Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-06-16
SENATOR DOUGLAS.


cratic ratification meeting in Washington city,
the walls of his wrath, spleen and Disappointment
not upon the authors ofhs late defeat but upon the
Wing party in general, and the Fillmore admin
straion in particular. This is of course very I'M
reasonable conduct, but unfortunately it is quite
natural, and shows that candid for the Presi-
deney are not exempt from the petty and grovel-
ling weaknesses of our nature.
The candidate of Young America, from all &C.
counts, electioneered for the Presidential nomi-
nation just as agrog-shop demagogue would cleo
tioneer for constables place, and it is therefore
not at all surprising that, having failed to attain his
object he should abuse his opponents in the strain
of bar-room politician.
The Young Giant is reported to have said that
the Wing party was 'utterly incapable Of ad-
ministering this government This, as a cotem-
porary justly remarks, is precisely what the Bal
timore Convention thought Of Mr.. Douglas. Not
all the persuasive appliances of the bar-room
could induce the members of that body to be-
ieve that he was capable of administering the af-
fairs of this government. The little Giants
sheer at the administrative capacity of the Wing
party, embracing such men Clay, Webster,
Fillmore, Crittenden, Scott, Clayton, Berien and
others, is very terrible, we must admit and
will probably create an immense sensation, in for
eign parts but when it comes to be understood
that the individual who launched this thunder
bolt was unable to rally corporals guard in sup
port OF his own claims to the Presidency, we
imag CINE that the weight of his apathema will
not be very seriously felt Mr.. Douglas went on
to say:
Awhig administration has been fair and perfect
representation of the popular sentiment of this country
for the very that their principles PRACTICES and in
tncts at war with the genius of this government;
therefore they have been able to retain public
hdence long enough to acquire a reelection.
Volces-"Go it, Young America Hit EN- again.
fLaughter)
Judge Douglas-Is there anything in their conduct du-
ng the last four that entities them conf
dence than heretofore Has it not been the whg party
Which has arTayed section against another-father
against and against fathe-unt the pillars of
the republic have been made trembe the usurpatons
by the federal government and the Infringement of the
served rights othetates and of the people have been the
legitimate consequences of loose construction of the
constitution. Look, gentlemen, at the Galphinsm the
ardnersm and the other sums distracted from the pub
lie treasury submit to you whether this system of
peeqlatlon and extravaganza and the free of the
public money have prevailed under the administration
and even extending to high functionares. They have
desaired of the public confidence and hence they make
the largest grab they
Extravagant huzzas and cries of Scott Young Ameri
ca That's right" "Ft EN- agan."l
The assertion that the principles, practices and
instincts of the Wing party are at war with the
genius of our institutions, one that may be made
without the hazard of controversy No member
OF that party would stoop to the refutatop of so
transparent and reckless SANDER.
But the Wings, according to Mr.. Douglas, have
arrayed section against section and father against
No h., l.. ..l.- i
excitement on the question of slavery, growing out
OF our recent acquisitions of territory from Mexico
Nowthe Whigp ofthe Union as with one voice
protested against these acquisitions They predic-
ted the dangerous and alarming consequences of
such policy and strove earnestly but ineffectu-
ally to defeat it. Had the spirit of prophecy des
cended upon them, had their lips been touched
with the sacred fire, they could not have foretold
more truly, than they actually did, the baneful
results of the measures which the Democratic
party was seeking to force upon the country
They predicted that zone section of our country
would be arrayed against another, that father
would be arrayed against son. &c. But their
voices were drowned by the Democratic camor
for more territory, and contrary to their wishes
an immense addition made to our domain by |
a Democratic administration backed by the sup
port of the whole Democratic party of the Union
la the face, however, of these notorious facts this
unscrupulous demagogue from Illinois holds the
Wings alone responsible for the sectional i'll fee
ling which so lately imperilled the Union and |
which still continues to agitate the political ele.
ments. The effrontery of Mr. Douglass decara
ton, this subject, viii be better appreciated
when we bear in mind the fact that the Demo-
cratic Legislature of his own State was among
the first to insist upoa the application of the Will
mot Proviso to the new territories, thereby offer
ing gross insult to the South and arraying one
section of the country against another. Does he
hold the Wings responsible for this!
Mr.. Douglas speaks ola 'oose construction of
the constitution as the fundamental error of the
Whig party, and as the source of the public evils