The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-10-06

Judge Douglas and the Administration
IRE not exactly ain harmony" as will be
seen by the following extract from the
Washington Union:
1.-THE PRESIDE rs OPINION OF DoUG-
LAs.-We are, then, utterly opposed to
the election Of Mr.. Lincoln and Mr. Doug
Ias-to Mr.. Douglas and Mr.. Lincoln.
We deny that the Democratic party are
called upon to take the one or the other.
1t is said that if Douglas should fail of
an election, Lincoln would be successful.
That may or may not be so. 1t is nota
question for the Democracy to consider.
They can make no cone ssions in such
cases without an adoption of the heresy
which it is their purpose to condemn.
A counterfeit is not more VI liable with
honest men by being near resemblance
to the original. A rogue is not to be
credited in society because he is SO accom-
plished in the arts of life as to pass for a
gentleman. The Democratic party has
strength, integrity and sagacity sufficient
to confer its honors upon those who seek
its welfare and promote its triumphs.
Let us test this question, whether we can
be driven to make choice between two
evils; suppose the appointment of Sen
ator from Illinois had been deyolvcd upon
Con r,ss, would the Democratic party
limit the election to Mr.. Lincoln and Mr..
Douglas? Do they constitute the State,
elnb dy wisdom and its ins;utious!
{" Mr.. Douglas is the nom nee OF no
party. Fl has the Endorsement Of no
Convention. He represents no political
organization. What then, is his real
position in the present canvass! Acting
asst winter i'll opposition to his former
nartv, he returned home and demanded
tie endorsement Of the people Of Illinois
Of has o5stinacy. That is the issue. He
ctlS for a vote of con domination upon
tie President and both houses of Con
greSs. He asks that he may be sustained
IN has acts Of Oppose ION to the Demo-
cratic Iaity. He repud:ates the princi
pes OF the bred Scott decision, because
they were not directly embraced i'll the
judgment of the case upon the record,
declaring all else to be the mere dicta of
the Judges. He is a technical lawyer and
vagrant politician. He will contine the
Court to the issue, but will himself be
bound by no law, party or principle"
The Star says that the Congressional
District Convention which nominated
Judge Dunn, every properly did not pass
any resolutions, AMI did not tinker up
platform sit had no Improvements
to SUGGEST" 1T d;d not undertake to
prop up the National administration"
Ga this point we will introduce an ex-
tract from an Administration paper, ed;
ted by GENERAL ELLIS, the oldest edi-
tor in the State the man who has grown
grey in the service of the party-sn has
never flinched, qua:led or hcs.tated in fol-
lowing the fortunes Of the party wherever
it led, and who stands now like the last
of the Moh;cans,' solitary and alone, by
the deserted watch-fires cf the party,
gives vent to his feelings, more in sorrow
than anger in view of the shameful con-
duet Of those protesting to constitute the
Democracy Speaking Of the several
Democratic Congressional Conventions Of
the State, he says:
"But we confess to our disappointment
in the action of those Conventions in re-
gard to the POSITION Tor rather want of
positou) they have assumed before the
people AS to the first district, we have
already expressed our opinion; those Of
the second and third have done no BETTER
but rather worse. The third resolved
that the Cincinnati platform be the pla:
form of this Convention; the second
could not afford us a single plank, not
even splinter These proceedings are
equivocal, and entirely unworthy the usa-
ges of the honest Democracy. The de-
sign is doubtless to repudiate the National
Administration. If SO, why had they
not the manhness-the honesty to say 81?
Their refusing to make some plain dec.a-
rations in re-ard to it, as an attempt at a
practical fraud on tie rank and file Of
the party. We know, and SO did the
members of those several conventions,
that while there are many, especially
among the SOL disant leaders of the De-
mocratic party, who love the treason of
Judge Douglas, that the great Democra-
tic heart Of tie party in this State, sill
beats true to The great statesman they
e., waited to th3 Presidency in 1855,
and to his fautl"ss ;uistrat.on Of the
atf;aifs OF the \ at IN. These voters who
hare hiMerto xtood by as nth their noble
ranks, acW be Strnc.t back aoiM shame at
the crarea spirit Of tieir leaders IN tie
conventions, and mal many Of item think
uhartl}y WorM aChae to tnquire as to acho
the men are that are nttemptedto he stood
up before them, for their st.9fages, on
NOTHING"
The Star is horror-s!ricken at our want
of seie-respect, because we spoke Of the
course Of the Administration rs being
marked with perjury, .nfamy and wrong
We know that this is strong language,
but we can prove it literally true, both
from the acts of the President, AMI the
testimony of the Democrats themselves.
Tao Star graveIy dec ares that on the
Lecompton Constitution, and the admit |
sion of Kan-as, " there was n difference
of opinion amongst Democrats" Now,
what creates different political parties
Is it anything more than difference CT
opinion amongst statesmen and po.iti-