The daily Butte record., 1858-07-23
" Rsslstanes 60 Tyranny is ohedasnes
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BUS author Of the Declaration OF Inde-
pendence. Such should be the rally
ing cry Of freemen everywhere. The
attempt of the Lecomptonites to repu-
diate the practical operation OF the
popular sovereignty principle, and ena.
bic the minority to control the destiny
Of State, in opposition to the ex-
pressed and emphatic wish of the ma
jority, is the most serious and danger
Gus stroke that our system of govern
ment has ever received; and to approve
of that act now, is to sanction the fu-
ture interference of Congress with the
domestic institutions of the States. 1t
is for the people to abandon the exer-
else Of sovereignty, and vest it in a
constantly changing central power
Such an abandonment OF the principle,
with the questions which have agitated
the country, and which must continue
to agitate it for years to come, is not
only dangerous to the liberties of the
people, but fatal to the existence of the
Union. II is not only sectionalizing
the Democratic party, but it is also
sectionalizing the government Of the
country.to be alternately controlled
by opposing sections.
The principle Of popular sovereignty
carried into practical effect, can do in
Justice to no section. Honestly and
fairly carried out, it permits the major
ity to rule, without which there can be
no government by the people. The
absolute necessity for the will of the
majority, constitutionally expressed, to
control the government of the country,
was well understood and inculcated by
the patriot founders of the Republic.
Until the present session of Congress,
no attempt has ever been made by Con-
gress TO thwart the expressed will OF
the majority. It is not surprising then
to see the adherents of Lecomptou
using their utmost endeavors to torture
the primary expressions Of the Demo
cratic party into a support of the tyr
amy attempted TO be exercised by
Congress. 1t is not surprising to see
their unusual and anti. Democratic acts
resisted by those who believe in tn,
inalienable sovereignty of the people
The advocates of the sectional and 10
iquitous Lecompton policy. have imita
ted the tyranny attempted by Congress
in order to compel California to endors'
that policy, and to sustain the corrup
men who are now controlling her desti
ny to secure their own aggrandizement
The arbitrary course pursued by tb
Lccompton County Committee Of +
Dorado, caused the Democracy TO re
pudiate their action, by the adoption il
convention Of the following resolutions
| WHEREAS, The Central Committee of Z,
Dorado County have, by series Of acts m
ii. Democratic and anti Republican in thei
character, assumed to dominate over an
dictate to the Democracy Of FL Dorado coun
~, creating improper and unnecessary tests
calling primary meetings at an unusual m
inconvenient hour, for the purpose Of depri
wing the laboripg portion Of the party of th
privilege Of participating in the election {
delegates, requiring a list Of voters to b
kept registered and returned to the Chair
man Of the Central Committee, that IL ma
acquire moro complete control over IN
private interests Of the party. thereby cen
D Trailing tho whole direction Of the part
/. into the hands Of the Committee therefor,
Resolred, That we, the Democratic dele
gates Of FL Dorado county, In Conventio
assembled. do utterly rerudiate and ignor
> the entirc action Of the Central Committe
: in its acts tf usurpation and unwarr antabl
interference with the rights Of the party
, and We no longer recognize their right
interhre with or further control our actioni
. Resoiped, That We now proceed to organ
iie a Convention Of the Democracy, presen
n ticket for the suffrages Of the people, m
0 perform such acts ~ may secure it's th OF
ough and honest organization.
It'll folly to longer hope that tb
i. question can be decided short of th
8 ballot box. The division of differer
! county conventions, and the nominu
ton Of separate tickets, carries Ii
question to the people, and howevs
much it may be regretted, the peopl
of California will be called upon
, September TO decide whether they wi
b. adhere to the principle of popular SOY
|, creiguty, or vest their sovereignty