Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-03-09
to be a question important either to
the people Of the States or TO the Con-
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10 be q question Important e"het W
the people Of the States or TO the Con-
gress OF the United States, whether
whole or part Of the electors Of Kan
sas voted or refused to vote; frr If
there was majority against slas cry,
then the constitution (if the preroga-
tive of sovereignty was cxercised,)
could have been so settled as TO have
excluded slavery and if slavery re-
mains sanctioned in the constitution
so submitted to the people, while
majority OF the people are opposed to
it, by reason Of their not having voted,
they alone are responsible for 1t; Tor,
"A Gov. Walker has forcibly said
"rhroughout our whole Union ana
wherever free government prevails,
those who abstain from the exercise Of
the rights of suffrage authorize those
who do vote TO act for them in that
contingency, and the absentees are as
much bound under the law and constl-
tuition when there is no fraud or viO-
lence, by the majority of those who do
vote, as though all had participated in
the election. Otherwise, as voting
must be voluntary, self-government
would be impracticable, and monarchy
and despotism would remain as the
only alternative"
Resolped, That the Republican par
ty, by wilfully and maliciously urging
the free State party Of Kansas to de-
sist from voting npon the slavery qucs-
tion, not only falsified their own pro-
fcssions, stimulated discord, fomented
civil war, and were ready to plunge the
confederacy into anarchy and dissen-
ton, but that the same party, by its
representatives in Congress and by its
public press, in still sustaining ito again
adopt the language of Gov. Walker)
"Gen. Lane and his staff of leading
ayitators" in command of military cx-
petitions for the overthrow of the gov
ernment," in order to agitate the gov
eminent, for years to come, by proven
ting the admission of Kansas as
State, is deserving of the stern rcbukc
OF the American people and Of the sol
cmn contempt Of every lover Of liberty
and of every conservator Of that
Union, consecratcd by the blood Of
patriots and immortalizcd by the
achievement of American progress.
Resolced, That President Buchanan,
by his efforts to promote harmony, and
by securing the speedy admission Of
Kansas as State, and thereby quelling
the agitation and discord which threat
en- the Union, and by adhcring to that
straightforward line of policy which
recognizes as democrats only those
who sustain democratic principles as
understood by the democratic admin
lstration, and of regarding those as
against the democracy who are not
with the democracy, has entitled him
self to the warnest concentrations Of
every democrat, and to the firm sup
port Of every member of the demo
cratic party.
Resoiped, That the democracy Of the
city of New York congratulate the
country upon the decisive action of
those members of the New York dele
cation in Congress who co-operated
with, and stood promptly anu firmly
by the principles and the policy Of the
! President in their action upon the
reference of his message upon the Lee
/ compton constitution that they eX-
+ tend to them the assurance of united
support, and lake this occasion to de-
clare that their yote was the trn" rr
fiction Of that Democratic sea.s' I.
IL ,hls metropolis which ha, 80 oitun
! shown IL devotion to the democracy
ard TO the Union, and which is to-day
stronger than ever before.
ReSoired, That the democracy Of
the city of New York urgently recon-
mend the immediate admission of Kan
sas under the Lccotnpton constitution,
as the most direct means OF quellng
civil strife of putt - IN end to aboll-
! ton AGITATION OF consolidating the
bonds which unite the States in fra
ternal brotherhood, and Of doing JUS
tlce to the people Of Kansas, so long
outraged by the incendlary plots and
/ the infamous military movements of
| the notorious Lane aud his Aid Society
abcttors aad that to further this end,
that this meeting recommend that
meetings OF the democracy be held in
every county, town and ward of the
State, expressive of the high apprecia-
ton on the part Of the people of the
Presidents message upon the Lecomp-
ton constitution, and favorable to the
immediate admission of Kansas as a
State under it.
Resoleed, finally, That in thus ex-
pressing orr concurrence in the views
of the President and his Cabinet upon
this all absorbing question, it is due to
him and them to know that it is the
unextorted and independent sentiment
of men whose devotion to the admin
istration is beyond the temptations Of
office or the threats of traitors in the
democratic camp, and we sincerely
pledge ourselves to stand steady in the
ranks as long as strong arm or a true
heart is necessary to defend the honor
or vindicate the policy Of the admins
tration of James Buchanan.
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The --latest Convert to Popular Sover.
eighty.
Governor Seward, in his late speech