The Washington union., 1858-02-20
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Nrw YoKK, February Ie, 1855.
Some time must elaY~o before the Subsidies
here in relation 10 The oolAtxxls OF the scndo dsre
cratic, anti Leoompton izle the academy os Mr-ac
Friday evening last The call was rgnc bs seven self
Ssiod ,' Ina~t proninent democrats consisting OF
Mayor Hayemesvr who did ycte ior Buchanan last
hll James X Cooley, nembcr Of Know moth
ing lodge Ge@Ee r. Butler, Who sironpousiy opposed
The ksssas Nebraska law, and hAs iot years, taken
fucminest anti -e,noair part in municipal election
George Bancroft political nobody, whose democracy
ocnsits ip securing patronage the basis Of his His
tory n the United States; and three respectable gen
enen who arc deervodly prominent IN eser,thing ca
aqs politics.
Thinking men in the State OF New York .,ut.iie az
weIl inside of the democratic party comprehend fully
and indignantly TINT the popular sovereignty outcry
in relation 10 the Becompton constitution amounts 10
neither nor less than isctous endcavor saddle
upon the President all the sins which have been commit
ted ior the last two years by the republican party Kan
ss Tbose who clamoI Justify about the rights real
sp,posel of latent, but lsctiousy unasserie free
State majority in that Territory itself knowingly violate
the duty they to that declared majority
Of millions in the thirty States which will no longer
that the peace Of the Union shall e endangered
on account OF the confessed cowarcc and r,ssilianimt,
70 s showing might have peacfully attained the
ends IL pretcnds to seek for any time since the Kansas
Nebraska law passed Had they acted upon the
principle as Dsa fa,dra the Kansas discord would
have tea o~g since forgotten AT least half dozen
opportunities offered TO the frceState party during
the Walker Stsnto Gesy and shannon administrations
al acquiring legitimate supremacy ii they really possessed
the paepcndeance of votes they boast of hut ss an Off
in the United States army whose facilities for olser
vation have been almost uncIuslied remarked to me
days ago, The whole past history of the Kansas
trouble may be summed up in the fact that one man
might lead these aiolitiost mules to water but forty
could not thrust their brutal nostri in deep enough to
make them drink The demand for popular SOW
eesnty Is made for enrolled masses cf individuals who
have scnly bound themselves not to accept ii when
iHolercd to thsna and Is virtually refused by the oppo
aeuts Of the administration to the mighty masses of The
people essywherc who Sigh for peace.
The Three principal anti I+xo.nptcn rnanisesrs as vet
eStsnt art, doubtless, the speech M Senator Douglas ON
ihe President messagc q ~ Walker letter of rcsrna
ton, and Secretary Stantcns speech at Philadelphia 1t
observed tae other day, ty lawyer who stands sec
ond 10 none IN TINS State, that careful analysis of these
documees will lead unbiased minds to the inevitable
conclusion that the very principle they maintain with
ree'enoe to the people Of kanxfs applied The rights
V the people OF the United States sus compel the rep
rcsnaiives OF the latter in Congress adopt the CON
usion o the President Il; his message that 1.-THE peace
and quiet OF the whole country Of importance
than the merr temporary triumph of either OF the politi-
'a Iaries IN tho disturbed Territory The sup
ossc oil conflict in the mind of cautioas citizen Of
hansas regarding his respective duties TO The local and
gessal government on tho question Of tho Tcompton
constitution Ii scc should sincerely believe that
instrument to i detective injurious to the welfare
ihe Common wealth. he onght, heyonh peradyenturc TO
labor the s1 at the proper time and in the proper
way, TO have it changed but under supposabe cir
c9mstances can he, without manifest atsurty, ask Of
Congress that Of the a,tices of compact between the
states and the people in the Territory their admis
sion rs State should include a change which must
necessarily be based upon future action Of the
people there. We're Congress to take into consiera-
ton the i.fancly expressed wishes complaints on
however tportant sut9et OF few many of the citi-
of Territories, there would never of course he an
other State sifnttci into the Union Neither where the
peace and wclfArc Of the nation arc xt stake and the
fcrms of ''comPact are settled with perfect tech
H'cu legality u much incumbent upon Con gress
10 examine 10 the dctrien! Of the country behind the
record with regard to the manner in which oonsttu-
ton is presented for its sanction, than would have bcen
for The sssate before ratifyng the treaty with
Denmark 10 institute inquiry respecting the rights Of
the minister OF the Crown, at Copenhagen who affixed
bH seal to that instrument There may be tinctnre of
SIuaier sovereignty IN this but it must either be
ceped oi its alternative that the country must remain
agfatrd 50 lnag agitation is profitable to abolition and
ioFrkaate dcmagogns who alone profit by thrustng the
dirty linen which they ought TO 4 wash at home
lntc the no~srils Of the federal government
Were II granted, for the sake of argument, that the
abuses enumerated fy Mcws Douglas Walker and Stan
ton all really existed, il would alter whit the
duty ~ members OF Congress To admit Kansas under the
LcomPton constitution Granted frauds granted forge
res accepted TRUTH every calunny Of tho Tribune and
Wade ef Giddings and Grow mutries tcnfoId the weight
which is due to the declarations Of anti administration
aotlonts and presidential succesionists supposed even
Harris committee which will make glad the heart OF
Horace Greclcy himself what then The stereotype
exclamation Of the free State leaders in Kansas remains
unchanged; that their ISItissns number IL 600
while those of their antagonists fewer than 600
All the frauds which have heen could have been
manufactured fy The pro slavery party, whether in
erd, Mctsee, elsewhere, could never therefore
codng to free State showing have prevented ceStatc
Ioen from ruling the convention at Lcompton from
defeating the slavery clause The zlst Of December If
they had desired To accomplish that end legally Thus,
Judging them by their record, and from their
facts their yell for aid 10 Congress- after factiousy
nsing to help themselves is unreasonable indecent and
destitute OF common shame. From this point of view
alone three Oi the people Of New York State pro
hy gricve NJ the adoption of Mr. argiss resolu-
on as calling for inquiry into facts outside of the
question and totally Irrelevant and which have
tearing. one the other, upon the main issue
whether Kansas should he admitted with the Lcompou
constitution he permitted to remain causcess source
q strife and disunn twccn the North and the South
lhc President possessed the good wishcs and
sympass cf the people at the North to great
Tent as he enjoys them This very question Of Kan
s's has demonstrated to what extent they rely upon
ms integrity, saacity, and cautious frrnncss. When
'he storm su5sides little which has been arcslly
eatod within the Yast three months Won will the
enemies OF the democratic party disuntad TO degree
~hfcn only few Of their leaders dream OF now
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