The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-03-11
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IAN Anti.LseomPton meeting wns held
at Garfield On Taursday week, at which
our townsman, Hon, LUrHER DAr was one
Of the principal speakers. We copy be-
low, the substance of Judge Days rsmsrks,
s' we ind them in the MsAoning Register,
Of last week: s
"He pr6eeeaed 10 address the meeting,
prefacing his remarks BY stating that he was
sorry to see, en- the part OF some, an evident
.indisPOsition to indentify themselves with
this meeting, when called upon to act with
it. As for himself, he would not decline,
nor ask 10 be excused. He thought It high
tims that men protesting to be Democrats,
should utter thtir honest convictions upon
the subject which had given rise to this call.
II behOoved themto look about them, and sec
whether they were not sweryinR from the
landmarks that characterized the Democra.
cy and gave il et6eiency 10 days that were
past. He claimed TO be Democrat, and
wished it Understood that he was going to
make Democratic speech. He said that
the present Administration had, in one short
year, lost sight Of the very principle upsn
which Ito success had been etsed--the right
o! the people to regulate their domestic In.
st;tutions in their own way. He had labor.
ed sea!ously for the election of Mr.. Blu.
chanaH, spon the stump, becsuse he then
stood Idsnti6ed with the principles Of the
Kansas. lei -aska bill and the Cincinnati
Platform, upen the broad and national ba.
sis of Popular Sovereignty. Now, Demo.
crats were called upon TO falsify that posi-.
tion, and TO endorse sHindle aud cheat at
tempted 10 be forced upon the people Of
Kansas, in defiance Of their expressed will.
"The speaker then reviewed the policy Of
the Democracy upon the question Of slave
ry in the past few years. He show where
concession after concession had been made
to the demands Of the South, for the sake
Of peace and harmony until the Democrat.
ic party Of the north had come TO be looked
upon % mere vassals to the slave interest.
He, for one, would 20 no further. II an
endorse rent of the iniguitous Lecomp pton
Constitution was to be considered the toucn
stone OF fealty to the Democratic party, rath.
er than an adherence to the principles oI
Popular Sovereignty, as laid down in the
Cincinnati Platform. he would cling to the
principles, and let the party go.
"The speaker then went into detail upon
the Kansas question, reviewing the history
OF that Territory from its first ince ption un
der the Kansas N ebrsska Act. down to th.
present time. He showed how the peopI.
Of thut territory had been led to expect
from Mr.. Buchanan,s fraqgarae, and his in
ftructions TO Gov. Walker, immunity from
Border Rufianism, and the free and an
trammeled privilege OF regulating their do
Inestic iletitutions in their own way. BG
what has been the result! Border Ruffian
ism from abroad aud. .ratcality at home were
again rife. Gov. Walker was compelled
to resign his Office, and Acting Governor
Stanton was deposed by the Administration
because sAey had stood up in defence of the
people ,asainst the fraud and violence
sougAt to be imposed uppn them. Popular
Sovereignty was stricken to the earth By
10 sworn supporters, and the black Gag o
Border Rufianism hoisted in its stead. -
What honest Democrat could pussively looi
on in view Of :hs change of tactics? TIL,
speaker concluded by saying, that il th'
ID mocrucy we're determined to kick thei
principles out Of ,he party, he chose the al
Tentative Of following the principles, wher
ever they might lead him. i
! We have given, bat an outline of MI
Days remarks. He spoke for an hour an
. hail, in strain Of candor and honest con
viction, that told we'll upon his audience
He was impressive throughout, and fire.
quently eloquent, and his points never fai
ed to bring down the house,"