The daily Butte record., 1858-03-05
True Democratic Sentiment.

and its venal presses, are
seeking to cast odium upon those who ad-
here to the principles of the party by ap-
plying to them sectional epithets. it may be
well to take glance at the past, and see
what constituted National Democracy when
the Kansas Nebraska bill was upon its pas
sage. This will enable the mass Of the peo-
pie to fix the charge Of "traitors," upon
those to whom it properly belongs The
following extracts show that the Democracy
Of Michigan and Iliinios, was also the De-
mocracy Of the Southern States. With one
accord, in every section, the Democracy rec
ognized the justice of the doctrine Of popu-
lar sovereignty. As we'll might Mr. Bu.
chansn and his oabinet. act upon doctrines
Of the Republicans, and expect the Democ-
racy to sustain them rs to adopt tho sectional
policy Of their opponents. Either is an
abandonment Of the Democratic doctrine.
and destructive of the Nationality of the
party.
That staunch Democratic journal, For
ney's (Philadelphia) Press, gives extracts
from the discussion upon the Nebraska bill
in 1864. during the discussion Of that bill
in the Senate Of the United States, in 1864,
Senator Douglas said
"The position that have ever taken has
been that this (the slavery question: and all
other questions relating to the domestic af-
fairs and domestic policy Of the territories,
ought to be left to the decision of tho people
themselves and that VIC ought to be con
tent with whatever way they would decide
the 'question, because they have n much
deeper interest In these matters than wo
have, and know much better what in,titu-
tions suit them than We, who have never
been there, can decide for them.
Tho Secretary of State, Gen. Cass, then n
Senator from Michigan, said
ave know we cannot touch their domestic
hcarths, nor their domestic affairs their
family and social relations their wives nor
their children; their men servants nor their
maid servants their houses, their farms,
nor their property, withou gross violation
Of the inalienable rights Of man, sonsecrated
by the blood of our fathers. and hallowed
by the affections of their sons"
Mr.. Stephens Of Georgia, took an active
and leading part in support Of the bill We
copy from his speech made in the House on
the 18th of February, 1854:
"Apd where do you, calling yourselves
Democrats from tho North, stand upon this
great question of populay rights Do you
consider il Democratic b exercise the high
prerogltive of stitlling the voice of tho nd
venturous pioneer, and restricting his suf.
frage in matter concerning his own inter
est. happiness and government, which he is
much moro capable Of deciding than you
are' As for myself and the friends Of the
Nebraska bill, wo think that our fellow citi'
zcns who 60 to the frontier, penetrate the
wilderness, cut down tho forest, till the soil,
erect school houses and churches, extend
civilization. and lay the foundation of future
States and Empires, do not lose by their
change Of place In hope Of bettering their
condition, either their capacity for self gov
formally to the Constitution Of the United
States We, Of the South, arc willing that
they should exercise it upon the condition of
tho African race among them. as well rs
upon other questions of domestic policy"
In the Senate in 1866, on the bill author
ising the people of Kansas to form consti
tuition, Mr.. Toombs, Senator from Georgia,
said:
"Ihad again and again' avowed my pur-
pose to allow the people Of Kansas the right
to make their own domestic institutions un-
der tho organic law and the constitution, l
stood pledged to that policy as public man
IA pledge which have again and again, at
this session, and at previous sessions, reiter.
nj uav "A nj IN l wi
to give down. trodden Kansas, il she be
down -troddcn. right to make her own in
stitutions, under the constitution according
to her will This is the principle upon which
| supported tho Kansas Nebraska bill. |
stood upon it in no fraudulent or double
sense, but as an honest man, ready to main
tain IL in the Senate and before the country
at any aud all times | only required one
fact to be established Is tho Topeka eonsu.
tuition the voice of Kansas This is the only
question asked, This is tho sole demand
made"
The only person now adhering to the dem.
ocratio doctrine as above expressed, is Mr..
Douglas, Mr.. Cass is now willing to aid in
"a gross violation of the inalienablc rights
of man :" Mr. Stephens is now willing to
deprive the hardy pioneer Of his 'just right
to exercise" the right Of self government,
aud, of course, denies their capacity Mr..
Toombs, it appears, was standing upon that
doctrine in q fraudulent and double sense,
and is willing to accept the Lecompton con
stitution, when he knows that IL is not the
voice OF the people of Kansas.
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