
| Whatever conclusions may be drawn as
to my estimate of Mr.. Breck inridge's charac.
ter as politician, / can only say that my
esteem for him is profound when brought
into comparison with that which ] enter.
tain for his Democratic competitor. There
are few, il any, living men concerning
whom more has been said, and less really
known, than Stephen A. Douglas. of lii
i nois, There are thousands--bv lar too many
thousands sustaining him under the
mistake n and delusive idea that he is direc.
ing his efforts TO cornteract the plans oftht
Southern Democracy. This is irightfu
J ba allucination, but natural one when W.
take into con. Iteration the humiliating fac
that a that devotion could do has been
!. done by those surrounding his person, tt
distort a true record, and 10 stamp coun
terfeit character for him him on the. public
, mind. Viewing him as one OF the most On
safe and treacherous of leaders, you will
{ pardon me certain statements which il nov
\ seems necessary should be made, and the
correctness o: which, presume. will no,
F. be impugned. / have not yet forgotten
(: when in the winter of 1866, during the
: first session ol the Thirty fourth Congress
i the residents Of Kansas, asservating thai
, cardinal principle OF the Nebraska-Kausa'
{ act had been wantonly and wickedly nulli
/, fed, that fraud and violence, concocted ir
t the Blue Lodges of Missouri, had invaded
: their homes and imposed foreign rule
D upon them for the purpose of forcing uPor
n them institutions which they aSho rred,. and
n inv cking the interposi,ion Of Congress il
n their behalf, the prided father OF "untram'
d meled Popular Sovereignty" turned hi:
n back upon his violated child, and closed hi'
= ears, as in death, to compliints Of Outrage
almost without parallel in the civilization
# of the country. These despoiled pioneers
o who had taken up their abode ia Terri
o tory under the most solemn guaran ntees o
n seli.goyernment, only asked to prove thei
i; accusations. and 10 be relieved from op
20 preston. In other words they declared the.
II had never been able to enjoy self-govern
Is men,, tina. they were ruled by invSders, an
ir ma snded the sovereignty conferred by Law
s. upon them. MIR d u.)as should have bee
le the first unu 10 fly iu their relief; and II h
10 had been as completely dedicated to ID
Or principle OF his bill, as some would make u
al believe, he would have urged invest'gat'o
ry and carried il. So Tar from having don
d. 60, he Ju, himself in the lead Of those Sens
.. tors most hostile to an exposition an
IN became the mere mouthpiece, advocate
], and apolopist OF those engaged in the wor
Is, of forcing Slavery upon an unwilling pee
t, ple. lie epjoyed at that time the full COZ
a fidence Of the South, and his Democrac
ag was orthodox. because he was loyal to b
he tssk-masters; willing TO Go battle for the
most extr,sgant demands. He was the
b. Chairman of the COMMITTEES on Terrior'e
and I call attention to his report as sue
ed made March IL. 1856, as conclusive uPo
We the point I have stated. IN that paper
cd could find nothing to soy against fore'e
ce conspiracies 10 invade the soil Of Ksns
he and control elections, but he had much
di. offer in condemnation of Eastern sssoci
iions. to encourage removal thither. t
r. could discover no ire yularities in, the Z
"A turn of Mr.. Whitfield, the Pro-Slsvery del
ev gate 10 the House Of Representatives., b
ey he. clearly. discerned that the Territor
,er Legislature was legally elected body, wi
ost perfect authority to enact the most cru
us. and arbitrary slave codes. and tha, the CO.
4 al plants of fraud and force, were gotten
lhe merely to stimulate and excite Northe
ed emigration. AT the, time Of which ] spe'
en- there was no one in Congress or out
III. Congress. in Office or out OF office, "
lbv exsrted himself more untiringly 70 perPe
a uate that reign of terror insugursted to