The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-09-27

las mas Decome the recognized hea0 ana HOnt,
West, East, North and South.
We shall not attempt to refute the suspicion Of
our Richmond contemporary, that the Washington
Union Is /" blinded by malice or instigated by
personal interest against Mr.. Douglas; for we
are aware that with Mr.. Cornelius Wendell the
absorbing question is the plumber of the govern
ment printing, and that upon this important sub
ject, between Wendell and Douglas there is an
impossible chasm. Nor shall we undertake to
deny that upon this new issue concerning slave
~ in the Territories, Mr.. Douglas has sprung
question pregnant of new crop Of divisions,
strifn and agitation" because, from the Insult
cheney Of the bred Scott decision we see that
be Richmond Enquirer and some other Southern
democratic organs do now insist that it has be-
code Of slavery protecting pains and penalties
or the government of all the Territories Of the
Union, from the frozen wastes Of Nebraska to
the sun-burnt deserts Of Arizona.
This new question may or may not be part of
the Douglas programme for the future. We leave
IL for the present for the inquiring reader, while
weturn our attention to this Northern Douglas
administration. Neither the Richmond Enquirer
nor the Washington Union has touched the pith
of this matter. Popular sovereignty, the bred
Scott decision, the Cincinnati platform, and all
the nice pettifoggng technicalties discussed be-
tween these organs are shallow evasions Of the
real question ut issue. In the correspondence
between Mr.. Douglas and the President, in the
Of ha srrIa If a lfvevo
at Washington, and the share of the federal
spells accruing to Illinois, "the Little Giant"
pretty broadly foreshadowed deliberate pur-
pose TO pick up quarrel with Mr.. Buchanan
The Lecompton question afforded the pretext
and Mr.. Douglas did not lose moment in making
il oassss belA. He had discovered that he could
not rule. and had deliberately resolved to ruin
the administration. Upon the same issue, and
upon other issues, Mr.. Toombs and other South
ern fire-eating malcontents, operated at the late
session of Congress TO demoralise the admins
tration and the democratic party. The admins
tration was too strong for them; but the party
North and South, and these would-be leaders of
the party have suffered somewhat disastrously
from their folly
But OF all the rebellious leaders of the late
session. Douglas and his Kansas clique alone
have had the temerity to take. and the boldness
to keep. the field, in open rebellion against the
administration. Many of the other disaifected
spirits Of Congress. however in various dis
guises are actively cooperating with Douglas
lie Is thus the nucleus Of an extensive cOnsp-
racy, whose objects are the overthrow Of the ad-
muistrati0n. and the absolute control of the
Charleston Convention. The conspirators in one
place are preaching the supremacy of popular
sovereignty;" in another, the violation by the
President of the dogmas of the Cincinnati plat
form; and in another, while they are exalting
the President 10 the skies, and living upon the
latest gifts of his patronage, they do not hest
tate at complimentary dinner to Col. Forney,
upon the heel Of the most violent and malignant
speech from Fcrney against the President that
the most reckless and vindictive enemies of the
administration could desire.
The principal federal Office holders here. cx-
eepting the Collector, and perhaps one or two
others, are thus found cheek by iowl with For
ncy; and singuarly enough, too, Mr. Augustc
Belmont, candidate for diplomatic honors and
profits, j. also reported az actively fratcrnzing
over the wine Of these Douglas conspirators.
Yet among such trcacherous supporters aaay
discover the very men who are attempting to de- |
eeive the President with the idea that he and he
alone, is their candidate for the succession Such
are The elements and the tactics of the Douglas
consprators in this debatabc locality.
In the South the conspiracy assumes O diHre-
rent phase. The Richmond Enqmrer-the organ
OF Governor Wise-has alone, In that section,
been consistent and unequivocal supporter Of
Douglas from the beginning; because, from the
beginning. Governor Wise had identified himself
with the Douglas-Lecompton quarrel. and must.
therefore, rise or fall with the success or the de-
feat Of Douglas in Illinois. But 10 the present
sympathy with Douglas Of those Southern
democratic organs and leaders. who were the
most clamorous for the head OF Gov. Walker.
and the enforcement Of The Lecompton bill. we
have mystery which lies deeper than the all
sract question 81 State rights or the bred Scott
decision. These Southern Lecompton fire-eaters
have an eye upon the Charleston Convention
They have tried. and have failed TO rule the
policy and the measures Of the President He,
therefore. and his administration, must be broken
down. for otherwise the conservative influences
Of the administration viii stand in the way of
these ambitions interruptions, but second and
third rate politicians y, Charleston And thus.
with oil these diverse elements of rebellion con-
spring upon various prctences, In behalf
OF Douglas, we NAV account Cor the
extraordinary desperation which he exhibits
in his present Illinois contest inasmuch a. his
success in this election will be accepted by the
eonspirators as a decisive victory over the ADM.
nistration and its supporters In reference TO the
Charleston Convention.
With fbosa xfsuya ar tl.o rraaant .g.,,.. -. NJ.