Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-03
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stephen A, Douglas will be the nominee Of
the Democratic Party (we speak Of the true
Democracy for the Presidency in lsCo. The
masses of the Democracy, throughout the
Union. are rallying around him Hundreds
If those Democrats, who, as leaders in the
Democratic organization, opposed him, in
his Anti Leeompton policy, out &C favor to
The President, refuse to be bounded bv the
President and his organ, the Washington
Union. into abusing him. Even Senator
Green, of Missouri, the head and front of
the Lecompton movement in the Senate of
the United States, has declared publicly that
he would like 10 see Douglas elected to the
senate over Lincoln. in Illinois, and thereby
has incurred the blacklist wrath of the Wash.
ington Union Speaker Orr, of South Car.
olina, has declared the same thing. md 9th.
er prominent Southern leaders have cried
shame upon the course Of the President
ma his organ in the persecution which they
are waginS as inst SO great n elIieftain in
the Democratic Party as Stephen 4. Douglas.
| Even the rabidest of Southern Democrats
say, the South cannot afford to lose so great
champion of Democratic principles, in the
North. They know very well that with the
abandonment Of Douglas by the Southern
Democracy, they lose forever all aid and com
Tort from the Northern Democracy. With
the defeat and overthrow of Douglas, the De
mocrotic party of the North perishes. Itis hi,
power and influence alone that hold the De
mocracy, there, together-his power and in
huenee combined with the grand doctrine o
Popular Sovereignty. Douglas cannot be
pros'rated, unless the doctrine Of popular
sovereignty be pros;rated, too, and wher
hat doctrine falls, the Democratic Party o
the North is dead
As for Il influence of Douglas inj thi,
State so great is it that even the Leeompton.
ties i Ire not war against his name. In the
last fight in this state, they inscribed his
name upon their banners, and pretended
only to be fighting the Republicans and one
man ouly beside, to-wit: David C. Brode.
rick. They have not yet commenced de.
nouncing Mr. Douglas, although they viii
have to do it, after n while or cease to call
themselves Leccmptonites and the friends of
the Administration. Mr. Buchanan has his
rye on them. and he will never recognize as
an Administration man any person who dares
proclaim himself friend of Mr.. Douglas
! Tho issua will bovo q Ia mo L. o.,, 49,. ...
long. When that time comes, where will
the so-cGlled Administration party of this
state be? Dwinded into insisnifcance
Few indeed will be the number who will
iare to say that Douglas j: no Democrat. OF
viii have the hard:.iAood to raise the hand Of
'Pp"-lIi'n against him Why, even oul
rampant Administration cotemporarv over
the way, says that Douglas is right in de
string TO make it the uniform policy in form
ing state sorereignties to require a submission
of the proposed organic law to a vote of the
peop'e. lie is going entirely too far. for a
Lecompton man. and, if he does not look out.
he will have the whole Administration party
torn on him-we speak of the Administra-
don party as James buchanan defines it. If
he wishes to keep in favor with the Old Man
of the White House, he had better at once
retrace his steps, take back what little he has
ever said in favor of Douglas, and 90 to work
to denounee and villify him in good set phrase,
as the Washington Union does. To acknowl-
edge that Douglas is a Democrat won't 20
down wiSA Ola Buck. No sir, never.