Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-09-21
Dorglss and the Democracy.

York Tribune that letter has been received in that
citv. fton friend Of Judge Douglas in St. Louis,
predicting the defeat Of the Senator from Illinois
in the ensuing election.
We need not say that we shall be abundantly
srati6ed il this prediction be realized. And the
morsso. because If Douglas be noe defeated 1t
will DO the end Of him. politically. for all time to
come. Having always regarded him as the most
dangerous the most INSCRIPTIONS, the most thor
oughly selfish politician of that nest OF corrupt
politicians the North West-wc shall hail his r.
nal exit from the political stage with feelings OF
extraordinary and unalloyed satisfaction.
But il will Be no cause Of surprise If Douglas
b overwhelmed in the present contest in Illinois.
The Administration is against him-the Admin
istrasion which 10 the dispenser Of "spoils to
the amount Of ono hundred millions Of dollars
per annum-the Administration, which is the cen
trail luminary in the Democratic systematic Ad-
minissration. which is worshipped by every ortho-
dox Democrat with the same sort OF idolatry with
which an Eastern devotee worships the SUM- Tan
Douglas, resting under the shadow oil the Admin
istraton's great displeasure summon To his stand
ard those mercenary Democrats who are basking
in the sunshine Of Executive favor! Can he sue
cessfully appeal, over the headless trunks oil his
friends. who have been removed from Office by the
merciless executioner who fills the Presidential
chair, against the deep damnation of his taxing
Off" Can he re-ensct the part OF Antony over
the dead body of Caesar, and stir the hearts Of the
multitude BY his frensed appeals to their passions?
He cannot. "Where the carcass is, there Will tho
eagles be gathered together'--and where the
spois Of Office are, there will the leg'ons OF the
Democracy 60. The masses will follow the once
holders; and the former compact ranks oil the
Douelas-ian army will, from now until the cleo
ton, be thinned by daily dessrtions
The Washington Eniop. therefore, may as well
cease its daily cannonade upon the already routed
and flying cohorts of lie petit giant lie has
been sufficiently taught the overwhelming truth
and force If the dogma which the Union sometime
ago asserted-that "a failure to abide by the laws
of the Democratic party is the highest crime that
a Representative can commit" In the interest Of
party discipline, and the sound integrity OF tho
Democratic organization, the Union is undoubtedly
right-for If abs,iution be granted to Douglas,
what shall prevent other sheep from strayin from
the flock when occasion ofersy
But vha, shall he said Of those Democratic
Journals in the Interest II Douglas. who arc con-
stantly sustai ms tie cause oi the ILLINOIS Seha
tor and abusing his enemies generally. with the
exception of the Administration? They are ter
ribly severe upon the Washington inion, for tho
reason that the official journal is seeking to put
down Dnglas--but they have never word of
abuse for the President who is, unquesbonably,
the bitterest enemy the Gmnt has 10 the tao OF
Loyalty to the Administration binding that these
journals can abuse all the opponents ID Douglas.
except the choicest one? If 40. what excuse haso
they for the lack Of loyalty exhibited by the Giant
himself, in breaking up his relations with the Ad-
ministratien and giving aid and comfort to tho
enemy!
Anyhow we trust the information of the cores
poudent Of the Tribune is correct. Let Douglas
swing from the yard-arm Of the Democratic ship,
and let him he repealed fromeyery opposition craft
with pike and bayonet So shall no reap at last
the retribution which should ever follow political
charlatanry and fraud
In these dull, piping times of peace. we hold
that our neighbor of the Republican is indebted to
us one. for the occasion furnished Cor letting
off his gas upon that question: which. above all
others, a Southern Democrat conceipes himself
competent to illustrate and defend. We knew
that we should be able to draw his FIRE. and would
have been grieycusly disappointed if he had per-
mtted oar remarks to pass unnoticed. Upon the
subject Of Office, Democrat is peculiarly sensi-
tive, and it is only necessary to hint at amy line
of policy that threatens TO wrest the spoiis from
their grasp,-to stir their indignation 10 its pro-
foundest depths.
Hence when in late ISSUE we expressed in
all candor our regret that the Opposition in New
York failed to mite upon principles honorable
to the American party" (this is our language,)
we anticipated lugubrous waiting over our de-
generacy-an earnest eHrostrla.ion, more in sor
row than in anger, from our neghbor- whose
soundness dare question. Still, We must
be permitted to plead in mitigation Of our offence,
the declaration made, to the effect that, though
opposed to the first resolution Of compromise re-
specting the non-extenson Of slavery into the Ter
ritories-it is not n practical question now
there being'no Territory in which slavery is like
ly TO find % lodgment-and therefore should not
have operated to prevent a temporary union of the
Opposition for the purpose of securing desira-
BILE an end as che defect Of the Democracy Still,
the bare countenance of uny sort Of coalition that
viii make the Democracy disgorge the spoils. is
not to be tolerated. But let us see whether the
Democracy have made no concessions to the anti
slavery continent.
Did not their candidate for the Vice Presidency
IA Southern mango roaming through the North
during the last Presidential campaign, openly pro-