The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1858-02-12
Tho Presidents Message.

ton fraud, and recommending us auop-
ton, we have not space to publish entire
in our paper to-day. As an exposition
Of the policy and purposes Of the admin
istratiou, il deserves consideration. We
need not say, in our community, where
almost every intelligent man is coguizant
Of the history Of. the incidents in Kan
sas, that it has not even the fallscious
appearance Of fairness. 1t mis- states and
falsiRes history, suppresses important facts,
and shirks the entire points in the contro
veny. II contsdicts itself in some
points, makes bold statements where ar-
gument tails, and resorts to most pitiable
shifts to make out case. All the Pres
ident says Of matters in Kansas, false Ms
it is, and known to be so by the world,
is Of little consequence. We have come
to the point in the controversy, when the
practical question is this and nothing
else. Shall the people Of Kansas frame
their own institutions in their o,en ,cay
The President in good border rufisn
style, says substantially, they shall not, il
it in his power to prevent It, and this is
the issue he makes before the country
There was line when the question was
OF less broad. character, when it was
limited to the simple question Of slavery.
It is no longer SO. The graver question
of Have the people right to frame their
own government, is the one now in dis.
pute, aud which the President by his
recognition Of the Lecompton fraud push
Is before the country. However much
he may bubble and shirk or whatever
assertion he may make, he scouts and de-
rides the doctrine Of popular will. He
recognizes fraud and outrage as proper,
and constitutions made by them as legiti.
mate, and boldly and impudently recon
lnends Congress to force them on an un.
willing people. We have neither the
disposition northe time for extended com.
ment on this message, ourselves, but We
ask public attention to the appended ex.
tracts from an able editorial article in the
Augusta Tri.Weekly Age, published Feb
0, which paper our readers will remem.
Der is opposed to the Republican party,
on the message. The editor Of tie Age
recites many OF the facts in the history
of Kansas, declares that the President
does not give them fairly, and in the fol-
lowing forcible summary gives his rea,
sons for opposing the Lecompton fraud
We cannot agree with tn. President that
the admission oi Kansas under the Lecomp
ton constitution, will give either Is,cs "a
Kansas, vr quiet to tho country On the
cuntrary, We believe, that IL that inst ruiGen'
is forced upon the people. against their
arne-t protest, that event will be the signal
Tor New troubles in Kansas. in comparison
oi which the present difficulties there are
TRIVIAL und unimporttnt; and that the agi
taton which will enrue in the country at
large will b. iclriully augmented Every
r.lhabl, account from Kansas af6rlns that
the people will furcibly resist the attempt to
force the iecompton draft upon them -
T.use most familiar with the state 0f public
sentiment in that territory concur in thi.
opinion. Gov. Walker tells the country 81
SECRETARY Stanton tells il sand IL l.
represented that Gov. Denver now the net.
ing Governor in Kansas, tells the President
that such will he the inevitable result Oi IN
attempt to force the L'compton DRAFT upon
the people Of Kansas.
w. are. therefore. cidedly and unequiv.
oellly opposed to the Lecompton policy Vi
the administration.
We are opposed to IL because the Projec,
is unjust ano wrong In itself.
W. are opposed I ir. b c.use 1t would be
an act. imp. cccdcnt.si IN The history oi the
country, a. force u territrry mt the Unio,
IA State. under u constitution known n
bs obnoxious u vast majority Ut the pen
pie.
We ARE opposed IA Il because the We he
li.ye I. "a be in open disregard and viOlatio"
Of the graf principle of pnpd.ar sovereign
w. "a. enumerated in the Kansas Nebraska
act. and rel Gated in the Cincinnati plat
form.
We lr, opp ,se ! tn Il ~ hains in direct
Conflict with the first principles Of republ'
can goyernu ent-
We are Oppose 10 il as an ill-adv sd AMI
ineYIssiirnt sclrme. threatening to light NJ
tie A,ms vi civil war in Kansas; 10 aug
ment and intensity the slavery agitation IN
tne country AMI endanger the Pa.cs and
integrity Of the Union.
We ars oppps d to 1t as threatening to
weaken if not 10 sever the bonds 0i brother
mnd between the citizens oi different sec-
ton. vi c,mmon cUniedency.
We urs opposed u It rs menacing the
comp'ets disintegraiion, destruction and
overthrow Of the great democratic party .
the Unon-ths only nstio al party in ex.
,.,-nce, and the only hope Of the country.
We are opposed to it as destroying the
onl, principle upon which it is piss,bls to
rally national party in this Republic
We are opposed to i Us certain to annih'
late the Democracy Of the North, when on
the very eve Of u recovery frotn their defeat
consequent on the struggle to inaugunte
the prlLcple OF popular sovereignty on the
ruins Of demolished compromises.
We ure opposed "a Il because It will inaug'
urat. Oh. rein a. insure the supremacy of
s-ctional parties. where tie North must rule
/ a.. - ,,,,h ar tne ninth the Nurth.