Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-26

tAal No should have 20 emphatically declared our
desire eths defeat Of Stephen A. Douglas in the
contest he 10 now waging in illinois, Regarding
his opponsat - the representative of unadultcra-
ted Black Repablioanim. their sympathies incline
to DoaKias, however doubtful they may be Of his
orthodoxy on certain essential points Of the South
ern creed.
We have already shown, from an official exhibit
Of Mr.. Douelas' course in Congress. that he has
bssa the consistent and persistent advocate Of
Sou.tter Sovereignty in oil its length and breadth.
II REQUIRES no argument to convince the Southern
peopie-for Il IL universally admitted-that, prac-
tcally. Squatter Sovereignty is no better, in res
pect Of the institation of slavery in Territory,
than the Wilmot provso itself. In truth, the lat
ter is to Be- preferred-ior it accomplishes peacca-
bly, and quietly, and under the sanction of law,
what the other does by quasi-revolotion, and all
the exsitement Of popular tumult and passion
Yet. to this doctrine Of Squatter Sovereignty, MIR.
Douglas stands committed by repeated votes and
speeches from 1880 up to the present time. And,
to leave no vestigc Of doubt in regard to his pres
eut position, he has recently propounded the doc
trine in the most distinct and emphatic manner in
public speech at Freeport, in the State OF Hi
nois.
A politician 20 Objectionable is unworthy of the
slightest sympathy from the people Of the South,
no matter who his opponent. lfhc were the most
notorious Abelitionist in the Union he could not
be more dangerous to the South than Douglas
for we would be prepared for the hostility OF the
former, while VIC incautiously permit ourselves to
be deceived by the subtle Jesuitism and deceptive
professions Of the latter.
But We assert that Douglas has been the man
to infict upon the South tho heaviest blow she has
ever received. His course in regard to the adms-
sion Of Kansas. in the last Congress- beyond all
doubt, prevented the addition Of that Territory to
the Union as Stare STATE. II was Stephen A.
Douglas who kept Kansas on, of the unon' and
nobody else His friends and myrmidons in tho
lower House of Congress- acting under his 'ns'rnc'
tons and guided by his advice, failed TO vote Tor
the bill Cor the admission Of Kansas, which had
already passed the Senate, and thus VIA tho bill
defeated. But for Tie friends Of Do"9'ds rating
against the Senate bill, Kansas comd hare foddy
been IN the Union as Stare STATE!
For this course of conduct on the part of Mr.
Douglas friends Mr.. Douglas was himself res
House of Congress voted against the admission OF
Kansas. And it was mainly by the vote OF these,
that the proposition to admit Kansas rs Slave
State was defeated OF these men Douglas was
the head and front. His brain conceived The
plan of opposition, his counsels prevailed IN all
their consultations, his was the anmating spirit
Of the whole league. This fact was notorious in
Washington City at the time. and nobody will pre-
tend to deny il now.
It's equally weltEsaaawn that Douglas and his
friends in the lowehftouse of Congress- were in
almost daily consultation with the Black Rer"bl-
cans The South, in the immncnce of her peril,
found herself deserted by those whom she had
been told she could rely upon. From Black he
publicans she expected nothing else than opposl-
ton TO the admission of Slave State into the Union
The Black Republicans cannot be held therefore,
to such an accountability, as those Douglas Demo-
Gratis cho deserted TO the enemy, and hmdritd the
South in tie accomplishment Of a cherished purpose.
The admission Of Kansas as a Slave State would
have been the most splendid triumph for the South
that has ever occurred in the history of the Gov
eminent. All the other Slave States that have
been admitted. had Slavery firmly established in
them even before the organization of Territorial
Governments Not 80 with Kansas. II Kansas
had been admitted as Slave State, it would have
been the FIRST INSTANCE Of Territory in which
slavery had never existed that had been IRON dy
the South to the cause of slavery. The priz, mas
about to be grasped by the South, mhen Stephen 4.
Douglas and his friends stepped IN, and '"defy
snatched Il .trem her haadsl
Tho admission of X ansasn n Slave State would
have RESTORED THE NuMERIcrL EQUALITY Of the
Slave with the Free States in the Union-thus CHI
abling the South to protect herself in the Senate
This result, 40 essential to the security and intcg
rity of the South, prereUed by the machine
fions Of Stephen A. Donglas'
For years the South had been struggling in
Kansas to resist the efforts of Abolitouism to ex-
pei slavery from the Territory. She had sent
her sons there, aud she had contributed of her
money to help to sustain them in the desperate
conflict At last shc rRrUxPHED. Slavery WAS
recognized as one of the institutions of Kansas in
her organic law. The Constitution was sent to
Congress- and formal application was made for
admission into the Union. The Senate passed tho
bill against the vote of Mr.. Douglas, and the Pres
identw was known to be in favor of it, The last
stage Of the struggle reached, and the sane
ton Of the House of Representatives only was ne
cessary to complete the triumph. 1t was ut this
critical moment that the friends Of Douglas acting
under his advice, separated themselves from Meir
party, coaleseed pith The Black Republicans. and
DEFEATED THE SOUTH AT TIE VERY MOMENT OF An
TIcIPArED VICTORY
Mr. Douglas made no objection to tho proceed
ings in the Constitutional Convention in Kansas,
asM after II scas ascertaiaed that they had adopted
Slavery as one ofne institutions Of the STATE. Then