The Nevada Democrat., 1858-06-09
Letter nom am OLD Line Democrat.


served your party with zeal and fidelity for
some four or five years, as the Democratic edi-
tor Of the great county of Nevada, you are now
branded as Republican" by the San Fran
cisco Globe; and the basis of the charge consists
in this one solitary fact, viz: that, in accord
ance with the views entertained by the Democ-
racy of those States which elected our late Pres
ident, Mr.. Buchanan, you persist in an old-fogy-
ish notion of political consistency, and hold
that you are, in some sort, bound to sustain the
great principles enunciated in the Cincinnati
platform Of 1856. Prominent among those
principles, these two great political precepts
we're promulgated from the oracular shrine Of
Democracy, to wit: that Congress had not pow
er 10 legslate, either negatively or affirmative
ly, in relation to slavery in the Territories be-
longing TO the consolidated Federation. I'd,
that the citizens or bona Jfde residents, of any
particular organized territory alone possess
the Inherent sovereign right Of declaring by
their vote given in their primary capacity,
what should be the character o: their political,
social and domestic institutions. These two
precepts, the one OF which is a eorollary of the
other, constitute, combined, the great political
principle, commonly designated as the doctrine
Of SoUATTER SOVEREIGNTY.
1t is unnecessary to examine into the ques-
tions that divide. and distinctly identify, the
political parties of the present day; to declare,
or to compare their platforms; to sh ow wherein
they have altered, changed, added to or rcce-
ded from, the great cardinal principles and
points OF policy euuncated by them, severally,
in their respective National Conventions Of
l856-but simply refer to the Tribune Almanac
for 1858, page 80. ct seq, or to any otner sllnl'
lar publication where the same may be eonve-
niently found; nor is it necessary TO reGur TO
the history OF the events III Kansas, Lee0mpton,
Topeka, or anything else connected Herewith,
or having relation thereto; nor the Presidents
Message OF 1851; the intrlgues, manGuYres or
movements i'll Congress, for the session which
this day expires; nor does it need any argu-
ment representation, Inference or deductlOn
from the facts patent TO the record. 10 come to
the conclusion that the People, the lAborlng
mighty mass, who make and unmake Pres
dents, aud oil other rulers, are well satisfied
that our Administration has departed from ''the
footsteps of its illustrious predeeessOrs;' ''has
fOrsaken the faith of our fathers, aud has gone
after strange gOds." Courts are bound to take
cognizauce of the social aud domestic institu-
tons Of their own country, as well as OF the
, existence, bearings and condition OF extraneOus
matters, concerning which proof positive would
bs work OF supererrogation. So, We are also
bound to take cOgniZance, in political affairs Of
the existence Of such matters those have
presented above, without requiring evidence,
or of being under the necessity Of substantial
ting them by proof. They are known to all
, men. and therefore, all men are bound to admit
them as true.
Now, sir, you are charged with being. in par
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accnsers will claim that they too are "Kepubll-
cans" in the common acceptatlon Of the tvrm,)
because, and only because, you mainiain the
true construction of the Cincinnati platform in
relation to the Kansas Nebraska bill to be this ::
that the people have right, in their primary
capacity, to vote upon the adoption or rejcc-
tiOn of any Constitution that may be- prepared
by their representatives, who possess delegated
powers only; that the people are sovereign, and
can only be bound by the action of their agents,
however lawfully those agents might have been
selected, in SO far as they themselves choose to
ratify the same. In other words, you hold The
true construction of that plank OF our platform
TO be that which is placed upon it by Judge
Douglas, aud nine-teuths Of the Democracy
who voted for James Buchanan II then you,
sir, are "Repul kcdn," where then shall We 1nd
the Democratic party Is it in the Halls OF
Congress--in the cities and towns which rolled
up their hundreds and thousands of majority for
Democratic electors in l856-iu the States
which cast their votes for Buchanan last year,
and especially in those, Illinois for instance,
which never swerved from the lines, even in the
rout of l840-n California, always Democratic
to the back bone, betrayed as she has been by
her own representatives and by the Administra-
| tiOn
The answer comes back from the Halls Of
Congress that all the power, patronage, inhu
ehce and bribery Of place and political honors
could not force the true hearted Democracy to
betray their trust But ptiful compromise,
as an excuse for the wavering and vacIllatiug,
had to be offered by the administration, which
yielded every point of Importance in contro-
versy, for the sake of obtaining meagre and
empty delay for temporising purposes; from
the cities and towns wherever elections have
been held, even beneath the wings of the old
Albany Regency, even in slave-holding Mis-
souri,, comes the response, 1--WE are Of the Peo-
ple-our rights are their rights. their wrongs
shall be our wrongs" and the places that were
once proud 10 hail the election of the Demo-
cratic President, with bon-hres and ilumina-
tions now feel that he stands ON the verge Of
treason to the party which elected him, and
but one step more would place him beside John
Tyleri and without an exception in every ILL.,
stance the administration candidates. So
called, have been ingloriously defeated. From
the States, without single exception. every
|, expression of public opinion exhibits the popu-
lar strength, among the Democracy. In Illi-
rois, to carry which einissares were sent by
scores, from the Capital, Il have the information
in black and white to prove it, where all old
officials who were supposed to think ndepend-
emily, were decapitated and their places sup.
piled by jealous Lecomptonites and the clarion
sound OF braggart Boosting over the expected
endorsement Of Lecompton was heard even in
California, To- the result-every county in the
State that contained enough live Democrats to
organize meeting. being ninety seven in num-
Der, sent full delegation to their State Con-
vention on 2lst April, and by y unanimous
vote, of 4Sl delegates present, the largest and
purest Convention ever held in that State they
adopted the series of resolutions endorsing the
course OF Douglas, and the whole Illinois Dem