The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-02-17

festedN upon principle, but upon expe-
dlency.A AS read the message of the
President, he sanctions it in order that
the country may get rid of the excite
mentfwhioh e has SO dong prevailed on the
subject = What excitement, pray? That
which has been caused repeated acts
OF violence, smothering the popular will
and gagging the popular voice. Its Ian
guage is:-
"Whon once admitted into the Union,
whether with or without slavery, the excite
ment beyond her ownilihits will speedily pass
away, and she will then, for the first time, he
left, as she ought to have been long since, TO
a,anageTher own. affairs in her own way If
her constitution on the subject of slavery CIR
on any other subject, be displsasing to a ma
loritys OF the people, no human power can
prevent them from changing it within brief
periol.'a sIYihri 7e1 hcO3 J'#'lsa ~ ''Ni
In my Judgment q principle vshoala
never be sacrificed to expediencys, But /
deny tho expediecy of the course recon-
mended, and the argument to sustain it is,
to my mind, unfortunate, The, President
says: 'if her constitution, on the subject.
ofslavery, or on any other subject, be dis,
pleasing to majority of the, people. no
human power can prevent them from
changing 1t within brief ,period"o The
organic act promises the people that they
may 'form and regulate their domestic in
stltutions In their own ,way;" now they
are told they should take. a fundamental
law, in the making of which they had no
part, and Of which they totally disapprovs,
because mo human power can, prevent
them from changing it within brief pc.
riod." Now, at the time they seek ad.
mission into the Union, oppression forces
institutions upon them; but wher admitted
that hand will be Withdrawn and they will
regain their rights. This is sovereignty
with suspended animation. ,,et1 =. ,sI
Z ln opposition to the proposed policy of
forcing upon tho people what they do not
want, l place the Democratic ,doe,nne of
popular sovereignty, which will give 10 the
people what they do want = The Presi-
dent requires us to take y new but ragged
garment, and, ,attsmpts 10 comfort as by
saying Il can be patched aud made sound,
Twill never traffic IN goods which are
defective, and will not wear, if ! know It,
notwithstanding ] may buy, Others, VI !
do not like them, l viii never barter
truths for errors, kuowing that I may
support tho latter by sophislries, l ,be,
lievc, with Milton ,thatrrst pol,tf.gs #,
Truth IA, strnnsl Next toithsl .Ahalshty,
she Reedr no pqliuIss, no stratasemN, an. lieeasr
ngs TO make hpr ylolorieuS"'sd, tsdi 7,i,al ,
And l will follow her wherever she may
ead,s !! II from power, then j am against
powsrst IT, from ihen mass, then i am
against tho imass Alr from my frieads,
then l. ap against my friends, If finite
solitude and tho desert. Twill make her
my companion forever Heaoh .aw a >,
The rsles Of the lIouse a,eny mo ti,
time TO pursue. Ahlss branch Of my arau'
lnent further. however, ,muehI shoula do.
sire 10 do no., 4 shall now eontund that
TO adopt The course recommended by Nh,
President TO Congress 70 sapport the ae
lion Of The Leeompton convention, woult
be 10 violate tbeo manifold aud manifss
pledges, Of tho Democratic party touehinl
tho doctrine VI popular sovereignty Ia th'
Territories, isugDsD bnH sbpfal heita,tas
| The main, or principal ground takel
1by the Republican party has been, .ha
the Democracy were NOT to bo trusted ol
quest ons Involving tho interests of slavery
and that their management of Kansa
affairs afforded the sustaining proof. II
Twill NOT do ifor, Us TO say that itaproduee,
no effect supon the pnblies mind. NV
were constrained TO admit tho policy, al
though We denied the justice OF tho appeal
Ia Pennsylvania, within sight aofrsyheat
land, the .hume OF the present. Chief Magis
trste, an n impression had 4 been ifad
against use The reply was ready ant
potent, that Mr., Buchanan, having ia
vored the extension of the .Missour
compromise to. the Pacific, had favorec
the exclusion of slavery from the terrtor,
north of that line,I includinga Kansas
that, he was Q northern man; having al
such, sympathies with the white laborer
and likely, for that reason, to see full jus
tice done himi that he had proved him,
self honest, aud as the resolves of hi
party bound him to the, doctrine of pepu
lar sovereignty, and the sentiment il
Kansas was most Enthusiastically for a. fire.,
1 State, there could be no doubt ahe wouh
see the, organic act fully andaimpartiall!
carried ont, and slavery repressed.k Con
6depcs was rsrestablished spdiia Demo
cratic victory achieved. sIfsahs recen
message could have been then anticipate,
/ do not hesitate 10 express my convic
tiob that Pennsylyauia would have ieas
1sn Immense majority of her votes sgains
him, h His old congressional DISTRICT
4 part of which 1 have the ,honerSto repre-
sent-l know would have spoken in
very, diifereat yoice. You know but lit
tie Of the present feeling in PsnnsylYaui
II you suppose her sols can be- induced Il
support the, yiews ef the Executive regard
ling the Leeompton convention. aTher
is an accusation; of had faith, and leon
fess ! have felt myself unable 10 answer j
and consequently anw.lliug to attempti,
POD =, lConeludsdi neat bsoesh. pas ~