The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1858-03-18
JACKSON STANDA,RD.

qulet' Rntil 1t is superseded by Constitution
Legally ira1ed under a call of the Territorial
Legislature, ratified by the people, and adopted
by congress, all Of which NAV now be done in q
few weeks or months, aud the great doctrine Of
popular sovereignty have been indicated, But
iorce thls Constitution upon the people of Kan
sas now, against their Will, and no mortal Wis.
ion can penetrate the dark abyss in which laS
hidden the deep disasters now monacing Kan.
taS and our country.
cannot take this dark leap into such a yor-
tex ofcrme and uncertainty. If the people of
Kansas submit, nevertheless the dampipg truth
Will still remain, that the State would have
been forced into the Union against the will of
their people. She v4... enter the Unlcp not
as the peer and equal of her CO. .soveregnties but
she would be driven into the Union, disgraced
oy tle chains ol an -, minority, and coY-
cred all over with shame and degradation The
very parchment on which her Constitution, was
written, would be stained by crimes and forge
Ties. The signct of the people would never
have been affixed to the instrument, but in its
place, vile counterfeit wonld have been sub
sIltuled, there to remain forever upon our and
heF archives, as perpetual record of her dis
grace, and OF our injustice. The thirty.second
star OF our heretofore glorious constellation
would not have risen above the horizon In all
the brightness of new born liberty; but it
would come in shOrn of its lustrt and casting
It's darkening shadows over the reCeding glo-
rles OF the Repablic. The fatal example never
could be erased. We could never recall the
past; We could never letraec our footsteps.
But onward, still onward, aud downward our
movements would be toward that destiny, which
must ever attend outrage, crimes and Injustice
ana why should we encounter these dreadful
hazarus' What is unjust can never be exped-
emu Expediency has been the plea of tyrants
IN every age and country. 1t has placed and re-
tanned The crown upon the Monarch's brow. 1t
mas governed the world by swords and bayonets
~ mas covered the earth with violenc, and Jus
uce- May my country avoid the retributive
penalties, which, in the righteous providence
OF God, sooner or later are sure to follow the per-
petraton of wrong or injustice! Let us do what
is right, and we may look with assured conf
dence to speedy and happy exit from all our
difficulties. Let the great principles of State
and Popular Sovereignty be maintained, and
they will carry US safely through all our diff
cuItes, strengthened and purified by all the
trials through which we shall havepassed, stand
ing out bright example public virtue and
intelligence, and still recommending by an aug
mental moral power our institutions for adopt 4
10 progressive and enfranchsed humanity -,
The Democracy Of Ohio present now al
example for imitation by her sister States
You stand on the solid granite Of the COnSttu
tion; your hands arc upon the noly alter OF pub.
lie virtue, justice and morality. Your con
science is free from reproach; unterriied by
menace, unseducej by power and patronage; yoG
adhere to the great principles of State and Pop.
u.ar Sovereignty.
Ohio entered the Union as a sovereign State
There she stands in that proud attitude, cheer
&c by the glad voices of more than two millions
Of freemen, and she intends that in like manner
Kansas Shall come into the COniede:acy, by tht
free will only Of majority of her people, OhiC
will not sanction the violation of the elective
franchise. She will not stain her bright escuteh
con BY the approval OGfrouds or forgeries. Sht
will commit no spoliatiOn upon the most sacred
rights, for which her fathers fought and con
queTed in the days of the Revolution, but will
transmit the priceless heritage Of scf.govern
ment, in all its original brightness and entirety
to her remOtest pOsterty. Go on, then, noble
Democracy OF Ohio, in the cause Of truth, o
justice, and of freedom, and glorious victor!
awaits your efforts.
Most respectfully, your fellow citizen,
r. j, WALKER.