Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-09-25
A DEMOCRAT ON DOUGLASS.

Fitch made rather n spicy speech, some eA""c's
rom which will perhaps interest our readere.
The announcement ,aa. the Senator intended toI
oppose the admission oi Kansas under lhat Com
stution, took the nation and TIE Democrhnc Pa,,
~ by surprise. 1t was at first vehemently uehleo,
then reluctantly credited up TO the very moment o.
his political suicide in the Senate, on the On VI
December Democrats could not believe that D"u
glas would 50 far stultify himself that aiter lGou
ing the van, he would in the very heat oi 'he oA
tie so ingoriously desert. They could nov DeIie!e
that at n crisis when the integrity and very ezls
tense of the Democratic party depended upon Fus'
tanning the National Administration in position
in which it has been placed by Douglass himself
he would selfshly end shameiulIy turn ms pave
res upon his old friends and strike hands with the
enemy.
That proud confidence which the Democratic
, party once placed in Douglas has been broken:
that deep abiding trust which they repOsed ,nshm
. has been forfeited and no simulated penitence h'
u threatened vengeance can restore IT, Delea'eu VI
elected. he can never again have an opportunity
y lof betraying the confidence Of the Democratic
. party.
e Now WHY did Mr. Douglas oppose that admlssIong
: II might tell you that it was because the senator
I was a patriot because he was great man. pe'
, cause he one of the champions ot the people
. the only cavalier "SdRS peuT, SdHs fepToche, IN
the Democratic ranks, or any Of The other mana
some reasons usually given by the Senator himself.
But prefer telling you less eulogistlc ana more
: truthful account.
Tho first great principle that underlies" the
movent is the principle OF sell preserVatii??l i?a
e lGreat laughter. Douglas conceived that bis re-
r election depended upon it. His political necessi-
# lies drove him into the The growing free
- soil sentiment of Illinois must be conciliated or
e The State would no longer require his services
O Cheers Ii was not that Kansas was about to be
: forced into the Union, but that Douglas was likely
/, be forced cut of the Senate. Prolonged laugh
ter Not that Popular Sovereignty IN the Terri
n tories being violated, but that Popular oovef
h eighty in the States was aboutto be enforced
:, Continued laughter. Not that the right OF Kan
$ sas "to regulate her domestic institutions in her
il own way, subject only to the Federal Constitution
il was to be overhTown, but that the right OF ILLINOIS
TO do the thing uusubje to the dictaton o
j, Mr. Douglas TO be enforced. lCheers ana
,r laughter
1t was not that the honorable Senator loved the
Mt Democracy les but that he loved Douglas more
u lie was perfectly willing to make any reasonable
n sacrifice Of his friends their means to sustain the
as party hut to ask him sacrifice his own personal
r intercsts making little too much even Tor the
1u Little Giant Great Cheers 1t may have been
ne very Roman and very immortal to stand up Ike
y brave and honorable in defense OF the party
re that had elevated him. but it night have cost hin
- his Senatorial head, hence he preferred discre
on ton 10 the vaor of the deed. Hit him again. -
by Honor may have pricked him on, hut if homo
pt shopld have prcked him off, that was the rub
on Homer had no skill in ballots. Honor could no
'e secure votes therefore he would none OF It,
~ Loud cheers;
~ Add to ts,a very natural and dscrete principle
nr Of self preservation, private pque against Mr
" Buchanan for having defeated him at Cincinnati
- and thus prepared him still greater defeat at thu
~ hands of the people, and refusing to appoint Mr.
"a Richardson to u Cabinet Office who, by tie by
~ would have made n brilliant Cabinet ofhcer, ant
~ ~ YOU have the true intent and meaning of the anti
ro Lecomrton fight in nut shell. Laughter an(
- cheers .
S. To advance bis personal interests and gratii.
lin bis private chagrn he hesitated not to violate III
as own principles, divide his own friends, and all
en- himself TO men whose creed was the destruction q
me the Democratic party and whose ultimate purpos
was disuuon-Inen whom he bad often denounce
sis IN terms that would be uni if even now apple
la to himself.
,y. The result Of Douglas disaffechon was to EN-
th barrass the Administration, clog the wheels oil tb
TO Government, the slavery agitation coDtlnu
be the Kansas embrogio, embtter the sectional er
To entities, divide and distract the noble old DemI
his cratic party that has so often delighted to homo
ial him. and ' hat was his reward? His studied 81
ell phis,ies torn limb from limb by the mercess los
ic of Tombs his elaborate fctons crushed L
a meath the unanswerable facts Of Green and Blglt
list his ad cdptdudum declamati' n, scorninil
ON unmasked by lhe analysis OF Brown and Brigt
yht his uncouth vituperatious contempuonsy repeie
wn Iby the polished sarcasms of Benjamin, and th
on quick rotort Of Pugh-he yet had the coDsolato
ap elegant Broderck amid tho coincidence OF Sewar
iy the sympathies of Wade. and the anxious atte
,n tons Of his afectionate colleague. lie "soundt
ent the very base.string of humility" and was su
the fciently lauded by the New York Tribune to ha
Sc killed q dozen honest Democrats. Mr.. Dougla
md however, denies that be joined the Republican
i've but claims that they came over to his platform
ose they did the dirtance short and the desce
sh go easy that Faista6dn Republican, Hale, to who
'ee .cipht wards of uneven ground is three
c,nt md NJ n
it. "FdcHe decenSus drerat."
the Mr. Fitch proceeded TO say:
vs. Senator Trlmbull has charged this'u upon Senat
sive Douglas with great truth and severity to VIII
tied that honorable gentleman merely answers tn
Mr., Trumbull is "erayen hearted wretch a
ETY., should have his chopped or. verify, he
rrur are 'sume high thoughts sealed in heart oil eou
rtin esy" To say nothing OF the character oi the
grnent. how chastely and elegantly the Sena'
,tric expresses it. That ausion to chopplng Oh ca
test is worthy Of the young and gifted BroderiSK
No ordinary pleban like Mr.. Lincoln or Mr.. Iru
L bull could ever have reached the dignihed sever
40" of this satire 1t Gushes one with pride to reh
s that he is the citizen of State represented IN
Senatorial councils by accomplished a gem
WY man.
,o" But there is no escaping this charge is ~
.t;nl record-a part of the Legislative History OF
oncc Republc-aud the tears OF the Archapgel VI u
~ c a fallen one could not blot it out Even the m
.bo n6cent powers Of assertion, and great Drawer,
eyed uehiai "h'cn on". rt N,;SSol Dsn,ncrocv
and presai "eun't =" e r ~ ao, ;tself Ue
euon e, right in striking it oui They do blame him h
'0" ever for ,ha sing the President and Congress
attempting t. violate clause that he hmseit
prevented from being in the bill
the
the
md a EMANcrATioS or FORTY NINE SLAVES by A
nro. py.-On Wednesday forty nine slaves, bavlng b.
icky. granted their inanumiss'"n py n,'aue ras
ere is Whose name cur lh'"iina'' iau ' ~ -; A
It an. way to Green county. They came from Fay'
T tie county, Kentucky and consisted mainly OF
iisky men and children WIN ,h'S pa'c .no eu,a".