The daily Butte record., 1858-05-28
Principle and Honesty.


that the success Of the Democratic
party has been achieved by an honest
adherence to correct principles. It's
also a fact established in the same
school that, when they, as party, have
abandoned principles for the support of
men, they have invariably lost the con
fidence OF the nation, and the govern
ment has been wrested from them.
The experience of the party in this
respect, should be sufficient to point out
its duty in administering upon the gov.
ernmcnt affairs Of the country. Prin-
ciple has governed the action Of the
democratic party to much greater ex-
tent than that Of any Of the numerous
opposition parties it has encountered,
and hence its success 1t has been the
party whose thoughts and cxertons
were for the whole country rather than
for themsclves-whosc high and noble
purposes were founded upon just prin
ciples, and never abandoned while
means could be found for their accom-
plshmcnt. Appealing to the intelli-
gence of the masses, and relying with
confidence upon the justness of their
principles, they have neither sought an
indirect advantage by spccious road,
nor taken an evil path to gain real
good, Duplicity has been left to be
practiccd by opposing parties, and for
the sectional Lecomptonites, who have
recently abandoned the national and
immutablc principles avowcd by the
democracy ut Cincinnati, to aid in the
, triumph Of scctionalism, and destroy
the truly democratic doctrine Of popu-
lar sovereignty. With hypocrisy un-
t exceled in the annals Of parties that
have heretofore arrayed themselves in
opposition to the national principles OF
. the democracy, they profess devotion to
the doctrine Of popular sovereignty
whilst refusing to permit its application
in accordance with the general and
recognized understanding. Such q
course, no matter by whom attempted,
must meet with an overwhelming defea,
before the people, who cannot be de-
ceived by the name and scmblancc o
freedom, while they arc required tc
submit to tyranny rs hateful and op.
prcssivo as ever emanated from the
dcspots of the old world in unholy Ell.
deavors to elevate the few and degrade
the masses.
! The national principles cnunciated by
the democratic party in the campaign
of 1886, had their origin in patriotic
motives, in fraiernal feeling, and in thai
kindred spirit which ought to animate
r all the citizens Of common country
The action of the Lccomptonites in re-
fusing to carry into practical effect thos,
just and patriotic principles, has plung.
cd the party and country into an agita.
tion never before witnessed, and which
may we'll alarm tho wisest and best pat
/ riots in the land for the safety and per-
petuity of our free government and
o common inheritance.
The principles then upheld by the
democratic party, constituted the true
theory Of self-governmcnt, founded up
: on the constitution, and rule of ac-
, tion in all time to come, for the avoid
4 ance Of all sectional strife and contro-
!. versy. The local issues which have
r crept into the national legislature,
. would have remained to be decided by
elch State or Territory for itself. The
course pursued by the administration
has again transferred the subject to
$ Congress, to interrupt national legisla.
y tion and involve the country in Sec
tional broils. However much We NAV
. regret the issue thus again forced upon
= the country, it must be met. Th,
u people must retain for their own exer.
else, or surrender to Congress, tn,
a power to regulate and determine theil
a domestic institutions.