Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1858-11-17

WHAT A CHANGE The Washington Union has
for months past been denouncing Judge Douglas as
traitor to the democratic party. Since his triumph
IN Illinois, the Union is discussing the propriety of
yielding to Judge Douglas on the only two points
as to which. according to the Union, he differs from
the democracy, and of "alowing to him high po-
stion in the party!l"
Success converts a rebellion into revolution but
we never before saw it confessed that success con-
verted traitor to democracy into democrat The
party finds that it can't afford to lose Douglas-
Fayetteville Observer.
Our cotemporary of the O6serrer is mistaken, as
the following article from the Onion of the 9Th in
slant will show:
"We have published pretty full reports of the
elections of Tuesday last Our readers will have
learned from them the general fact that the demo-
cratic party has sustained important losses in all the
States where the elections have been held, except
only in the State in which its leaders have denoun-
ced its action fraudulent and in violation of its
faith and its principles. With few exceptions the
party has been beaten wherever in these States its
candidates did not endorse the action of the black
republican party in Congress last winter and con-
denim that OF the good and true democrats in that
body.
If the democratic party has triumphed in Illinois,
1t has been at its expense in consideration of
joining in the black republican camor against the
"Lecompton fraud and swindle" 1t is triumph
barren and ignominious it is triumph over which
exult more than the good and true democracy. The
platform of the party in Illinois on the great slavery
question, in the canvass just ended differs but little
from the Buffalo platform of 1S4s 1t was the lead
ing tenet of the Buffalo platform that Congress might
prohibit slavery in the Territories and debar from
these common possessions of all the States the cti-
of half the Union. 1t is the leading tenet of
the Illinois platform that the subordinate agent of
Congress- the territorial legislature, may do this
thing-in the manner most becoming an underling
and tool, by indirection bad faith, and perjury
We repeat that victory won upon a charge of
fraud and delinquency of principle, against the de-
mocracy-a victory won upon a platform of doc
trines differing but shade from the odious platform
OF Buffalo, is not a victory over which we can re-
joice, or from which can expect any advantage
or honor to the great party in whose service We
labor.
1t is notorious in Illinois that an anti Lincoln ma
jorty in the Legislature just elected is not per
Douglas majority. In letter from correspond
ent who had just traversed the whole State written
on the 1st instant, the day before the election he
sets forth the true state of the case: 81 have Just
returned from a trip through the State find that
there are hosts of good democrats who will vote for
Douglas candidates to beat Lincoln, although they
have no confidence in the Little Giant The cleo
tion returns will not therefore give very good in
dcation of his strength. 1t was the impression
among leading democrats at Springfield that Douglas
will not under any circumstances, be returned
even though his friends be in apparent majority in
| the Legislature. They believe that among them
will be found sufficient number of members elect
ed to beat Lincoln who will refuse to vote for Dou
| glas and thus prevent the election of either"