Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-28
NARYSVILLE.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2sth, 1858.
Talking of Harmony.

ties, and, if so, as to what terms such harmo-
ny should be based on. The San Francisco
Herald is for dropping all past differences
and ignoring the old issues The National,
according to the Express, is for shutting out
from the organization all those men who were
in favor of Douglas on the Kansas question,
notwithstanding they voted with the Le-
compton party, while the Express is for ex-
Guiding those only who are ont and out, body
and soul, teeth and toe nail, for David c.
Broderick. In its magnanimity, it will for
give those members who" to use its own
language, "have honestly differed with the
majority in their construction of principle
or estimate of measure, but who, like good
Democrats O and patriots (?) yielded to the
judgment of the majority" &c, and roted the
Lecompton ticket 1t will even 90 so far as to
admit those Democrats into the Lecompton
ranks who, to use its own language again,
"were led astray last Fall" and didn't vote
the Leeompton ticket, but who "are con-
vinced of their error, and who are entirely
willing to take their stand frankly and hon
estly" @ with the Lecompton faction.
Well, the Express is more magnanimouser
nor we thort it was. We had supposed that
the man who had ever in his whole life ven
tured to follow his convictions to "their logi-
cal conclusions" and to say that he did his
own thinking, would be prescribed by the
Express forever,-cut loose from all associa-
ton with the "galorious' Lecompton party,
and sent forth naked into the cold and heart
less world with the brand of honesty upon his
brow. To all those who are convinced of
their error" in voting according to their own
conscience and their best conceptions of Dem
Ocratic principle in the-last canvass, and are
now willing to submerge their manhood in
the foul waters of Lecomptonism, by way of
remission Through baptism) of their manifold
sins of honesty and independence, the Express
says, "come and drink of the waters of life,
freely" Few of this species of free souled
Democrats will answer to the call, but the
Express is none the less magnanimous in
making it.
Well, there are a good many sianers of this
description, and if they went "estray" after
this "heretic" Douglas in the day when his
fortunes were doubtful, and his enemies pan
oplied with all the armor of place and power,
welding the very purse of the Nation, if not
its sword, against him they will not be apt
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umph. Yet, there may be few Douglas
men who, without sufficient warning, might
be induced to surrender the great cause. for
which they have SO nobly stood up, into the
hands of its enemies for the sake of harmony.
The cry will be harmony" but the harmo-
ny will be of Ia character, if the Douglas men
are not on the alert, which will bury, with
the past differences and issues which are af-
feeted to be ignored, the Douglas cause itself
No Douglas man, no sound Democrat, should
under the circumstances now existing in the
politics of this State. agree to identify him
self with any set of men, whether in meeting
caucus or convention, who shall refuse, first
and foremost, to endorse Stephen A. Douglas
as true National Democrat. Harmony is
not any more Of a desideratum to our side OF
the question than it is to the Lecompton side,
and if we cannot have harmony without sac.
riheing the cause of Democracy as interpreted
by Douglas and understood 10y ourselves, let
US have no harmony. If we are to be de-
feated because of our belief in Douglas, we
may as well be defeated while manfully fight
ing for our principles, as to be defeated by
having our hands tied in the fetters of q" or
ganization." We are now in a condition t
express our preferences with regard to tn,
men who are, in our view. fit representative
of the Democratic sentiment of the country
and, if we surrender our organization over t,
the LeeOmpton factions. we surrender ou
cause into the hands of men who will betray
it-who will tall Douglas but act Buchanan
and will SO manage the machinery of til,
party as TO prevent the election of Douglas
delegates to the next National Convention al
Charleston. Our side Of the question is the
only one that has been true to Popular Sow
ereignty and to its great advocate and defend
err, Stephen A. Douglas. We believe that, i
we but hold out faithful in this cause, the
masses of the Democracy in this State will be
with u.s. We believe that they are with u:
now. But, if we lose our organization, sur
render our identity, and become swallowed
up Internationally into a general socallot
=" Democratic Party" whose principles are tC
be interpreted by the wire.workers of the
late Leeompton Convention, the Democratic
principle of Popular Sovereignty and tn,
cause of the present choice of the Democrat,
masses, Stephen A. Douglas will 90 by tn,
board. 1t is sacred duty, then, that W,
owe to Democratic principles, to keep up ou
Douglas organization; TO keep our banne
still flying like thunderstorm against tn
wind y; to remain true to the doctrines o
the Kansas. Nebrasla Bill and the Cincinnati
Platform, and to stand by that man who dare(
TO stand by them, at a time when, but fol
him, they would have been obliterated from
the Democratic creed, and the integrity Of
the party as party of principle, forever
destroyed.
Dr.. }. LEFEyER.-We had the pleasure OF
meeting, in our sanctum, yesterday, this very
intelligent and popular gentlemen. DR..
Lefever is an Assemblyman elect from Sierra
county, and will leave this city for the Capt.