The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-11-11
The Illinois Election.

The Illinois Election.
! The success Of Douglas in the Illinois
elections is made certain by the intelli-
geuce Of this morning. He goes back to
! " ashington sure of another term in the
] United States Senate. He goes back as
the conqueror, to look down upon Mr..
Buchanan aud his friends as the conquer
cd party: goes back with triumph in his
eyes, to meet brows lowering with disap-
pointment and diSpleasure, perhaps with
the eager desire for vengeance. All that
Mr. Buchanan has been laboring for since
he had the news of his election in 1886
the great object Of his hopes-the OBJ
jcct for which he sacrificed the good will
! of many among his original friends, his
title to his own esteem, and the fair place
he might have occupied in his country 5
history-is at once placed beyond his
reach by the result of the Illinois elec-
tions. tie cannot be the next candidate
Of his party for the Presidency. The
party which now holds the offices of the
! federal government, and desires to keep
them, will not set up a man who is beaten
before the contest is begun. They fight
to win, not to lose and will rally round
one who comes from recent battle-feld
bringing with him the trophies of a great
victory.
We may expect, therefore, to see a
Douglas party Immediately formed in all
the states, with its avowed champions and
recognized presses. 1t exists already in
an embryo state at the South, as we'll as
the North 1t has already celebrated the
success of its tavorite by public rejoicings,
under the very windows Of the President
at Washington, greatly, no doubt to the
disgust of Its principal inmate. Already
there are Journalism the slave states which,
trom the first, have expressed their earn
est desire that Douglas might prevail i'll
the Illinois clectIous, and nave done their
best by friendly and ingenious eXplana-
tons or his opinions on the Kansas queS-
tion-explanations which he will himself
probably now adopt-to NAL Ike them accept
able to the South. Here in New York
We have federal ofiice-hoiders who favor
the cause Of Douglas with all their hearts,
and look to him as sure to be the candi-
date of their party at the Charleston Con
vention Viii Mr. Buchanan admins
tration, which gave them their places, and
with their places their Importance and
their influence, and which well knows
what they are doing, leave them where
they are A few days will probably de-
eide this question. The Tammauy or
ganization in this city is known to be
friendly to Douglas, and will henceforth
link itself to his fortunes.
For the present, then, Douglas is the
heirapparent to the succession. Not only
the hopes of Mr. Buchanan, but the hopes
of hundred others, ambitious to win a
name in history by figuring as the Chiet
Magistrate of our Republic in these days
of its prosperity, when, though so young
it is yet formidable, and though great,
seems growing into more colossal great
ness, are crushed by this successful rebel
lion Of Douglas against what passes fol
orthodoxy at Washington.-Ece. Post,5h
To the above we add the following ex-
tract from the Post of Saturday:
Douglas has yet to gain Illinois; he
has the legislature, but not the people
The course he has hitherto taken has not
! secured him the popular majority. H.
must ia ke his political creed to pew draft
if he means to satisfy the people of the
free states. They viii hardly be content
) with the bastard dogmas, by maintaining
| which the equivocal victory over tke Re
pubIicans of Illinois was gained. Tc
brave the Administration successfully, il
part of the country where it had ALREADY J
made itself detested, lie will find was .
much easier task than the one he has yet
TO perform"
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