The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-10-23
Tbe ,tfrlitiana lcnotrat.
NO THIRD PARTY IN ILLINOIS.

The st. Louis Republican meets the snivel
ling assurance Of some Of the Opposition thai
neither Mr.. Dongus or Mr.. Lincoln will b,
electcd-with proper force. Onr able sterl
contemporary talks common sense, and il woud
be well if those distinguished politicians tt
whom it addresses its conclusions would heark
en- patiently to it. There is no third party il
Illinois. The fight Is between Democracy and
Black Rcpnblicanism Taken in the brond
view, it is no personal fight in Illinois We
cannot dignity the boilers by giving them, in
such great canvass, any personal Importance
however we may he led to weigh their person
al character or want Of character. by leagn
ing with the Black Republicans, stupidity iniat
uatcd pooplc may think they are simply oppo'
sing Douglas, whereas they are actually help
ing to overthrow the Democracy.
"'Therc is no possible chance Of the election
Of either Mr. Douglas or Mr.. Lincoln. Nei-
thcr will he elected but some good national
Democrat will he chosen This is the talk oi
the few gentlemen who have devoted them.
selves to secure the defeat Of Judge Douglas
in his reelection to the Senate of the United
States Those who use this argument arc not
fools, and vet there il not u discreet man III
Illinois who will say that IL i any o' her thnn
n fools argumcn, !; if it De not that, il II thr
shallow rontriynnrc ofa knnyc, who thinks Tint
the people can DC hoodwinked Nv any shallow
rrctcxt. Ihcrr n NJ Mii pattv Nv He mcc.
There II not the most remote chance that thr
little squad Of liScoutcntrl Democrats WHO
are making 81 much ado nhun the election,
vii br able 10 show respectable force ID anr
county of the State. There nrc INT Two par
ties u Illinois ninety liyr ont or every hnn-
drrd oi the Democrats III thn State Will VOTE
for Representatives il favor or MI Douglas,
and no earthly power ran change thrir deter
mlnalion. II il time that thc country should
bc nndcceivrd III this matter
1--WE tell the President If IT, haS my inter-
est ~ knowing the state of popular feeling IN
Illinois we tell Mcssis Slidcii und Bright,
who ARE understood to have sr Oh fills war HI
that State, and who are supposed to bn drs
lons Of breaking down Douglas IN order TO ret
him ont Of their way inr the Presidency wc
tell the Washington Union thai The Third
Party IN Illinois consists NJ tile hrokcu-aown
Sor" headed, fihn,rring politicians, with as
little principle ns belongs ~ the most reckless
ofsurll q class place mem some Of whom ought
never 70 have been pnt in pIarc rar" hAut-
rrS who are crcn worse Than tha-n I'LL place
mcndcanf s'nmp.spcnkers. whose ail Wi thr III.
tnrc depends not nron thr preservation bnt
~ the destruction 0f tha Democratic parity
aud rampfollowers WHO hopr 10 pick up som"
rrnmb that may fall to their share in tie event
OF tie defeat Of Douglas.
I'VE say there Il 10 ,aah 'line m n Third
Party in Illinois fhprc ~ lenders, tie mass
cs have no confidence in. and will not trust
them. II they are looked for in amy consider
able number nnywher" they cannot hr found
We say now. il advance Of tie election tint
every man who is elected 10 tla Senate or the
House vi bc either Douglas Democrat Or u
Black Republican not a Democrat will be
elected who wli not stick IL Douglas
We wi.l there were men about Mr. Bucl-
anan who lad The nerve and honesty, thet tkrs
any interest in this election, 10 tell him that
the course which things are taking in lIliHoie
seem better calculated 70 destroy tine ncmorra-
tic party than anything That could he devised
hy IFS opponents ; that il il time that this war
upon Donglas should cease that il shonld not
hnyc even The seeming cnuateuaucr Of the Al.
minsniion that if Mr. Slidpl or Mr. BRIGHT
want 10 defeat Mr. D0ngms and TO put him
down with the people, in advance oftha Char !.
tn nomination., that Is Il matter Of their own,
bnt they have no right 10 hazard the success
OF the Democratic party in 1860 3y III nnnor-
rSshrlly and yindictirc war upon Mr. Douglas,
who has shown himself better Democrat, Il
greater statesman, and II more ardent lover Of
the Union than either Of them can ever hope
TO be-