Brookville American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1858-1861, 1858-10-01

lin NUlANA, L Mia y
j, "The startling doctrine has been start
4 ed in this country, thai a constitution
has no validity until Submitted toa vot'
of the people. CongfQs had anthori
zed Kansas to form her 6wn institution
: in her own way. She choose that pccu
! liar way, and Congress I'D no business
to interfere with the nia<ter:" !"
Is Jesse d. Bright good authority
with the Democracy ofTrnnklin coun
ty? Hc had made ono set speech in
thirteen years service - the Senate
lie says in that speech published and
circulated under the auspices of "Indi.
anians' Democratic CIuh Washington
d. G.. The TRUTHS, Me President thai
this principle, (of the submission of inn
portant provisions TO a direct vote oil
the peoplo,) so contidcetIy claimed, in
stead Of being sdiatdry, is Ucio,ts" Still
further: 80 strong, ur< President, il
my conviction Of the vici< <IsneS5 of the
principle Of Submitting t<& direct vote
of tho people the .propriety of Che en-.
actment or rejection Of laws, that fol
one l am prepared to crtend the s0me OBJ
lection to the Submission Of entire constita.
tions 10 the same tribunal That Is prel.
ty strong; but he gives q reason. liz
= says Independently Of other objections
to tho submission Of entire constitutions
directly to the people, how can an in.
, feiiigent pote be given by those who at.
: tempt it9" Yes, says "Indiana's favor
tic Son" how can you farmers and me-
chanics give an intelligent vote on your
constitution That is the new right OF
self.governmcnt ushercd in by the leg
islature Of 1854 He says there may
bc forty or fifty different articles In u
constitution, and "how can you have in
telligent voting? "Mr H. thought II
so or 100 delegates could vote intelli-
gently, the people, who wcrc tho sourc,
Of power, aud from whose "consent all
FIRST powers Of government were deri-
we'd" could vote inteIigently also; and
he was for submitting constitutions 10
their approval Mt the ballotbox. Marsh
al Robinson, the administration ret In
Indiana said in his paper Of tho 7th OF
May. 1858:
"Thc terms OF the bill (Grcch- -Eng.
lish) are as we Published last week. 1t
proposes to grant Kansas certain lands
on certa conditions, which, II she ac-
cept, brings her into tAe Union at once.
under The Lecomptoa Constitution II
she refuses 10 accept ale romajns as she
IL, Territory, uuAf " > census shows
her population b, be over $4,000, when
size mako u now constitution and come
into the Union with or without slavery,
rs tho Constitutions when made may
prescribe Nothing is satcfsa either case
about submitting constitutions to- uote OF
the people at the bailot-6ors That hun
bug is exploded and abandoned Mr.
Douglas. It's author Is left floundered
out on dry land, utterly poxsrlcss. in
company witls ~ black RepNrfIcans.
IL Know Nothings and l2 seeding
Democrats.
| The Democracy harmonized on this
subject-thc orthodox doctrine was.
tfat the submission Of Constitutions to
vctc Of the people was n sshumbug.'' -
and they all agreed, with one accord
that il WAS "exploded and abandoned.
But the Republicans stood up for the
old doctrine, and you will find it clearly
stated in tho second resolution Of the
ith of March platform. Judge Hol.
man says, sometimes, that this is new
doctrine with our party. When did
they even deuy the right Of tho people
to make and vote for their own tonsii.
tuition They said, keep slavery ont
Of the Territories, and the pcoplo will
! l,..
slavery constitution. j hey believed
that in framing their organic law. and
IN adopting il, which il the highest act
of sovereignty-a constitution being II
limitation OF their own power--they
should vote directly on the proposition.
They made this issue with -the Democ.
racy on the 4th of March last, and they
expected 10 hold them te Il. The lie.
comptonitcs, shall not be allowed TO
back out from the issue.
PLATFORMS.
Mr. II said he had been trying. since
the 2nd OF August, 10 20: his compcti-
tor to say whether bo endorsed bis
platform or not. lGo had lodged and
equivocated until Tuesday, when the
presence ofD. ID. Jones, or something
else, induced him for the first timo to
say he endorsed IL. But still he refused
10 stand on, or 10 defend il. Can vou
. tell from his speech TO day where h,
stands? Would any man be willing to
hazard committing perjury by maxim.
an affidavit ns 10 his position9 Up tC
the time Of his nomination, he was Anti
Lecompton, and denounced the English
bill as "miserablc, contemplate
dodge" But since then, his position
: has not been "visiblc TO the naked oye,
: or audible to tho eur either. But Mr.
IL. would take it for granted. that II,
honorable man would accept n nomina
tion OF a party while disapproving o
is platform. The first resolution en-
dorscd the Cincinnati platform. Buch
: anan, Breckenridge aud Democrat,
= Congress had interpreted that, and sac
that tho Lccompton iuggle was il
;, strict accordance with it--that IT'S prin
!. clpIes had been literally carried out by
. John Calhoun ard his Lecompton asso
= ciates! The second resolution endorsed
: = The 9th OF January platform, which en-
" dorsed Lecompion in tho fourth resolu
ton, Brightand Fitch in the eighth
n aud Buchanans administration IN III,
|" tenth, without qualification or rcserva
: ton. Tho third resolution acquieScet
aa tIs.k IL. l. -