Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-01-15
NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRACY ON
KANSAS

Concord, n. H., Jan. Sat a meeting Of
the Democratic State Committee, held in this
city yesterday, the following resolutions were
adopted, and ordered to be published, signed
by the members approving them
Resolred, That the Democracy of New
Hampshire adhere with mistaken fidelity to
the great principle of popular sovereignty, as
embodied in the Kansas n Nebraska act, and
re-affirmed in the Cincinnati platform, and in
their name and on their behalf, we re-affirm
the position on that subject proclaimed by
them in State Convention on the 4th OF Sep
tember, 1856, as follows:
"That we believe in the cardinal doctrine
of State rights and popular sovereignty that
we recognize, in its broadest sense, as Just
and salutary the principle that to the people
of any organized State and Territory belongs
of right the prerogative of regulating for
themselves their own domestic and local af-
fairs within the limits of the Constitution,
and that we denounce all violations of this
principle, whether by the interference of the
aboitionists of the free States, or by the ag-
gressions OF their abettors, the work of Sec
tional agitation from the slave States"
Resolved That, in accordance with the let
ter and spirit of the organic act as we have
understood and advocated it, the people of
Kansas have the right to decide for them
selves, under the Constitution, upon the char
acter of all their domestic institutions, and,
therefore, we declare it as the opinion of the
Democracy of New Hampshire, that no con-
stitution ought to be imposed upon them, or
the people of any other territory, until it has
received their express approval
Resoiyed, That the Democracy Of New
Hampshire, have abiding confidence in the in
tegrity, patriotism and craftsmanship of Pres
ident Buchanan and his Constitutional advis-
ers, and in their fidelity to the great princi-
pies upon which they came into power (; and
we pledge them our cordial and unwavering
support in all their efforts to carry out those
principles in the administration of the gov
ernment.
Signed by seventeen of the twenty men,
bers of the committee-two absent.
OF these resolutions, the Boston Journal
says;
1--WE always feel indulgent towards the
Democracy of New Hampshire of late years,
for their trials and temptations are of no or
dinary character. They want to keep in line
with the Southern and dominant section of
the party, and they want to fill the offices of
the old Granite State, and some in this State,
and hence their arduous efforts to blow hot
and cold in the same breath But we never
saw their predicament more amusingly illus
trated than in the resolutions Of the Demo-
cratic State Committee, which we publish this
morning. The first two resolutions are good
enough, considering their source. They re-
new their confidence in the popular sovereign
ty principle, affirm that the people of Kansas
have the right of forming all their domestic
institutions, and declare it as 'the opinion of
the Democracy of New Hampshire, that no
constitution ought to be imposed upon them,
or the people of any other Territory, until it
has received their express approval" This
is spirited--this is about right. Having read
so far, we are eager to see the Improvement"
of such promising sermon. But alas the
tone changes, and, as Lord Byron says, 't0fat
a change y The very next tresolution endorS-
es president Buchanan and his constitutional
advisers" in the strongest and most unquali-
fed style endorses the very men who are
now trying to force through Congress
scheme at war with every principle Of the