Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-21
ISz The Loporte Times, few weeks

termined opponents of the Lecomptoh
swindle, in the Democratic ranks. Hear
how it talked less than two short months
since:
"For our own part, and we are glad to
see many of the leading Democratic Journ-
ais, north and south occupy the same po-
sition, we shall not recognise the Constl-
tuition made by the Convention or any 9TH
er that may be made hereafter 10y any body
of men, as the Constitution of Kansas, un
til it has been ratified by a majority vote
of the people of Kansas, and we will ado
to the remark of Mr.. Forney, who SAID
that any other position would be the 'end
of any man who assumed it, that it woEld
De so Justly. even if our worthy President
came under the ban, as there seems to bC
some Indication that he Will.
I'VE regard the attempt on the part o
the Kansas Convention to force con>tltu
ton upon the people, even if they do sub
nit the slavery clause to a popular vote
direct usurpation Of power, ami the
committal of fraud, reasonable in deSiSI
an in effect The just powers of the Coy
ernment are derived from the consent oi
the governed Un;ii this doctrine is con
trovertel. every attempt to muzzlc the vo
ters--to prescribe public sentiment, and
otherwise govern, will meet with rebnke-
and whoever aids or abets i'll such tyranny
Democrat or Republican. is not friend 0!
lover Of liberiy-or oi our country"
- la n Ia. Il
itor OF which WAS at indianapolis on tn,
S;h, AMI lla just returned from visit tC
Washington, talks thus:
"IIaving listea-l to all the debates il
the Senate, and to much more. and ever
abler augmentation ont Of the Senate
havin. weighed carefully everything pre-
>enteI, incluling personal interest, whcl
we held it our duty to do. we find ourscl
unavoidably standing with the Alminis-
tration; AMI bound by every obligation
which affects political relations to advocate
and defend, as far as practicable, the posi-
ton which it occupies"
The somersault is complete. Douglas i.
abandoned to his fate, and out of his own
mouth the editor proclailns himself an enc
my to li'Jerty AMI of the country. Reaj
the first extract above. Who cannot SEE
the motives that has produced this change:
Self interest" ]. l.. Government ad-
vcrtising, or Marshal of the Iorthcrn Dis
trict OF Indiana, as the Laporte Union
suggests. Time will develop whether the
editor sold himself or not to Buchanan
and what was the price.
The editor, in another article, comment
in5 upon Dr. Fitcll's speech, whose name
is the synonym of political trcachcry and
rascaity, says:
There is no Democrat with whom we
are familiar who denies the broad propo-
Siton that the constitution of State, to
best express the will of the people of a
State, should he submitted to popular
vote. On this Mr. Douglas, the President,
DR.. Fitch anl al agree That Congress
ha, tn power to compel legally organ
izel conv .ntion to whom the people have
delegated power to at for them, either by
voting for them or failing to vote against
them when invited to do so, to submit its
work to IA popular vote, is de5atable
ground. The Republican party affirm that
Congress possesses this kind OF sovereign
ty over the Territories. The Democratic
party have denied the light, if not the
power of Congress to dictate to the people
OF Territory anything in relation to their
constitution, beyond the fact that it shall
he republican lii form"
What is the use of admitting a broad
progosiloa." if the power to enforce it
does not exist? Why dill Congress re-
quire it in the cases of Oregon and Mime
sofa? Why, if Congress does not possess
the power to compel Convention to sub
nit Its work to a vote Of the people, did
the President. in his last Ness a;se, recon-
mend that it should in future be required
in all cases? Who cannot see, in the
twistinSs aad squirininys Of leading Dem
ocrats, Il desire, determination, rather, to
force slavery, if possible, upon the people
of Kansas, against their will? Every one
with the true history of Kansas
is aware Of the favors shown the slave or
Democratic party hy the Federal authori-
ties, and the prosecutions, wrongs and out
RACES the Free State party have had to en-
durc from the same source; and now, be-
causc they would not, and could not, if
they had desired, vote at an election for
delegates TO form a Constitution, when
they and every one else knew from the ar
rangements and traps set by the slave par
ty. that nothing like fairness or Justice was
intended. and that the result would be the
same whether they voted or not, even If
'hey mad been allowed, which was not the
case the President and his wing of the par
ty are giving uttcrance to the most afro
cious faisehoods, in hopes Of obtaining the
consent OF Congress to force that vile Le-
swindle on the people of Kansas
against the known wishes of LARGE ma.
jority of the people of the territory. The
party proposing this tyranny Processes to
be Democratic. and has the impudence and
presumption to talk about being in favor of