Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1857-01-29

ministration has been successful is tn,
highest tribute that could be paid to tn,
wisdom of President Pierce in selecting
him, and to the excellence of the prin
ciple of popular sovereignty contained
in the Kansas law which Gov. Geary has
so triumphantly executed and ~illustra.
ted. It is not true, therefore, as {
matter of fact, that any change in the
Kansas policy of the administration has
occurred since the presidential election
1t follows that it is equally untrue that
the minority vote cast for the republi-
can candidate has exerted the slightest
influence on the administrative policy
of the administration, or of Gov. Geary
in Kansas. Geary's success has been
the triumph of the principle of popular
sovereignty over the antagonistic prin-
ciple of congressional sovereignty.
The second error of fact before adj
verted to is in asserting that the issue
in the presidential contest was whether
Kansas should be a free or a slave State.
Black Republican orators and journals
persisted, throughout the canvass, in
falsely assuming that, if Mr., Buchanan
was elected, Kansas would be necessari-
ly a slave State, and that the only way
to prevent it was to elect Col. Fremont.
The democratic orators and journals
maintained everywhere that Kansas
to be a free or a slave State, just
as the people of the Territory should
decide, and that the only way to secure
20 them the right to decide for them
and to prevent the exercise of a
lespotic power I'VE them by Congress,
to elect Mr.. Buchanan and to defeat
Col. Fremont. The election of Mr..
therefore, settled the cues
ion that Kansas was to be a free or a
lave State, according to the wishes of
he people of the Territory. If Kansas
comes into the Union as a free State, it
will come in as such because the people
nave decided, through MI Buchanan's
that it is the right of the in
nabitants of the Territory so to come
n, or to come in as a slave State, at
heir own option. 1t follows that there
no truth in the assertion of the black
republicans, that the minority vote OF
Col. Fremont has had any influence in
securing the admission of Kansas as a
rec State. If it is admitted as a free
State it will be the result of the free
Of its people, and therefore in
strict conformity with the principle of
popular sovereignty inaugurated by the
Kansas law, carried out by the policy of
he administration, sustained by the
verdict in the election of Mr..
Buchanan, and consummated by the
wise and energetic conduct of Governor
Black republicanism stands the
defeated party, and held responsible as
he advocate of the revolving principle
# congressional sovereignty (Which
means congressional despotism) over
he Territories.
In the last place, the assumption hat
Kansas will be a free State is premature.
Before the election it was confidently
assumed by the republican leaders that
f Mr.. Buchanan was elected it would
certainly be a slave State. Mr.. Bnch:2-
IN was elected, and the same leaders
low assume that it will be a free State,
md falsely claim that this result is a
consequence of the large vote cast for
Fremont in the free States. IF Kansas
becomes a free State it will be the legit-
mate consequence of the free choice of
is people, brought about by the natural
avs of immigration, and in accordance
With the principle of popular sovereign
y. In that result, so brought about,
he democratic party will readily acqui-
,sce, and in obedience to their princi-
oles they will await the decision to be
made by the people of the Territory
# the laws of legitimate emigration, of
of production, in harmony with
he great democratic principle of popu-
self-government, result in making
a free State, not a word of COM
olaint viii pc uttered by democrats.
But there is one thing not to be forgot
emf under the operation of these
avs Kansas is a free State, it will dem
,nstrate the folly and w~ickedness of the
ectional agitation which has e~ndanger-
d the peace of the country ever since
he passage of the Kansas law.
The Sugar Duty.