The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1858-11-12

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ai The rsadinsa with which os
ssighbos oi che Courier vesrs srouot
aod seis HE sail to "catch the propi
tioos breeze" 10 truly astonishing
During the late canvass he took do
cided ground in favor Of the Eng
lish hill, at enc time expressint
himself In language % follows:
"fs (ths English billy 10 10 substance
ss was published ia the last Issue oi
the Courier, and provides for the sub
mission OF the Lscompton Constitution
10 the people OF Kansas. This 10 all
any Democrat has contendsd for, and
OF course the Law should prove sccep,a
BILE 70 the Democracy Of the country
And at another time stated th'
position of the Democracy thus:
THE Democrats were not willing
thst Kansas should como In, unless un :.
der the Lscomp,on Constitution. until
it was known that she has sufficient
population 10 enti,le her to q member
OF Congress. Hancock Courier.
So entirely did he consider tls Q
position Of Douglas q her ,sy, that
he cnuld not be induced by any per,
suasion, to publish Douglas speech
in opposition to the English bill.-
Our readers will recollect that we
importuned him from week to week
to give this speech place in his
columns, but he persistenily refused
and thus made every possible effor,
to keep his readers in the dark, as
to Douglas opinion Of the bill, lest
il might work the defeat OF the Ad.
ministration party, Now, here is
what Don2lss said OF that obnoxious
bill, in this much dreaded speech:
II submit the question whether Il is
not Congressional intervention. when
you provide that a Territory may come
in with one kind OF Constitution with
forty thousand. and with a different
kind OF Constitution. not until ste gets
ninety thousand. or one hundred and
twenty thoussndi Ii 10 Intervention
with Inducements to control the result.
I, 10 Intervention Of bounty on the one
side and . penalty on the other.-
I ask, ere we prepared to construo the
ersst principle OF popular sovereignty
in such q manner 40 will recognize the
right OF Con ress TO intervene and con.
'rol the decision thss tho people may
make on This question:"
"lf you hold out large grants, and
perunisry Inducements, 10 influence the
affirmative vote, and terror Of stay ing
ont OF the Union TO influence the mega
rive vote, | submit, the question whsih.
er the people sre left perfectly free to
form and regulate their institutions OF
no,i Insist that where there ere in.
ducemsns or the one side and penal.
ties on the other, there 10 no freedom
OF election. The election must bs free.
The electors must BE- left unbiased by
the action efths government. II you ore
going TO havs. fair elections and fsi,
,ecision. ~.
For those reasons do not think tha
this bill brings the question within ths
principle which hsvs held dear, and
IA defence OF which I have stood here
f,rth last FIVE months, battling sgsins,
,h' large majority Of my political
friends"
It will be recollected thst oul
neighbor took the ground Of the Le
comEton Democracy, that the Le.
compton constitution was fairly sub.
mittsd to the people Of Kansas BY
the English bill. and that the land
ordinance was not Of the nature Of q
bribe, and did al he could to sus
tain tho position Of the Leoomptor
wing of the party. Well, the cleo.
tions having transpired, and Buchan.
an and his sdherents having beer
ground to fine dust, under the wheel,
'f true popular sovereignty, BY Re
rul,licans % straight.out anti-Lc
compton Democrats, the editor o
the Courier let's 90 old Bucks Goa,
tail. hoists his rooster q the head o.
his columns, and hurrAhs lnstily 70,
Douglas, for whose success he did
not contribute the first mite, but on
the contrary, did everything posi-
hie 10 give success to the very prin
,tciples Douglas opposed. and which
made him formidable in the lat,
contest. His attempt to attach him
self to Douglas interests, after III,
crushing defeat Of his patron, Blu
cLsDsn, 10 no little ridiculous. II.
hardly dared to mention HE nam,
during ths late political contest, an,
now hs sims to mako him bis pstro,
saint.
f.... Ititnois Eiecstos.
Ths spccess Of Douglas 10 lllinoi
ives mainly owing to the sdvautag
he had In the members OF the Leei,