Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-12-25
INDEPENDENT STANDARD.
A. A. EARLE. EDITOR.
lRiSBURGH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER %, 1857.
Douglas.

Few men in the past few years have
come more suddenly into general notori- |
ETY. than Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, and
he has accomplished this by his introduce
ton Of the Kansas-Nebraska bill and
forcing it through Congress, and more
lately by making a great speech mani
Testing his disapprobation of the proceed
ings of the late Lecompton Constitution
al Convention, even in face of the sub
lime frown of james buchanan. BY his
old party, the self-,tyled democracy, he
is denounced, by the south mathematical,
and by the republicans declared to be the
great wonder Of the age.
WHY'S he denounced by the south and
the democratic party? Not because he
has crossed his own track in that bright |
exemplifcation Of squatter sovereignty, !
the Kansas imbroglio. In the original
bill, of which he was the Trainer, the
declaration was most emphatically made
that the people should be left perfectly
free to form their own institutions" y
This was made the watchword Of the
party, made one of the planks in the
Cincinnati Platform, and was rallying
cry in the contest of 1856. Has senator
Douglas now broken new ground on that
doctrine? Not one inch of it. He sim
ply stands upon that plank and continues
to maintain the doctrines of his bill. As
true man he could do no less. As a
consistent, straightforward man he could
stand nowhere but where he now stands.
He only abdes by the doctrine which he
put in his Kansas-Nebraska bill, a doc
trine which the democratic party endorsed
at Cincinnati, and the president in his in
augural fully reiterated. Then why are
the democratic party enraged at him?
Why have they read him out of the par
ty? Simply because he has courage to
be consistent When the party, or the
president, sees fit to turn sOmersault,
all the subordinates must stand on their
heads When che winks they must
sneeze," or they are unfit to be demo
Gratis. Democrats must be subservient
and they are. Look at history. Under
Gen. jackson democratic, or jackson
Congress, rechartered the United State:
Bank, by large majority. Jackson We
toed it, and although there had been {
sufficient majority to carry the bill owe
his veto, when it was returned to them
there was scarce one to oppose him.
The submission was perfect. The pres
ident had said it, and who were they tina
they should say aught against his opin
ions? Had the wing party been equal
subservient when the same thing wa
done by John Tyler, they could have re
tanned him, as we'll as their power throug
his term Of office. But no, they wer
made of different stuff. But democrat
must be and they always have been sui
missive.
1t is for standing up even when Il
great man spake, for continuing right o
when the president turns short aroun
that the party have so well abused" Il
"little giant" Irthey keep on they W
make him into great giant.
And it is for precisely the same reas,
that republicans honor Douglas. A tr
man from such family is so great a re
ity that they are ready to give him all
deserves, and to honor him for daring
be honest in such an untoward geneI
ton"
Thank God the time has at last cor
when a democrat, yes several-Dougl
Walker, and Forney, bright stars in t
democratic galaxy, dare to shine VIII
the moon wanes, dare to be consistt
with their own pledges. May we I
hail for the country the dawning of
brighter and happier day-a day of m
unbought, unterrifed?