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

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highest this economical politician was
By q delegate from the North. West, put
to a severe cross-examination, on the
night prior to the meeting Of the Con
%vention, touching his preference as to
the Presidential candidates. He avowed
himself une%quivocally in favor of b.
cHANAN. His interrogation Informed
him that it was alleged that he was tho
friend of DoUGLAs; to which he replied
that be had understood that DorcLAs
would not be q candidate before the
National Convention-but if be was,
that he would not, in any event, obtain
his vote. Upon the strength of assur-
ances like these, this buying and selling
politician, was elected one of the Sena-
torial Delegates, and at the Cincinnati
Convention was one of the most violent
advocates for the nomination of Judge
DoUGLAs upon the ground, aud the most
bitter in his opposition to BUCHANAN.
This delegate was an accurate type Of
the class which supported Judge Dove
LAS at that Convention.
We have given this hasty sketch with
a view solely of " pointing the moral
in the case and for the purpose of
showing that, although the Democracy
of this State and of this Union some
times do acts that look like injustice to
some Of their best statesmen, yet, that
no politician can ever succeed by the
means and the iustrumentsli:ies which
Judge DOUGLAS and his friends in Ohio
have employed during tho last seven
years.
The same causes which prevented Gen.
CAss from securing the Ohio delegation
at Baltimore in IS44-tbat he was un-
fortunate ia the character of his friends,
although they might not have been the
friends of his choice-have defeated
Judge DOUGLAS heretofore, and fciH
forever defeat him. The "rottens" of
the Democratic party are now, as they
ever have been, but q mere faction IN
Ohio-and are only formidable on ac-
count of their energy and organization.
The great error of politicians outside of
the State--aud particularly at Washing
ton is, that they mistake the energy and
noise of these men, sometimes, for nuns-
6ers. Very few of the radical, steadfast
Democrats of Ohio, who are the pride
and the strength of the party, ask for
Office. They generally remain at home,
engaged in their legitimate business
But on the other hand, the "rif raft
the scum and lees--of tie party, are al:
ways present on the advent of a new
Administration, demanding Office, and
representing themselves as "the State"
| Some politicians are charmed by their
logic aud pretensioDs-and, when too
late, discover that they are the victims
of a misplaced confidence
How far Judge DOUGLAS may be real
ly responsible for the character of lis
friends, we are unable to say. But We
have always believed that it was 10 his
{" friends" more than to any defect in
his own character and conduct, that he
has been shipwrecked. If, indeed, he as
right himself, he has been exceedingly
unfortunate in having had the advocates
he has. Throughout the country, they
have generally been composed of legis:
lative borers"--fellows who are after
Z" Jobs" at Washington or before State
Legislatures-who are enlisted in the
service of the Ocean Steamer piracy,
the land-plubder interest, aud all kind
red schemes--and, if a National Bank
proj9ct were brought forward, with any
prospect of success, they would at once
engage in that scheme. Anything to
cin--anythins to make money lis
their motto. If Judge DOUGLAS could
purge his ranks of this class, as General
CAss did in le4s, and enlist under his
banner the live and radical Democracy
of the country, although, by virtue of
bis age, his public service, and his nu-
merous defeats, be is no longer Young
America" but has become a "fogy," he
may yet succeed in reaching the goal Of
his ambition. Unless he ean do this,
the radical Democracy of the West. we
are free to say, will cast about for anoth-
er representative.
The Election.
So ~rejoiced were the Democrats of
this city at the scathing rebuke given to
the Democratic President by the Repub-
lieans of Ohio Indiana, Pennsylvania,
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts,,
and a few other States, that they anti
cipated the vietors in their rejoicings,
and burned considerable powder last
evening, 10 honor of the result. One or
two guns were added as an acknowledge
ment of the additional slap in the fase
given by Douglas, the Democratic Sen.
ator from Illinois, to BuchaDan, the
Democratic President at Washington
Cleveland Herald.
* Now that the election is over,
there is no longer any motive for dise uis
ing the fusion that has existed between
leading Republicans and leading friends
of DOUGLAS. The mt that the Re-
publican party were upon the verge of
utter bankruptcy, "the little joker"
from Illinois r~e-galvanises the defunct