Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1857-11-19
THE DEMOCRACY AT THE CON.
FESSIONAL.

We call the attention Of our readers 10
the following remarkable acknowledgment
contained in an article upon Gov. WaIkel
aud the rejection Of the illegal return,
from Oxford and MeGee, in Forney's pa.
per, The Press ofa recent date:
"fhe convention which is 10 form 4
Constitution is, itself, not fair represen-
tatiOn Of the popular will Of Kansas; but
this has been yielded to, because its mem.
beB chosen according TO certain forms
laid down by former Legislature, (aso
chosen under very questionable auspices,
and because the peLple will have a voice up,
on the work ofthese members. The Demo
Gratis ofthe North have stood by patiently
witnessing the singular progress ofthings ia
the Territory Of Kansas. They have for.
borne 10 speak Of the partial character oI
former elections; and with rapidly thinning
rank have taken the CALLING FIRE ofthe Abo.
litionisis, who declared these elections to be
unjust and unfair; and they have only Won
the victory by pledging themselves to The
nation, that under James Buchanans ad.
ministration The wal Of tie majority
should preval, aOkether that majority gaze
the Territory 10 tie Democrats or to Tie
Republicans"
Was there ever greater hypocrisy than
the Democrats thus confess themselves 10
have been guilty of This same John w,
Forney, with the entire northern Demo
cratic press, and every speaker they bad
upon the stump. declared before the Pr =
idential election, that no troubles existed
in Kansas; that the wrong complained Of
by the people Ofthat Territory were ground
less; and that the elections held there
were, in the maid, legal, and consequently
binding. No voice Of denunciation was
raised against the unparalleled outrages COM
mitted upon the personal and political
rights of the great body of the people Of
that illfated Territory; but while violence
was prevailing, while the blood ofthose who
resisted the usurpers was flowing freely
and while the cry ofthe injured was bro't
to their brethren Of the east upon every
breeze that came thitherward, the Democ
raey of the North stood by patiently wit.
nessingthe SINGULAR PROGRESS OF THINGS
in that Territory, and forbore "to speak o.
the PARTIAL CHARACTER OF FORMER ELEC
TIoNs." And whyl Forney does mol
tel! us, but we know why it was-tbey da
red not denounce all this wrong and op
pression-notwithstanding they were aware
Of its existenee--lest they should injurC
their political prospects in the South. Be
fore the election they denied that wrong
was done and doing in Kansas, bat noa
they acknowledge that they 1Oere full,
cognizant oft. Is not hera confession
to bring the blush of shame to every mar
Of character belonging to that party?-
What must be thought Of the politica
honesty of men, who by one Of thei
mouth-pieces, acknowledge that the pres
ent Constitutional Convention Of Kansas
was elected by fraud, and that the politi
cal character of its members does not rep
resent that ofa majority of the voters in
the Territory; and yet sustain that conven.
ton in its acts, and claim that the people
of the Territory are bound to submit to
such Constitution as it may chose to make
for them?- Ohio Repository.