The daily Butte record., 1858-05-25

The following extract from the article
n the Statesman, will give our readers
N idea Of the length to which these
:hivalric libellers will proceed when
hey start upon course Of falsehood
md detraction
But Mr.. Brodefiek with the bol1ness and
Trankness that have made him what he is,
and for which his friends aDd enemies honor
him more than for any other quality, de
clares that Mr. Douglas is wrong--that the
Kansas Nebraska law is wrong--that the
doctride Of popular sovereignty is wrong
that the people have no right or power to
frame u constitution that is displeasing to
Congress, and that Congress alone has the
right and the power to determine what kind
OF a constitution the people OF Territory
shall adopt before they are admitted ns
State--that II the people Of Territory
adopt constitution recognising slavery,
Congress has the power and the right, and
il in duty bound. to reject such coustitu-
ton. Are the democracy Of California who
support Mr.. Douglas in his Interpretation OF
the principle Of popular sovereignty, prepar
ed to follow Mr.. Broderic who repudIates
and contcrnns the principle itsef? They
must do that, or else adhere TO their party.
and osfrdeise. IN party proceedings; any
and eDery man Who supports Mr.. B,oder-
iek IN his assaults upon the principles Of
the Kansas .Nt6yaska id1it
Now then, to place the brand of
w.lful and malicious political lbellers
and liars upon the foreheads of the Le-
comptoDites who control the States
man, We make the following extract
from Mr.. Broderick's speech
"Much has been said about not submitting
the constitution Of Kansas to the people,
and n conparison has been drawn between II
and the constitution Of Minnesota. Iagree
with the friends Of Lecompton that it is no,
an objection that should he fatal to the nd
mission Of 70 State into the Union, shat such
constitution has not been submitted to the
people. if it be ascertained that the people
ns in the case Of Minnesota, favor uius
sion.
Entertaining these pitUs, ! T0Ud MOI
oppose Me admission Of state ruth q
clause in its Constitution foieyatinK STA
pe,y. If Dere satisfied int IL was Tie er
pressed Wish Of a majority of the peopie.'
TO show our readers that the posi-
ton of Mr.. Broderick is in perfect ac
cordance with the Democratic scntl
ment of the Union, we give the follow
ing resolution upon the same subjec
which was adopted by the Democratic
national convention at Cincinnati {:
"Resoiped, That We recognize tho righ
Of the people of ali the territories, including
Kansas aud Nebraska, acting through tn
legally aud expressed will Il n mnj rty o
actual residents. and whenever the Dumbe
of their inhabitants justidcs it, to form
Constitution. with or without slavery, an'
bc admitted into the Union upon terms q
perfect equa ity with other Stue-
} The assertion of the Statesman tba
Mr.. Broderiek is opposed to 'thc prn
ciples of the Kansas Nebraska law" i
unquali6cdly false as 81 own ly tn
above extract from bis speech, an | lh
} provisions of the Kansas law itself.
Standing, as we have shown tina
Mr.. Broderick does, by the principle
of the Kansas cbraska Jaw, aud upo
the broad platform adopted by the Ma
tonal Democracy at Cincinnati, wit
what disgust will the honest and candl
public view the silly and false assertio
of the Statesman that, here "In Cali
fornia, Mr.. Broderick is the acknowl
, ed leader and embodiment of the Re
publican party" Such silly assertion
will not deceive an intelligent people
but will simply provoke the contemp
and scorn its gross misrepresentation $
justly merits.
We might proceed to show the falsi
ty and basencss of other assertions con
tanned in the Statesman article, bu
have already shown its contemptibl
aud degraded political mcndacity. w
should be unworthy the name Of Dem
ocrat, if we did not defend the princi
pies and faithful servants of the party
against such unblushIng and infamous
detraction and calumny If those wh'
control that delectable sheet shoul,
feel themselves aggreived, we woulC
advise them to withdraw their poiitica
falsehoods, and apologize to thei
readers.
La the approaching conventions, i
is absolutely necessary that the peopl
should express their sentiments am
see that men are chpsen to represen
them. who will maint in the principle
of the party. 10 neglect it is to sur
render the control of the party and til,
keeping of its principles to those VIII