Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-08
False to their Word.
The Shasta Courier says:

The Shasta Courier says:
1--WE ask any Democrat whose eye may fall
upon this article if the last Democratic State Con-
vention endorsed the Lecompton Constitution
HdI not We ask if the Democratic party Of
California has ever endorsed the Lecompton Con-
stituton? H has not. The man who asserts the
contrary, is ignorant, or guilty of deliberate false
hood. Last summers Convention did endorse
the English Bill, but in no particular did it ap-
prove the Lecompton Constitution. Neither did
that Convention in the slightest possible particu.
lar censure those Democrats who could not ap-
prove the Presidents Kansas policy. Tile Demo-
0crdtic speakers eUerylChere asserted their can't.
deRce IN The DenOcrGcy Of Mr.. Douglas dndHose
democrats 'rh0 supported his UielOs. Our citizens
will remember that our representatives every
where in this county enuncated these views. We
presume no one will deny that this was the posi-
ton of the Democratic party in the last canvass.
These facts being admitted, we ask what right
has the present Legislature to censure men for
opposing the LecOmptOn CONSTITUTIONS Gan a
Legislature institute tests OF Democracy? We
have always thought that Conventions alone were
invested with that power. "el then, II the
State Convention did not deem the Lecompt0n
Constitution test of Democracy, have Assem-
blymen and Senator's the right to do so? Clearly
not. Their only duty is to leglslate. The duty
of making platforms" devolves on Conventions
alone.
The above shows that the position of the
editor of the Courier is that Of the right man
in the wroag place. An able writer and an
honest Democrat, but clinging to an organi-
zation with which it is impossible for him
either to sympathize or consistently act A
strong Douglas man. he yet acted with the
Lecompton State Convention in A gust last,
under the vain hope that the organization
resulting from that Convention would prove
itself as friendly to Douglas after the election
as is pretended to be before. We-that is to
say those Democrats who refused to bow the
knee to a recreant Administration-wa warned
the editor of the Courier and all true friends
of Douglas not to give credence to the pro-
testations of love to him (Douglas) which
cane so literally from the mouths of the ma
iority of the leaders Of that organization.
The editor of the Courier, however was anx-
ious to see the party united, and hoped that
it would all turn out right, while thousands
of Douglas voters under the same illusive
impression, deposited their ballots for the
very men, or class of men, who are now en-
dorsing the Lecompton iniquity in the Legis-
lature Of this State. They would not believe
but that these office seekers, whom they were
electing were real, true friends of the Illinois
Senator, and that they would say so as well
after the election as before Good, sound
Douglas candidates for the same positions
were sacrificed and these pretended friends
elevated in their place. No sooner is the
election over than first, the Lecompton pa
pcrs almost unanimously proclaim the victo-
ry triumph over Douglas, and next the Le-
compton Legislature boldly endorses the
whole Kansas policy of the Administration,
from BEGINNING to end, and as a consequence
openly repudiate the doctrine of Senator
Douglas. Never was there more shameful
advantage taken of any people in the world
than thisl The editor of the Courier sees it,
for he proclaims it in the article which we
copy from his paper. Will he, can he remain
with that. organization any longer? Is it
not time for every true friend of Democracy
as correctly expounded by Douglas, to come
forth from among the men who would thus
steal power from the hands of the people by
basely representing themselves for what
they are not and, under the guise of friends
of Popular Sovereignty, shamelessly trample
under foot principles which are sacred to
the hearts Of the Democratic masses who
elected them? Aye, it is true, and We be-
lieve that the people are aware of it,