The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-01-06

the Kansas question has assumed. A large
majority, almost all indeed, of the northern
press, sustain the view taken If it by Mr..
Douglas very few insist that Mr.. Buchanan
has tho legal and at present, the expo dient plan
Of relieving the county from the tircsomc and
now dangerous clamor about the illfatcd ter
rtcry.
We have expressed our OF inion in three or
four articles on the subject during the last month.
but as the readers Of raper want to hear some
thing about the matter each week, we have
ncbodys pardon to ask for continuing tn talk
about it, Our manner of writing politics is
not denunciatoy. The ranting. raving sort OF
discussion which many indulge in has no ch7rms
for us; we do not apply offensive c; ithcts to
our opponents AMI VIC certainly shall not in
dulgc in the example set US by some Demo
cratic journals of impu'ing bad motives to our
friends. We were pleased when Mr.. Buchanan
a. the exponent of Democratic principles, was
declared to be President elect He was our
choice in convention, our choice at the polls
and though We regard the course he has thought
proper to pursue as unfortunate for the rarity,
unfortunate for himself and we fear unfortunate
fur the country, yet we mist see things in a
different light from that in which we now view
them bef're we can 80 far forget his devotion to
his country and his able life ser ice in her inter
ests. as to imrute to him such motives rs are in
our opinion, coarsely and improperly charged
He is said to be willing to plunge this great
e"nftderacy, for whose oxidation and glory his
whole has bccnspent, into the horrors of civil
war. to secure the cffectual fastening of slavery
upon asagainst the will of her people and
in defiance of the principles of that bill whose
strength with the masses carried him into prw.
err! OF this. we 90 not believe word. We
think the President sincerely and honestly be.
'icvcs that the admission Of Kansas, Mt once,
with any Constitution, is better than the con-
tinual conflict of authority and quasi war which
has disgraccd both southern blackguards and
northern knavcs. in their efforts to effect p,rti-
san ends by their wrangles in that territory
Tho Executive as sincerely believes that the
Constitution presented to Congress can be
changed within six months after Kansas shall
have become a state, and "madc tn conform to
the irresistible will Of the people" For enter.
ra'ning these opinions we have no wcrd of blame
To attach to Mr.. Buchanan or any of his special
defenders. They are opinions honestly mai, :
tanned by many democrats and maintained
through policy Ivy o,he's We do not come to
the same conclusions that they 60 either on the
'core of principle or policy. and we dcvoutly
trust that no Constitution for the State of Kan
sas will ever be accepted by Congress until it
is ratified by the free and fair nd,rsement of
those whose interests it is designed to protect
Better little blood should flow to rehallow
the Revolutionary doctrine that "All govern
aents derive their Just powers from the consent
# the governed than that contemplate,
pl.dse-breaking, frard-lo,ing minority should
dish up an organic law in $50 questionable
shape" as to defy explanation, and demand of a
free people that the body of it shall be accepted,
However they may vote on ono of its provisions |,
We do not understand the Nebraska Bill to
have provided for such "squatter sovereignty T"
rs tliis-its author does not SO understand it
The Democratic ra,ty have never sustained such
n Nicw-not one of the five or six Governors of
Kansas already sent out with explicit instruc-
tons from the National Government, have ever
been able to arrive at any other conclusion than
that it was the express intention to submit the
Constitution, when made. to the ballotbox for
ratification or rejection. True, the question of
Slavery was the great issue, but the language
OF every democratic editor and crater, the Ian
guage of the President and Secretary Cass to
Gov. Walker last summer, looks to a vote on
the ,chote instrument and any other settlement
OF the issue is in violation of our pledges to
the country during the canvass which resulted
in our National triumph. We are no man.
worshiprer. Mr.. Douglas or Mr. Buchanan
are neither Of them SO important 10 the Demo-
cratic party as correct principles are, and we do
not propose to attach our fortunes to the car of
'ither of these distinguished servants of the
IcoTlc. With rs, Mr.. Douglas is right and the
President is not. We do not question the mo.
Ivcs Of either in this disagreement on an issue
Of policy. 1t is our rli,ilege to think, and we
use it. If it does not suit the Administration
We cant htlpit. We shall not change our habit
OF independently expressing our opinions, to
accommodate any body.
We repeat, We do not lame any one f,r the
opinions he may have formed as to the practical
bility of admitting Kansas into the Union with
such Constitution as the Lecomp,on Convco-
ton may send up. All, the President included
admit that this mode is not light, that it is a
Justification of the public wish, and of Demo-
cratic promise but, some believe justice to be
so intertangled with questions of law. of precc-
dent and of expediency, that the gordian knot
Of difficulty can best be cut by her immediate
admission. This latter conclusion we do not
arrive at. If "a constitution does not reflect the
will OF the citizens of Kansas, it is not a Kan
sas Constitution, and until such an instrument is
made and ratified by majority of her people,
we conclude she does not want admission as a
State. Let her wait.
While conceding honesty of purpose to those
whoare responsible to the country for the cfictts
Of thoinoficial conduct, the Democrats of the
North West may be excused for betra, ing
little warmth on noticing the insolcnt language
nscd by few editors and .rators towards thosc
who have the temcrity to dcnounce the Lecomp-
ton abortion and its er parte submission to the
thirteen hundred voters of the imaginary city
Of Oxford, Johnson County! The wise men
in Congress talk Of turning independence out
Of the Democratic ranks and inaugurating in
stead, spaniel-like subscrvience to Executive
opinion. The presses sustaining the Presiden-
tial view, are clamorous on the subject of
ORATORS" The Pennsyloanian talks Of Col.
Forney of the Philadelphia Press as "the tail
Of disgraceful triumviratc' douglas and
oil hain hoh m