The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-10-16

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compromised yourself for him. day after
day, in the eyes of the whole world, he
turns and gives you most unceremoni.
ously the lie. Oh, that was ungenerous
Ii WAS mean--very Interchangeable
mean. II your self-sacri6cing friendship
had awakened the least echo in his heart,
he ought to have been the last man to
do so. But that heart seems to be so fill
ed with calloused sel6shness--so desti-
tute Of the generous impulses of human
nature-that if his friends, like Broder-
ick, die for him, he coldly disowns them !;
and if they lie for him, he promptly puts
them to shame. And for what ? For
the purpose Of retrieving the lost favors
Of the South regaining the lost smiles
of the Slave Power, to be sacrificed to
them. Was that the reward YOU had de-
served at his hands ?
Look at it again. See he stands before
the shareholders in the Senate of the Uni
ted States busy bargaining away your
honor for their favors. "Who has ever
served you moIe faithfully than l with
my great principle ~ he asks them.
Why not let my friends in the North
preach up that principle as the pioneer
Of freedom :? The fools, perhaps, be-
lieving in what they say, but we know
better. Do you not see the result? Why
not permit me the innocent joke of BAN
boozling the people of the North into be-
|ieving that | am the great Champion Of
Freedom ~ All. Douglas men, what a
sight is this ? He has prostituted you,
and now proclaims your disgrace. How
do you like the attitude in which he has
placed you ? How do you like the pill
iory to which, with his own hand, he has
nailed your ears :? And you are willing
10 stand there--stand there quietly in the
eyes Of mankind Do you not some
times hear an earnest voice speaking
within you, speaking of self-respect
and the natural dignity of man ? Does
it never tell you that the faiiest blush of
shame would be an ornament to your
cheeks =? My friends. l love to esteem
all that bears the attributes Of human ma
ture but if sometimes, at an unguard
ed moment, cloud Of contempt arises
in my soul, it is at the aspect of this gra-
,ui.ous self-degradation, for which even
ignorance and error can hardly serve as
an excuse.
See there your master and prophet,
prostrastiny himself before the Slave
power-in the dust, before your proud
opponents ! You can no longer say you
stand by him, for since that day he does
not stand up himself. Ii you ere with
him STILL there, at the foot of the Slave
power, where he lies, you lie with him.
And what did the shareholders do after
he had SO meanly humiliated himself,
and Frustrated his friends? Did they
smile upon him /? Aye, they did, with
scorn, and said, ave loved thy treason
well enough, but we spurn with contempt
The traitor )" and there he lies STILL
The time of the Baltimore Convention
arrived, and the struggle recommended
1t became at once manifest that Douglas
nomination could not be forced upon the
Democratic party without splitting thai
organization in twain and he saw clear.
~ enough that then his election would be
All impossibiliiy The South was seced
ing e" naasse. and leaving the rump cor
vention TO do as it pleased. Then Mr.
Douglas, seeing a disgraceful defeat in
cvitable, wrote letter to his friends in
the convention, requesting them TO with
draw his name if they found it in any
way consistent to do so. And | declare
if Doug las was ever honest in anything
he did or said, believe he WAS homes
then and there.
But now the moment had arrived wher
II became manifest that there is justice il
history. Douglas position was disgust
ing, but his punishment was sublime
Then his friends for the first time refus
ed to obey his command. Those whom
he had used SO often and so long for his
own advancement, saw now there was G
last chance Of using him for theirs. They
said TO him, We have performed ou
part OF the contract now you have t
perform yours. We have nominated vot
tor the Presidency now you have t
permit Us to be elected Congressman
Sherifs. County Clerks, or Constables, OF
the strength OF your name. There is NJ
bacaing out. Ho for the spoils !"
Dust thou think because thou hast suidenl,
become virtuous,
There shall be no more cakes and ale
Yes, by Saint Ann an ginger hot in tb
mouth, too 20
And so the saddle Of the rump nom
nation is put upon his back, and thu
whole CHASTITY pack Of Office hunters JUMP
upon it. The spurs are put to the fank'
the whip applied TO the back of thu
painting. bleeding jade, and so the spec
,ral ride goes. east and west. night ant
day-and may the steed go to perdition
il only the riders reach their goal.
Oh there is justice in history. He ha
at last the idol Of his dreams-the OBJ
ject Of his fondest wishes-for which b,
has laid so many treacherous scheme
for which he has turned SO many sum
uersault-eor which he has struck 81
many blow al the pca,e of the Repub
lie, for which he 30 often prostituted him
self and his followers, for which he ha
Rugged so many loafer, and insulted 81
many an honest man, for which he mad
every rum shop his head quarters ant
every rufian his friend-he has at las
the nomination for the Presidency, Blu