The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-06-10

| ced to the country at the very moment Of hi
entering upon the duties of his Office:
"What happy conception, then, was
| for Congress- 10 apply this simple rule-that III
will OF the majority shall govern-to the set
| tlement Of The question of domestic slavery il
| the territories Congress is neither so lpgis
| late slavery into any Territory or State, nor Il
| exclude it therefrom,' SO. As natural con
sequence, Congress has also prescribed tha
when the Terlit tory of Kansas shall be admit
| ted as State, it shall be received into tht
Union with or without slavery, as their con.
situtlon may prescribe at the time Of their ad-
mission
ga difference of opinion has arisen as to the
point OF time when the people of territory
shall decide this question for themselves.
"FhIs Is, happily, matter of but little prac-
ticaI importance. Besides, II is judicial ques-
ton which legtimately belongs TO the Su-
preme Court of the United States, before whom
It is now pending, and will, it is understood,
be speedily and finally settled. To their de-
cisl0n, in common with all good citizens, shall
cheertully submit, whatever this NAV be,
though it has ever been my individual opinion
that, under the Neb raska Kansas act, the appro-
pirate period will b. when the number of ac-
tual residents IN the territory shall Justify the
formation of a constitution with view 10 its
admission as a State into the Unlon."
Take these doctrines, thus approved and de-
Tended by Col. Forney in language of unboun-
ded and enthusiastic euiogy, and compare them
with the principles which he and his associates
lately proclaimed at Harrisburg, and then say
who has stood firm and true. For the purpose
Of making the comparison, we reproduce one
of the resolutions of that body. 1t is as fol-
lows:
ResOlUed, In the language of Stephen A.
Douglas, s't nl7tters not Wfat tcny the Supreme
Court hereafter decide as to he ABSTRACT question
1Ctether slarery may or may not 90 into a Ter
rit0ry Under the constitution; tie people hare
The iaUcfUL means 10 Introduce II or erciuds II.
as they please, for the reason thGt siaoegy can
not exist a day or an hour anytUhere uatesS ii
IS supported by local police regulations. Those
police regulations can only be established bv
local legislation; and if the people are oppo-
sed to slavery, they viii elect representatives
to that hody who will, by unfriendIy legisla-
ton, etiactuaiIy prevent the introduction of il
into their midst. If, on the contrary, they are
for il, their legislation will favor its extensloh
Hence, no matter what the decision of the Sa-
preme Court may be on the abstract question,
still the right Of the people to make a slave
ss9fflBitqsV~aEa. free Territory Is perfect ana
Will Col. Forney attempt to reconcile The
doctrines of the SiIiman letter and his own
editorial with the principles OF the foregoing
resoIutions2 Mr.. Buchanan and his friends
stand now where they stood then. Col. For
nev, at that time, saId they were right, and,
with the pride of true Pennsylvania Demo-
crat, he called upon the National Democracy
everywhere to rally TO the support OF ''the
Presidents old fashioned Pennsylvania logic
and common sense" But the scene has chan
ged. The language Of praise and adulation has
given waV to abuse, vtupeTation, and caumDy.
One thing IS certain, there has been no change
on the part OF Mr.. Buchanan. The record
which we this dav place before our readers is
conclusive upon that point. Those who may
be curious to know the causes which have
wrought this wonderful melamorphosis may pur-
sue the inquiry. For ourselves, we are con-
tent to place the facts before the country, and
wait the Judgment which honest and candid
men shall pronounce upon them.
A single word more-applicable not only to
Col. FoFney, but 10 many others who now as
sail the President for his doctrines and princi-
pies on the question OF popular sovereignty -
Why is il that these men never uttered a word
of complaint, or nterPosed a word of dissent,
at the time these announcements were first
made by the President? Then IT was all
right. Then the President was a patriot and
statesman No words OF praise were too
strong and no aduation TOO fulsome for them to
indulge in. The files ofthe different depart
ments groan under the accumulated weight of
their urgent appeals for office and patronage
Tor themselves and friends. Now, if these prn-
ciples-which we have shown were as distinct
lY avowpd at that time as they ever have been
snce-are so monStTous and so false TO the
doctrines Of the Democratic party and the for
mer pledges of the President, we call upon
those men to answer to their own consciences
and to the country, how it was that they were
not only willing, but anxious, 10 receive office,
patronage, and favor from man who had thus
| proven so false and treacherous : We leave
them TO answer the question, and the country
| TO pass judgment upon their answer.-COnStita-
! hOn.
F0rnnY and thp SiIIiman letter