The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-12-08
ASHLAND:
"Wednesday, Dec. s, 1853.


-NeaaeSday,----P Dec. S, 1858
IL Iedge Douglas Presidency
The crafty Senator avoided his Cleve
land friends, who had an ovation pre-
zparea for him in that city , designed II
be bestowed when be should make tina
point on his route to the Federal Capital
From SOM cause, yet to be explained
&c petite giant svoidedh his jealous friendl
and their p~roffered demonstrations H.
ST consulted his Lealth-the interests o.
rosssshis political constitution-and wisely
took the New Orleans route. He pre-.
"a fered 20 run the gauntlet of the yellow
va - fever rather than endure the congratu.
s..s lations7 of his friends. z
eth the meantime, those newspapers
erggslRhich are supposed to speak by author
sss = ity, gave out that be sis not a candidate
for the Presidency in 1860. Were moi
this the regular quadrennial period for
- such out-givipgs, We should regard these
-aprotestations, tlatle was not q candidate,
as something else than "bosh." ?
We have heretofore said all hat VIC
had designed to sag, or all that we con
sidered as called for by a sense of duty
We owed the Democratic Party, touch
ing the aims and instrumentalities by
- which the ambition of Judge DouoLAs
was to be promoted. Having given our
opiaions fully and frankly. we determin.
- ed TO there let the matter rest, and
calmly await the Judgment which all in
telligent and honest Democrats would
award in the premises, from events which
the future would develope.
We do not propose now to add any
thing to which We have heretofore said
but simply to give the comments of
one or two of our Democratic cotempo-
raries upon our editorial of a few weeks
ago -.
q Our friend of the Chillicothe Aduer-
tiser admits that our narrative contains
.smore truth than poetry" bat doubts
whether it will tend to promote harmony
in the Democratic party. We will not
-, argue the point with the Advertisey, but
a. viii receive the wounds of our friend
MAcKENzIE,sof the Lima Democrat
Here they are: sea sl7s 81 ssa7
A,sssaDouglas in 186o.n
BEs ssZUsder this head Knapp, of the Ash
afzx land Union, repliessto those who urge
Senator Douglas claims to the Presi.
dency in 1850, with some force and
considerable bitterness So far as he
rT insists thai the movement for Douglas
3sse nomination is premature, we agree with
him, and in much of the history ne
records there is truth. But that all the
men who seek to urge the ascendency
public man are his chosen friends,
can scarcely be supposed-that politi
clans by trade win be vaforUus for sUme
faction is certain, be it the one that
- pays to-day or that which promises to-
morrow, and in this there is nothing new.
We differ with the propriety of the
Ashland Unions severe remarks npon
Douglas for alleged treachery to the
Democratic party, the evidence of which
Mr.. K. withholds from the public,
doubtless because it is strictly private,
and which tho it may be of force to
the editor of the Union, can be of no
consequence 10 the public, who haze no
opportunity to judge of it's conclusive
ness or otherwise. 1t is certainly true,
-. however, that certain men in Ohio have
go done Douglas hitherto more injury by Z
their too forward support, than their
- opposition could possibly have effected; t
aud II the article in question will in any l
-kf-z way check some of the least modest of G
these, 1t is not written uselessIy. I
The Ashland Union seems to intimate s
that Dvuglas has: been and still is 'seek .
ing to rear a new party upon the disor. G
ganize1 Democracy" This we do NOT :
believe. This. treason is unlike a mind +
) of Douglas order. He may have de. n
signed to lead, guido and direct the :.
Democratic party in accordance with T,
bus own views, aud doubtless has had ID
the ambition to be held and esteemed G.
81 ITS greatest man living. ALI this is "
ssS reasonable But that Douglas is or d
syer has been weak enough to think that +
. he or any other man living could disor- :
ganize and. destroy the Dem scratic party, u
"a Is. impossible. There is nothing in the p
bold, open, frank and daring character D
- OF Douglas, or in his past services to the is
Democracy, to give belief to such a )
statement. Well he understands that a !,
great party can mover be at the mercy IL
VIZ OF any man to disorganize or perma- VI
nently injure. The adoption of an ID TT
en- correct principle or a worthless policy nj
may destroy a party; the arts, treachery -
: and intrigue of no man has that power.
But while this is so, it ia upgenerous 10 t'
-. allow q differepce of opinion on public =
- policy, aud o difering exposition Of par.
Hsa ~ principle, to be taken as an evidence la
-euof treachery in a great public man. As
Jefferson says .seRery difference of opin- tie
= ion is not aldiherenee of principle - in
.sTzHhat We want to combat is not each sh
81 Eother, butthe Combined oppositions to st
Democracy. And while we are no spe. ri
kascial partizand Of Senator Douglas more
sssthan any other abel and leading Demo fo
cratic statesman, We rejoice at the vic IN
q tory he has been Instruments in achieve. wi
5aeing for principle and Democracy in Pc
-fseIllinois, and think that he dcser yes, at til
sssthis moment, rather the thanks OF good
Democrats than their censure; for he a.,
-aehas fought q good fight and won an "
honorable victory for principles that thi
will outliVe himself, his friends and his ne,
&EaoppoleQta 20 L.a..l. --Ir-F -. en-