Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-16


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nenDocTasie Principle.
Ii Washington City, a. wen q in Kansas, o.
| Baltimore born dynasty y making baxtic for ~
aBsfnienabce Of the power TO which i owes i
origin. The South Caroiina coneiave, whsc
stands outside Of conventions, but y ever q
hand TO east the weight and turn the scale. nes
ar had more faithful reflex OF its character thai
is TO be found in the government that profane
the name Of democracy. All the troubles Q
this particular party have their origin in Souti
Carolina intrigue. and yet South Carolina i |
prodigy Of zeal for freedom, independence
state rights-for the equality and sovereignty Q
the people. It's enthusiasm ennobles ana giori
fees every South Caroinian with all the attn
butes of chivairy, TO exalt still more this stat
pre-eminenee.
Yet the mass Of these chevaliers are Sadly re
duced in importance, when their share in the
commonwealth Il examined. Some three or foul
thousand shareholders, in the most popuiou'
slave section, constituting bare minority o.
the voters Of the State, make il, in fact, close
corporation, and little better than rotten Dor
ough government man must have proper
fy qualification to be entitled to n seat in the
legislature He must be rich enough to own ne.
groes, to rank as legislator. Upon an average
some ten. we have heard, are estimated OF sufii'
cient value TO constitute senator. The constr
tuition which thus excludes the body of the peo-
Pile from legislative eligibility, cannot be amend.
ed but by the consent of two-thirds OF the priv
legged persons who administer 1t, majority OF
whom come from districts which cast minority
of votes. The sovereignty Of South Carolina,
then, is in the hands of privileged class, chosen
by minority of SURFACES, and this privileged
body do not allow the people of the State to
vote at all in presidential election! They take
that right to themselves. The electors of Pres
ident and vice-President are chosen by the We
nitian Senate and House Of that little presump-
tuous oIigarchy. which would escape by isola-
ton, from contrast with the prosperity and pow
er of the free and growing republics OF the
Union
Is it not amazing that President and Cabi-
net should be found willing to surrender the
power of the great trust committed to them by
the sufrages of the free voters of the Union
where the right of the majority to govern pre-
walls, for the purpose of fosterng the principles
and pampering the arrogance Of this petty, fac
tious, intriguing oligarchy? The whole policy OF
the administration has been under the guidance
of the caucus at Washington, in which the dis
L.
which at every step has put under foot the will
of the majority in regard to all the important
measures which have at last endangered the
public peace.
The first step was the repeal of the compro-
mises which the President in his inaugural had
referred to as quieting the agitation OF the slave
question, never to be revived, if he could help it,
during his term of service. In overthrowing the
as well as the more recent
measures of pacifcation, he and every man who
acted with him, well knew that he violated the
solemn pledge he made almost in the same
breath that he took his oath of office, but also
that he violated the will of the great mass of
the people to whom he owed that office.
The next step was to reward with high dis
tinction, with station, and large outfits and sala-
ries, the men who had abused their trust and be-
trayed their constituents. These men were de-
prived, by those whom they had wronged of the
representative character perverted by them and
given over to the slave interest, which the Exec
utive sought to propitiate to his personal OBJ
ects.
A third step was the dismisson of one Cover
nor and the appointment Of another, to promote
the views of this Southern minority, and help
their agent, Atchison, in his attempt to put
down the majority of the free voters of Kansas,
by foreign votes and foreign force, in defiance of
the law and the moral sense of the community,
and subject them to the slave power
And finally we see every day in the Capitol the
Executive power laboring to defeat the will OF
the majority of the constitutional voters OF the
republic in their effort to organize the Leglsa-
tive Department. The vote for Mr.. Banks as
Speaker consists of representatives elected by
the suffrages of majority of the people of ev-
cry free state in the Union, and this even throw
into <ho 10 ho IF rom
of the free states were elected to
redress the wrong perpetrated by the breach of
the slavery compacts, and now secede from their
colleagues on minor issues.
The administration through its official organ,
daily encourages this little knot of seceders to
stand by its leader, Mr.. Fuller, of Pennsylvania,
elected by a constituency arrayed in mass
against the breach of the compromise, and him
self directly pledged to the same side. 1t ap-
plauds Mr.. Fuller for the diversion he makes in
favor of the Southern aristocracy, and eulogizes
the half-dozen followers who act with him in the
same service, and by whose course the North has
been despoiled of its due strength in the House.
Like the doughfaces who originally betrayed the
free states, they are encouraged to expect that
the slave power, now master of the Executive
for the next Presidential campaign,
will reward their perfdity. The whole game
against the North is one of trickery and treach-
cry, aided by the corrupt means, of which the
nullifers have command through President
who has made over his power to them in the
hope of obtaining by their help another four
years. lease of it.
But though the administration thus manages
this little knot of northern representatives, it
renders the southern oligarchy still more i'm
portant service. 1t carries over to that minori-
ty all the adherents left it by the late elections
in the North, all its confederates in the over
throw of the compromises, and rallies them to
stand in phalanx to the close of this Congress
rather than contribute vote to its organization.
This determination, first formed in u caucus of
administration members, has been again and
again confirmed in successive meetings, and in
dividuals disposed to enter the path of duty
dragged back, and bound by new commitments
to stop the action of the legislative branch Of
the government, or compel those who represent
a majority of the people to submit to a minority.
The last of these caucuses agreed to this declar-
alton: eve will adhere to our platform and our
platform the Nebraska-kan-
sas act condemned by majority of the sutfrages
of the House of Representatives. The official
organ thus expresses the exultation of the Ex-
ecutiye at this declaration;
"Ereryshere the firm and united action Of the
Democrats is applauded and the slightest taiter-
ing mow ,could mortfy the noblest party that eper
cristed IN any country. Let the ansrer be to all
from oar oppo',entsthat of Paul Jones,
IN one of his conflicts, ,ehen asked if he had sur
rendered. and truly may 'se "se his srords in riec
of the great issues and contests oieh zee are on.
" entering Surrender ~ said the hero, 'merer
The battle has only begun"
This contest is now clearly resolved, SO far as
the masses are concerned, into the struggle of
section against the Union. The slave-holding
States are struggling to maintain their act null
lifying the compromises, carried by stealth,
fraud and corruption. The free states are band