St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-09

| ""'HINtb 'i'Vh tI inc buN NpiIug OI
northern mothers, can ever accept ar
excuse for those who would cudeavoI
to fasten such a ruler upon us.
DOUGLAS HIS RECORD AND CREED.
Whatever conclusions may be drawn
as to my estimate Of Mr.. Brcckn-
ridges character as politician, | can
only say that my esteem for him is
profound when brought into compari-
son with that which | entertain for
his Democratic competitor. There
are few, if any, living men concern,
ing whom more has been said, and less
really known, than Stephen 4. Doug
las, of Illinois. There are thousands,
ly far too many thousands, now sus-
tanning him under the mistaken and
deIuslvc idea that he is emdcavoring
to countcract the plans Of the South.
crn Democracy.
This is frightful hallncination, but
natural one. when we take into con-
slderation the humiliating fact that
all that devotion could do has been
done, by those surrounding his person,
to dlstort true record, and to stamp
counterfeit character for him on the
public mind. Viewing him as one of
the most unsafe and treacherous of
leaders, you will pardon me certain
statements which it now seems ncces-
sary should be made, and the correct
ness of which. presume, will not be
Impugucd. | have not yet forgotten
when. il. the winter Of 1856, during
the first session of the thirty.fourth
Congress, the residents of Kansas, as
scvcrating that the cardinal principle
of the Nebraska-k KANSAS act has been
wantonly aud wickcdly nullifcd, that
fraud and violence, conCoctcd with
the blue lodges of Missouri, had inva-
dcd their homes and imposed foreign
rule upon them for the purpose Of fore
ing upon them institutions which they
aboIrrcd, and invoking the ntcrposi.
tion Of Congress in their behalf, the
pyi3ed father Of untrammCllcd popu
lar sovereignty turned his back upon
his violated child, and closed his ears,
rs in death, to complaints of outrage
almost without parallel in the civiliza-
ton Of the century. These dcSpoiIrd
pioneers, who had taken up their
abode in the Territory under the most
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o =. ia rSIinv'I r.ln ',I',.','',;..,'
/ In other words, they declared they
had never been able to enjoy self
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. N,.9 9n',,,I.,s yLon'l'L,yn I,n, tI,o fr,t
man to ~ :, thcir rnlinr. ,rd + Lr
! had Lncn nc comnIotoIv dndic,tn3 70
| tbc nrincinlrs Of his hin ~ snna
would make us believe. he vuuII have
urrrI iuycstiratio and carried if So
far from having done So. he rut him.
self in the lead of those Senators most
+ hostile t. an cyposition. and became
+ the mere mouth.piccc, advocate, and
apoloyist Of those enwarcl in the
/ work Of forcing slavery upon AN I'm,
willing people. He cnioycd at that
time the full confidence of the South
and his Democracy was orthodox
/ because he was luyal to his task-mas-
tcrs willing to do battle for their
most cXtravagant demands. He was
/ then Chairman Of the Committee on
Territories, and cali attention to his
report as such, made March II, 1886.
as conclusive upon the point | have
stated. In that paper he could find
nothing to say against foreign con.
spiracics to invade the soil Of Kansas
and control elections, but he had much
to offer in condemnation of eastern
associations to encourage removal
thithcr. lie could discover no irregu
laritics in the return Of Mr.. Whitfield
the pro-slavcry delegate to the House
Of Representatives but he clearly dis
ccrned that the Territorial Legislature
was a legally elected body, with per
feet authority to enact the most cruel
aud arbitrary slave codes, and tina,
the complaints of fraud and force were
gotten up merely to stimulate and ex
cite Northern emigration. At tn,
time of which | speak, there was n,
one III Congress VI OUT oi congress
III oiiiTc VI OUT vi oi'i1t' "no cNeFte'
ii'''sc'' more uii''i'"s'y 10 pe'Petua.'
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,nt'c ''c '''.y no" uc'.,"5 up 'n'
oa'icr 'hsc''oco WIN me name 0
t"'s senator VINO never nave iuI'y nn