Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-12-31

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ocrotic candidate for the. Presidency
acouldhooe been rejected. and ecery man
aoho backed him acould hare been rcjee-
ted too.
MIR. DOUGLAS AND THE DEMOCRATIC
PARzY.
Sir, my honor is ,,lcdged; and before
it shall be furnished / will take whatev-
er consequences personal to myself may
come; but never ask me to do an act
which the President, in his Message,
has said is a forfeiture of faith, viola
ton Of honor, and that merely for the
expediency of saving the party. / will
go as far as any of YOU to save the par
ty. / have as much heart in the great
cause that binds MS together as party
as any man living. | viii sacrifice any
thing short of principle and honor for
the party; but if the party will not stand
by its principles, its filth, its pledges, /
wilt stand there, ard abide whatever
consequences may result from the posi-
ton. Let nae ask you, why force this
| Constitution down the throats of the
people of Kansas, IN opposition to their
wishes and i'll violation of our pledges.
What great object is to be attained p
| Cui-6onG? What are you to gain by it {?
Will you sustain the party by violating
Its principles? DO yon propose to keep
the party united by forcing a division !?
Stand by the doctrine that leaves the
people perfectly free 10 form and regu-
late their institutions for themselves in
their own way, and your party will be
united and irresistible in power. Aba,.,-
4 don that great principle, and the party
/ Is not worth saving, and cannot be ,ayed
after it shall be violated I trust we are
not to be rushed upon this Question:
Why shall it be donoe VITO is to be
! benefited: Is the South 20 be the gain
or: Is the North to be the painer p
Neither the North no: the Sonfh has the
right to gain sectional advantage bv
frickery or fraud, ",,+I an, baseeched
20 "ait UNI. near the election on the
ls' ol .cember. am told that per
''A" that will put it all right and save
the whole difficulty. How can 1T? Per-
4 haps there may be Il large vote then
returned. Laughter. But l deny that
il is possible to have a fair vote on the
slavery clause; and say that it Is not
possible to have any vote on the Con-
titution. Why wal for the mockery
of an election where it is provided unal-
terably that the people cannot vote
when the majority are DISTINGUISHED ?
= But am tod on all sides, g Oh, just
wait; the pro-slavery clause will be vo-
ted down" That does not obyiate any
Of nv objections; it does not diminish
any of them. You have no more right
TO force Free State Constitution OIL
Kansas than Slave State Constitution
i II Kansas wants Slave State Constltu
ton. she has right to it, if she wants
} Free State Constitution, she has a RICH
10 it. 1t Is none of my business which
way the slavery clause is decided.
care not whether it is voted down OF
voted up. Do you suppose after thu
pledges of my honor, that l would GO
Tor that principle and leave the people
to vote as they choose, that | would de
grade myself by voting one way if the
slavery clause be voted down, and a
mother way lift be voted up? care o
how that vote may stand. | take it TO
GRANTED that it will be voted up. thinl
have seen enough in the last three day
To make it certain that it will be returned
: no matter how the vote may stand.
If the Toombs bill does not suit ny
friends, take the Minnesota bill of Tho
| st session-the one 50 much commended
by the President in his message, as a
model. Let us pass that as an enabling
, act, and allow the people of all parties
to come together and have fair vote
; and | will go for it. Frame any othel
bill that secures fair. honest vote to
men of all parties, and carries out the
pledge that the people shall be left free
to de eide on their domestic institutions
for themselves, and | will 90 with yot
with pleasure, and with all the energy
} may possess.
IT'S PROSPECTIVE SEPARATION FIR ON TIKI
SLAVE BREEDERS.
But if this ConSti utionis to be forced
down our throatS, III violation o
the fundamental principles of free gov
eminent, under a mode of submission
that is mockery aud insult, painful as
it will be to me, must break all aSsoci
, atoms and connections rather than for
lieit my principles. have no fear of any
, party associations being severed.
, should regret social and political ties
, severed: but if it must be; if cannot ac
, with you and preserve my faith and hon
! OF, will stand on the great principle o.
popular sovereignty, which declares the
, right of all people t. be left free to form
and regulate their domestic institutions
in their own way | will follow thai
principle wherever lis legal and logical
consequences may take me, and l wi!
cndeavor to defend ii from any and al