The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-12-11
The Kansas OEestiOn-What will
Csngress do2


Csngress do?
On the 9fst Of this month, the Kansas
Lecomp,ou Constitution, framed by The
Infamous twenty eight" in violation Of
the expressed wishes Of large majority
Of the citizens Of that Territory. will go
through the shameful pretence Of rati-
fcatioo by the poople, The Free State
men have wisely decided not to vote at
that election, but let those heartless' viii
lains. who hava assumed the dictatorship
'ot Kansas play out the game which they
have commenced and run the length Of
their string. Nor will they participate
in the election for State officers, on the
dth Of January. All that the Free State
men ask, is that the. principles Of popu
lar sovereignty bo faithfully and impair
tielly carried out. However much they
may have deprecated the passage Of the
Kansas Nebraska act and the succession
OF wllAinies, that followed in its train;
however much they may have olung to
the Topeka Constitution, as affording the
only ground for safety for froemen, they
have always been, as they are now, willing
10 abide by afairand untrammollod express
sion Of majority, through the ballot
box. But when set Of self-constituted
tyrants, in whose election the people of
Kansas had no part, assay to frame Con-
sdtution and then cram II down their
throats, thoir virtuous indignation knows
no bounds and they declare "war to the
knife and she knife to the hilt." Who
knows, but that the reributon may be as
terrible as the wrong was aggravadng, -
The Democratic doctrine Of Popular Sow
ereignty, FIRST promulgated by Gen. Cass
and reiterated in the Klnsas- Nebraska
Bill, She Cincinnati Platform, Buchanan's
Inaugural. his Sillman Letter, his in.
struotions to Gov Walker and Walkers
own promises, that the people Of Kansas
should be protected in tho right of choos-
iug tho laws, under which they shall
live--this doctrine is attempted to be oct
aside and all those pledges are shameful
ly violated, by the ruaills who composed
the Leoomptou Convention. The sub.
mission Of the Slavery clause to the peo-
pie is a mere cheat, No one can vote
upon Il without voting for the Constitu-
tion, the adoption Of which is a foregono
conclusion. Slavery will thus not only
be legalizod but porpotuOtod in the Terri
tory.
But the great question is will Congress
admit Kansas with this Constitutional
Here is the "dead point Of danger"
which, willing or unwilling, the Demoo-
raoy will have to encounter. The South,
backed up by the President aud his cab
net. will contend tor the Constitution as
II is. Northern Democrats will faler
and tits possible, that by kicks and prom.
ises, enough Of thom may be roped in to
their support to carry the swindle through.
But the Northern Democratic press is out.
spoken. They use no "Delphio Words"
but denounce the fraud in unmeasured |
terms. Northern doughiaoes in Congress
know that tho people are aroused They |
fear their constituencies and the storm
which their treachery might bring upon
them. They win die hard, il die they !
must. Forney n the Philadelphia Press
u,ters the following prophetic warning;
"The public man who falters iG this
issue seals his doom, The Northern
Democrat who tries to make the Conveu-
tionof K,nsas superior to the people, and
who al, isas that The Constitution shall f,
not 90 to them for endorsement or rejec- |
ton, FtNIsnEs HIs cAREER ToREvER,
Lot doughiaees read and tako warning.
The question, whether popular sovereign
" is a uullity; whether Kansas shall
como into the Union with ratified Con-
ssitu,ion, ora Constitution forced upon
her by lraud and violence, must be met
and decided, The struggle will bO furi.
Gus. The South however, in the election
Of Orr as Speaker, have the vantage
pround. This win secure them COM
mitiee on Territories, favorable to the
Leoompton Constitution, and will render
al opposition dangerous. What the end
viii be. wa cannot tell. In the meanhme,
watch and pray.
strike AmOng the Laborers Of the Ccu-
tral Ohio Railroad.
ZANEsvitLE. Dec. 5.--The mechanics
and workmen on she Central Ohio Rail.
road Al this city have struck, on account