Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-08-29

Inhalation of slavery'' in the States sswhere it
exists''-nor does he favor the Introduction of
the 'snigger' into the Territories, being, as
before stated, opposed to the extension of
the sspecular institution
The editors of the Republican having applied
a rule to Gen. Patton, we trust they will not
object to having Mr.. James X. Kerr, the DEM
ocratic candidate for Congress, tested by 1t al
so. The people may wish to know where he
stands on certain questions. Is he for Breck-
inridge, Douglas, Bell or Gerrit Smith for the
Presidency Is he in favor of the doctrine of
"Popular Sovereignty" or does he hold t6 the
dogma that Slavery exists, under the Const
tuition, in the Territories, and hence that it is
the duty of Congress to protect it there !? Is
he in favor of the progressive free trade"
policy of his party Is he, in the chaste Ian
guage of the Republican, ssnigger or not mig
ger7'' Is he ssbloody Know othing,'' or for
the srepudiation'' of the "midnight cabal-
lers7'' Come, gentlemen, let us see you 'strot
out your nag''
Further-if Gen. Patton can, by the pecu-
liar style of argument adopted by our uptown
neighbors, be made to assent to the "Blake Res
oution,'' Mr.. Kerr can certainly, with an equal
show of fairness, be regarded as endorsing and
approving of the following Disunion senti
ments uttered by some of the ssgreat lights"
of Democracy in Congress last winter:
$50 far as know the sentiments of those |
represent, but express my deliberate convc-
tion when l say that the success of purely
sectional party would virtually be a dissolution
of the Union. If the Republican party can be
defeated, the Union can be preserved. But if
such party were to succeed, the sooner the
Union is dissolued, the better t''-SYDENHAM
MOORE, of Ala, Dec. Sth.
81 have said to my constituents that in such
an event, [the election of Republican Presi-
dent,] it would be well for them to determine
the course they would pursue. For myself, |
would advise sovereign rights out Of the Union
in preference to degradation in it. This is the
position of the Democracy of Mississippi. II
the Union not made, ,rouid not make ii 20
JOHN j. MCRAE, of Miss., Dec. 14th.
ssIt is the sentiment of every Democrat from
Georgia that they would nerer submit 10 the in
auguration of a Black Republican Presidenf.''-
NJ. J. CRAWFORD, of Ga, Dec. 18th.
ssWhenever it is found expedient, the Union
no longer erists. l say, without hesitation, that
on the election of Mr.. Seward, or any other
man who endorses, proclams and holds the
sentiments declared by Mr.. Seward-call the
party by what name you please tcouh be in
faror Of immediate disunion and think speak
the sentiments of my entire State"-M. l..
BoNHAM, South Carolina, Dec. 10th.
sMr. Seward stands before the country as a
perjured traitor, and this man. his hands STAIN
ed with the blood of our citizens, it has been
proposed to elect as our President. He may
be President for the North, bat neuer for the
South. ID. G. DEJARNETT, of Va, Jan. 6.
'sIn the event of the election to the Presi-
dency OF Black Republican, the Union can
not and ought not to be maintained."-D. CLop-
Ton, of Ala, Jan. 18th.
We might add to this what Mr.Speaker ORR,
Of South Carolina, in letter as late as July
%, in which he comedies the election of Lin
coin and Hamln, says
81 believe that the honor and safety of the
South, in that contingency, piH require The
prompt secession Of the siauehotdtng States from
| The Union ; and failing then to obtain from
the free States additional and higher guaran-
tees Tor the protection of our rights and pro-
perty, that the seeding States should proceed
to establish a ne,c government"
We could fill several columns with quota
tons of similar character, but these will suf-
fee to show the ssinfamous'' and streasona-
BILE heresies'' that can be charged upon Mr..
James X. Kerr, the Democratic candidate for
Congress, it we adopt the mode of argument
resorted to by the Ciearfeld Republican, his
mouth-pece in this place. Nor is this all.
We could in the same manner, argue that Mr..
Kerr, like Senator Hammond, of South Caro-
| lima, regards tho laboring men OF the North as
sshirelings'' and as ssthe very mud siils of So
ciety !''-for it cannot truthfully be denied
that Senator Hammond, one of the ssgreat
lights of the party to which Mr.. Kerr adheres,
did utter these outrageous expressions.
We are, however, rather inclined to pity
| than to censure the Republican. Surrounded
| by divided and distracted party, occupying
avery uncertain and equivocal position, SEEM
ingly afraid to give their forces sight of their
| platforms, and possessed, perhaps. OF fair
share of the suspicion natural to time serving
politicians, it is not very surprising that the
editors of that paper should either attempt to
| place candidate in false light before the
people, or that they should see whole host of
big black s'niggers' in every little wood pile
on the political grounds, and, besides betray-
| ing their inordinate love for ssSambo,'' trem-
BILE for his safety at every movement that may
be made to prevent him from being spread
over all the Territories OF the Nation.
| 1t just recurs to our mind that there is an
| other matter in regard to which little infor-
| nation may not be amiss. AS the Republican
| seems to think that candidates ought to ssface
| the music" we would like to know whether
| that committee of short-legged Democrats,
who were after Gen. Foster at Cresson, in or
del. to get him to define his position, but scared
| the General into the woods, have ever sue
ceeded in capturing their game, and getting
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