The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-10-04


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The Illinois Contcss-Mr. Douglas, the SOUTH
ern Fire-Eaters and the Presidential Sue
cession.
There IL something very extraordinary and
very significant in the sympathy which now
prevails so extensively among the Southern fire.
eaters in behalf of Mr. Senator Douglas at this
important crisis to himself and the Illinois de-
mocraoy. The Richmond Enquirer, the central
organ of Governor Wise, has from the beginning
of the Lecompton rupture sustained the rebel
lious Senator; but this has surprised nobody
inasmuch as Governor Wise. from the outset
boldly and without reserve has occupied the
same position as Douglas. But when We find
that late intractable and belligerent organ of
the Southern anti-Douglas Lecompton fre-eaters.
the Richmond South. and many of the leading
orscles and organs of that faction. from Virginia
pressions Of sympathy for the cause of ''the
Little Giant" there is evidently new move
ment afoot looking beyond the exigencies of
the present day and the existing administration.
To the Southern hre-eater. who breaches the
protection Of slavery "a the test question Of
democracy. and the extension Of slavery Us
the paramount duty OF the government
one would not suppose that there could
be anything particularly attractive in the
present platform Of the Illinois Senator. The
irecater sticks to the population restriction ofhe
English Kansas bill; Mr. Douglas boldly rcpu-
dates il. and holds that when q territory has
population enough for slave State, IL has sufi-
cient population for free State The frc-eater
contends that under the Drcd Scott decision. the
local authorities Of Territory cannot interfere
to exclude or discourage the institution Of slave
~. but are bound 20 protect Ii; while Mr.. Doug
las maintains that the bred Scott decision Is
mere abstraction, and that the people of Ter
ritory can, by lawful means, exclude slavery be
fore the Territory comes in as State How is
IL, then. that We find such iire-eating organs ~
the Richmond South and New Orleans Delta.
and such iire-eating leaders as Toombs. Ste phens
and Senator Brown. 50 frrvently desiring the
success Of Douglas. and 80 earnestly hoping that
he may thrash the abolitionist Lincoln out Of
bis boots
We answer that the steady conservative gene.
raj policy Of Mr. Buchanan's administration. and
particularly the practical settlement Of the
Kansas imbroglio. has left nothing upon the
books for sectional agitation nothing upon
which the Southern fire-eatcrs can raise a
probable Niger excitement Their last ex-
pertinent was upon the question of the re-
vivsl Of the African slave trade hut
here n single letter from the Secretary of the
Treasury, reciting the existing laws Of Congress.
and the duties Of the government In the pre-
misses. put an end to the humbug. These South
crn agiaiors, therefore, are dropping these
worn-out scarccrows Of secession. disuuiou, and
a Southern confederacy in behalf Of Southern
rights and Southern niggcrs, aud are casting
about them in reference to the practical isscs Of
the mex, Presidential election.
Mr.. Buchanan i not and will not be. candi-
date for the SUGGESTIONS; and. starting from this
point. the support of his administration become.
a secondary question, and the control Of the
Charleston Convention becomes the paramount
issue with all the aspirants Of the party for
power and plumber In this view. as the South
ern fire-eaters without remorse. east overheard
Douglas and Pierce in 1856. aud brought for
ward Mr. Buchanan, because he alone was their
available man. 50 we apprehend their present
sympathy for Douglas has reference to a North.
ern footing in 1860. without which the Charles
ton nomination must fall 10 the ground The
democracy, II II presumed, have the Southern
States with one or two exceptions secure
against all contingencies; but, with the with
drawal Of Mr.. Buchanan from the field, Penn
sylvania will almost certainly be reconquered by
the opposition, and in this contingency the South
cannot afford to lose the vote Of Illinois and the
Douglas faction Of the other Western and North
| crn States.
Herein. we apprehend, lies the score, Of this
newborn sympathy Of the Southern ultras for
Douglas and his cause In Illinois. The issue be-
tween him and the administration they regard a.
triaing affair. and the administration itself ~
but temporary institution which must be tole-
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