Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-03-24
VOL. ). No 10.


/ tuition submitted to a popular vote he all
absorbing and existing question of slavery
was le # 10 them for thei r decision. To quib-
BILE about the form of submission Is III vain.
/ The convention assumed, and had right TO
assume. that the Constitution framed by them
/ had been adopted. But they chose, whether
bound or not by the organic act, and think
/ they are not so bound to refer to the people
the final decision of the one great point which
! had conyulsed the Territory. That question
of slavery was the only subject of eonten-
! ton either III Kansas, or Congress. or IN the
country. It was to decide that question that
money and emigrants and arms had been
sent from the Eastern States. 1t was that
question that excited the people of Missouri to
engage IN the bitter struggle which ensued-
Republican organs and speeches are eloquent
in defence and support of the men who
had gone from the north to take part IN the
contest. They were compared to pilgrims
who left their homes to establish liberty IN
distant country, It was for this that they
! crossed the great river, for this that they
were willing to encounter the privatlons CT
border life, and if necessary, TO shed their
blood and vet history records against them.
in the teeth of these eloquent euloglans, thai
when the time arrived. when, n,aaccordlng to
their own boast. they were permitted by the
simple peaceful means Of the ballot box TO
make Kansas a free State, they preferred
agitation to peace, discord 10 order, aud re-
fused to vote
The svmpathies Of mankind we're never per-
manently enlisted IN favor ola dishonest agi-
! tation The earnestness OF sincere fanatcIsm
! viii sometimes attract admiration aud respect
/ But a miserable trickster either IN politics or
/ religion, who makes his pretended love OF
/ principle the means Of stirring up strife tor
-, l.. Of becomes hen ax00cao
/ an object of contempt. As such, some OF
/ the leaders of the Free State party in Kan
sas stand revealed 10 the world And those
| who expect to prevail by making the policy OF
such men the ground Of their appeal to public
support, have grossly underrated the common
sense of the American people.
! l had intended. sir, but my time Is nearly
! out, to devote few moments TO a cousidera-
! tiou Of a point which Is the key to this entire
difficulty / believe that point should recon
cile all parties. I mean the impregnaLle
position of the President, that the Constitu-
ton making power like the law making pow
er, cannot annihilate or restrict itself. But
[ content myself to the admirable report OF
the Senate Committee, through their CHAIR
man, Mr. Buckalew. conceive that it ought
to settle the question, ct least in Pennsylvan-
ia.
But, sir, it is idle to disguise the fact that.
after ali that has been said both sides.
there is in reality but one question in the case.
That question is not whether there was
an euabIiug act; for no Pretcnee
be made that 1t was required 1t l. nos
whether there was submission of the cOa-
stitution to popular votc--Ihat pom.
too in the light OF precedent, Is rendered ut
erly worthless. 1t IS not whether the cousti-
tuition prohibits amendments until 1861, or
Il, ~ rF, I H.
sinks the objection into silence. l. Is not tho
clause in the constitution requiring the Cover
nor of the State to be certain number of
wears citizen, nor Is il the clause relating to
banking, for no person hcard Of au objection
To either, Sntii it was nado the United
f States Senate. Let Us uot atteu pt TO diSgris3
from others, or conceal from ourselves the
real nature Of the crime. 1t is the old and
often reviewed struggle against ;he admission
9 ola slave State. 1t Is the same question which
in 1872 couvu!sed the country The adniis-
sion Of Louisiana, aud produced the Hartford
Convention Ii Is the same question which IN
1919 and 20, on tic admission Of Missouri.
and threatened the perpetuity Of the Union
1t is strange, sir, that our brethren in the
South become restive and discontented when
they witness this recurrence Of Northern op-
position to their expansion and prosperity.
Is 1t strange that they regard this jealousy
of their Advancement with aversion, when
State after State is welcomed on our aag to
number the free states added to the confed-
eracy, and when the bare mention of the ad-
mission Of new slave State shak, s the coun-
try to its centre All, sir, we have departed
a long distance from the practice Of the faith
ers of tbe Republic, to wh0m the late Repub-
lican platform referred US When Kentucky
and Vermont, twin sisters, sprang into the
embrace of joyous country. the one free,
the other slave State no voice # ameuta-
tion-no angry debate-no bitter protest was
heard either iu the natien or IN our legisla-
tive halls. Why can we not in this same
spirit of brotherhood and unity, welcome the
new born States of Kansas and Minnesota
Are We willing to Join the forces Of the Re-
pub!ieans, and adopt for the sake CT = orr
lived victory, the motto of No more Slave
States = That sir, is the real issue prescn-
ted we may disguise 1t as We Will. but tho
man who declares it anything else, does yio-
lence to his conscience. If Kansas to-day
were presented with d free constitution
the question of slavery alone had been sub
mitted to the people and the pro-slayery lteI.
had a majority, but declined to vote, firmly
believe that not = voice IN the entire North
crn States would be beard to Object against
the ADMISSION
This hustilny to the admission of nero
slave States IS how the dividing line OF polit-
zeal parties. II we, the democracy of Penn
sylyana. cross that line, and plant ourscive.
upon the sectional platform of Requbicanisu,
which We have 50 successfully hitherto oppo-
sed, there viii be but small hope Tor tue per
petuity of the Union.
F Those who viii net forgive an ofGe.,cc are
the most accursed Of all men.
GS Aleoho! has never bees trozen.