Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-01-21

THURSDAY, JANUARY q. 1858.
Stephen A. Douglas-Show him NO
Favor.


with the arch demagogue, Douglas IN MS
present position towards one OF the recon-
mendations of Mr. Buchanan. Why should
this be SO In what has Mr.. Douglas
changed? What political opinion has he re-
canted? His opposition to the reception
of the Lecompton Constitution, is logical
consequence of his Interpretation of the
Kansas-Nebraska act-an Interpretation
which he has never disguised, An interpre-
tation for which he has been denounced, by
both Americans and Wings, all over the
South. The submission of the Constitution
to the vote of the people, has never been
either an American or Wing principle.
On the contrary, it was held by both par
ties, in the South, at least, last summer,
that Gov Walker and Mr.. Buchanan were
wrong, in insisting upon such thing
that the constitutional convention was the
supreme arbiter, and when it had framed
Constitution, nothing more was necessary
than its submission to Congress for approx
al. The submission of constitution to
the ratification or rejection of the people, is
one of those departures from the true spir-
it of our institutions by which demagogues
have endeavored to curry favor with the
masses, and to popularize, as Andy John
son would say, the organic law of the
States. 1t is anti republican, anti-conser-
vative, and ought in no instance to be re-
sorted to. The object of Mr.. Douglas in
insisting upon the submission in the case of
Kansas,-although the proposition does
not involve him in incensistency-we are
constrained to believe, whatever may be
his protestations to the contrary, is not to
promote the peace and quiet of the coun-
try: but to commend himself to the favor
of the Northern wing of his party, at heart
free soil, but held together by the desire
to retain the spoils. At the Cincinnati
Convention he failed in his aspirations be-
cause he lacked power in the North.
He would go before the next nominating
Convention, under different state of
things. A portion Of his party, under the
direction of rivals who dread him, are en-
deavoring to drive him outside of the par
ty organization; but they will fail. With
such men as Wise, in the South, and the
masses North to sustain him, he cannot be
overslaughed He will maintain his posi-
ton, and become the most formidable lea
der of the sham democracy for the
succession to Mr. Buchanan. Strang-
err things than this have happened
in that party. Success is their watchword
-expediency their rule principle, the
string they play upon to deceive the popu-
lar ear. 1t behooves the opposition to
sham democracy, therefore, especially in
the South, to beware of Douglas. Having
always opposed him having, even as late
as last summer, condemned the policy he
espouses in relation to the Kansas consti-
tuition, no hope of distracting and dividing
the sham democracy, and breaking them
down, should induce us for a moment to
regard him, or his cause, with the least IA
vor Let US keep unto ourselves; and
maintain our position, inaexibly opposing
sham democracy in all its forms. and every
detachment of it, no matter who the lead
er or under what guise he comes The
admission of Kansas, with the constitution
she has formed, is her right. AS conser-
vatives, it is our duty to interpose no
obstacle to her enjoyment of that right.
Furthermore, so soon as she is admitted,
the Internal din about her affairs, which
has for years beat upon the wakeful ear of
the South, to the injury of the country,
but to the advantage of demagogues and
fanatics, and through the fundamentally
of which the embodiment of corruption
and deceit, James Buchanan, was elevated
to the Presidency, will give place to some
thing else. The people can then be induc-
ed to think of questions of moment to us.
Black Republicansm, deprived of its pab-
ulum, will feed on it itself, and die of the
poison; and then, American principles, can
be placed before the people with some
hope of success. On the other hand, de-
ny Kansas admission-turn the back of
the nation upon er,-and the excitement
and agitations, which must ensue, will, in
the next Presidential struggle, again de-
prive us of the power of obtaining hear
ing for our cause, and we may even be-
come entirely lost in the clamor and con-
fusion about Kansas, State rights, and Pop
ular Sovereignty.