New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-08-23
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The Mobile Register, Of the 2lst, sees danger to
the Democratic party nthe mschieYous teachings
and unprneipleti designs Of false prophets and amoi
4 tious conspirators within the party who are doing
their best to debauch and demoralze it," It says
that reckless aspiTants for the Presidency are
endeayorjng to lead or force the party from its
position as the staunch defender of the constitution
al rights Of tie Sonth against the aggressive designs
Of the Negth o end that their personal ambition
may be subseryed by its prostitution The arch
planners Of this nefarious work are set down as
Messrs. Douglas Of Illinois, and Wise of Virginia.
It is also stated that they plghted faith to this in
famous undertaking. last winter; that their aim is
the Presidency without regard to the means, and
that their immediate object is " to compel the Demo
cratic party Gberaze its PLATFORM 50 as to render
it more acceptable to Northern sentment-to enlarge
the Democratic organization by forcing it to place
itself upon platform less favorable to Southern opn
ion and Southern rights than its present complexion.
Convinced by the results the last Presidential cleo
tion that the Democratic party ins present organi
cation must be overwhelmed in the conflict Of 1860,
when it will meet the Black Republicans singe-hand-
ed, they determined that it should compete for
Northern suffrage ny Northernizing itself And de-
signing of COURSE themselves to be the benefciaries
and made themselves the leaders of it, by taking
ground against The admission Of Kansas when she
presented herself to Congress with slave constitu-
ton They laid the first foundation Of the new plat
E bi., tbe, resolved IN erect for the fntnre resi-
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the defeat oil the absolute admission Oh Kansas winch
they succeeded in accomplishing. The Lecompton
Constitution being now efpctuay rejected thew have
aaa,z = g,-tf,, tr,tIa,, III -, IL. a
pfoeeeusu " iuisneL Ins pa'lotln " ue
ciarng III iaVof OF breaking down the conference
Compromise and admitting Kansas at once as free
Stateu
rb ot,,o i nIair and stronr, ton,,. ,r5 cor,i,,,
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as II does from the acknowledged beHhoCEaHe organ
Of Alabama, it should exercise much weight with the
dominant party of the South. We opfne there is a
,a,t loo1 oF +r,tb Il n 10 ord II tba q racoss
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aspHahes arg alo"eu 70 nave 'uelE o"h way th1y
will 50 N0rhenise the platform spoken of as to rem
der it indistnFuishable. except in name from the
Rlecly Ranpblican nlatforn Indeed fine Richmond
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Enquirer, euteu III pat1 ny one Vi tue sohs o NoV'
Wise, has already taken ground in favor of the inn
mediate admission Of Kansas with freeso const
ttor dosnifo tho ,,,,siop of tho cor F,rar,o II IL
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1ne Contrary none Vi 'lle ulsoiples oi seward OF
Sumner will ask greater concession than this during
the next session of Congress and this simple fact in
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observations o. Vne REGISTER
The following is the concluding paragraph Of the
Registers article:
The Wise and Douglas platform being thus estab-
IN fO he a. mo iE to hrip thp