Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-09-30

States TO carry slave into the commen ter
rites was a constitution preparatory to ad-
mission into the Union, and not before,
have tht power 10 form tteir own way,
neither Congress or any other authority
having the power to forestall or control
their action" In this article it is also de-
clared that "this was the doctrine of the
Democratic party before the Dred Scott de-
cision was rendered aud the decision was
but confirmation of the doctrine" show
ing, by democrats authority, that the po-
sition which the Democrats assumed in
1854 was now repudieled, and another new
doctrine was indorsed.
He then read the 5th resolution of the
Democratic State platform, which says:
awe have full and abiding con-
tidence in the ability, patriotism and Gle
waited character of James Buchanan, the
present chief magistrate Of tho United
States, and in his wisdom and experience
to administer our national AFFAIRS" then
turning to the letter of S. S. Cox to the
Phlladelphia anli-Lecompton convention,
to Mr. Douglas speeches in Chicago and
Springfield, the speech of John Hickman
at West Chester, and Mr.. Forney's speech
at Tarytown, he produced their evidence
of the ability, potriotism, elevated purity
of character and the wisdom and experience
of James Buchanan had endeavored, in the
language of Mr.. Cox, "to force fraud up
on protesting people," and, in the Ian
guage of Judge Douglas, chad attempted
to violate one of the fundamental prin-
ciples upen which our free institutions
rest"
He also read extracts from speeches, and
quotations from letters which had been
read at the anti-Lecompton meetings in
Columbus ON February goth and March
10th, showing by these democratic author
tiles, in the language Of Gov. Walker: "for
the first time in our history, an effort is
now made TO force a constitution and gov
ernment upon an inchoate State against
the well known will of large majority of
its people," and, in the language of Mr..
Broderick, "that il affords me great salts
faction to perceive that the democratic
masses are waking up 10 the importance of
the issues involved in the Kansas question,
and to the enormity of fraud ,ohich the
administration Is seeking to force upon the
country an their name"
He then passed 10 the Conference act,
and showed that the Democracy of Ohio,
in their last State Convention, indorsed
the English Bill. Ae read extracts from
speeches of Douglas, Hickman and other
Democrats, to show that the Bill was an
insult to the free people of the North, that
unjust and outrageous, and was intended
to keep Kansas out of the Unin for for
for an indefinite number of years" in order
that the South might win the territory,
and establish their institutions there, which
were to reman there protected by the Dred
Scott decision until the Territory was ad-
mitted as State and then the people of
that State could only get rid of Slavery
by compensating the owners for their
slaves. 81 ....
Thus had the Democracy Of Ohio left
the position which they had occupied until
1854. They have since assumed another
position, AMI continued that until 1857,
when by an Endorsement of the Dred Scott
decision, they repudiated tue doctrine of
popular sovereignty, and, in 1857, they
were asking the Democracy to adopt as
their doctrine By their votes this fall, that
all territories shall be refused admission
from this tim, until 1860, unless they have
a population of SO, ,42O, and after that year
they must have 10000 or 10000 be-
fore they can become State and in the
meantime Slavery may go into all the ter
ritortes of the Union, protected by the Dred
Scott decision, and they will deny TO the
people of the territories and to Congress
the power to exclude il"
Mr.. Powers brought forward mass of
evidence all going to show that the SO call
ed Democracy have changed their princi-
Piles with the dexterity of a harlequin, and
in all their changes they expect the people
to believe that they are the genuine JEFF
fefsonian Democracy, when it must be evi-
dent to any one who examines their pre-
tensions, they have become the mere insru-
ment for the propagation of Slavery.