Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-08

arth could not be done with the variations {
ow proposed in the additional and ex- ]
'lsnstory resolutionsI s
1t matters but little which of the two |
wears falsely, but it establishes beyond
the truth of the charge made
~ the Republicans in sc. What have
leen the legitimate fruits of departing
rom the faithf Fraud and violence, rapine
md bloodshed unparalleled IN our his.
ory. Legislation. both territorial and
despotic aud degrading.
Even before the canvass of sc, slave
code had been fastened on Kansas by an
invading army, whose provisions were a
disgrace to civilized age, yet, not word
of condemnation fell from the lips Of Nr
Douglas. He cared I OF whether " slavery
be voted up or voted down." AS a means /
of relief from this CALLING tyranny, free |!
State constitution representing the wishes /
Of the people, was presented TO the Ameri- |
can Senate, but was denied even a respect !
fu. hearing. Next came slave State con-
stitution, and although it was the imPer-
sonation of iniquity and fraud, disowned
by an overwhelming majority of the peo
pie as illegitimate, yet, the leaders of the
Democracy danced with JOY at the news
Of the colored born, and Mr.. Buchanan
still standing erect on the Cincinnati plat
form, wrote that special message Of well
come in which these words of encourage
ment and consolation to the "Squatter
Sovereign may be found. at has been
solennly adjudged by the highest judicial
tribunal, that slavery exists 10 Kansas by
uiyfue Of the Constitution of The United States
Kansas is therefore, at this moment, as
much a slave State as Georgia or South
Carolina. Slavery can therefore never be
prohibited in Kansas, except by means of
constitutional provision" "The PEG
pie Of Kansas have Gin their own way I"
and in strict accordance with the organic
act framed a constitution aud State gov
eminent They now ask for admission
into the Union, under this constitution
am decidedly in favor of it's admission
This will carry out the great principle Of
non.intervention recognized and sanction
ed by the organic act" Why was it, thai
the great head of the Democratic church
was so {" decidedly in favor" of receiving
this constitution, and thus carry out the
great principle of pon-intervention %
Let US examine one of the features of this
darling child of welcome, which gladden.
ed the Democratic household, and we may
learn the reason. Here it is. "The right
of property is before aud higher than any
constitutional sanction, and the right OF
the owner of a slave, to such slave aud its
increase, is the same and as iuyiolable az
the right of the owner of any property
whatever. The Legislature shall have no
power to prevent emigrants to the State
from bringing with them such persons as
are deemed slaves by the laws of any one
of the United States or Territories, so long
as any person of the same age or descrip.
ton shall be continued in slavery by the
laws of this State" Here we have tn,
alarming declaration that the fright o.
property" in the 'slave and its increase
is "before and higher than" the Constitu-
ton, a doctrine at war not only with al
former adjudications OF this country but O
the civilized world, and Mr.. Buchanan still
swearing by the Cincinnati platform, tell
US that this declaration is made in "stric
accordance with the organic act," sanction
ed by the "great principle of non-inter
venticn" and it received the endorsement
of every reliable Democratic State in tn
Union.
All, but says some tender footed Demo
crat. resident of Republican State, WI,
still cherished fond recollection for tn
free soil record made by his party in 4e
J and who saw the fearful He'll into whicl
the leaders were plunging the Norther
Democracy; "Mr. Douglas, didn't vote 70
Lecompton l' True. but he voted for tn
|, act destroying the Missouri Compromis
: whose origin was akin to that of the Con
stitution," and Lecompton was the lsgiti
+ mate fruit o. that act, and it is no defenc
: to say procured the deed TO be done, bu
; am not responsible for the consequences:
applied the match, but i am not response
: BILE for the conhagration; such defence i
simply to say. | played the part of th
! ineeudiary, add after my neighbours hous
r was wrapped in flames. in order to saw
, my personal goods, l raised the alarm an
: therefore should stand acquitted of al
] guilt. And while Mr.. Douglas for tn
, time being faltered, the leaders of tn
, Democratic party of the nation, the Demo
D cratic press and the Democeatic State.
backed by Mr.. Buchanan, sill vociferatinI
! that they stood upon the Cincinnati plat
e form, did vote for and sanction Lecomp
ton. And why didn't Mr.. Douglas? Ii
knew if he did, the seat which knew hir
in the Senate would know him no NOR
forever. The question with him wa.
shall keep in good faith my contract wit
the South to abide the decision Of the Su
Prems Court, vote to make Kansas slav,
: lose my seat in the Senate and run III
risk Of a nomination for the Presidency, O
: shall l prove recreaut to my solemn pledg
es made to the South az ] have hithert
' done to the North. vote against Lecorptor
go home to Illinois and in defiance of tn
Supreme Court preach "Squatter Sover
7 eighty" and it crucifed; tell the people
Il am prosecuted. hard pressed, encompasse
about by the Hell hognds" of the Admin
! Istration on the one hand and Black RI
d pubiicans on the other, that have bee
singled out by the Administration as tn
only living object on earth of its malig
? nant wrath and thus get up sympathy j
my favor that will carry me back to the Sen
ate, and then afterwards arrange my littl
3 delinqaencies so as to be readmitted int
!, full fellowship. True, would be guilt
!, Of base treachery to nv Southern confeder
> stes, but surely can cenciliate them; con
vince them that am sound and they vii
bear with me in this temporary diversion
: for my selfish ends. / can point them {
+, the fact that when the people of Kansa
were groaping under a slave code, I'll
most despotic, and when the very heaven
: in the west were illumined by the flames O
t burning homes of Free State settlers; whe
prayer and petition from that people 70
: relief came to the Senate, | was not onl
e deaf to their petitions and indifferent {
= their woes, but with insoleut menace nj
tered the heartless and defiant threat "w
{ will subdue you" / can remind them G
the fact that have the reckless daring t
, strike down compromises when they stan,
t in the wav of slavery, and that eIghtee
months before The Lecompton struggle, a
chairman of the Judiciary Committee,
, struck out of the Toombs Bill, the proyi
sion requiring the Constitution to be sub
mitted to the people, and that was in tb
plot to make Kansas slave despite tn
wishes of the people. Yes, gentlemen
: had it not been for the near approach O
that Senatorial election you would hav,
found Mr.. Douglas voting for Lecompto,
and fortifying his consistency in so dong
, by his previous action in so amending tn,
Toombs Bill as not to require submission
Such brszen duplicity aud double dealing
} with free people deserves condemnation
alike from the South and the North.
Failing to consummate the Lecomptor
fraud, next came the English bill, degra-
ding to the Democracy who enacted it, and
insulting to the freemen who rejected it
Assuming as it did, that the American peo-
pie were either corrupt or towards, the De.
mocracy renew the contest with bride in
one hand and threat in the other. Dis