The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-10-09


us well as its principles and that the nominee
of the Charleston Convention whether it be
himself, or some other democrat. will receive
ms nearly support. Gould anything more be
asked Of him 4?
THE CANVASS
AS soon as Judge DOUGLAS returned from
Washington, he published his appointments for
addressing his fellow-ctizens all over the State.
agreeing to invite LINCOLN to meet him at one
place in each Congressional district. His can.
voss will extend to every hamlet in Illinois.
and few there are who will not have heard from
his own lips his able defence of his party and
principles before the election in November.
Thus far his canvass has been one continued
trlumphal march from county to county, and
from village to village. The people flock by
thousands to hear him, SO that in some places
1t Is next to impossible for him to be heard on
The outskirts of the crowd. AS he exposes the
designs Of Black Republicans in his masterly
manner as he defends the Democratic party;
as he INDUCES in his withering denuncations of
his opponent, the audience sit in wrapt atten.
ton, interrupted only by the cheers and shouts
Of applause at frequent intervals The whole
State is in fernent, and never before did
Judge DOUGLAS awaken, as now, such enthusi-
asm in his party. There are still few Office
holders who hold out against him. but it is ex.
ccedingly rare that Democrat is found who
is willing, by dividing the Democratic vote, to
aid IN the election Of LINcoKN. Nor must it
be inferred that the Democrats of Illinois are
opposed to the Administration. Far from it;
they are all Administration men, and they are
all DOUGLAS men they cannot see what the
Lecompton question hrs to do with the issues
between DOUGLAS and LINCOLN. Going through
the State you never hear the question of BUcH.
ANAN or anti-BUcHANAN asked. unless YOU hap
pen to pass through village whose post.mas-
ter has just had his head taken off, when, as is
very natural, public opinion Indignantly resents
snch petty attempt to crush independence Of
thought and action. While DOUGLAS is crea.
ting such enthusiasm wherever he goes, it is all
an uphill business with his opponent Except
when he meets DOUGLAS, it is with difficulty
that he can get anything like respectable
crowd to hear him. His Infamous principles
haze made him the abhorred of the people of
the conservative State Of Illinois, and they are
only wait the opportunity to express their feel
ings at the polls LINCOLN and his managers
already feel that the Black Republican party
u
election.
THE DUTY OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Such being the state of political affairs in H.
lnois, such being the candidates of the two par.
ties, one Of whom is bound to succeed, what
pa:t should the Democracy of the Union, and
of the South, take in this contest?
Should the Democracy like the Washington
Union affect "serene Indifference" or realg,
like that paper, side with LINCOLN (for, while
it is always abusing DoUGLAs, it says nothing
about LINcoLY) or should it, like STEPHENS
and Orr and the New Orleans Delta, openly
give him It's sympathy support and encourage
ment Mind the question is not whether we
snail have DOUGLAS or an antiDoUGLAs Dem
ocrdt, for there is not the slightest possibility
that the anti.DoUGLAs ticket will poll five thou
sand votes in the State, or that it will be able
to elect single member to the Legislature.
The question simply, DOUGLAS or LINCOLN"
md he who opposes one directly or indirectly, aids
md a6sts tie election of the other. The question
s, whether we shall retain a Democratic or.
sonization at the North or drive the Northern
Democracy from us for there is no doubt tha,
,he mass of the Northern Democracy, parte-
llary in the Northwest, are in the same cate,
sory with DOUGLAS, and if we kick their lead
N out of the party. we must expect the rank
md file to go with him. They all say that they
IRE willing to forget the past shall we, then,
break up the party, now that our prospects are
70 fair, simply to crafty our desire to punish
nen for entertaining different ideas upon an OBJ
'oetc issue? IL would be just as foolish as If
We were to eXcommunicate all the old line
Wings in the party simply because they once
ayored United States Bank. 1t is to bc
loped, then for the sake Of the harmony and
integrity Of the party, that we shall hear of no
more opposition to DOUGLAS from the party
outside of the State Of Illinois If the same
course is taken by the party at large as that
adopted by the Union and the Administration,
while it will not harm DOUGLAS to any consid
srable extent, it acW seriously damage the pros
oects of the Democratic party of the country.
If Mr.. BUCHANAN and the Union, for some un-
accountable reason, are ambitious of being sub
ected to the modification of a disastrous defeat
in Illinois, by following an ignis .fatuus in the
shape of an "anti-DoUGLAs" ticket, the Dholr
Democratic party need not be caught in an!
such predicament
Yet a few southern presses advocate such course
Belg~ Mrs. Partington is said to have anxious