The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-13


Nv pyssut assoeiatsons seem astasefa to the Pges
dent and sneeed at through his organ II by this Is
meant the free State party of the Territory OF Kansas can
only say of the active Of that party that personally
morally and mentally, can be found IN higher
places Politically must be judged by the principles
thew profess and for their creed which have read you
to-day reported by Col j. H. Lane late member OF Con-
gress Indiana associate and supporter Of the ad-
minstraon in carrying the Kansas bill am willing TO
be responsible.
rights the principle of the fugvesave law the principle
of the Kansas BILL the right of sefgovernmen and the
compac of the constitution When President Pierce shall
be allowed TO read all these out OF the party am quite
willing to be read out along with them Principles are
enthusiastically everlasting trutbsi the same yesterday
to-day and forever and political ereeds IN my opinion
made for something earnest and serious than 10
deude the and be set up for outside exhibition
They should be the subject Of belief and the rule Of ae-
tion-not be discarded perverted at the call Of ex-
pediency. My unchanged now and will always
remain unchanged until my is convicted OF their
intimidation, caolement or pque can never drVe
me from them.
There is an evident effort however by those who pro-
fess to par excellence the friends Of the President land
the article have referred is part Of the poey)
the northern democrats who prefer to make Nan
sas free State as apossaes to their principles ana ne
party If this is to be the policy let it be boldly ayowed
and concealed in eowardy skukng innuendoes and
unexplained eplthets Of free-soer" and "abotonst
aud it viii be boldly met by the thousands whom 1t wan
strike.
The best and truest of the party in Pennsylvania
least will repe it with and indignation as caleu-
by its and often denied that the democracy are
engaged only in securing to the slave States the rights
GUARANTEED by the constitution but also in active Efforts to
propagate and extend the institution as matter oil Era-
iutous favor and from love of its results or wish to
acquire and retain political power for themselves ),
Let those who secretly cherish this latter idea go on II
they will and until they have made it the dominant
pervadng rule OF action whether Incorporated into our
written creed not and they will do by internal corup-
ton and decay what the external enemies Of that time
honored party have never been able 10 accomplish
The who regiousy aud faithfully contends for the
constitutional rights Of the South and outside of them,
upon neutral ground prefers free labor 10 negro slavery is
no apostate, free-soer, aboonst--and sad day
will it be for the and conservative men OF the South
and the Union when they become so.
word the position OF the reeSate party OF Kan
sas and done have said to You that they could NOT
the socalled election the LIST day OF October
They held their election the second Tuesday by virtue
of proclamation issued and signed by from 1000 to 1000
of the actual Of the Territory and sanctioned by as
many at the POLLS they declare that it was conem-
plated by Congress that the Territory should be always
and they provided in the organic act the ma
chnery OF the FIRST election and direction TO the legsa
ure to make the same provision for all subsequent one
and that thus they supposed they had covered the whole
ground.
But that acontingency had occurred which not fore
that polls had been invaded people distran
chsed and prevented from eecting legislature and ma
king election law for themselves; and that they were
thus compelled to the alternative whether an acknowledged
and admitted right of representation should perish Tor
of the machinery Of election, or whether
had vitality enough originate its own forms OF nantes
aton They take the obviously proper view OF the case
and to the of all political power the people,
for supplying the FORMS and having poed large major
y of all the legal votes of the Territory they instruct me
4 to ask for the seat.
/ They have elected delegates, who engaged in
the formation of State constitution which viii, II rati-
fed be submitted to the present session of Congress They
will ask that they be admitted into the Union State
and thus allowed the exercise of full and unrestricted pop
ular sovereignty with their executive and their own
judiciary Or if Congress will still insist retaining the
larger share of the government they will claim that Con
gress shall also discharge the relative duty of protection
and the Territory the qualified right of sefgoy-
ernment which is pledged in the KansasNehraska bill
They emnently willing to abide by the will Of the ma
i ority when ascertained tetMe result be what 1rW
They ask for admission State, believing that 1t will
end all their difficulties and the peace Of the nation
and the preservation of the Union If that cannot be had
they ask for the right of ufraRenot mockery Of it, bu
the actual right OF suffrage secured and certain If theas
all reusedf Congress will violate the pledges of thu
nation.n which our people have condod-if the Declare
ton of Independence and the constitution of the United
States longer protect sothere is still resourc,
left which has been well considered which will be better
matured and adopted but of which it is better not now to
i speak.