Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-04-03
S TIE ADMISSION OF KANSAS A DEMO
CRATHEyNEAsUREa

II IItA
We are convinced that this government Is en-
tirely dependent for its success upon the Demo
cratic party; that its harmony and triumphs ar
the harmony and triumphs Of the Democracy
The maintenance Of the great cause, then, be
comes . patriotic duty. 1t is often asserted tina
the control Of parties has demoralized the gen
eral Observation-Disclosures public considera
ton for the government-prostituted talent AM
statesmanship, promoted management and In
arigue-shus making our institutions a mere con
v%enience for plumber and peculation. Such art
undoubtedly the impressions of a great many
people impressions derived from the existence
Of public evils inscparable from the opera
tons Of all governments-erils which are moon.
aiderate in our government when compared with
any other great community Of the world. The
ment in this country is to be found in the power
full array of individuals of a portion Of the Union
in opposition to the Constitution. It'll vain to at
tempt to diguise the fact that such combinations
"eaAAS y - IL u Vol vi nv So~Skal1uSAe- Auty
seek to interpolate iuto our system an element Of
tyranny, to abr;dge and oycrwhelm the rights of
a minority, on the plea that it is lawful to war
against O people who recognize the institution of
slavery. They assail the compact of union it
self as o covenant with hell" They seek to
combine the majorities Of the North against the
minorities Of the South, and to exercise supreme
sutherty over the government, that they may
purge it Of all responsibility for the institutions
ef the slave States.
Atthis moment, more than any other period of
our history, is it important that the integrity Of
the Democratic party should be preserved. Fidel-
ity to the faith now, is a virtue, indeed, while in
fidelity is heightened into crime.
For four years we have struggled against a
virulent sectional organization upon the subject
Of tue concerns Of a distant Territory. We have
upon all occasions treated the matter with candor
and fairness. We laid before the country in 1854.
the chart BY which VIZ proposed to sail the ship
of State, in which it was declared that in the Or
ganizatioa of the government of Kansas the peo-
pie of the Territory should establish their -own
institutions. We desired to get rid of the subject
Of slavery which had shaken the Union to it's
very centrc,-to drive it out of Congress-and
a means of doing so,-in complete har-
mony with our institutions,-b leaving that, and
every local concern, to the people themselves.
We were met on that issue by q fierce opposi-
ton, and were defeated in the fall of 1854, in
nearly every State in the North. We were beat
en- but not conquered. Our cause was just-it
right that the people should make their own
government-we stood firm to the principle and
in the following year retrieved our losses.
We went into the fight Of 1856 on the distinct
of the act of 1854, and everywhere,
South and North, denounced the Republicans"
In and out Of Kansas, as Revolutionists md dis
We avowed to the country hat they
had fomented and kept alive the Ka,sas %contro-
with no other than purely pstisan purpos
es. We charged them with deliberate efforts to
agitate the slavery question for dleir W special
benefit, and against every dictate Of honesty and
constitutional right.
When Mr. Buchanan asdpnaed the Presidency it
his duty to appoint q Governor, Secret
and other officers, Apd give them proper ~instruc-
tons with regard ohe administration of the af
Of that Territory. A Delegate to Congress
and a TerritoriJL egislature were elected by the
of the Territory. Fully and fairly the
whole macAidery Of a territorial government was
establisha-established by the concurrent action
Of the Federal Government and the people of
the Trritory. The Legislature thus elected was
duy organized, and had full power, by virtue of
tie act creating 1t, to pass all laws necessary for
he protection Of persons and property, and to
perform all other legislative acts, subordinate to
he Constitution only. I.
In process of time the election Of 18th June
;ame OF. The delegates to the Constitutional
Convention were chosen. They met and framed
Constitution and determined that it should 20
nto effect without submitting it to the people.
they referred the exciting subject of slavery to-
'ote. They did not exceed their powers. They
'xecuted the trust reposedin them, and forwarded
he Constitution they adopted to Congress and I,
for the admission of the State Of Kansas !
INTO the Union. The President expressed the {
conviction that the State should be admitted in
70 her request. ]
Now, II the war that has been made upon the
'olicy Of confederation by the Republicans at
be North, through the instrumentality Of this mat )
er--if our long, earnest, and indignant defence
nean anything, then the admission of Kansas
the Lecompton Constitution, isa Democratic : .
acasure-if q public question, which has created !
aore bitter feeling, more intense political hatred, q
aore stringent party denunciations on the part
the opposition, and which has been more earn
silly defended by the Democracy than any other,
: . party measure, then the admission Of Kansas
= q party measure. Who says ii isnot!