The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-08-15

lion. +. L. Stanton, late Territorial Sccre,sr,
OF Kansas, an original Douglas man." aud
Strong Democrat, made speech at the Lincoln
and Hamlin meeting at ST. Louis, last week, in
the course o. Douglas, toward Kansas. In the
speech referred, he made the following state
ments concerning Douglas
Il hayn't an unkind word against him, but
! shall not vote for him. | admire him 10 some
extent for the position be occupies. believe
popular sovereignty 10 be correct. but not As
embodied in the Kansas Nebraska bill. becsusp
the people Of Kansas had no chance TO asser,
their majority. Douglas sustained il for awhile
bit he has fallen from IT, Had he sustained
that position would not now be advocating Lin.
coin and liamlin for the Presidency. Doscls,
has not maintained his position 10 the end AZ
ter the Democratic party had abandoned lis
princiT les, he ought not To- have gone 10 Charles
ton at all He should have hoisted the flag Of
true Democracy, and deied Charleston Demcc.
racy and this, gentlemen is what |, in nv hum
bic wav, advised him TO do They decapi.a,ed
him from the Craftsmanship of the Committee on
Territories, and Senator Green was substituted
in his place. thought then he would take nv
advice, but ! was chagrined TO find that be
didn't meet this outrage as | would have done
You saw just after that act that Dosqlas
rent crdwting back into a Senatorial caHcus a
Democrdt-ickereas he had only a little vkiis
before been kicked out for not Jeing Demo
crdt. The next We saw was that he was willing
10 take the Charleston nomination il he could
get IL harmonlously, upon almost any terms,
and al Baltimore you saw that be took nom.
nation on a ticket with Senator Fitzpatrick-a
Lecomptonite, eho had roted IN the teeth Of
Douglas, on erery question affecting the L.
compton Constitution. Again, in Douglas letter
| accepting the nomination, there rds NOT rord
about Kansas and her srrongs.
There never was an act that called for denun.
citation louder by political Conventions. But
the Republican Convention was the only CONVEX
ton to say anything on that point.
Gentlemen, ask YOUR attention to this point
particularly, "a feel that having always lived
in Southern State, il is necessary for me TO ei.
plain why am now advocating Lincoln and
liamlin. Ii is because no other party has dared
to say anything against the ouirages which were
inflicted. on the people Of Kansas by the Admin
istratiOn, and doing justice 10 the part | Vas
called on 10 act in that contest
IL is true that the Republican House Of Re-
pftctDtalNt, " al -aJo VI W 'olcu w e~A''s
her, but the Senate postponed il. Twelve weeks
ago the Douglas Democracy called on me to a.
tend their Convention and assis, them 70 organ.
ize their party. | asked them if they would ~,
loose from tie Administration and stand forA
on your principles. They said no, they wosld
be silent o., that point; they would say nothing
about Lecompton, but would talk altogether
about Democracy. I told them this was not the
Democracy Of Jefferson and Jackson. That they
never kept their mouths closed, and how could
]. who had seen these monstrous wrongs in Kan
sas."
Stanton, himself Southern man, but warm
friend Of Kansas, weighs Douglas in the balance
and finds him wanting. Douglas men, how ma
ny CIV LOvels, would you Ike to trade Of, 10 &c:
back such a mall AS r. p. Stanton, into the Doug
las ranks? Perhaps We can make decker