San Andreas independent., 1858-05-15
The Hue and Cry.


can They are now more particularly en-
ployed in disseminating this foul slander
on the independent press, for publishing
Mr.. Broderick's speech, and endorsing
the political doctrine that the residents OF
new Territories have the right to decide
under what Constitution they will enter
into the sistcrhood of States. We do not
wish to handy words with the time serving
party organs, on this issue, nor vindicate
ourselves from general or special charges
preferred against the Independent press,
but will speak, so far as we are concerned,
and pronounce any such charge a base
falsehood. We never were Black Rcpub-
lican-never will be. We had no hand
in placing Mr. Broderick where he is, and
were not party to the bargain and sale
which placed that political aspirant and
his suppliant captive in the halls of the
United States Senate, and although we
published the bill of sale, as certified to
by the Great Steam Ship Broker, we rel
ished not the unsavory hash. Then these
same Administration papers, which are
nop crying "Republicanism',' so Justify,
were defending Broderick and the COM
modify" which he had purchased But
a change came over the spirit of their
dream. The President would not recoe-
nize "he document" and the salvos of
praise from party organs and ofice-seek-
ers, were turned into epithets of revenge !;
the party press which had so recently
received the honey of promise, bitterly
loathed the gaul of disappointment. The
principle we advocate is national, too
much so for Black Republicanism, OF the
narrow minded views of the friends Of
the Lecompton Constitution
We published Broderick's S speech BE-
cause it was independent to do so-his
views being ours, on the Lecompton issue
We endorsed the speech-not the man
for many reasons, and particularly for the
following, which. we extract from the
Stockton Argus of May 10th:
I" The line between the Douglas Democracy
and the Administration is now distinctly drawn.
The first avows itself in favor of the expressed
will of the people, the latter upon the side Of
| fraud and tyranny. 1t requires no prophet to
foretell the result in such contest. In q gov
ernment like ours, the people must eventually
be triumphant. They may be baffied, but can
not be conquered. Of all audacous frauds
ever attempted to be imposed upon free peo-
/ pie, that called the Lecompton Constitution is
! the most papable. The Convention that first
framed that Constitution was a fraud The
people before they could vote for delegates to
that convention were first compelled to regis
ter their names before they were allowed to
vote, and then in nineteen counties, (one-haf
the number in the Territory the people were
not allowed to register their names; the officers
whose duty 1T was to so register refusing to
! perform their duty, and therefore the people of
/ those counties were not allowed to vote The
/ game was by the wire -pulers not to allow the
/ people III those counties 10 register themselves
as voters, and then to diSfranchse them for
not doing what they were not allowed TO do.
Was ever fraud more glaring? Was ever the
liberty of the people wrested from them more
completely? Those nineteen counties were
not allowed representation in that conven-
ton. Thus the fraud commenced The Con-
| stitution was framed and submitted to the peo-
pie, and the fraud continued by allowing no
man to vote for or against slavery until lie
first stoore to support that Constitution. No man
was allowed to vote for or against slavery un-
less he first made oath that he would support
! that Constitution, no matter how strongly he
might have been opposed to it. Was ever
greater insult offered to free people? No
matter what objection a man had to that Con-
sttution he was compelled to vote for it, else
he was not allowed to vote in favor of or
against slavery. OF course the great majority
of the citizens refused to take such oath, and
refused to vote in favor of the Constitution,
and they were therefore disfranchsed from
voting upon the subject of slavery. They
would not have been worthy of being citizens
of this Republic, if they had not so refused
Was ever the power of the people trampled
upon more contcmptuously? The Lecompton
Constitution commenced in fraud, continued in
| fraud, and ended in fraud. After the polls
were closed, some three thousand names of
those who had never voted were added to the
poll list in favor of the Constitution. Kicka-
poo district, that contained 400 voters, polled
l,029 votes On the list of voters there are
found among others, the names of Thomas Ii.
Benton, Wm H. Seward, Horace Greedy, Edwin
Forrest, j. W. Denver, John Fremont and JAS.
Buchanan. Fraud was SO common that it was
carried out in spirit of waggery, merely as
variation In Delaware City precinct, more
than 100 votes were polled than there were
citizens there. Shawnee precinct that has Is
legal voters, polled 936 votes! Oxford pre-
cinct, that has Al male inhabitants over the
age of 81 years, polled l,268 votes! The same
system of fraud was carried on throughout
Kansas Territory These facts proven in
the Halls of Congress. Such frauds, instead
of backing up Buchanan in his course, must
overthrow him. Douglas is right
REGISTRY OF MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, Divorces
AND DEArHs.-0n our fourth page will be found
this law, passed at the recent session of the
Legislature. Edwin r. Campbell, formerly
o.. 1.