Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-01-14

The Presidents Message in Kansas.
While the Black Republican party and
its allies are stigmatizing that portion of
President Buchanan late message which
is appropriated to a review of the Kan
sas question, as untrue with reference to
facts and unsound in policy, the papers and
people of that Territory are applauding
hIr. Buchanan for standing firmly on the
wise, conservative and constitutional plat
form which he erected in his first COM
munication to Congress upon this vexed
and irritable subject. The Kansas Ma
tional Democrat, when noticing the Pre-
sident's message, says:
ave we're well pleased to see that the
President stands firmly by his policy in
regard to this territory. Had his plan
been fully carried out, long ere this,
Kansas would have been a State with a
Constitution prohibiting slavery. The
President had no right to dictate to the
people of Kansas how they should make
"A Constitution, and Congress had no right
to reject it, as it was republican in its
character, excepting for the reason that
our population was not sufficiently large
to entitle us to an equality of representa-
ton with the States, and this they would
not do, but very wisely agreed that we
might become State, and within thirty
days thereafter, through the act of Free
State Legislature, take the proper steps
for determining whether the settlers de-
sired change of the Lecompton Consti-
tuition. Thus it will be seen that the
President and Congress, strictly and to
the very letter, carried out the terms of
the Cincinnati resolution
at is the merest domagogueism and a
base lie, to assert that the President or
Congress attempted to impose upon us a
pro-slavery Constitution against our
wishes, inasmuch as it was known that
our Legislature elected under that Com
stitution was almost unanimously Free
State, and our right to change the Con-
stitution Immediately after admission,
was ably set forth by the President and
his views endorsed by Democratic Sc
nate.
Had the patriotic portion of our anti
slavery settlers gone to the polls in June,
1857, as they should have done, they
could very easily have carried a large
majority of the delegates to the constitu-
tional convention, and thus have prevent
cd the formation of constitution obnox-
ious to them. In June, 1857, ,hey were
under the lead of radical Abolitionists,
who came to Kansas to create discord
and produce, if possible, the dissolution
of the Union Therefore, these ''radi-
cal' leaders in council determined not to
vote, and thus permitted the convention
to be carried by radical or ultra men on
the s-Aer side, by which means they
would more readily promote their object,
and avoid all responsibility. Considering
the object to be accomplished, the scheme
was well laid, and served to deceive ma
ny of our settlers, and completely hum
bugged the people of the States. The
settlers in October, 1851, repudiated the
radical Abolition leaders by attending
the polls against their advice, which re-
suited in their carrying the election of
that year In December, 1857, the
anti-slavery men called convention to
determine whether they would vote for
officers under the Lecompton conititu-
ton. These former Abolition lenders
succeeded in packing that convection,
and resolved not to participate ir that
election. The patriotic and loyal anti
slavery men present refused to be bound
by such trickery; they withdrew, held
another convention, resolved to vote,
nominated ticket, and carried all the
officers under the Lecompton constitution.
For their patriotic course we are well
pleased to see they have received fa-
rorable notice in the message.