Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1858-03-26

claim to be. We did not condemn tn,
worthy men that compose the President
Cabinet Gas we are charged to have done;
what We said Of them was literal quota
tion from the =. NJ. s resolutions it wa.
he that said they were men of "qualifieC
honesty )" we quoted his words, to show
that he either did not understand language
or was anxious to give them sly dig
1t is really ridiculous for him to say .ha,
We condemn the Cabinet when the only
words that look that way are literally
his own.
As to our condemnation Of Senator
Bigler, we plead guilty, if, as We said, he
now is endeavoring to thrust a Constitu-
ton upon the people of Kansas against
their consent, aud even against their most
earnest protestations When Senator Bi-
gler took the old Democratic ground that
We all took in the campaign of 1896, and
that is still adhered to by such life Ion 9
Democrats as our own Gov. Packer, Gov.
Wise of Va, Douglas, Stuart, Broderick,
Walker, Bancroft, and many thousand
others who have been recognized as lights
!, LII
/ SHALL BE PERMITTED TO CHOOSE THEIR
OWN FORM OF GOVERNMENT, VIC with all
/ good Democrats, were heartily with him
( If Mr.. Bigler has abandoned that great,
/ fundamental principle of Democracy, he
deserves no better fate than any other man
who in an evil hour has proved recreant
to his integrity Of principle. We do not
subscribe to the doctrine that "the King
can do no wrong" In this, we differ
from you and your friend the F. NJ. We
have never thought it the great mission of
the Democratic party, to be mere appcn-
dage to men in power-a sort of kites
tail to follow them wherever they may
. choose to load 1, has been the boast OF
this land of freedom, and especially so of
the Democratic party, that this is a gov.
ernment BY the people, not OF the people;
that the people are the sovereign; but
let It once be understood that rulers nav
change their principles at pleasure, and
that, unless the people will blindly change
with them, they must be denounced as
traitors to Democracy, and must be sneer.
ed out Of the party, then our Democracy.
nay our liberty itself is crushed out.
We remember that our party, up to a
very recent date, was unanimously in IA
vor of letting the people in Kansas decide
upon their own local institutions. That
was our position before the Presidential
election; and when, in the commencement
Of Pres. Buchanan's administration, the
Philad. Press boldly announced that
doctrine, it was hailed by all of US as
giving the lie to what our political oppo-
nents predicted would be the course of
Mr.. EuchananS administration. Our z.
NJ. himself, in an ecstacy of delight over
the sentiments uttered to De true Uemoc-
racy, and at once got up club for the
paper. 1t was not until it was discovered
that few leaders at Washington deter
mined otherwise, that change crcpt over
the minds of some, who had innocently
thought they were right before. If De-
mocracy means, that the people are to
have no settled, well grounded convictions
;n5S n 5YiSfbt and wrong, no right of private
mc9ts unless t65yht to utter their senti-
to them that rule, freedom OF sfeephancy
to praise, but not to condemn, public
conscience so pliable as to stretch and
sbri.I. 30 ~---y -l.;... aud caprice OF men
in offcc-if it is not to think, but to be
thought for, then are We not now, nor
have we ever been, Democrats. If, on
the other hand, Democracy meaus, (what
our fathers taught it to mean Govern
ment in which the supreme power is
lodged in the hands Of the people, the duty
of the strong to protect the weak in every
inalienable aud constitutional right, that
has sympathy with the oppressed, and
hates the oppressor, that recognizes the
people as sovreigns and rulers as servants,
that guarantees right Of "oDoeience and
liberty of conscience and liberty Of speech
that would disdain to throw its broad
mantle over any who are mere slaves of
other mems opinions-;hat has no odious,
servile tests of fealty to party, but meas
ures men by their manhood, and their
devotion to right, instead of dealing out
favor to them who "bend the supple knee,
that thrift may follow fawuing" .....If
that be Democracy, than are We now and
ever expect to remain true to her faith.
la conclusion, we would say. to you
and the redoubtable 2. NJ, that we ask no
favor. You can "let your dogs of war
loose" upon us. You can not swerve us
from our right by sneers, nor frighten US
by the foolish cry of f"Black Republican"
You know that the p MS resolutions
were fraud upon the party. To that,
We want to hold you. And because We
have said what we have thoug ht, no i'm
beetle jeers Intended to make US odious in
the eyes of the party can do US harm
You need, therefore, not hold your friend
any longer, but let him do all he threat
ems to do, and We will bide the conseqen-
ces =. BILLMEYER.
HENRY FRICK.
MODERN DEMoCRACY.-Buch 5 or
gan, the Washington Union, gives vent to
its feelings in the following characteristic