The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-07-24
Black DemoeraeY-Its Consistency.

1t will be rememberedth at the last
election in this State. the Black Democ.
racy refused to meet the Issue presented
by the Republicans--the principles Of
the Kansas Nebraska Bill-but continual
fly denied that being the issue, and as
serted that Know Nothingism was the
only issue to be passed upon at that cleo
ton. They well knew that the people
OF Ohio would not endorse the principles
of the Kansas Bill, and to enable them
to make anything like a respectable show
lin that campaign 1T was necessary to get
up some false issue, and they did it.. But
it did not save them. They met with an
/ Iinglorious defeat ); and smartiug under
that defeat. the Cincinnati EnQuirer, and
some other oflheir leading papers charged
that their failure was owing. TO the cow
ardice Of their party in, refusing to meet
the true issue as presented by the Be,
.publicans, and declared that the princi-
pies Of popular sovereignty must be emade
one of the fundamental principles of the
party, and assured the people of Ohio
that they would have no difficulty in car
rying the State upon that issue in alltime
TO come. as 4s .E.,,.fs+ 4.
Instantly the Democratic press, from
the Statesman down to the Fiadieafor.
turned somersets and bee .me loud in their
advocacy Of. the glorious principles Of
popular sovereignty. They even aban
doned all pretensions to decencT, in their
war against freedom in Kansas. The
vilest outrages sperpetrated upon the Free
State mensof Kansas Were justified, and
the meanest lies and misrepresentation
were manufactured and circulated for
the purpose of showing that the Free
State men efaKansas were responsible 70
the difficulties in that territory, and that
the border ruffians were onl acting in
self defence - 30 .a=igzs sai a5E
8 But a change came over the spirit
Of their Dream" Another election is ap-
preaching, and the Kansas Investigating
Committee has reported. Their villany
is brought TO light. They discover. that
their doctrine of popular sovereignty,
when brought into operation, and its ope-
rations understood by the people, will
not stand the test, and another somerset
is necessary. So the little champion,
Douglas, leaps upon the spring board
and fiops over, and instantly his whole
pack of followers follow suit. He intro
duces bill into the United States Senate,
in which, among other things, it is enact
ed that no law in Kansas abridging the
freedom Of speech or Of the press, or the
right of the people 10 bear arms, &C.,
shallabe enforced in the territory; and
the bill promptly passes the Senate by
theSyotes efthis same popular sovereign.
ty party. President Pierce must be made
to recall his manifesto declaring that
the laws of Kansas mast be. enforced"
and the whole Democratic party must
right about face and step to another kind
of music. They saw the handwriting
on the WALL" and in it read their sudden
and inevitable overthrow. But, with a
party that has no principles, except the
spoils Of office, such remedy is easy
It may be a little hard for some consci-
entious {? ones like the Vimdicotor, to
come in at first !; three somersets in one
year are little hard to make But, Mr..
Hindicator, it must be done---so why do
you hesitate ? The decree has gone
forth, and there is no other means under
heaven whereby you can save your bacon
except by dropping in, and stepping to
the music as it is given to you by your
musicians. So now, please favor us with
your views of popular sovereignty since
they have been revised and corrected
Who has the right to legislate for the ter
ritories 2 Have the people the exclusive
right? Or may Congress repeal or an
5nul any law they may pass If
Congress has this power, as Judge Doug
las admits in his bill for the admission of
Kansas as a State, what becomes of your
glorious principle of "sqnatter sove-
reignty y? 81 bzao.s oaa .s.asaas
But, seriously, what confidence can
the people have in party like this Pa
party that, after it has sold itself to the
Slave Oligarchy for the purpose of pros,
tituting the free soil of Kansas to the foul
curse of slavery, will, after its wicked
deeds are about accomplished, turnround
and stultify itself by abandoning the very
principles it pretended to be SO honestly
carrying out, when it was perpetrating
the foul deed I? And that, too for the
sole purpose Of escaping the just retribu-
ton that is about to be visited upon it by
The American people, and enabling it to
feed another four years at the public crib ?
Surely such party cannot be trusted.
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@R Bully Brooks has paid the $500
which Judge Crawford charged him for
beating Mr.. Sumner, resigned his seat
j s . T. 80 !