Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-09-29
Democratic County Ticket.
ellis and Hall.

Some men who have heretofore consis-
iontly advocated democratic principles
and who still profess to have an abiding
iaith in the doctrines Of the party, as en-
bodied in the Cincinatti platform. seem
TO hesitate between voting for ia lcs /
tillis, and either not voting at all or yo-
ing for Mr.. Hall his opponent Now TO
such we would say, that if they will for %
moment fairly contrast the position of the
Two candidates, their hesitation must van
.1h at once; that is if they really atill be-
ieve in the doctrines Of the Cincinnati
platform. For even, for sake Of agument.
admitting the administration and its
.riends to have been wrong in advocating
he admission of Kansas under the Le-
'ompton Constitut ion and that it was an
attempted perversion of the democratic
creed, is Mr. Halls position on that or the
slavery question generally any nearer
right, as tested by that instrument. The
Lecompton question, in the shape in /
which it presented itself to thelast session |
of congress, is empha;ically dead ad-seitled I
forever, and can never come up in That
shape again. Had Mr.. Hall been in con-
gress during the last session he would .
doubtless have been auti-Lecompton. as
he would have been a,t-everything else
that was democratic He would have
stood side by side with Seward and Gid
dings, and Hale and Wilson, and Grow
and Burlingame upon the higher law, -
let the union slide platform, where be
viii be in 1850 if elected.
But it is in regard to the course Of our
Representative, in his future action, when
Kansas or any other new state applies for
admission that we are now to consider lis
qualifications, and not to what he has done
in the past.
James L. Gillis is uuw in favor Of ad-
mitting Kansas into the Union, rbenerer
she applies, with a constitution republican
III form, which has received the endorse
ment, in due form Of law, Of majority Of
her citizens, whethe. it prohibit slavery
or sanction it. Can any man be nearer
the doctrines of the Cincinnati platform
than this. But what is Mr. Halls posi-
ton in regard to the doctrines Of popular
sovereignty? VIII he, even after all the
clamor of the party which supports him, +,
about popular sovereignty, say that he is
in favor Of admitting Kansas, or any other
new state, with a slave constitution. al
though adopted by legal majority Of the
votes of the people OF the territory? VIII
he say that congress has no power over
the institution Of slavery in the territories
VIII he say that he will carry out the prin-
ciples Of the Cincinnati platform, and
vote for the administration Of any and all
new states, whenever they present them
selves with constitution, republican in
form, and legally endorsed by the people,
it sanction slavery or not? He
never has sand So and he dare not say so,
He is thc candidate Of party which de-
MES 10 the people OF = territory, the right
"hen adopting constitution, to decide
for themselves whether they viii have sla-
very or not and if he were TO declare
himself in favor Of the doctrine Of popular ,
sovereignty, when il is to be mode Of uni
rersal application, the republicans Of his
district would leave him to a man. As
long however as it can be made a "gull
trap" to mislcad unsuspecting democrats.
and he only endorses the anti-slavery side
OF it, lac and his friends may harp upon it {
as much as they please, but he dare not
avow it as one OF the cardinal points Of
his political faith, even if lis own convie-
tons prompted him to do so. But he has
no such desire for as we have said, should !
lee be elected, every vote he casts viii be |
''ith u.U party which has sworn, over the 1