Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-01-15
The Fraud Acknowledged.

The Fraud Acknowledged.
When the Nebraska Dill was under con-
sidera,ion after great deal OF man~uvrc-
ing on the part Of IT, friends they at last hit
upon the course finally adoptcd-,o incor-
pora,e into the act the provision, claiming
il to he the true meaning NJ the hill not to
lcgi,la,, slavery into the territory or 10 oE-
clude il thcrcfrom. but To leave tho people
thereof PERFECTLY TRu to form their own
domestic institutions in their own way.
Impediatcly after the passage Of this in.
famous measure. It's friends and supporters,
hogan to Justify themselves upon what they
dcnominated the great doctrine Of "popu.
lar sovereignty" or the principle Of self
government. Leave the people to make just
such constitution rs they desired. only re-
publican in form, was the cry all over the
country, especially in the Free States.
Upon this principle, only, have the black
democracy in the Free States, justified the
repeal Of the Missouri restriction, every
where pledginr themselves upon every rrin.
ciplc Of honor faithfully and honestly 70
carry il out practically in Kansas.
A. every body convcr'an, with political
Affairs will know, the position assumed by
James Buchanan and his party with regard
to the Tccompton constitution - direct,
unqualified rcpudiation Of this doctrine.
Douglas says II is in total violation Of tho
letter and spirit of the Nebraska Bill-thc
Cincinnati Platform and the principles
which brought buchanan into power. IL
/. -. The black democracy now seek 20
foro, n constitution upon the people Of Kan
sas against the known will Of nineteen twen-
tieth. Of H. inhabitants and to DO lt, with
out ever having given them the opportunity
to vote upon IL. Bat il has been con,ended
by the black democracy that the people
could have voted upon ,hi. constitutional
is false. Our readers know hotr that miscr-
able scroll of de.poii.m was submitted, that
the submission was Fixed in such n way that
every man who voted had TO rois for NE
Constitution. But this was not the worst
feature in tho case. Voting for Cons.i,u-
ton and no slavery" was all a mockcry.
Those who framed il - understood il.
\ member Of this very lecompton Con-
vention wrote letter to the " M"ii'iP-
pan" New Yorker in Mississippi, IN
which ho said
Thus you sec that while, by submitting
the question in this form, they are bound 10
have a ratification OF the one or the other,
and that. irhiis u iocriJ 10 h an eleciioH u
hr,,u a Fro State and Pro-Sdrdy CoHiii.
futon, n d, IN Jacf bu question Of ihe ia
hirs introduction Of Sldrcry that IS m c0Hiro'
rp5y, and yet II furnishes our friends in
Congress q basis on which 20 rest their vim
dication Of the admission OF Kansas rs a
State under IL into the Union, while they
would not have IL sent directly IRON the
Convention.
"h IS ne rery Lsi proponiion for making
. huHfdN Aaff sNNit fNdf uNs 'A'"iitt'" f''
/ fhs CONFEDERATION Of ne Contention. Ia AL.
di,on 10 what have stated, it embraces u
provision continuing in force all existing
laws Of the Territory until repealed by The
I legislature Of the State, % be elected under
. the provisions Of this Constitution.
/ The way and manner in which this Con-
sti,uiion was made and submitted, was not
onlya swindle. but STEPPED to the very
drcgs In fraud and knayery. The above
ex,ractshows how the traitors who concocted
thi. thing understood. II was scheme OF
fraud aud yillany from beginning 20 end.
The members OF the lecompion Convention
not only 80 understood il, but the whole
negro-driyins democracy throughout the
entire South 70 knew and 50 believed. We
could fll our whole paper with extracts
from Southern papers in proof OF this point
bot We have no room for this, neither is II
Necessary; but we will give what the leading
black paper in the South said upon the
Presidents Message: