White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-06-07
pimikratic Platform.


County. purporting to be furnished By
one OF the ''unteTrliied." 81 -,
ResOl. ed. That we the sitisens Of Yor-
rick County. State OF PensiIwany, in
conwenshun assemble TO the dimikrats Of
Yorrick Co5nry aud the State OF Engiantb
Elynois and -Chekoser, the following
ON which we will sink Or Swim totter or
no t0,,er. .-...r ....,.
Resided. that to be dimikrat a man
must be born accordin to the dre,liul Scot
decision, for acrordn to that decision.
ef man is born niger he is just equal
to u horse or Il cow. Uni shall haze the
same rites-thAt Is nissers Is personal
property under the cOusuiushun. There
fore @--
PsSolred, That accor,iin to the dredfil
Scott decision, Niger stealing com 10
the saue as COW stealing fodder aai
ei ons OF en- Is sent to the plenipOleLtiary,
so OFT the o;her.
Resolved. That this Nashnal ConshuD,
held at SlabtoGn without III, distinek:
shun Of party. has but one o9jeeshup
to the cou'titushan, and that Is when
three lifJhs nigyer votin take place at tho
South three .tilths OF our COWS and no sa
ought to be allowed to meet at the poleS
on perfect equality, aud for why ! be-
cause property Is property. and ct nlg-
ger has "a right TO vote so has a saw mill.
R.soired. Ef United States Marshal
is allowed to vote. SO ort blood hound,
because they are Occupien the same Ofis
under the cOnsiitashun, the only difference
bein tue 6ludhound catches niggers with
his smeIlers and the Marshal takes them
with his peppers.
Rssolssd. That while the dimikratic
party OF the North is willing to help the
MARSHAL keIch every Niger whose coat
tale pints TO Cosoliny they will expect
the Marshals OF the South, ef they ind
any stray stears or spotted pigs whose
tale pint to the North Star to hand em
over emegeatly, because whats sass for
The goose Is sass for the gander.
ResOlrei, That this convenshun is IN:
| 1inching in favor Of squatter soverenty;
that is that all the people of the territory
to be allowed to vote purvided they vote
with the dimikrat party, and accordin 70
the instructions of the President aud the
Sewpreme Courts.
When this last rosolewshun was red.
the cOnvenshun was so keen to pass it,
that they wouldnent wait to hear the bal.
lance. anil Squire Lingenlelter moved
that they be adopted by yOunanimiss
viva Yoce vote. The mOshm was carried
| by.belore anybody hal to second it,
Squire LingenIelter. Christopher Boblits
anI Dei,lrick Melborn was then appoin.
teal diligaiIs to the Charleston Conyen-
shun with in.truckShuns to vote for Jim
Buckanin for President and GuVuner Vis9
of Wirginny for Wise President, and to
take with EN- l6 Bouyknives l6 rewoul-
wers, and Larrils YOrriek Kounty
Korn Viskey as a peas Offering to tho
State.
The meetin then Abdominal snn"tHnyanGly.
a Lame Pres.0-nG La.as4J blended.
The Washington Constitution IN.
iertakeS to screen Mr.. Buchanan from the
odium cast upon him by the late rsysla.
ton Of his duphcity in regard 10 Kansas
affairs. II says. IN reference TO the swiI.
,iling L"cOmptrn constitution. AMI tho
bogus convention by whiehIt was framed:
'.rhe convention dii act in pursuance
Of the advice OF the President. 20 lar as
to suhmit the all important and absorb.
ing question Of EaOsry to the people,
About the remaining provisions Of the
ron,tItntion there WAS never any contest.
These the convention declined g submit
To the people. The President at no peri
oil withheld the expression Of his earnest
desire that the constitution should be sub.
miltel to the people. After the conven.
ton hal refused to do this, an entirely
new question then arose. nImsly. should
the President disregard and nullify the
constitution frameI BY the convention,
and determine not to submit it to Con.
gress because they had acted contrary TO
his advice. This he could not do with
his deep convictions OF duty. is one
thing for the President to advise tho mem.
bers Of q convention or Legislative body
to act in a particular manner. bat it IL
another AMI qnite different thing for him
to annul their lawful action because they
ulu not luIuk proper W bohoN hiseS'bSS'
We wonder il the ''deeP convictions OF
duty" of Dir. james Bachansn, which
com PEELED him to aid AMI abet one Of the
most shameful swindIes ever attempted
to be practised on free people. ever lead
him to think Of his latter end If he IL
ever trouble with the least eompunctions
visitings. he must be conscious that be is
, directly accountable for the attempt to
lsfrand the people Of Kansas out Of the
privilege Of voting on their constitution.
He threw all the power and patronage Of
n the government directly in the teeth Of
+. that popular sovereignty" which be had
hypocritically pretended to favor.
The shallow pretence Of the Cons.itu-
u ton, that the action Of the autocrat'
ic convention which framed the Lecomp.
< ton constitution was ''lawful action" is
= too bare faced to be seriously entertained
]. They were usurpers from the start con
a srirators against popular ri hts from thu
> beginning and James Buchanan, instelf
e of standing for the people Of Kansas, ana
$ guaranteeing to them, a. was his duty, I
! lull and free expression of their viii. base
Y ly eonsp:red with the late Kansas Cal
+ houn. and other pro- slavery leaders. q
II force . Fundamental lAw establishing sls
VERY upon an unwilling people,