Daily national Democrat., 1858-08-17
Wind their sails.

The news by the late steamer from the At
lantic States is fatal to the grand scheme of
the Lecomptouites for drawing OF to their
side the adherents of >tephen A. Douglas.-
They have been crying Justify, ever since they
quit reading Mr.. Doug.as out of the Demo
cratic party that peace was made between
the Administration and Mr. Douglas, that
Mr. Douglas was "a mighty fine man.
Thought great deal oroll Buck, and old
Buck thought great deal of him and that
he was now thoroughly identified with the
Administration. If such peace had been
made, they took queer method Of follow
;ng Il up, 10y passing resolution, as they did
IN their state Convention which no Douglas
man on earth could swallow, and which in
fact read OW every Douglas man from their
side of the question Right on the heels Of
all this, comes the news that the political
campaign in Illinois has opened, and that
Stephen 4. Douglas is defending himself, like
a man as he is, against the Administration
Iecompton part, and the Black Republicans
both. Instead of the Administration men
making peace with him, they are doing their
utmos, to defeat him. Knowing that is old
enemies, the Republicans are strong in H.
nois, they are endeayoring to SO divide the
Democratic party in thlt state as to give the
Republicans the plurality, and so secure the
election Of u Black Republican United states
senator in place of the great Kansas Nebras-
Ka Democrat Mr.. Douglas in a speech in
the senate. from which the Lecomptonites
have made garbled quotations, charged the
Administration purity in Illinois with con
spring with the Black Republicans against
.,im, and not only charged it Tut said that he
knee it to be the case and could prove it, In
making the charge he said that he was un.
willing to believe that the Administration at
Washington was priyy to the business, be-
cause it was STOPPING so low bene th all the
dignity Of true manhood, but that, if the Ad
mnistration at Washington did not publicly =
dsayow being concerned In it or having
authorized such conspiracy against bin he
should take it as a fair inference that the Ad-
ninistration was not only priyy to it but had
authorized and commanded the foul work to
be done No such dsayowul has ever been
made, to our knowlege yet, and, even if it
had it would be "a most hollow and hypo-
critical disayowal if the Agents OF the Admin
istration, the Federal oppointees in Illinois,
still kept up the warfare, as it seems they
are now doing with all their mi ght and main
A fouler coalition was never known or heard
Of than this same coalition Of the Adnistra.
tion party with the Republicans in Illinois
tration side, is a fellow named Leib, an ap.
pointec Of the President whom Douglas
proved in the Senate of the United States tc
have been a member of Jim Lanes Dante
Band in Kansas, and who took a solemn oath
upon being initiated into that order that he
would never vote or act with any other than
the Black Republican party
The question, is, therefore, settled as to
Douglass being as thick as three in a bed
with the Administration Party. The Admin
istration party it at car with him, and will
crush him if it can They dare not make an
open war against him in this State, because
thoy know that he is enthroned in the affec.
tions of the Democracy, but they are playing
a game "low down" in which they will win
as many Douglas votes as they can, by rails
ing false issues and, in case that they succeed.
viii boast loudly that the entire Kansas pol
icy Of tie Administration has been sustained
and that stephen A. Douglas and hisfollowers
have been rebuked. VIII any sensible Doug
las man be led away by such transparent
irickery! Sureey not