Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-02-11

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@The Message of President B%ucHAsAs
prese itihg The L~ecpmPton Constitution r"i
Congress and urging the speedy admission
of Kansas as Il State, msy be fun! in al
other part of this paper We doubt aot but
this message will be read BY the great mass
Of the people-rrsd with grave and iEiig-
nant interest. We hope its length will not
debar any from its careful perussI. From
first 10 last, it is bold in lis false rapresen-
t%sti0ns. Mr.. BUCHANAN presumed mi'h nn
the ignorance and forbearance Of The Amir
can people, to suppose they WOE { lan.eiy
swallow 20 nonsirous a dose. He does OF
even recnnise 4 right of any ri IL n in X n
sa., but Of those who supports the L.ecomp-
ton Constitution. SPsaks Of all bu: the
threatened the Perpetuity of the union.-
He does NO. even think il possible, that L
right motive, should ever direct the action
of the Free State mpn. He talks Of the
"sense Ct the people" being taken at the
various elections, rhrre not one 10 ten got
q vote. He charges ibis upon The Free
State men, that they organised IN ii,sUrrec-
ton movement al Lawrence (by passing a
law to water the Streets and designed c .rry-
ing 1t throughout the Territory, and quotes
long extracts from Gov. MAKERS first
l~etters, to prove the assumption. Why we
would ask, does he not quote from more re-
cent letters OF Gov. WALKER, wherein the
Surely WaLKER is as good authority io-dly
as he was las, June, when ne vas governed
by blind prejudice. Bu: he grants that the
mass of the people did not vote, and as
N that in consequence they have nc
right to complain. Now in all common
sense. if the people have a right to vote
,hey have the undisputed right to ssy when
they vote, and how they vote. Yet TIL
CinsinnGh PiGyorm-this Squa,ter Sow
ereignty p~ersnnified, Mr.. BUCHANAN asserts
that 1.-THE people have no right to complain
when a miserable m inority, backed by po
li.ical ~demagogue. and United States troop.
takes from them their dearest liberties, AM
in addition to this, would thrust upon then
the Lecompton Cons; tuition which is &C
knowicdsed obnoxious to the great majpriil
Of the people. He assum Is that the ~slayerJ
question was the only one had in coRtem
plution in the organic act. Yet il is his opin
ION that Independently of this act; thrI
never would ht We been bound 10 submit an,
portion OF the Constitution 10 q pDpulA
vote in order to give it validity" VIII
say the advocates of squat,er sovereignty 1,
this ductrine. Where is The antiquity .
this principle. He claims that the pe"p.t
have a right TO make their own laws, aut
then assumes that the Free State men ara
t~reasonable because they tried 10 subv'rt III.
Territorial Government established b.
Congress-meaning evidently by the PFC
sident and his f~avoriies for they a enc Fcie
Kansas. The last and boIte,, assertion i
that Kansas is therefore al This momsat a
much a sLare state as Georgia or 'Soaih Car
olina." This is a noxous pial TO ;hns
honest Democrats who voted for JANE
BUCHANAN. thinking thereby to make h an
sas a free state. The only strength ,her
is in this message. is found in its b illness
Honest men must grow indignant at th.
continued untirIng ef11rt Of the D'mocTac
TO e%nslare Kansas. This act, ~h;c
is intended t. be the last act in the dram
Of course Dir. BUCHANAN has spared n
effort to make it the very acme OF pulitica
intrigue. He has acted his part well 70
the South, much bstier indeed, than o
himself. Mr.. BUCHANAN is a better acto!
than be is a manager. But in the gam
Just PLAYED be has even over done his par
The South has askedto much, and he ha
been too anxious % do al that was require
at his hand. The probability now is tha
the game will work for the present, but vi
fortunately for the South, there is tu'ur'
We want no better corrective. The da
of retribution will coma sooner Or latter.