Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-21

Nor Soft we were to speak OF the iOl'
lowing as it really deserves, We would make
use of what might be termed, among gentle
men, very harsh language. We clip 1T from
the SO called Marysville Democrat
Their Zachary Montgomery Amendment
says, that the people have right to vote
upon theirorganic law. If their representatives
are wiLiing. but not otherwise.
The amendment says no such thing, and the
writer of the above knows it.-Sdc. Mercury.
Hold your temper, now, or you will make
yourself ridiculous You don't suppose that
we intended to say that the Montgomery
Resolution was literally as we have stated it
in the language that you quote? AT least
we give you credit for having more sense
than to suppose so. If you mean to say that
we are not to have the-liberty Of putting our
own construction upon a resolution, which is
a matter of public discussion, You are reach
ing a point of journalism which we think
YOU will find it difficult to maintain. We
say, emphatically, that the Montgomery Res
olution, when reduced to its essence, means
exactly what We have condensed it into in
the above paragraph which so horrifes your
unsophisticated bosom 1t means that the
people have right to vote upon their or.
ganic law, if their Representatives are will
ing otherwise not. Let us see if it does not.
Read the Resolution
Resolved That we recognize the right Of
the people of each State and Territory, when
pa1 l.x-f TO 10 Nha Loot
ion or rejection Of their fundamental law
but we hold that it belongs not to the Con.
gress of the United States, but to the people
themselves, speaking through their own rep
resentives, to say whether they do or do not
desire to exercise such right.
The first branch of the Resolution, asserts
that the people have right to vote upon
the adoption or rejection of their fundamen.
tai law, when so desired by them. This
would all be we'll enough, but here comes in
a bit. The second branch goes on to say, but
''it belongs not to Congress but to the people
themselves, speaking through their o,cn Rep
resentdiues, to say whether they do or do moi
desire to exercise such right" That is to say
if the so-cllled Representatives refuse to sub
init the work of their hands to the people
the people cannut help themselves, and Con
gress must recognize the so called Representa-
tivcs and not the people. The Resolution
was undoubtedly meant to cover the Kansa.
issue, and to justify the stand which wa,
taken by the Administration Party on the
Lccompton Constitution The so called Rep
resentatves in the Lecompton Convention
refused to submit the Constitution, which
they had framed, to the people The people,
at legal election, protested against the
acts of their so called Representatives, and
denied that the Constitution was their act
and deed. The President and his party sale
to them, "you are bound by the acts Of YOU
Representatives" in other words, "ycu can
not vote upon your organic law, unless you
Representatives are Milling" We submit
now, to any sensible man if this is not fail
augmentation. Such is really the meaning
of Montgomery Resolution, and if our neigh
Dor of the Mercury cannot stomach the doc
trine, let him come over to the opposite side.
We cannot stomach the doctrine any better
than he can, and consequently we are on the
side that we are.