The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-11-27
CLINTON LA SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER o. 1853
Cbe felitiana ltmotrat.
LOOKING AHEAD-UNION FOR 1860.

Not least among the signs of the times, il
conjunction with the outspoken views of mel
like Senators Brown and Davis of Mississippi
and Senator Hammond, of South Carolina, ar,
the views with which leading papers are occu
pied at this peculiar juncture Journals whicl
were as strongly Lccompton as any of the Sen
ators named, now express views which arc the
legitimate offspring Of anti.Lccomptonsm.
Among these, the Richmond Examiner has
been prominent in the past, and is prominent
IN tlc present. Recently, quite violent on the
political principles advocated by those Demo.
Gratis who were desirous of treating impartial.
ly Judge Douglas appeal to the State and
people he represented, it now reviews with
diSpassionatc ardor the Democratic triumph in
Illinois. The panorama of the series of bat.
ties carried on from State to State IN this year
OF 1858, is extended before its vision, and it
explains the lessons conveyed to it with force.
It bcholds defeat, disappointment, and ruin,
and over the sad spectacle, the bloody banner
OF Seward inoculating the mir with signs Of
gullt-signs Which, in many states, the Democ-
racy have not the united will, though they
have the strength to avert States, like New
York, distracted over pettifogging issues and
so hungry after spols that, like the cats of
Kilkenny, they eat each other up, and only
leave the miserable tail of their self dcvouring
organization
Pennsylvania, unfortunately, is like the an
acohda IN becoming an easy prey by being
oVcrgorged. III has had a plethora, and in its
stubborn fatncSs has been seized and captured
Pennsylvania, gorged with the Lions share
OF the spols, in spite of her cabinet officers
her six foreign ministers and her countless
horde of Office holders, is in the hands of the
Black Republicans. Oppressed with the hca-
Viness OF her abundant rcmardS, she was early
ovcrtaken and slain" Ohio, too, in the dark
brotherhood Of which Massachusetts, New
Hampshire and Connecticut are the evil ora
cles-thiS is surely sight to make the eyes of
thinking men turn nwards and seek in their
hearts some explanation Of the cause which
has so resulted. After the Pennsylvania elec-
ton, after the Illinois election we impored
that course for our political salvation which
we are proud to find others also, lately 50 an
tagoniStic, now advocating.
The Examiner remarks:
I'VE very much mistake the wisdom and
good sense OF the present administration, if it
insist upon making Lccompt0n Il test for Dem
ocracy hereafter. with powerful, rcmorseless,
exutant party like that which Seward now
leads, threatening to break down all constitu
tional barriers to emancpate the slaves in the
Southern States. Mr. Buchanan will perceive
the necessity for healing that division in our
party by which the States Of Ohio, PennsyI.
vania, and New York have just been lost. Can
there, in spite of the present disorganizcd state
of the Democratic party in the free States, be
found the requisite materials for reconstruct
in~ great national Democratic party Z?
Gloomy us the prospect before us is, there are
not wanting cheering indications, Al of the free
States have not been sacked, and pillaged by
the followers of Seward In the heart of the
mighty West among the fearless Democracy
of that section Of the Union, where vast EN-
pire is growing into vigorous manhood-the
flag OF the National Democracy floats triumph
antly from the towers of one Democratic cita.
del. From amidst the shattered and blacken-
ed ruins OF surrounding States, laid waste by
Stewards cohorts, illinois stands firm and pro-
claims that the National Democratic party in
the free States is not ended 1t is an axiom in
political science that a country is. not subducd
as long as Il fortified town resist the assaults of
Cilc illNaucIS. llllHoS Sliilts us ' lT9lu SlOOu
when Sam claimed the Union as his domain,
from Maine to California Flushed with the
spoIs of twenty-seyen States, Sam insolently
sat down before this Gibraltar of Democracy,
and expected an easy victory. All else was
his, and, from the battlements Of this old Dem
ocratic citadel, reared by Jefferson and Madi-
son, he proclaimed that he would soon look
forth upon political possessions second only to-
those Of the Autocrat of Russia
But here he was met, however, in fight on.
ly less great than that Of Illinois, AS the EX-
amincr truly chronicles Sam fell dead in that
fight, and was rotten almost before Governor
Wise and the Virginia Democracy performed
a wardance over him in 1855. As of Virgin
ia in 1855, so Of Illinois now. ltindicates the
sncccs of the Democracy in 1860, if followed
up in the Democratic spirit by which it was
won BY all just m n-frends and enemies
the Douglas victory in Illinois is regarded as
the toucll-stonc of Democratic resurrection.
"I4et the enemies Of Judge Douglas say what
they please, the victory won by him in Illinois
is one from which great and good results must
follow"
+" His opponent" says the Examiner, "for
the senate, was genuine unadulterated black
captain in the army of Seward
"a foul mouthed, cnyenomed enemy of the