The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-11-10
Douglas for O

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Douglas for 1900.
Some Of our brethren of the Demo
cratic press are insisting upon the nomi-
nation of Senator DOUGLAS for the
Presidency in 1860, This movement,
like all others that have been made in
behalf of the distinguished Senatorfrom
Illinois, seems to us premature. Mr..
DouoLAs has already suffered two deaths
at-the hands of his friends, and it ap,
pears his destiny to suffer one more.
In 1914, the friends of Gen. CAss in
Ohio, consisting then of RuFUs P. SPAuL-
DING. DAVID < CARrTER, GEO. W. MANY
PENNY, and about twenty five political
hacks of their ak, backed up BY a few
newspapers. and supported BY a few
honest and disinterested men, who really
admired the General for his statesman.
aahipand other good qualities, determined
stogive him the Presidential nomination
thst year. Gen. CAss was judged aud
condemned By the character of his sup
porters, and those political hucksters
defeated him in securing a single dele
gate from Ohio, and as a consequence,
defeated him in the Baltimore Conven-
tod I'm January, I64s, when the
Democratic State Convention again met
at Columbus to appoint delegates to the
NationalG Convention, Judge SPAULDrNG,
the representative of the trading wing of
the party offered a resolution instruct
Z ing the delegates to vote for Gen. CAss.
Thiss resolution was promptly laid upon
the table by=an almost unanimous vote.
5 Gen. eass had already been adopted BY
the radical Democracy of Ohio-and
they were resolved that he and the coun-
try shoalM ziiderstaxd that fact and
20, when the Committee on Resolutions
brought in their report, it embodied a
resolution highly complimentary of Gen.
CAss, and i~nstrNctins the delegates at
Balinore to support him. This reso-
iution was adopted by acczamation by
the same Convention which only a few
hours before had tabled the resolution of
SrAuLprNc, couched in almost its pre-
else lauguagei
Iusls50. Judge DsueLAs appeared in
Ohio as =. Presidential aspirant, seeking
the Democratic nomination which was
70 be made at Baltimore two years later.
The State Fair, which was held in Co:
irmbus IN September, 1850, was sought
20 betnade an engine by his friends, for
the exclusive purpose of promoting his
ambition. He came into the State at
tended by a large retiuue of adherents,
from Illinois and Indiana, and they, as
yell as those who were in his interest in
Ohio, labored as~siduously, night and
day, and using all the appliances, prom
ises and Establishments which politicians
o55y trade are in the habit of supposing
are 30 availiDg, in order to compass the
geeat end But that movement, like the
present one, was premature, and most
i%nopportune. Ohio had thep a States
man, within her own borders, possess
Ing q National reputation, of which she
was justly proud, and who had a hold
upon the hearts Of the Democratic mass.
es which no intrigue or SANDER of poll
ticians could affect. Yet, WILLIAM AL
1rs was averse to being a candidate.
He preferred the nomination of LEWIS
Ckss bat his friends, indignant at the
Extraordinary invasion from Illinois, re.
solved that ALLEN should be a candi.
date. The consequence was, that the
State Convention of January, 1852,
notwithstanding the superhuman efforts
Of the friends of Senator DouGLAs,
contained q large majority of ALLEN
nen. The friends of Judge DGueLAs
we're poWerlcss to secure any showing
for him. although they were enabled to
form q combination of sufficient power
to defeat The resolution ~iDstructipg the
delegates at Baltinore in favor of Az
LEN.
In December, 1856, a few weeks prior
to the meeting of the 9Th of January
State Convention of 1856, Judge DoUa.
Las again appeared in our State. He
vas at Columbus several days, and We
belieEe at Cleveland when the State
Convention assembled, and remained in
that city during its session. Having as.
certained the utter hopelessness of his
prospects, bis friends determined to
carry the State by a coup detRt. Those
who weIe known to be in his confidence,
selcmnly aeseverated that he was not a
cardffate-that he was entirely Cont of