Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1858 — WHERE THEY STAND. [ARTICLE]

WHERE THEY STAND.

The bogus-Democracy of this vicinity are very loud in their denials that the Democratic party, as a party, are in favor of the principle of the Green-English bill. It is no uncommon thing for them to protest long and loud that the Democratic party, by its members in Congress, will vote for the admission of Kansas as-soon as she presents herself with another constitution, even though she may not have the ninety-three thousand inhabitants, and though that bill says that she must remain out of the Union until she has more tham twice as great a population as when they to a man voted for her admission as a slave State. But hear what Henry S'. Fitch says upon this point. lii a speech delivered at a convention of the “unterrified,” held at Springfield, 111., on i Tuesday the 7th inst., he says: ! “Is it true, gentlemen, on the other hand, i that that one point has been settled! Is it ; improbable that Kansas will present another ' petition for redress of grievances;; in the form of a Topeka constitution! in which ; event the very gist of the Conference Bill will be brought in play.” “The/provisions of that bill will prohibit her admission until she obtain the ratio of representation heretofore required in tvferv other State. The present Administration, and the entire Demoeraliafparlif of all tlie Slates, stand pledged to maintain those provisions. Thjcre will then arise another conflict between the Democracy and the Abolition hordesj-similar .to the one waged last winter.” I his Henry S. Fitch is a son of bogusSenator Fitch of this State, hi nA was appointed to the oflice of United States Attorney for the Northern district of Illinois (which oflice he still holds) by Mr. Buchanan, in return for his ardent devotion to tire ■present bogus-Democratic Administration, or in other words, to the interest of the Slaveocracy. Hefis universally recognized as the leader and champion of the Administration party of that State, and is, to do him a. man- of splendid talents, and one who deserves to stand high in his party, as he does.

Here then is the position of the party, laid down by a man who is in a situation to know whereof he speaks. |vansas is, by . the Democratic party, to be kept out of the Union for. several years to come, for Mo othJ offence than that of preferring freedom to slavery. This.thing has been pointed out | to the people trine and again, hut those who made the exposition were met by the statements that that provision of the English Bill was to-become a dead letter—that notwithstanding the Democracy acquiesced in the Bill; they would, upon the earliest opportunity!, violate its provisions, and Vote ike admit Kansas, even though she had not at, the time! of her application under some other than the Lecompton Constitution, mofe’than forty or fifty thousand 'inhabitants.' But herd Mr. Attorney Fitch has gone and “let the Cat out of the bag.” There is no hope for ijier from that quarter— she must stay out until she has ninety-three thousand inhabitants.it the Democracy can only keep the power, and vain is the attempt of the bogus to gull the masses into the belief tiiat they intend at last to do tardy justice to Kansas, i*>twitlistundingijefu?lr pledges to do her all the injustice, men as Henry q. Fitch avow, the above as the “true intent and meaning” of the party. Let the honest voters of Jasper and Pulaski counties say at the polls in noct October, whether they can indorse this infamous attempt to punish a brave and virtuous people, for-loving, as did our revolutionary fathers, free institutions instead of slavery.