The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-03-04
From the Hawk-eye. ..
DOuglas' Report.

Douglas made On able and very lengthy re.
port. OF course we do not sgrss with him h
all OF bis positions We are where We alway,
were. We are convinced that the evil bee.r
with the repeal Of the Missouri compromises
That Dousla,' scathing ,sbuke ana wither;es
Kansas frauds, apply with equal force 10 the
organ'zafion OF the territory by Missouriap.
ana toevery election since that time until now,
But ne takes up the Presidents strong points
one BY one, and wipes them out q the expense
1t either the President's intelligence Or in.
tegrity.a a.es sgti st,s4ag $ Gfas5s :
lst. The President! bases bis whole. areu.
ment upon the assumption that the Kansas
NeorAska act was an enabling act, !, II this il
not true then it 10 at the discretion, but no,
the duty OF Congress- to admit Kansas N .
state. But President Bnchanan, has every
Democratic Senator against him. When Pres.
ident Pierce recommended an enabling act FOR
Kansas to make, Constitution every Demo-
cratic Senator voted for it then-then vot
for i, and voted with Douglas. If they les;ti.
mately thus voted, they seal the Truth Of Doug.
las present position, and all Of Bucbanau,z
argument and plea for legitimacy fal! to the
ground and with II his regularity, and proprie.
ty argument. ~, 3, ~
The second position-Is that the frauds Of
Kansas invalidate the election. Mr.. Buchanan
asserts that the only admissible evidence of In.
will Of tn. people is that contained in the elec-
tion OF the 21st OF December. The President
torgets however to recognize the election Of
the Al OF January which gives 10000 maiori.
y against the Constitution. II was ordered bv
tie Legislature, duly counted and certified to
oy the Governor Of Mr.. Buchanan,s own an.
pointment, at his own suggestion. Yet all
this this. ad:Fds NO evidence. Mr.. Douglas tulv
disposes Of this.
B"chsnan's old argument that the con.titu-
ton has been properly submitted. This Is
also severely handled. ~ Bat why kill the dead.
The whole Programu.s is nearly n. ouch. -.
Much more does not yet remain. Kansas has
been controlled bye Missouri army in her frst
ele:sion under the direction OF Atchi,op.
Stringfellow, &c. s,-s, y, u, sg I,
she has been without representation in Con-
gress until now. She had Convention forced
On her. She has Constitution forced on her
people. The President Of The United State.
OF America has put tissue of fearful false
hoods into tie mouths Of 30 millions Of free
people, and has andaciously and blashemously
called the great God, Of truth to witness them.
He has tried to compress the crime and loath-
some abom;nAtions OF Pandemosium into on.
Palatable dose, that he may make the people
swallow il. The people will not. Dougl.,
nobly refuses the potion. The people will re.
pndiate Buchanan, and his very name will
henceforth become landmark Of treaeherv.
despotism, and execrable political leprosy, be-
yond which even tyrants will tremble to be
doomed and driven. And the Democrats who
have left them, single scintillatioo OF self
respect. or love Of country, OF fear OF God. or
hope OF home Or country, owe it to themsslyes
to absolve themselves from the administration.
which he is making IN engine OF corruption
and lever to cast out the last hope Of liberty
in the government. M .s,.s ,t-4 .-g