Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-27
Senator pougIas,s Position.

The Sacramento Union publishes two o
three extracts from the Richmond Enquirer
an old and leading Democratic paper in tn
South which we transfer to our columns;
The Washington Union, having intmHtcl
that the support Of Douglas 10y the Enqul
rer was ironical, the latter paper replies, oi
the 10th Of September, as follows;
'rhe Union finds it impossible to meet a di
rect and frank exposition of senator Doug
lass nnsitiop which scatters to the wind it.
own efforts 10 convict him of "Squatter Soy
ereiontv" and "anti-Dred Scott dtcisionism;
| finds II impossihlc to drive Southern Demo
Gratis into fratricida conflict with the North
ern statesman who surpasses all his compecr
in the thorough vindication Of Southcrr
rights: and now seeks to produce the impres
sion that the division really exists indepen
dent of its own efforts towards the accom-
plshment Our hearty Endorsement of Sen
ator Douglass position is interpreted as {
sneer, a sarcasm" to be construed "ironical
w." The Democracy of Illinois are to be
persuaded that the Richmond Enquirer II
playing a treacherous part. This species o
misrepresentation is, we submit, the mos
reprehensible that could be resorted to even
for the bad purpose of fomenting discord II
the Democratic party.
After requesting the Union to copy its ar
tic!e, the Enquirer proceeds to say
1--WE hold now, as we have from the be
ginning of the contest in Illinois, that Sena
tor Douglas is doing more than any Other
| Northern man for the vindication of the con
stitutional rights of the South. We prefer
him, not only before Black Republican can
didate, but before any other Democrat fol
the position of Senator from Illinois We
fully endorse his position with regard to the
insufficiency of existing Federal legislation foT
the protection Of the constitutional rights OF
the South and we appreciate very highly
his able efforts to impress this truth on the
minds of the people That this protection Is
insufficient the Union will not venture tc
deny 1t neither denies the fact that the
Nebraska Act affords no positive protection
to slavery in the Territories. nor the equally
undeniable fact that the Badger amendment
did operate to deprive slavery in the Terri
tories of pre-eXisting protective laws.
Let it be borne in mind, that the above
language is used with reference to the idon'
tical Freeport speech about which our neigh
Dor of the Express and other Lecompton pa.
pers in this State have been kicking up such
a bobbcry. We intimated to them, when
they first undertook to throw Douglas over
board for that Freeport speech, that they
were treading on dangerous ground, for we
saw plainly that he was standing on the very
same platform, with respect to territorial
legislation on the subject of slavery, that the
Southern Democrats were bound to occupy.
We intimated to them that they were in far
too much Of a hurry about laying down alb
stract propositions, and that the first thing
they knew they would be in direct conflict
with the Democracy of the Southern States
A beautiful dilemma they will be in, in the
course of certain future events If thu
present feeling of the Southern Democracy
continues, Douglas is as certain to be th,
Southern nom inee for the Presidency in sec
as he is now living statesman and uncon
querable Democrat. Let those who would
rend the oak beware of the rebound