Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-11-12

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- IIlinois HlDetion.
II tziunpA Il Doaglas IN ~ laas slsshee v
u6,eis IA - saspriss - Az wsrnly - We o..
possd ~ sassaiea-ss bitterly - Ne regret hss
sassso-As ia not in he latter days Of the can
W. Usse sHy olAsf result.
Oar readers Win rscollsct that We have frequent
~ nainaninsA In thsss eolumns-and have sedser
yorsasn vuious oecasioes 10 prove the proposition
shas tAess Il practically little or no difference o.
,r;nc;uae b,svesa The Democrats and the Black
Rso.blioa,s Of The Northwestern States. Iney
.rs ..nsu6iSt;c s.ly Ia political ofganisaaon.-
I. r,apees Of I'll measures Of public policy. tney
ocsupv idpuaisally The same ground. Both parues
-. .ou.lv hostile 10 the sstsssios Of slavcry-no
,..as.r bv What means the contamination may b
..,.i,sd Both arc opposed to IN economical Cd
minissrssiou Of the Government Both arc 10 ~
vor Of plandsring the public Treasury Tor h'vsf
and Hssbor Improvements. and Of cheating the old
seaa,s cot Of their proportioa Of the public isnds
nv The ,windling system Of land-granss. In short
ali uaxties 1t the Northwest are tarrsd with the
anna ,<iok--sMd whatever there 10, in American
,o,;s;~. that 10 vicious and partial and selfish and
fraudulent, you may he sure they profess It TO ~
Asll,e, extent in all the States Northwest Of the
Ohio.
OF al this selash and illiberal spirit that pre-
walls throughout thu. country, Stephen A. Douglas
:. tho commemorative msn-and, besides this he 10
~ 6rst one of his class. In other days the
Northwest was represented in the Senate by statss
men and gentlemen In latter days, has been In
stituted new race of poticisns--what the no
maus called ''nosi homines" new men. who spring
from the rabblc. and obey only the 'noonndsrate
bshsst, Of the msuy.headed monster" Mr..
S,ephsn A. Douglas was the pioneer Of this class
Of politicians in the Northwest-and. by virtue OF
priority Of claim, - we'll - Of ability, he still
maintains the place of their leader.
When The people Of Illinois came to look at the
real merits of the contest before them, they saw
that % the representative Of their peculiarly sell
fish political faith, Mr.. Douglas was head and
shoulders above Lincoln or any one else. While
Lincoln, equally with Douglas was opposed to the
extension Of slavery. he proposed to prevent it by
fair and honorable meanA Douglas proposed to
prevsut il BY ndirection and fraud. The latter
way Of doing thing was 40 much more accePt"-
bic to the sslashncss and chicanery Of Northwes-
tern people, that they made haste to accept it in
preference to the former
The figures show that heavy vote. from the
Black Republican party proper. was cast for
Douglas. Thousands Of Fremont supporters raj
lied to the Douglas flag. Why not! The Black
Republicans, since tho rendering Of the bred Scott
decision, are gradually abandoning the doctrine
tina. Congress may prohibit slavery in the Terri
tories-and are yielding their assent to the more
sakcacious mode Of excluding slavery from the
Territories, BY the operation Of Squatter Sever
eighty. Eli Thayer took this ground openly in
and 10 returned to Congress by
over Eve thousand majority. They see that it is
useless to claim the doctrine Of tho power Of Con-
gress in the matter. They zee it is useless to re-
sist the decision Of the Supreme Court that Con-
gress has no power to intervene. What them
Why, they fall back upon the expedent OF Squat
ter Sovereignty and "unfriendly legislation"-
an expedient, for the discovery Of which. they are
indebted TO Mr.. Stephen A Douglas. And in ten
der appreciation Of the service he has rendered
them. they rush to his support in Illinois, and
bear his banner triumphantly through the conflict.
No WONDER then. no is victorious. A MAcnIA-
VEL in utrigue-a TALLKYRANp in policy and cum
ning--a URlAu HER in cringing servility-he
has triumpbed, ~ many another demagogue has
triumphed before him. If SHAKsrEARE were ly-
ing at the present day, he would hardly repeat.
what he makes woLsry say, that corruption wins
not more than honesty" Too sadly would he Ia
ment the dsgeneracy Of the age. which shonld
cause him to reverse he sentiment