Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-03-24
Letter Of Attorney GeEersl a.
VI AsRiEoroN. AIn,nh 0

WCcu as WISH 10 acctpL IL, my du,is.
not permit me TO DO so.
Two mouths ago the Democracy -,
it The laws of the country, seemed 49,
imminent danger Of defcat on the
question. The President met he ns,I
frmness which became his chsrsc,a.
made the law of the land "a laup toE.
and guide to his path" His cOp51s
already received that general apprc.
which an intelligent people ARRAYS bes.-
on statesman who -et5nds boldle m g.
right. \ few weeks of aiscusaicn b., :.
away the sopalstry With which the '.5-,;..
of Kansas was at first opposed; the leg,I6,-
the proceedings to form the Coas;ituto:
Lecompton is almost universally .5r$,.
and the attenuated theory about the j,...
city of the people to delegate their p9ps,
convention has almost disappeared IN,
face Of the earth. The advocates Of 49,.
ed disorder in Kansas, aud coDtinpsS
ton elswhere, have found their ,aIse too
to carry them, and too hea77 to he
by them. They mus: give il I'd. f,r ~.
all they can DO.
That the puliic will NAV r. ,,
through q convention or lecisY,i-a ts
properly chosen; that every vote Of ii.
pie in their primary capacity NUS, b, or.
Ized and regulated by law; that no 50
ment can be changed by tumulnon,e 60 .nS
regular expressions Of hatred apl con,ss
for its authority; these are vital truth. -
lie at the foundation of social order and -
true liberty Other reDut!ics have 81
because they dill not or vould not SEQ -.
/ tiuctiou between j legal and an i!leval sv,.
sion OF popular sentiment; and If We ms,.
demonstrate that our rerresent tatire ,r.,sr
is practicable thing, re must take .ls
"ice Of Washington, and steadily discou,,
nance ali Irregular opposition to tie ackD,,
cd authority Of the Government We NJ
obey the established law While it e5,rjpD..
be the law. 4 majority may al:sr Or sue,
1t, but no number of men, however .s,r
should be permitted to break it.
Our fathers when they made TIE Ccns,i
ton. saw that !; was the goi.t Of i.g-
They therefore invested ;he Chief Ma-s:,
with large powers; placed tae army and Is
under his command; gave him the coutr,
all the Executive and Minister'S. offices
then sworc him 20 use al this power /,
purpose ofseejug the laws faithfully exec.
If there ever was period IL cur history.
this oath should be olic.ously kept, nsu
4 frantic spirit CT turbulence and disoril
spread through the country Ike All er'.rr
breaking ont in different places Tbs
trality laws are deied in the extreme So |
and the Fugitive Slave law is trampled !.
foot in New England In Utah ;he Mon
are 10 arms, and in Kansas there Is 6ps. 4
avOwta rebellion. Not long ago the :
city of San Francisco was completely s:
gated by secret society which hang a1i 1
ishei all who fell under its disple2sure. /
friChtful riots at Louisville, ST I.0ui. 4
Baltimore are fresh in every ouc's recg
ton. nor car it be forgotten that, he,t, inl
Capitol Of the Nation, so late as June 81
ganized band of rufhans were bold Clozgl
provoke mortal couhict with The pull,
, thorfies. Il this time TO give back: 81
We now Surrender the law TO tie mercy o:
natural enemiest / devou;ly believe -
the Administration had faItereIia lis d
or if the people had refused to sustain Il
sustaining the laws, the last chapter IN
history of American liberty might have 4
:, written before the eUd of another vesr.
IF there be any law more sacred than 81
: er. it Is that which regulates tie elective 4
o chise, and gives effect to the will Of the Pc
S when legally expressed. The struggle thFI
o which We have just passed was TO save
e law from violation If portion Of ias
o pie can refuse to 90 to the polls aud i
o wards set at naught the sork Of thosa
!, go. the election laws are : NEAR moeks!!
u Some OF the Presidents opponents, L
?, Their technical ground too sandy to 9
: them. are falling back on charges 0i
st What shis may mean i know ssi Il
II SANDER Of theChief Magistrate, aD msaJ
=, Congress, Z libel on the Democratic pr!
y say that they, or either of them, ever o.
L ever will encourage, tolei ate, or look VI
ct least degree of allowance on any spec
to cheating or dishonesty. Let every q
return in Kansas, OF elsewhere, be scEg'
IT with the keenest severity, au- If iTaaa
OF detected. the best effort the Admins
I'd can legally and constitutioDally maze
III the wrong and punish the wrong o0''i
Is not be wanting.
or But I repeat my assurance taa' We
We the crisis The Administrator VII
a tanned by the deliberate judgment aOy-
ect by the unbroken heart of the Demos''
u the common sense of the whole peoPs
NE ever may be Mr.. Buchanan's fate 's
[ it is not written in the book of ms
IRE that he shall ever be weakened BY aiD
h dnty on the Kansas question. II Dis >
Ter ;stration is to be put down. Mr. LalS !,
led hackers are decidedly not the men 'o :.
af- The Abolitionists of Kansas nave 80 ::
the appeal from the ballot-bO1 TO IIS ri lied
from peaceful, orderly 5 b1p1e 1Da l'Sa5 force,
of public question, TO I'"'S Sr,v Of
your duty and mine, and the GI! ,p,: sppsI W
ian peaceful citizen. TO see that ,,.fti tu.s -t
7ou quashed If a majority be o!ss-,,,s -o-zs, /
1ge the present Constitution, tne5 ~ ri
.es- ter it by legal means IS undeh.1';5. :. c,r
am refuse to do it in the legal way, L ~ -
my no reason except their own CONF, CONT
nal and order. But Law and order n-
all. served whether they ike j: or no,,
l Very respectfully, your 81
ser - -
y Messrs. Fromeut Townsend ana
- The Summer ConEt HaIU