The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1858-08-05


course, but this expectation has been wo.
fully disappointed. NOT CONTENT
WITH WARRING UPON THE WILL
OF THE MAJORITY IN KANSAS.
THE ADMINISTRATION HAS NOW
RESOLVED TO WAR UPON THE
WILL OF THE MAJORITY IN lib
INOIS. All parties in Illinois are in ia
vor of the principle of Popular Sovereign
ty. for Democrats and Republicans alike,
through their representatives in Congress,
have voted for it; and if ever two grand
organizations have been equally commit
ted to an imposing principle, they are
these organizations now existing in ILL
nois. There is singular similarity be-
tween the cases of Kansas and Illinois.
and, We regret to say, singular similar
ity between the onset upon the will of the
majority in the one Gaze aud IN tie 9th
er. Illinois like Kansas, is overrun by
Federal officeholders. Illinois, like Kan
sas, io sought to be debauched by the ex-
pectants of Federal patronage. Illinois,
| like Kansas, ,ist to be made the theatre of dis
sensions which are to spread over the en-
tire Union. As in Kansas, SO in Illinois,
the people have no power save that which
the ballot gives them. There, as in the
Territory washed by the waters
Of the Missouri, the great truth Is
to triumph that the will of the majority
is stronger than the power of the Presl-
dent. But not this only. The Admins
trstion have not merel J resolved to trans
fer the battle for Popular Sovereignty
from Kansas to Illinois, but they have
also resolved to illustrate the sublime i'd ca
of "localizing" the Kansas question IL
that State. And how is it to be "local'
f lied p What will the Democratic party
of Pennsylvania say of the idea, that be-
cause Judge Douglas represents the reg.
ular organization of the party, and te
, cause be stands unflinchnsly by the prin
cip'es of that party, therefore he is TO be
. denied membership in it, aud he and hi'
friends are to be given over as heretics
Nay, what will every Democratic organ
zation iu every State of this Union say
to this extraordinary position! VIII no
the attempt to "localize" this quarre
spread it over the entire surface of the
North and the South ! Does not thi.
Administration, by its early, formal, a
t we'll as its very late recognition Of th'
Lecompton principle in Illinois, Me'ebz
release IN afrance ereyy Dcmocrat from
, the support Of erery mammalian matie IN
der tie auspices 9t'utat administration p
For, if Judge Douglas is wron!
in Illinois, then 10 regular Democratic
J nomination elsewhere is right. lfrepre
senting, as he does, the overwhemin.
ajority of the Democratic party in Hi
uois, and holding in his hand>, as a sacred
trust, the fundame Dtal principle of the
t Democratic party-if he is wroDz, hop
t can they be right who reject the P/'t"ct
pie and possess the org0Al-0tt0R Yes
f how can they be right who have that or
= ganization only through votes secured b.
the patronage OF. the Federal Adminstra
: ton! We declare it now, "a our >olem
opinion, that the exanpl" of the Genera
Administration in Illinois, if carried out
/ will SO utterly demoralize the party il
every State of the Union as to render i
( an object of contempt, uulcss by some i'm
), mediate action such protest is ma ie q
gain>t this attempt to destroy it, as wi
forever put stop!to this arrogant au'
f monstrous interference.
2 For we do not believe that the Presi
e dent of the United States is a monarch
We do not believe that We are his slaves
: Il was not elected to make and unmah
J, crceds The principle which elected hin
is greater than himself l. be, and thos
t who speak for him, suppose that they Cal
lntimdate the Democratic masses by thi
p extraordinary course in Illinois, we say
a with every possible respect for bis char
cter and his position, they are SHAMEFUL.
, mistaken. We admonish tbem to pause
r The Charleston Democratic National Con
: veb,ion is not yet in their bands. Tha
: Convention might as we'll be held upol
; the utter verge Of the Lake Ngani, whicl
mirrors the heavens in the midst of the un
known country of Ethiopia. as to follow th
5 example Initiated at ashington, of iguo
: ring the irresistible principle of Popula
Sovereignty. We tell all these men
e whether Presidents or parasites, that thi
principle will prevail. We tell them i
the Charleston nominations are to be res
: pected, this principle must be restored; an,
t if James Buchanan would die revere,
: and honored, as he has been revered anc
: honored during sixty-seven long years HI
:, must close his career by some signal IN an
4 Hesitation in favor of this immortal doc
trine.-PeSS.
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