Nebraska advertiser., 1859-01-20
THE ADVERTISER.
II. w. FURNAS. EDITOR.

VIII Democrats Ignore the PrincI.
pies OF 1856, as Contained Ia the
Cincinnati Platform? "A
We believe they will not; although the
political elements at headquarters look
squally and unsettled, Indicating that a
portion of the party is steadily, but sure
y drifting towarda complete and total
rejection of that principle of a republi
can form Of government viz; Popular
Sovereignty
Close observers of the "signs of the
times" cannot be insensible Of this, how
ever gladly they might wish to-see it
solherwise-howeYer warmly they might
1congraiulate themselves upon a cessation
Of ali difficulties between the members
of the party. Indeed, such a glorious re-
suit is anxiously, and we might say, un-
~eCeasingly and prayerfully looked for by
all citizens who have the good Of their
country at heart, we care not where they
reside. Efforts should be used and brought
10 bear effertually, in promoting harmony
IN cur ranks, and in repairing the unnec.
esssty and disgraceful disruption caused
last Winter by a mere difference of opin-
ION respecting the meaning of the noto-
rious "Kansas-N Nebraska Act"
Anterior to the presentation of Kan
sas at the threshold of Congress, pray
ing for admission into the Union Of the
States, with the LeCompton Constitution,
we believe, democrats knew no serious
difference of opinion. They had just
emerged from a hard fought battle, car
rying dismay and defeat into the enc
my's camp. Republicanism and Know
~nOthingism, assisted by all the abomina-
BILE isms of the day, met the fate they
richly deserved, and once more, Democ-
racy was proclaimed the victor. Her
cause was just; her principles sound, and
the laurels encircled her chieftain's
brow.
We asks is mol a matter or the great
est surprise. that such a wide schism
should ever have taken place in a party
so well united; a party always devotedly
and u~nsurpassably welded 10 principle
A characteristic admitted even by oppo
nents and vilifyers. Choosing to "rise o.
fall" with principle, before s'men or mea
sures." Should it. when it has advanced
TO the acme Of renown and prosperity
attempt TO annihilate its own herculeal
strength, by sowing seeds of discord AM
heart-burnings in its own ranks, and there
by rendering itself a fit subject for tn,
enemy's batteries of venomous oppro
brium!
1t not our purpose to review tn,
cause and sequence of the Kansas trou
bles, and those heart-piercing struggle
between the North and the South. The,
are familiar to American citizens; fresh
at least, in the memory of the people o
Kansas. However much we may desire
the we'd Of forgetfulness to fall over them
all coming time viii be abortive in strik
ing them from the recollection of those
who witnessed their enactment, and fel
the hand of oppression, crushing and sew
ering their rights as American citizens
d difference existing among the lead
ing men of this nation, for the time be
ing, cast a shadow, deep and dark, owe
almost every ''nook and corner'' of th
world. Thank God that storm has pass
ed, and the waves of popular excitemen
no longer roll furiously over our land
threatening It's submersion through, an
by. the hearts blood of our countrymer
May those waves ever calmly repose, an
their fury ever be arrested is the prave
Of every patriot.
Passing over that first and bloody strue
gle, for the principle of Popular SoEel
eighty" il the Territories of the Unite
States, It seems to us a period of seriou
meditation and thought as the future a,
ten Of the Democratic party. Unite,
as in days gone by, upon a basis of col
serTatiYe, and national principles, theI
is no question as to success in the ne,
Presidential race. Yet, should no col
citation be effected between "LecomI
ton and "Anti-L ecompton shat win
and this wing of democrots arrayed again
each OtheT-defeat, beyond doubt, must I
the result, and the National Democrat
banner viii float no longer to the breez
but be found trailing the dust.
Such being the probable result, and
view of the dire calamity to the COUNT
and to the world, cannot a reunion of IL
party Be brought about before the fat
hour? Cannot the old and well-trit
Democratic Ship be crowded with FIRE
-Inen, whose hearts beat in unison for Il
preservation of the liberties and inalie