New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-29
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They in COMMON with al good Democrats, wiIdoubt
less lament ever hrs loes father lsnsnts over he
d,grace Of ME art born The Democracy lrsaes Is
primo pies regardless Of men, and, Therefore 'noee
Who stapd in ia vsy must failbut there wiJ De ~
mentation over Douglas in the bosom OF ne p.noc,
rscy sineerer than any rejoicing N sry ue~,ioun9
con- partnership he can ever form. D. was WI snn
nobly said Of Calhoun, by pohtica! enemy:
.t The eonslsrs wave
gh.,a a. e .ssk hi. brOws nsss.ic prde,
AID vsasd IN noun hil nurnl lrs s ms fraFe.
The conquering waves OF Democracy vii beer sad
hearts on its breast as il overwheiuas Douglas
The speech itself is fierce and powerful; 10 psrsr
/. scu,e and plausible but We have searched
through il in vain for any Argument OF force .nolgn
to draw Democrats from their parry aiiey'snce. Inc
leading idea il contains s that the Kansas bill pledges
the party 10 submit 20 the actual residents OF Kansas
not oulyhe Slavery clause but every clause 81 the
proposed Constitution II Argues with great i"re ana
adroitness the right OF the people TO sei-go'dnmsh'
and the consequent right 10 vote separately ana os-
tiprtly on evpry provision of the organic law clear
statement Of this demand is enough to rsiute ~ WIN
out argument. IL " an impoesloihty. I've Revpie
large can only vote on come single ana ~elf-o.nneu
issue. The very, use Of Co1sen. i,, 0e's sen
proximating 10 the wishss of the majority IN
nest things. If THE Constitutics shorid De
submitted 10 the people clause by eisuse what sort OF
instrument would remain aftel ephs,ngt Up .se
tsrces voted down. II the Consttufoa were suo-
mitted 10 the people AZ WHOLE which they might ac-
cept or reject as whole, how does that give mem tne
night 10 determine on esch separate ciause a. MI
Douglas demands Not Is PLAN YEA. ,ns peope
are sufficiently consulted when they elect representa-
tives 10 frame Constitution, and especially when the
real matter in controversy submitted TO woe OF
the actual majority. The bill proposed ey M
Douglas viii no more secure 70 me peopie Oh nansss
bill of the Kansas Convention which he opposes NO
legislation can ever give to general count OF 81 the
people Of large Territory the powers OF smen ana
orderly assembly.
W. are NOT sure that this move Of NJ. Douglas viii
do the Democracy any practical harm. We are not
particularly anxious 10 admit Kansas unless the South
get farer terms for s admission than seems hkey o.
present But Mr. Douglas has harmed himself ana h
grieyed his friends We long for some change IN The
aspect Of affairs which will once more ressore him 70
the place 70 which be belongs.
F,e~ tn ~ q Cyscsss, D<e. - .
Douglas is a shvwd politician. He 10 de;ermnea
10 reach the Presidency; and he will succeed, per-
severance. pluck and unscrupulousness, will sueice
for the attainment Of that object He, like many OF
the Northern leaders, begins to perceive distinctly
that capital must be made at the Norm as well as ~
the South that the North will be strong ger y ,ne sS
mission OF four Free States prior TO 1870 tnan enc
now ia; and that, consequently, the politician who
would win the prize must trim his soils with more re-
card TO Northern breezes than 10 Southern Ssphyrs
In facts like these may be found the true reason for
the hostility to the admission of Kansas, according to
the terms Of the organic law framed by the Lecompton
Convention, upmistaby manifested by the cistn-
eui.hed Senator before, and immediately after, the
commencement Of the present session OF our National
Legislature.
The Southern people in future it lie to be hoped, viii
not strain at the gnat and swallow the camel, NJ
they have frequently done heretofore. They must 90
more if they would render themselves and their Sec
ton safe. They must get rid OF the. influence OF
party name and set up for themselves, think for
themselves and act for themselves. For years and
years they have been growing weaker in the proper,
sfrsAtsr and
still have clung with unfalteriug devotion, 10 the
fatally delusive influences of @ name. They must
bansh this sentiment, repudate II in al it's aspects
and bearings else prepare for degrading and rum;
spirit of Abolition anntcism may proper 10 pfict
No other alternative ia left. D .rl,...l .. t..-
Fyo~ The RieAmoad Erqsys,, 25ss
Mr.. DouGLAs's PosITIos.-Mr. Douglas Delivered
himself the 9th inst, of the views ne entertained
in relation TO tho Lecvmpton Constitution. He had
trtter have awaited the result Of the vote on the
Constitution, which occurred on the 2ist. But re-
gayding as matter OF taste, and not OF eIpe-
diency he was willing 10 throw himself into the breach
and declare in advance Of the action OF the people OF
Kansas his own opinion Of what that action ought to
be- We shall have no quarrel with HIM on ths pond,
though We must express decided dsapprobetion 81
bis great haste 70 make his position known. All
things considered, it would have been, We think,
farer and better not in advance 70 SET the seal OF his
reprobation upon the Constitution, whether i be
adopted with or without the Slavery feature
Mr. Douglas objects 10 the mode OF admission
adopted: " Constitution with slavery OF CONSTITUTION
with no Slavery" II francis, he says, the expression
ofthe public opinion. While oil men are at liberty TO
ONE forward freely without hndrance and vote Tor
the Constitution, no man s permitted 70 RECORD vote
against il:
s, " ,.s,,d 20 him when he was e,scd First Consa
He said called out bis troops and bad them
hi c s With ssSn so% :r. 20
election and vote freely just you please yoa lo9 -
hot That was fair election This election is % equally
fir Al men In favor Of the Constitution may vote 9s Val
ssaint shall no. 'ote o. a.. why To- 20 Hs VOC
We admit the mode adopted was not the happiest.
II might have been more explicit. IL mghc nave
been wider in its provisions II wouid seem maj .1e
question of the whole Constitution or rot the Whole
Constitution" should have been submlttedt but VINO
il damaged by the form adopted who has any cause
to complain Was il not foregons cohciuspnLa
matter which had been decisively determined ~
every Kansas voter-that Constitution was To De
framed and offered Was there any difference OF
opinion On that point And in the submission made,
the only question which by possibility conld b. re-
garded a matter Of the last importance "as AMY
and fully presented and a. that question would have
been dee rmined the question Of rejection or adoption
of the Constitution would IN any event nav. Osen ue-
tern.ined with IT, 90
Judge Douglas presents his views with his occus-
ton ed ingenuity and ability; he has made out pausi-
HE but after all he has said or can say, he wall
not pretend that any actua. difference N The result
will be occasioned by the manner IN which the SUB
mission has been made. The Slavery issue was the
parsmeunt issue aud no person adequately informed
In the recent history of the Kansas question VIII TOR
uomen doubt that every voter, ID decding ior or
against the Lecompton Constitation-had y besh 80
have been determined by he We've
Oh the Slavery question. ,.u..
Judge Douglss says it Is nothing to purpose tnat
the Constitution IL an excellent one: Here, agen,
we conceive he is in error. Az an abstract propose
ton we readily assent 10 the opinion expressed that
We have no tight even 20 force good Constitution
mon an unwilling people But this IL no, done here,
o. even attempted. II the Constitution hns been
n,ope of Kansas il that clause has been rejected it
e r,ill their act. They, and they alone, are the