New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-23

ir5insrtu. 20 Their nights and the enjoyment OF
free government Is TO have submittsi patiently 20
such onirsge ssd intoersbb oppression sad wro1g
thst then there Ges SO;ism IN the GA World, \
urdsT which wo1i not soon have lived as under !
the tyrsnnicsl and iron desp0tsn OF Dsnocr sey. l
Tsarks 20 Godl the doctrine did not pfoval; aad
thsnks TO God the people are resolved 10 be le fse
10 chooee their own form Of governDert,se defiance
CT brides Os ed the nsud, abd tbs threa's on
he other Of the Dcm0crstiok.p Sta,s gbts
party, that kOds the rIgs 81 government 10 It's
hsnJs, trust FIR limited period oayi for ii aHer
THE they shall be retained IA Poser. the norsl effect
saj virtne Of the action Of the people VII been
thrown away.
Does tits action Of the party indeed constitute De
rnocracyi Ii esse parallel 10 this could occur 10
england il would dnve sny Ministry lrto everlasting
disgrace, Il no more. II France. l. would produce
revolution that De- power Of government could resist
Ip Russs Z would BE regarded as an act Of dsestH-
bic tyranny, against which the sers Themselves would
rebel YET here, II is claimed evidence Of Demo
cratic consistency and adherence TO the principles Of
4 true Democracy
n Look again az the question Of the admission Of
Kansas under a new constitution. Every Southern
Democrat hiss already voted for !ts admission, under
constitution that The people Of Kansas have dlsa-
vosed, rejected ard spuned. T1ey were offered ad-
mission with their - OuO population II they would y.
1oIe al tha. had passed, stItly Themselves and yield
obedience 10 the diCtatOu Of the Federal Executive
and Congress; end now, since they hsye indignantly
rejected tue briDe and spurled the threats VII CD ac-
eOupsped TT j. recommended y the representa-
tive Cf the Democratic Sts.e-Righs party that
rule shall be adop ed for the admission of Kansas and
another Oregon and al the other Territories OF the
United States.
MAY we not ask, in the name Of Heaven, what has
this Government cone 20 IN what direction are NE
drifting What haven are We TO reach l. his De-
mocracy j. this Justice IL this honesty Is this
Constitutional Liberty Is this what our fathers
fought for Is tnis State Rights l. one Territory
70 be let free to form government 20 SUIT sei and
another 70 BE- required TO frame 10 suit the Pres-
dent or the Democratic party Is this the way the
d agitation,
| harmony 20 our already distracted country! Yet
where s that party which looms up in bold rthe for
the equality and soyere Hiy Of all the States Where
thar Deuocrscy that il always ond sonieu N pro-
csiuog the equality and sovereignty OF the people
mt perhaps the most glazing Outrage ever yet per
petraed, proposed, against the nights of q STATE,
may be found IN the action Of the Democratic party m
the Senate Of the United States in relation TO toe ts0
Democratic Senator's who we're confirmed IN their seats,
when there were no authorized legal contestants %
dispute tnem, AID at tine when their votes were sup
posed TO be necessary for the passage OF the Leconp-
ton Constitution, the English Monnomery bill, as
| If was called-snd who were alleged 70 have been
elected in violsiion Of the Constitution and laws Of
Indiana and DOW, when the Legislature Of that Safe
bss elected two ether Senator'S according n the pro-
Visions and requirements of their Constitution, ana
seIt them a. the representatives, of ber sovereignty
! 70 Washington, they fnd the doors OF the S3nsts
Chamber rudey closed sgsirs, them, 90 the ground
that the Senate being made the judge OF the elections,
returns and qualifications of ts members, the csse
is sdiudged by their psre decision, and they
have power 60 behind their act ID ascertain
whether not fraud or wrong las been COMMITTEES.
This partakes Of The nature Of the Leconotoo
case and raises the question to whether the Sena
tors Of Indiana shall be elected by the legislative body
Of that State by the Democratic party in the Senate
I Of the United States.
have no time 10 EN- er into an argument of this case
but call attention TO of grave and great consd
GRAFTON, which would lot have been rased with any
Southern State in this Union; and if II hal been,
would have led 10 consequences ever TO be deporec-
and az it is, presume we have not jet heard the last
I to-, rt~or,a I.un rgall
yet have heard one voice raised against 1t by the
State Rights party Of the South.
One other attempt At encroachment the rights Of
the States must not be overlooked, aud 70 which beg
to ca the attention Of the oolntTy, and conceive
OF few cases callog loudly for the anathemas
and deInnciaions of the Rights party, snd for
their ntsrposion in defense of the rights of tue States
al ude to the recommendation OF Mr.. buchanan in
his Message 10 Congress in 1857 aod agao, after
twelve months dehberstion repeated IN 1898, that
Congress shsl pass Baa krupt law, TO be applied TO
the State corporations, banking institutions created
by the States. That is to say the power being con-
oeded to the State Governments to create ineoIpora
iors they claim for the General Government the
power 20 DE 5.Toy.
Each Government is supposed TO be distinc. in ia
several organization; escl State 5yernment sovsr
egn and independent of all the rest so far as the State
Governments concerned; and each, likewise, sep
arate, distinct and Independent of the Federal Gov.
eminent in the exeIcse Of ali those rights not granted
10 the General Government.
Yet, here is State. Rights Democratic President
Ginning the power and twice recommending the pas
rage OF 8 law by which Congress takes under liz
guardianship the institutions the Sates created
by State authority. Take my own State for example, |
AID only take that because / know Of the in
,erest held by that State in her baking institutions
than do OF any other.
In Virginia, there lie lot an incorporated bank in !
which the State itself lie not large stJckhOlder, /
IL there 8 railroad corporation in which il has r0t 81
interest of three-ffths more. cns,s such 80 We |
had in 1857 on; the banks throughou toe
try suspend specie psyments they apply to the Safe
Legislatures TO legslzs the suspension which is done
and then in the Congregational law to force them
Tito bankruptcy. Here IL conflict between the State
ard Feceral Goyern meats which is TO prevail! As !
Rights man, always prepared TO stand up mau
fully for every legitimate rgh, Of the States, main
tain that Il is paradox 10 suppose that the power is
anywhere given TO one Government to create, and 10
aLO.E er 10 destroy.
II the State OF New-York has the constitutional and
legal power 10 incorporate her backs she has the /
power to authorize lcgaze suspension Of specie
payments whenever che thinks the interests Of her
people require III and there ID power earth that
csn legsy interfere with i. The government Of the
United States bar Do more authority TO counterfeit the
legislation OF New.YOlk than the Russian or British
Government would have. Yet, there is the PROPOSE
ion, second time made, after interval Of a year.
by Stale Rights President; and If the Safe ghts
party do not ADOPT IL It is because they lost all
oonfieroe in The President OF their choice because
they regard him settDg star, while star of
greater magnitude is risng in different quarter; but
certainly, they have raised cutlery against il,
attack the rights of the States; and, coming from
the head Of the party they be held responsible
for il as Democratic proposition uut they have uu
equivOcaly repudisted and condemned II.
Where, then, rests the claim of that party 10 the
creoi. Of being eithef the StateRghts Democratic
party Of this country
Within the last eighteen months we have passed
through = commereisl revnlsion that has destroyed
confidence, blasted credit, hooked up capital crippled
the revenues Of the country left the puolc Treasury
Dat krupt brought us al into condition that REQUIRES
I'd 10 do