New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-29
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pote and ehould not therefore pay H. financial po)icy
Mr. COMINS (Mass. reviewed 'ne n''oD ,';p -
~ GI.t'a...1;o, showing the inc0nris"neic' DO
fxecn The Pr side ut and the Secretny % a., ,,o,;n
roon that subject. He conteh1eu tu. W. hv
Of Bsnkrupt law to Scs! vtb disastrous result
tne Of the country. II was br TIDE people
go E,itsd States, not for COhse 5, " esuia'o ''o
% S,o rtbose Institutions. .
conduct oI.xMkN (p,pnl said that he compelled
mr. MI, from the view OF the President oD ttc Kan
" question and Lis opposition TO me ffe:'uen1
.n.tnsn|ot: but Kansas affairs did not arse from an
Injection 10 Slavery but was based on iousaHuo"
N YIsnlv understood namely: a vocation OF De
Io-es nrinciple in the Kansas-NecraSha Acti t3ash
h;n 10 support the LecOmpton Constitution wou'u ne
-, ,nsut him by casting usPioiou on his utegiHy, IKE
c;,lt stand alone but be would mol par VIII uis '0o
y. ~ LSaL,s Gov throne He knew that different mo
,ves would be attributed to him II his cohduct Dear
ing Immediately remotely on oou;neIu "S r W
lions should subject him 70 the a1atncuia1 VI p:S
Soptbep friends 80 be IL. He shouiu nov coceai MS
80; Ia order IN ain cbaractaOle Constitution.
IRE ettemrt made 10 force the lecohp'Sn Gohs'uH,
t;oo on an unwilling people, by force w Ieu1, Houu
ndnce him 10 resist il. lie would grant u NJ pleen
- Re claimed for himself, namely; the exercise
:L,s % ,be;r frIInees conferred by pure law and
,ibsrty This was the golden and constitutional rule
sannd Alike both for ind, iduals and States. He
srorg,y denounced the frauds and impOstonS on the
nsonie Of Kansas, Slavery having been fastened on
Them 10 bold defiance of their sacred rights. lie could
nat lend himsolf to any movement TO undermine the
founoation on which legislation rests or fssiiy the
pedges made by Democrats to The people of the coun,
Nv In auding to the Presidents Message, he said
he always knew hat Slavery was a peculiar insttu-
ron but never knew before il embraced all tue do
nestle in situations in which, by the kansas-Nebraska
law the people were 10 be ctt perfectly free 10 ac III
their own ysv This doctrine Of popular sovereignty
* not now 80 populr as it was. 1t was formerly
supposed TO mean something, giving the
ptcpe power over oil their domestic INST
tutions but row, rs thought by tne fIeSuen!, IL
~ 10 be sweated down 70 the contemplate dimensions
as 20 whether they shall hold negro III bonds or not
This il all the extent of popular sovereignty ne
csse, however, is worge-it IL false prc'ehse. me
question of Slavery could not be voted on because OF
-nroyiso In the JecomptOn Constitution rendering 1t
mrpssible az it is declared that Slavery shall not De
nteriereo WITH as it now EXISTS ana IL now eAi9's III
Karlsas Just a. firmly as in South carolina. ny was
the first time he had learned that II was Free state
where negroes and their issue can he held as slaves,
and where the institution shall no. be disturbed.
Were Democrats bound TO support the Lecompton
CONSTITUTION simply because 1t was Executive appro-
baton He should as soon admit bastard to
be lawful heir, as that Constitution 70
he the representative of the sovereign VIII
of Kansas. 1t has lawful blood in It, The kantas
Legislature never was lawful BODY, ana hence Iho
acts emsDatng from il were illegal. Ruifsnism has
there held sway from the beginning 10 the present
time and in order to conceal this from everybody,
efforts had been made to conceal the fact How had
il occurred that no Democratic officials had Deen iound
Four Democratic Governors were successfully sent
hither and all returned telngthe same story IN nearly
the same words that sovereignty was crushed out of
Kansas. The replyto the question what Is 70 De zone
with those who vote against the LecOmpton Consttu
ton was given in South4p newspapers; they are 70
be braided have their es SLIT and then read ont OF
the Democratic party, but care must 10 taken that
too many men of the North are not read out
of that organization lie thought he had pretty dis
snct recollection Of the necessity which existed for
strenuous efforts TO secure the vote of Pcnnsyvana
Tor buchanan and remembered, too, what KIND OF
seno the South had lest the Presidency should iali
an sectional party. Might ne not then imagine why
the soldiers in that contest should be slaughtered 80
unceremonously to support the lFcompton ConstIu,
tion? Was he TO support that Degotten N 1raud anu
brought forth in iniquity! He scorned t1e recohi-
mepdstion to admit Kansas on the ground OF eFpe-
dency in the absence of right. II was III airect Nl1
ation and contempt Of pledges which had oecn mace
10 the peope and vioative OF the title ny when Mr.
Buchanan holds his present position. HAD the fr'l-
dents Annual Message been read before the eection
Of IS there is no telling how large majority would
have been returned against him. Let hansas ne
foroedinto the Union with the LecOmpon CONSTITUTION,
and there will be end Of nationGl platforms ana
the beginning Of sectional Presidents -
Mr. SHERMAN rec apitulated the history o. N"hSas,
and said that the FTce-Stste men mere nave coh
more IN their courage TO our institutions there
against fraud and violence, than any other people ce
the foundation Of the Government. II an endcaVc
il made 60 force the Leeompton Constitution thefe
Il must be by the strength OF arms, for every aSpr
alton of liberty will be against such an attempt
The Committee then rose aod the House adlcurned.