Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-09-09

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wonld ask, was ia issue in ,thissGdistEicti
But one could be even suggested and he
would dispose of that in. short order
| The Democratic party in an out Of Con
Isfsifiai.i 81 f,ite bf sssfsct the q
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ference Bill, which Fefagred G back t.
the people of. Kansas the; question, oi
admission under the Lecompton Con
stitution. On the I'd Of Aaugust the
people ofthat Territory had it8Sted to
stay out1of the Union, and he ,arejoieed
that he had :, so voted. f., Topeka, was
Kansas must therefore come in under
some constitution yet to be fra1nedI.I"-
Now, the'late5i Democratic State Con-
vention has laid down as asia general
rule of policy that states, ought not here
after to be admitted till they have, a
Fp6puiation sufficient to entitle them to
one Representative in Congress. ? aii.
1t was not principle, but iairule of
policy, and a wise rnle4ulI It7wass one
which, commended itself, to the good
sense Of the country and to the exigen-
icies of the times But it was a practi-
'oab 4ale' and to be in terpFeted and ap-
.plied-with good sense The purpose was
to discourage. that insane rage SO rife of
late, for the. forming ofthew, territories
by Emigrant Aid Societies and other
hot bedaaappliances; and the ihuffyibg
themninte the UiRiona Mith;as mere ,hand-i
ful Of inhabitants. But the State Con
yention wisely restricted it. to future
cases: Oregon was of course to be an
exception, and Kansas already had a
population at least equal to- Ofe5on!-
She, had on the I'd of thisqmonth, poll
ed some, thirteen thousand votes, show
ing population six months ago of near
ly 10000. No constitution could be
framed and submittednto vote Of the
people earlier than the last of next Feb
ruary-not in time to come in at the
next session, but when nearly a years
emigration and increase would have
raised the population to full the ratio
required. The question was,t therefore,
of nc, practical importance; but it had
been made. and he for one, was ready
to meeti it. He meant to spike that gun,
Without moments delay; to Silence the
senseless clamor of -discrimin alton be-
tween slave states and free states-be-
tween 35, 900 in one case and SO, 600 in
the other. Sir, said Mr.. v, by the
grace of God, the votes of the people
and the justice of the House of Repre-
sentatives, long delayed but sure at last,
l have seat,'a voice, and vote in the
present Congress. My competitor pro-
posed to do the speaking and the voting
and the fghtingO too for this Both
Congress, while to me he assigned cold
seat in the rotunda, or squeeze in the
lobby, with oysters for my friends, Aand
a Congress knife for myself Well, sir.
ten happens in this mutable world of
ours, we have exchanged places. I pro-
pose to- do thezspeaking and the voting
for this district during the residue of
the Both Congress. As for the fight;
ing"-well, as there is not much oft to
do, as the Scene of conflict will of course
be always a great way off will not
take that part of it out of his hands. sd
And now, sir, as to Kansas and her
future admission into the Union
IFhencpcr thot. Territory shall present to
Congress a Republican form, Of constitu
ton framed by a contention assembled and
acting 'taeler any colid tato of he1. Terri
tq,fat Legislature and submitted to and
r4tifed by a fair and honest cote. Of the
people, and shall ask admission under 1t
she shah hare n,y vote for Immediate ad-
mission under such constitution tehet7ter
she shall hare fe1o thousands mare or
less than Just ninety three thousand. I'm
mense and long continued applause -
No sane politician, no wise statesman
will ever upon point like this; and es!
peciaily just prior to a''Presiden tial
election, permit even the ghost of the
''Kansas Imbroglio'' to be evoked tho
for but one more shrek, from the grave,
where its miserable carcass is now fes-
tering in corruption and gangrene-
Whenever Kansas shall fulfil these,eon-
ditiens and present herself naturally
and in robes of peace and confines be-
fitting younger member of this great
sisterhood of States, depend on lit she
will be admitted without delay or ques
ton. Practically, the question was of
no importance aud especially IN as much
as the people of Kansas having learned
wisdom in the severe school of expert
ence, would doubtless be in no haste to
undertake the business of a State Gov
ernment. -. a.!t ..s
Mr.. Vallandigham then proceeded to
discuss briefly what he said seemed. to !
be the only ''live issue" in the campaign |
tho late contested election. Contest
ing was an irksome and disagreeable |
business never. to be undertaken but for
rood cause; but he had been forced. in !
to it by the demands of his constituents |
who required that the ballot box should
be purgsd, and also by the threats and
challenges of his competitor and his
friends. He had been ''not only inVi-
ted but DARED to contest he had done
it, and done it we'll too, although it had
been said that there was no man in Day
ton smart enough to do it. He then
read and commented upon hIr. Camp
bells speech at the Phillips House in
October, 1856, and his reply to the first
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