Oroville daily Butte record. [volume] (Oroville, Butte County, Calif.) 1856-1858, 1858-01-21

Of the papers, which Classics this gentle.
man as favoring the adoption of the Lecomp-
ton constitution by Congress, and cannot
but regard it ss u mistake Mr.. Toombs
has ever been an able and honest supporter
of the principles embraced in the Kanzas.
Nebraska Act and willing at all times to
abide the decision Of the majority of the
residents of Kansas under those principles.
As showing. his position upon this question.
we make the following extract from his
speech in the Senate, in 1856, on the bill
authorizing the people of Kanzas to form a
constitution Mr.. Toombs then said:
II had again and again, avowed my purpose to
allow the people of Kanzas the right to make their
own domestic Institutions under the organic law and
the Constitution. stood pledged to that policy a.
&public mana pledge which have again and
again, at this session and at previous sessions ret-
iterated my readiness to redes
- was Wiling to give down-trodden Kanzas, if
81 Q be dowi~tIoddeD right 60 make her own insti-
taions undar the constitution, according to her
VAIL. This is the principle Hp0n which | supported
the kanzas-Nebraska bill. | stood upon il in no
fraudulent double sense but as honest ma n ready
to mainta i in the Senate and before the country
atsany and alb times.
II only reGssired fact to be established Is the
Topeka constitution the voice of Kanzas
This is the only question l asked. This is the
sole demand made"
This was his position when the Topeka
Constitution was presented for the accept
ance of Congress, and as a statesman with a
national reputation, we may well conclude
that it will be his position now-that the
sole demand he made then, will be re-itera-
ted by him now. AS further evidence of the
POSITION occupied by Mr.. Toombs, and the
Democracy everywhere, we present the fol-
lowing from Forney's Philadelphia Pres:
''But these friends of expediency further object,
that if the Democratic party do now carry out
their principles and pledges, yetthe Republicans
will not be at peace that they Twill again refuse to
vote, and whore then they ask is the security that
their objections will cease That is also Repub-
lican argument, and urged by them against the
Democratic party. Mr.. SUMNER urged it in 1854,
and on February %, Mr.. TooMBs, of Georgia, thus
replied toit:
'Sir there is another story of ancient history by
which the gentleman might have prohted min
lister came to the Roman Senate to for
peace They asked him, what security do you Of
fer that if grant you this peace it will last and
fair terms and it will be durable and permanent but
give unjust one, and it will not last long
"You should stand upon broad national p,aacir le
then you will have peace The great pacihcation
of 1850 adopted this basis and that be carried out
we shall have a permanent peace
That was then Mr. ToeMBs reply to the objection
of the Republican CHABLEs SUMNER and we adopt
and assert it in to the sxpediency Demo-
Gratis who now follow him, and who seek for peace
through temporary expediency, instead of basing
1t eternal principle
but again say these gentlemen, we have now the
power to settle this questionnot principle to be
sure but to settle it, whether principle, against
principle. Perhaps you have the power, gentlemen,
butto that Republican argument, let Mr.. Toombs
ag:en reply, as he did in 1854:
"The Senator from Massachusetts,, not contented
witb pervertng the history of his own country, mis-
applies the ancient and familiar story of
THtMIsToCLEs and ARIsr1DES.
'THEMsToC, ks wished to take On unj ust advant-
age of the enemies of Athens or tn ore who wersex
pected shortly tn become Forgetful of justice
and right he desired the Athenans, under prospect
of advantage, to destroy the aeets of their friends
and allies.
1.-The scheme referred by the Athenians to
ARIsrIDEs. lie said, true. you CAN do it you have
got the power but Athenians, 1t is UNJUST
I'VE continued Nh. TooMBs appeal to the true
a nd honest men Of the North. as ARIsT,DEs did to
the Athenans gentlemen you can DO this for you
have the ply steal power but it is unjuss We said
that in 1850; and in spite of the Senator from Mas
sachusetts, and all his coadjators here. the free
north, the honeS north, took the same course which
the honest Athenans d under the sdvce of ais-
TIDES. They said 1T is just, and We will not do
it,
These were the sentiments of Mr.. TOombs
in 1858, aud it seems impossible that he
should abandon them now, and adopt The
Republican arguments of expedienry he has
himself so successfully reiuted However,
we would advise the Locompton, expectancy
Democrats, to re-vamp the Re-
publican arguments OF the past six or seven
years. They are just what the expediency
Democrats require but will hardly do for
those who would have a permanent peace
upon broad national principle"
MAN MIssING--Mr. Cappleman of the
Theatre Saloon informs US that one Joseph