Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1858-01-25
A.Word to Factionists.

In brief reference to the admirable and very able
speech of Senator Green, of Missouri Senator Doug
lass remarks as follows:
1.-THE Senator from Missouri and m yself agree that
the President has not made it"-the admission of
Kanzas San administration measure. We agree
that he has not recommended it in his message We
agree therefore, that every man this floor is at
liberty to ge4for against ii without hanging his
party ties or affecting his party relations
We commend the above to certain ardent Doug
las men, who have been earnest in their endeav.
ors TO induce Democrats to denounce the Admins
tratou for what they pleased to consider an err
ror in the administrative policy, for man has
been so fooihsrdy to call in question the Democ
racy or patriotism of the distinguished gentleman
who presides over government. with so much
dignity and ability"
We have not attached the usual credit to
the above quoted remarks, for the reason
that theicvastuteness will at once be recog-
Dized as peculiar to the State Journal alone
II the sentence states anything, it asserts
that douglas men" are not men-an asser-
ton quite foreign to the subject, and in bad
taste for paper that three weeks since, sent
up s."Hurrah for Douglass
No Democrat has ever contended that the
acceptance of the Lecompton constitution
was an administration measure, except
those who desire to substitute that consti
tuition into the Democratic platform pice
the popular sovereignty plank removed. In
opposing this mutiation of the Democratic
platform, we have contended that the ac-
ceptance of the Lecompton Constitution was
not administration measure while the ton
of articles in favor of its reception which
have appeared in the Journal, Globe and
HrGid, have carried the idea that it was an
administration measure. We think however
that Senator Douglas (the Journal calls him
Judge Douglas, since the arrival of the last
steamer,) meant that gentlemen were at
liberty to 60 tor or against the measure,
without opposing the administration of Mr..
Buchanan, for men cannot abandon the
principles of Democracy without sundering
their party ties. But the advocates of the
Lecompton constitution do not admit this,
but apply the epthet of "factionists' to
those who deny the Democratic right of
Congress to force constitution upon Kan
sas that has rot received the sauction of her
people 1t was not made an administration
measure because it is anti democratic. The
President knew that Democracy was com
posed of Principles, not men alone. and he
did not depart from Democracy to distinctly
recommend such measure, but left it for
the action of Democratic Cong ess 1T
follows then, those who abanGoa the Demo
cratic doctrine of popular sovereignty to
advocate the acceptance of the LecomptoH
constitution, are the fanatics :, Furher
than this, not An argument has appeared in
its favor, that was not urged by the Black
Republican fanatics in favor Of the Topeka
Constitution The Democratic doctrine of
popular sovereignty defeated those argu
ments then, and will do it now. notwith
standing treachery of few weak in the
back papers, which, from their attempts at
explanation. are evidently anxious to pro
long miserable and vasclating existence
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