The daily Butte record., 1858-03-10
Proceedings of the Butt. County Demo-

The meeting was organized by appointing
M. IL. Farley. Esq, Chairman, and Mr.. H.
X. Mghels, as Secretary.
On motion of Tbos. Wells, ESQ.,, commit.
tee Of five was appointed to draft resolutions
concerning the Kansas question. The chair
appointed the following gentlemen to serve
on that committee :-Messrs Wells, Crosette,
Rosenbaum, Ever and Lott.
After q few moments absence the commit.
tee returned and reported the following
REVOLUTIONS.
Whereas. Congress has been asked to ac-
| cept Constitution for Kansas, embodying
| tho sentiments of o small minority of the
people of that Territory, as shown in the
election returns certified to by Gov. Denver,
and
Whereas, the acceptance Of such an instru.
ment by Congress is in direct violation of the
principles Of our free institutions, and in con-
travention Of the political faith and Doctrine
by which the Democracy triumphed in the
National Campaign of SO, and
Whereas, we adhere to the Jefsersonian
| sentiment and recognize the absolute neces.
sity of permitting the majority to rule,
therefore
Resoived, that we heartily endorse and
approve the Platform as laid down by the
National Democracy at Cincinnati in 1856,
and the Platform as laid down by the De-
mocracy of California in 1857.
| Resoiced, That in accepting q minority
Constitution for Kansas, Congress abandons
the fundamental principle of that declara-
tion to which the hope Of tho patriot turned
in the late fearful struggle with sectional
ism, and. in the language Of Gen. Cass,
"grossly violates the inalienablc rights of
man"
RssoiUed, That the action of the Assem-
bly, of California in voting to instruct our
Senator'S, and request our Representatives
in Congress, to vote for the Lecompton Con-
stitution was violation of Democratic
principles, Democratic faith, and Democrat
ic honesty.
Resolved, That we recognize in the minor
ity report of Messrs. Ballou, Kitchens,
Sherwin, Caldwell, Hill, Moses and Wilson,
correct National Democratic sentiments, in
recommending that the Lecompton consti-
tion should not be accepted by Congress,
unless approved by majority of the people
who arc to be governed by its provisions
ResOived, That the Senators from the
Fourteenth Senatorial District, Messrs.
Hart and Coulter, be, and are hereby re-
quested to oppose the resolution passed in
the Assembly instructing our Senator'S, and
Representatives to favor the acceptance of
the minority Constitution framed at lie
compton, and that they be instructed to re
quest our Federal Representatives in Con-
gress, to favor the acceptance of no funda-
mental law for any State, that does not bear
,hc impress and will of majority of the
sovereign people.
Mr.. McCorkle then being called for came
forward and addressed the meeting. He al
luded to the course of the President upon the
Kansas issue, and briefly reviewed his mes
sage; humourously referring to the allusion
made by Governor Wise in speaking of Mr..
Buchanan's peculiar view OF the 'institu-
tions' of Kansas. He spoke of the various
provisions contained in the Constitution as
framed by the Lecompton Convention, rec
ognizing the Slavery clause as but one of
many which should have been submitted to
vote of the people, and deploring the anti
Democratic movement of that convention in
not submitting the instrument in its entire
ty, In strong terms the speaker denounced
the attempt of minority to thrust an OBJ.
noxiOus instrument upon an unwilling peo-
pie. AllusioE was made to the evident in
tenton of the President to force through his
favorte measure-the admission of Kansas
with the Lecompton Constitution-advising
all aspirants to Federal offices to abandon
the principles of popular sovereignty
The speaker could support no President as
against the vital principles of Democracy as
laid down in the republican doctrines Of the
Cincinnati Platform. He asked if MIR. Bu-
chanan could have been elected had his last
message been laid before the people before
the election of SO. The question was asked,
.'what position can the Democratic party
claim before the Country if they ignore the
Kansas Nebraska bill ?" The speaker fin-
ished by drawing a comparison between the
question of Expedieucy and the principle of
Popular Sovereignty.
Mr.. Wells being called upon spoke at length
upon the resolutions. The speaker regret
ted the action of the Legislature upon the
Kansas resolutions; referring to Gov. Walk
ers letter, informing the people at large how
misrcpresented were the people of Kansas