The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1858-04-30
TAKE N0TICEl
Al Cloan RECORD

A Clean Record
Certain Administration papers, which
have recently boen bought up by the
President. with few starved Offices,
thai pobody else would have, are trying
TO cover up their retreat and hide their
infamy, by assailing the "Black Repubii-
cans" aud charging upon them inconsis-
taucy. in sustaining Tho Montgomery
Amendment to the Kansas Bill This
cry Of ''stop thief" has been heard before
sud Of course is surprises nobody. Never
did q party act with more consistency or
stand up with more determined opposi
tion to an outrageous swindle, than The
Republicans have done throughout this
whole controversy They have met The
question in all the Proteau forms IL has
assumed aud, in every instance. where a
vote has been taken, they are found on the
RECORD, to a man, against Locompton
aud 10 favor Of the right Of The people Of
Kansas 10 determine, without let or hind
ranOa. what institutions they shall live
uuder. Can those falsifers, these pretend
cd friends Of popular sovereignty, say as
much Of their own partyY Let the record
answer. Fonr.ffhs Of the Democratic
members in Congress have persistenily
voted to sustain the President aud defeat
the win Of the people.
"But," say these hireliugs, "the Mont
gomery Amendment admits Kansas into
the Uuion temporarily, as a Slave State"
We deny The allegation. aud in deletse Of
our position we have the words Of the
bill itself, oorroboratod by the best Dem
ooratio testimony. The following are
she words Of the bill upon this subject,
than which nothing can be moro clear
and explicit,
Be Z enacted, de-, That the State of
Kansas be and is hereby admitted into the
Union on 40 equal footing with the orig
iual States ia all respects whatever, but
inasmuoh as 10 IS greatly disputed wheth-
or the Constitution formed al LecomptoR
and aow peAaiag before Congress, Was
fairly made, or expresses the viii Of the
people Of kNnsas, this admission Of her in.
to the Union as a State is here declared 10
bo upon this fundamental condition pre-,
eodent, namely: that the said constitution
al instrument shall be FIRST submitted To
vote Of the people Of Kansas, Sc.
From the above il appears that Kansas
is not admitted giM tho Leoomplon Con
sGtution, but wiAom il; and her admis.
sion. as a state. is declared to be upon Che
= "eoHdition precedent namely: that the
said constitutional instrument be frst sub
miited to the people Of Kansas"
But hear what the 0hio Statesman has
to say on this subject. Speaking Of the
Montgomery amendment, it says;
II leaves the adoption Of their domes.
ito institutions 20 the people. Asking
them whether they want TO be admitted
Under the Lecompton plan It s,ys, "tokc
these institutions If YOU want them, 6Ut d
yoa do not Bant them, hey shaH not b,
forced upon you" Now whore is th,
Damocat that can reasonably object {,
this wise, moderate, Dem lcrltic proceed.
ing?"
And again, the same paper says,
A Democratic SOnator objects to re
turning tln Leoompton Constitution FOL
popular ratification, because the people
he fears, would surely Uots q dowa. Now
this should be reason for the Montgom
cry substitute. II is certainly the strong
est possible argument against admitting
the Lecompton scheme. and oorrobomte
the charge Of anti Leoompton neu thu
admission under Il ,eould Be forcing Il up
on an uagaiing people, IL is this oonvio
ton that causes the masses Of tho Obi
Democracy to oppose the Leeompton Con
sdiuuon.
The above is a complete yiudioatiou o
the course pursued by the Republicans
on she Montgomery amendment. But
asiito preclulo the possibility Of doubt
that they were acting inconsistenIly. the
have lefs slill higher evidence upon III
record. Just before the Monigomer
amendment was acted upon, Mr. Gliding
Of Ohio moved that the Leoompton Bi
be rejected. A vote was 0ken--oyer
Republican member in the House Zoe
voted for che motion ana every Democrl
voted against IT, THIS shows the positiO
the two parties occupy exactly.
Then and NOW,
A few weeks ago, the Democratic pre-