The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1860-10-16
Here is the charge, 1t is for the peo-

oCHtlSiucHJ yOu uHNO potiCuSO
enough TO listen to few remarks about
Douglas "the Presidential candidate ?"
Well, after the exploits, he thought he
was fit to be a Democratic candidate for
the Presidency, and so his name went
before the Charleston convention. But.
wonderful to tell, the whole Southern
Democracy seemed 10 be united against
him and l honestly declare 1 think the
Slave Power did wrong 1t might have
found more abject and less exacting
tool, but it could hardly expect to find q
more daring, reckless, and INSCRIPTIONS
one. What was the reason of their pp-
position ? Was it the Constitutional
quibbles about which they had been
contending The whole difference wes
merely imaginary. Was it the Slave
holders thought man who had betray-
ed his own section of the country could
not be relied upon in his promises TO be
faithful to another? That was more hon.
orable than judicious in the Slave Pow.
ers. governed by such feeling. No. I
think the true reason widely differs from
this, and it shows that Mr.. Douglas ne,-
er had sagacity enough to understand his
own position. The slave power will
sometimes, for expediency's sake. conde
scend to make Northern man Pres,
dent, If he consents to be its uncondi.
tional tool, but it will never elevate one
who aspires to be or become leader OF
the party. Mr.. Douglas ought to have
understood that There was his mistake
However willing he may have been 10
serve them, he had to serve them not in
his, but in their own way. He affected
independence and he fell think the
South acted against their own interest,
for in Judge Douglas they would have
had man in the Presidential chair who
would have shrunk from nothing 10 re
gain their favor. 1t is my conviction
that he would have been a more ultra
Pro. Slavery President than Breckinridgs
or Jefferson Davis or Slidell, and | wish
they would still conclude to take him, S.
as TO place every man in his proper po
sition. You see We are not afraid OF your
combinations.
But the mistake was committed. They
opposed him to the last, and Judge Dou
glss saw that his nomination in Charles
ton was an impossibihty. Then his friend.
moved an adjournment of the Conven
tion. and carried H. They were 10 re-
assemble at Baltimore n few weeks afl...
ward. In the meantime, Mr.. Douglss
saw last chance of appeasing The South
He grasped at it with desperate eager
ness, as he saw the great prize slipping
from his hands, and he staked his all up.
on last cast. On the 5lh and 10Th of
MAY. he arose in the Senate. and in one
Of the most elaborate efforts OF his life.
he made the following statement; aud.
Douglas Democrats, claim your special
attention. Listen;
1T is part Of the history OF the country that
under this doctrine of non ninterventon-this
doctrine that YOU deli ght to call Squatter Sow
errignty--the people Of New Mexico have in
troduced and protected Slavery in the whole of
that Territory, under the doctrine they have
converted tract Of free Territory into slave
Territory more than five times the size OF tha
State of New York Under this doctrine Sa-
very has been extended not only up to $500,
but up to 50 degrees giving YOU a degree and a
half more of slave Territory than YOU ever
claimed. Whatever inch Of free Ter
ritory has been converted into slave Territory
on the American continent since the Revolu.
ton. except in New Mexico an i Virginia un-
der the principle of non intervention affirmed
at Charleston : Ii il be true that this prinei.
pie OF non intervention has protected Slavery
in that comparatively Northern and cold rr.
gion, where you did not expect it To 60 cannot
you trust the same principle further South. when
you come to acquire additional Territory fron,
Mexico Will not the same principle protect
IN the Northern States OF Mexico when they ar4
acquired, since they are now surrounded by
slave Territory 7"
Oh, Douglas men. what lesson is
this I! Did you not tell US that when the
Nebraska bill was enacted, that this law
was the most efficient way of ntroduc
ing free labor into the Territories !? Have
you not most solemnly assured US every
day since 1854 that the principle OF Pop
uar Sovereignty rs expounded by Nj
Douglas would most certainly save 81!
the Territories from the grasp OF Slas.
cry And now look there Your own
master and prophet admits, acknowled.g
es and B)Asrs OF it-that this same pr T.
ciple gave 10 Slavery one and one hall
degrees Of latitude more than i, ever
claimed, and that since the organic llion
OF the American Republic not squire.
foot of free territory was ever converted
into slave territory, but by the same
measure which you represented 10 us ~
the greatest and most reliable engine of
free labor Your own m istey aud proph-
ct tells you IN your own faces, aud in the
face OF all mankind. aud IN the face OF
posterity, that you have been lying mas,
atrociously-lyiag every day for the last
SIX years. This vas unaind was il n.l.
Douglasites of the North
No | am not joking. Il was terribly
nnklnd. AL he said WAS most ccyisini,
most undoubtedly, most unconlro,eria
bly, true bat, declare that il hs hss
the least regald for the feelings ,! t.:
friends-lhe least sympathy tos lhem /.
their awkward emh.rrassmcnts he -
ought TO hare been the last on eat.h :,
make that ss,emen,. Did be know tia.
you had supported him aud maae !. ,sa.
for him on The false pretenss tia, a.s
great principle worked the exclusion .;
Slavery from the Ter.itories Dii as
not know tina, you had Piled !, ed yous