Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-02-12
Presidents Message.


Presidents Message.
five bad known nothing Of the ras, hi..
tory Of james Buchanan. We should have
been utterly a.,onshcd and surprised a, his
reccu, Message to Congress transmitting the
Lecompion Constitution. II j. one Of the
most extraordinary Official documents, tha,
ever cmana,cd from public man in this
country. IL contains more base misrcpre-
sensations and abuse, than any other Mes
,ise that ever cau' from the hand Of any
man, clothed with chief executive author
ity. IL i an outrageous libel upon the
Frcc State men OF Kansas. q SANDER upon
the people OF the FREQ States, an eternal
disgrace 10 the irAitornus hand that penned
IL. and rcproaeh upon our common coun.
try. I,is full OF rank treason We feel
mortified, deeply mortified, tina, occasion
has been given by Mr.. Buchanan, Tor the
strong language ~ here uss bu, the Cay
f,r iampcring with untempertd mortar"
has gone by. tic time has come Tor men TO
speak on: iearlo,sly what they think. The
conflict tha, !. now raging is no boys play.
Issues arc already made up, that will rock
this Union like frail bark upon the bil.
lowy ocean. and IL becomes every man, who
loves his country. hi. sacred home, his con-
.,i,utional rights and privileges, to stand
up boldly Tor the right. The President,
through the whole message, takes special
pain, TO abuse and Islander the Free State
men, aud dcnomina,e their movements in
relation to tho Topeka Constitution ere
bellion." Speaking Of them he says:
Ever since that period large portion Of
the p.oplc Of Kansas have bcen m n state Of
rbcllion against the government, with n
military leader AZ thcIr head Of q most tur-
bulgnt and dangerous character. They have
never Acknowledged. bot have continually
denounced and dg6ed the government 10
which they sworc allegiance. and have been
al thi. time Ia state OF rebellion against
iis authority. They have been all the time
cndcayorins 90 subygrt IL and establish n
revolutionary government under the so.cal.
led Topeka Constitution IN IL, stead.
This charge is a wholesale lie. and Jane.
Buchanan knew it when no penned it. lie
here iacitly Acknowledges a majority Of the
people in favor Of the Topeka, and against
the Lecompton Constitution, Tor when re-
icrring to the Topeka men, be says a 4" large
portion ofils people ec RaE'o'." Now we
should like to know by what authority
james Buchanan denominatc- the Free State
men Of Kansas "r,b,b." Wha, have they
done to merit this charge? Nothing hut
wha, has been done by the people OF other
territ,rio., wha, was done by tie people of
Michigan. and this same james buchanan,
then in the Senate, advocated and voted for
their admission under a constitution, framed,
not only without an enabling act of Con.
grcss, but expressly against one. II FORM
log the Topeka Constitution was "rebel-
lion" !, has had high authority to sanction
il, for the las, House Of Representatives adj
mitted Kansas as a State, under this very
Constitution.
The President, also, in his Message, takes
special pains to travel gu, of his way to
libel the people Of Lawrence. lie says;
Lawrence is the hot he'd Of all Abolition
movements in this Territory. IL Is the cen-
tire established by the Abolition societies Of
the East. and while there are respectable
number of people there, ., is 6lled by a con-
siderable number Of merchants who are paid
by the Abolition societies TO pcrpetuGte and
ditTuse agitation throughout Kansas, and
prevent the peaceful settlement OF this ques-
ton.
And here is another Wholesale lie. uttered
deliberately with "maliee aiorethought,"
and couehed in language that would dis
grace the most abandoned po,.hOuse pol,I.
clan, language, thatwould bring blush to
the face Of any but depraved old tool OF
the slave oligarehy. Catching the cant OF
the Niger drivers. who hold him by the
nose, he talks aiPpanby about Abolition
societies" and Abolition movements"
&c. &c.
But the Infamous part Of the Message is
that portion which holds out the idea that
the Leeompton Constitution Is an emana-
ton of the will Of the people. Shades Of
Ananias and Sapphiral What are the
facts? At the October election, the Anti
Lecomptonites clested their member Of Con-
gress, aud carried the State by more than
three to one. Then on the vote on the 2lst
Of December, the aseendancy Of the Free
State men was shown nsgGiireiy by the
meagre vote cast for the Lecompton Consti-
tuition. The vote that was taken on the
4th Of January last. by an act Of the Lesis-
lature called together by Secretary Stanton,
was in favor o! the rejection Of the Lscamp-