Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-02-03

ih, Statc~. anil to hold such property
there rSDER THE orAsDrANsHP on
THE FEp RAJ CoSsrrvTioS. so loag
'as the Territorial condition shall re
main. This Is n,w well-establiah-
ell position"
1t requires the acceptance Of thi,
position " by the Democratic party,
as one not to he denied. or even brough,
in question. 1t insists that the mhu.
man anil impious declaration of the
slavcholling Judges Of the Supreme
Court OF the United Siates-that those
who bear Coils image cnt in ebony
have mo rights which white men are
bound to respect" and may be treated
as outlaws and hunted aS wolves
shall be- received As a sacred and inlu-
bitablc verify.
II demands the admission of Oregon
into the Union n State, with Con
stiiutinn which denies to colorcd per-
sons. although they may hc citizens OF
sovereign States unicr the Constilu-
tions thereof. the r;gkf 10 maintain
suits al iow for the ,indicaiion Of any
right. or tho redress of any wrong.
II compel> lis allies of the straight
Wing school To rcnouncc all the cher
ishc' ideas and oft-rcpcatcd dcrla,a.
tions or the Wing party. and. hy una
voilablc implication. 10 stamp as weak
or hypo 'rilieal the great chieitainS oI
that once powerful organization
Clay. Webster. anil others. whose
names will stand conspicuous anil etcr.
nal in the armament of their country,
histofv-anl wallowing in the mir,
Of an ncon~civable DEGRADATION. 10 as
sort. as Northern Wing journal la.
recently asserted. that
The 10 .laration that all mon ar,
endowed with an ina'icnablc right tc
liberty. an that this right is self
evident. is contradictc.l hv natula
reason. hv natural religion. and by
the sacred Scriptures. anil leads not
Only To inf'lcliiy. but also to anarch,
an n hciom"
Sir. the purpose of III, Democrat
party in tho Inauguration Of that car
nival of crime in kansas. of which Ia
annals of that people will preserve tn
faithful record through cvera>lin.
generations. are PLACED beyond al
donht in It's closing Scenes.
Something more than year ago
the Democratic party caused ConSti
tuition prepared ly the ADMINISTRATORS
II Washington. to bc sent To the Ter
riiorv of Kan a. anil thence rcturnc'
10 the Pre>ilea; OF ihc United States
with ccrtili,ate. held To he legal an,
suili lent. to the fact tla, it had beer
acted npon an adopted hy tho peopl
Of that Territory. aS th'ir organic law
wh"n. in truth, the people meyer agrcc'
to il. an hal no opportunity of votin:
against it. Among lis provisions wa
the extraordinary one | have alrcad,
uno.cl. AMI which | will read again
"Wc rigM Of property IS bcfore an,
/, higder M0p my coDSiituiionm sane
ton anil Tie right # an ow,.er If
Stare 10 such si,rc anil rs iR reese. /
tie same and as nr,oioIie, as III
'r;qa of' ne owacr Of any propcH
wkofercr."
And this Constitution the Demo
craft party insisted, hy It's President
. Its members Of the Senate and lIoua
of Representatives. with few cxccp
tions, its politicians. It's State Lrgis
laturc~, ITS newspaper press, ought t
b. ac 'cpiahle to Congress, anl recos
: niz'l by that body, rs a proper an
republican Constitution. containin
no provisions inconsistent with tn
. theory of our Government and tn
principles upon which it was founded
The Demo ratio party, | repeat. per
ceivel in iii, fact tat this article wa
, in the Constitution, no objection t
the miS.,ion of Kansas as State
on the contrary. it insisted tha. not
: with>iandng it contained this article
AMI mainly. no doubt. because it di
contain it. ihr State should be almii
, ted at once into the Union.
: The object of the Democratic part
IN urging with uncxainplcd zeal an
F.! pcrtinaciiy tho admission of kansa
F. under the Lccomp.on Constitution
/ was not merely TO secure another slay
State. but also, ana more particular,
to obtain from Congress recogniiio
: oi the doctrines so clearly set forth i
: that Observation-Disclosures wholly il
I, compatible with the republican idc:
AMI which, in practice. constitute a
e oligarchy. For it was perceived tn;
I ii Congress could lie inluced to adm
: i State into the Union presenting i
self with Constitution not republica
within the meaning Of that clause
1 the Federal Constitution which d
c clarcs that "the United States sha
: guaranty TO every State in this Unio
a republican form of government,
"a ont clearly fonnicd upon oliSarcilc
:. principles. the revolution in the Go
;. ernment, for which the slave pow
II has been for years laboring. would
: accomplished, and an oligarchy. a nj
:. ton Of classes, Government found,
/. in the theory that men are not cquo
: but oi'coys and necessarily belong
' different classes "a respet 10 polite
: oni cird rights and prir'leyes, won
s be acknowledged to lee the proper Go
It ernment for a State Of this Union.
> Now. sir. if it be indeed true tn
n the right of an owner of a slave :"
n before AMI higher than any constit
Il tional sanction. it follows that slay
e holding is founded in natural law
!. is Goi-given AMI indeStructiJ
n right il is sboye all merely hum,
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