Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-09-16

the opportunity" The Lecompton Constr
tuition came TO Washington for acceptance
by Congress, and the Democrat party de
manded kat II should be accepted. Now the
fight changed. The Republicans demand
el that the Democrats should keep their
pledges, and carry out their doctrine of
popular sovereignty" They out-fanked
the Democracy, and while fighting them IN
front got position in the rear, and pour
ed III close and leadly fire from the pop
ular sovereignty" position. The effect was
damaging, for one of the Generals Of Di
vision with his whole command refused 60
obey the Commander-n-C Chief, and resol
we'd to stand on his old position and shoot
whoever attacked it, whether friend or foe
But the main body slowly drew ofrirom the
popular sovereignty" ground, and have
never occupied it since. Right at the time
when the fnl6lment of their pledges would
have ended the struggle at that point. and
secured a victory, the Democratic party
violated every pledge, and placed them
selves upon a great abominable fraud.
! In this position the parties contended
through the winter. The Democrats made
that fraud the test of party fidelity. The
Republicans fighting slavery extension in
/ front had now turned the flank OF the De
mocracy, and were using the popular sor-
ereignty" battery on them effectively. Ia
the spring an effort was made to recover
the old position, and the forces were put
under the command of dcserter who was
presumed to be best acquainted with the
road back But the effort was failure
Instead of leading them right back by the
road they came, he undertook TO get back
by round about way, so as to appear not
to be retracing his steps, and, under the
intentional bewidermcnt produced by the
advice Of the guides, Stephens and Green.
whom he trusted, he led them into-tie
swamp of the English Bill. Instead Of
giving Kansas the power to choose any con
stitution she wanted, it was provided if
she would fake the I.,eomptOn constitution
she should hare five millions of acres of
land. and if she didn't take that. she
shouldn't have any constitution at all til
she doubled her population, or more.-
This was the result of the effort to get back
to the popular sovereignty position.
Thus the Democratic party, af-cr piedg
inf itself togive Kansas such eonstitt
tion as the people wanted. and after III:
state Of parties hal become sucl as 10 make
it certain that an adherence to that pledge
would end all trouble about the territory.
admi: il as a free State, and reduce the
contest to the plain well markell line OF
slavery extension or no slavery extension.
unembarrassed BY questions. Of fraud or
violation of the popular will. broke its
pledge, accepted minority constitution en-
I acted by fraud. and in striving 10 redeem
that blunder only succeeded into the worse
one of tryins to 5ri5s the territory toacoept
slavery constitution. in this position it
I now stands. The popular sovereignty po-
siticn has never been regained. The party
organs the Washington Union. the Rich
mond South, the Charleston lMrcury, all
declare that, having refused the Leconp-
ton Constitution. Kansas shall not come in
to the Union till the population required
By the English bill be attained. There is
no mistake about this. Here the party
planted itself in passing that bin, and new
/ that the people OF Kansas have voted on IL,
here the party organs still declare it shall
stand
Such has been the course and result of
the contest throughout the Union. up to
this time But the Democratic party of
this State has been trying to slip of from
the main body and sneak back to their old
position in the dark. They now say that
Kansas should be admitted with any lawful
constitution she may present, without ref
erencs o her population. This is plain
abandonment of the position of the whole
party, and it only remains to be seen If they
can. or will dare TO persist IN such de-
sertion We hazard nothing in saying
that every man of them will recsnt when
hauled up before the party Court Martial
next winter, and made to answer to the
charge ofdeeertion j. w Blake. Holman.
and Secrest, the Sentinel, New Albany
Ledger, and every candidate or organ that
is now repudiating the English bill viii
have to fall back into the ranks when ths
muster is made for the fight in Congress.
I They feel uneasy now They are afraid Of
the Republican out posts that stand n,ena-
cinsly in their front. And they are trying
to dodge them. Real Blake's letter, and
the comment of the Sentinel on it, and it
will be seen distinctly that nothing less
than dcsertion from the party position ~
avowed. Shall it avail them. They ran
away from their popular sovereignty"
position last winter at the command of the
President, and marched into the English
I swamp at his command, and now they are
trying. withou. any command, and against
the express orders of the leaders, to sneak
away. Shall they do it? Let the people
Of Indiana watch them, and hold them TO
the responsibility of the position they have
taken. Whatever the English bill is or
does. they approved it. 1t Is their meas
ure, and they must abide by At The peo-
pie must determine the course Of the party
by the action of its main body and lis lead
ers, and not by the frightened movements
of squad of towards Indiana Demo
Gratis will have to come back to the Eng
lish bill, and their desertion OF it now,
whether from fright or fraud, cannot effect
the position of the party.
Thus the 6ght appears now The Penn
osratic party has left its p npular sovereign
ty position, and is standing along the line
of slavery extension. with the Kansas wing
now posted in the English swamp, AMI the
!, Inaiana regiment trying to run away With