The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1862-09-23


ious to these conspirators with The prin-
ciples of the Republicans. DAVIS, and
BRowN, and TooMBs, and CLAY, and
HAMMOND, and the whole crew of pro
slavery traitors, as heartily denounced
Mr.. DOUGLAS as ever they did Mr.. SEW
ARD. They would not, at the Charleston
Convention, tolerate the weakest and most
indefinite form of g Popular Sovereignty,
and broke up the Convention on that is
sue. Mr.. DOUGLAS got but few votes in
the South, and it is we'll known that his
friends obtained those for him on the
ground that he had adopted bred Scott
ism in the place Of his peculiar dogma of
Popular Sovereignty. 1t was apparent at
the time Of the election that the South
was almost unanimously arrayed against
the DOUGLAS doctrine Of the right of the
people of a territory TO vote Slavery out
of that territory. Equally cu!pable, then,
with the Republicans, according to the
reasoning of the Crisis" was Mr..
DOUGLAS and Mr.. DOUGLAS friends, Of
whom the editors Of the /" CRISIS" were
three, for voting TO cngraft Meir peculiar
views upon the policy of the government,
considering that those views were obnox-
ious to the mass of the people of the
South. Had Mr.. DOUGLAS been elected,
these consprators would as surely have
rebelled as they did upon the election of
Mr.. LINCOLN. The argument of the
+" Crisis" would have made that rebellion
justifable, and the persistence Of its edi-
tors in formerly advocating a public pol
icy opposed to the feelings Of Southern
consPirators, effectually, by their own
reasoning, mark them as distinctly re-
sponsible for the rebellion as the Repub-
Leans.
There has always been two parties, at
least, in this country, and tie principles
Of one were opposed by, and were obnox-
ious 10, the other party. According to
the Solons Of the " Crisis" then, there
has never been time in the history of
this government, when the victorious
party were not justly chargeable with the
risk of rebellion, for ENGRAVING upon the
policy of Ne government doctrines OBJ
noxious TO large mass of the people
The Nullifers Of 1882 were not response
bic for their treason, but the party which
insisted upon the adoption of the obnox-
ious tariff policy. And thus, according
to these luminous expounders OF the
theory of our government, a defeated
party may at any time rebel against the
doctrines of its opposers, and the respon-
siblity Of that rebellion would rest, not
with those who rebel, but upon those
who insist upon holding opinions contra.
ry to those who rebel The amount OF
order, tranquility and stability to such a
form Of government may be easily con-
sidercd
1t is under such shallow reasoning.
such illogical deduc tons, such despica-
BILE argument, that these Mahony apostles
are seeking 10 hide their rebelIious sym
path les, are endeayornU TO palliate the
infamy of treason. BY such Infamous
pretences are they endeavoring to dis
tract support from the government, and
looking to secure the elevation to power OF
the friends of the rebels. Everything
emanating from them marks their sym.
pathy with those in arms against the
government. The people understand
them, and have stamped the mark of
their reprobation upon them.