Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-09-27

On esssmporary, u Deaklas organ Of this ei
=, N In sabrs 10 exs<icaae itssf from the incon
sis,ene, and sbssrdity Of h pestios. in support
NJ Dbaxlss Tor tks rrssidsney, in preference b
m, other snas North. save one" thus makes .
dean tssss ~: -.
W beiseved. IN Soanon with the great. body Of
s.s sssss sasas Knness wvald he's slave State, and
nc > and. The Dsmscrsry dad everything ~
q their .s.sxee ~ iseks Il slave Sfase; bot the
Saef Si3 than G. ts,er The slaves or the popna
siar Ia Ss,s, .hsre saaee abe institutions Of the
q.r~;tnrv asd our efE1ts f'ilod, IS all human Of
t,4ts were ebiisf % Gail ID saoh a contest.
&c. There arr tw, psints IN the above which deserve
notice. First the declaration that 'the Dcmocra.
az did ssst. thing in sheir power 70 make Kansas
slsss Stale. Le. N zee. The Democracy. by
which we mean, the Democratic Administration.
commenced making Kassas slave State by APP
pointing fsuR sonsscstiss s0ovsraoss from the
North IL No aass selessing ess from the South
rhsss msu, - subsequent events have proved,
were IN opposed - slavsry in Kansas--a fac.
vhiaA Was doabtlsss known to the appointing pow
ser. But whsa, dsspiss these adverse oirenmstan-
a. sConstisatisn was adopted recognising slave
~. snd the question Of The admission Of Kansas
in the Union came tobe oonsidered, the originator
az he Kansas Bill the leader Of the Democracy in
the Senass, and the Republicans second choice for
she Presidency. arrayed himself against the meas
ure, and defeated Il
This Is the way the Democracy labored to make
xa.sss slave sssss.
Bot, quoth our neighosr: "The South did not
have either the siares or TIC population to se"d
sAer, 10 sAaps the iastifmAons ofthe Territory and
Our sssrts 1sled, ~ oil As~an .6arts eers Obliged
10 fal ID ssck cosfesL" Now. did hot Douglas
know this when he offered hrs empty boon to tho
Soashf., Was hs NOT psrfecsly aware that upon
his popular sovereignty theory. the North would
.es.l, the Tesvisory snd shape It's Institutions;
tia. in :she Language a President PIERCE, The
r:fl uss . prDpaAisioa ier freedom'''
VI. believed il aud 80 recorded our o'inon at
The t;ne. The Rep.siioaa, when il was clamor.
;as fer hi. measure, should have known that the
sou,A was 10 ne position ~ oosnpete with tho
North in the settlement II the Territories, md IN
the race the South iacised by douglas miserable
saaas,er sovereignty hnmbug, would certainly he
overwhelmed. Nothing could have been written
,laiosr in the book Of fate. Taking this pract-
o.l. csuuon-ssose view Of tho subject where, we
ask, did the necessity exist to ag,ase tho country
upcn \ question which. for ell practical PURPOSES
was mere abssracsionf
.Our qaarrel with Douglas does not result from
the fact that Kansas was refused admission undor
the Lecompton Constitution, but because We be-
iieve him TO be q iow-aung demagosue. who pur-
posely deceived and betrayed our section Of tho
Union. Upon, this point we beg leave to submit
the following, from that staunch Democratic jour-
nal, the Memphis Aralanche Says tho Acatanche:
DOUGLAS DISHONESTY
Judge Dougias's friends. in their anxiety to
cover 10 his Inconsistencies are now insisting
that lie has never changed hs opinions on the ter
ritorial question he has always contended
for the doctrines which he now holds on that sub
jsct II this be 50, and shall not controvert it
here be has been worse than incnnsIstent--he
has been guilty Of the most fagran, dishonesty
To prove this we have only 10 refer tho country
"a the history Of the Kansas Nebraska controvcr.
sy. vi the bill which it involved was before
Gc,.re-s lae wings Of the South who voted a
ar,.s, IA t8ainptol 10 Justify their conduct in
6nns 40 upsn 10 ground that it embraced the
j. Ile d squatter sosersgnty-a doctrine which
.hs9 r,sistei srl correctly, tho, W. As ia.mical
t. .es .nsti,ot.on Of slavery she Wlmot proviso
i,-e,f The ,curns,s OF Ceng-"ss will show that
iterateu aud repeated by Bella and others; and ~
often a. made. was contradifted aud secuted by
the supporters Of the bill, be tn in end out Of Con-
gress. Mr. Douglas heard these denns made
day BY day for weeks and months. lie saw aud
listened 70 Toombs, and Benjamin. aud Clay. and
others Indignantly denouncing the charge as u
Misrepresentation Of the language and meaning Of
the bill, aud never once raised bis voice TO say
that they were not correct 10 doing SO. Now.
however, that tsaits his purposes TO do So he pro-
claims that the squattsrsuveregnty heresy is
clearly contained IN the BILL and that it was upon
this idea that Northern democracy embraced and
sustained it. IL this fair dealing? IL this politi-
cal honesty. and 10 Il saeh condnotas should char
acterise stasesnca occupying. Judge Douglass
Of shs presidency Il Jadss Douglas believed
when the bill bsfors Congress thar il embraced
the doctrine he now oontends for. was it not his
daty "A an honest statesman and fair man tu
have told those who denied il at the time that
they were mistaken Ia their Interpretation OF its
meaning. instead Of waiting until Il had become
the law II The land aud Q fxed principle in the
answer in the affirmative. Judge Douglas friends
must do 80, and In doing 10, concede that no is an
unsafe and unreliable statesman-a man utterly
untitled, by his Disregard Of the laws of Justice
and fair dealing. to GA tho high position to which
he is aspirngi II had besn better for his cause.
and far more ereditable IN his character ns an
honest politician for his friends to have canie,sed
him Inconsistent than to have proved him dis
honest. In the one case he might have been ex-
cused, but ia the other he muss be Condemned by
all fair-dsaiing and rightthinking men.
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