Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-11-18
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which all eyes were turned, and in which
the sympatbies # oil were snlistedia be-
half Of one contestant or the other, is end.
ed. The people, whose right aud priv
lege it was, have announced the victor and
awarded him the palm. The tprear. Of
success has subsidized, and both victor and
vanquished--friends and foes-ci.izens
and States-yieId gracefully to the seault,
and turn away satisfied with the superior
organism of our political system, that pro-
tects the will Of the people against VIC.
lsucs and intimidation.
Our own history affords no counterpart
Of this battle. Il resenbled in msny r..
spects the memorable struggle Of CHARLES
JAMS Fox when be went before the peo-
pie Of Westminster with his favorits East
India Bill. Then, ~ now, political ex-
ciemeus was intense. Tho leading man
and the leading measure Of the nation
were before the high court Of the people.
The power Of the King-partissn feeling
-old enmities, gave virulence and impor.
lance to the accusations. The malice and
persecution Of the accusers of Fox made
fast his friends and unst tiled his enemies
exciting in some sympathy, in others
disgust. The people admired his fearless
resolution and courage, and endorsed him.
Nos unlike was the position Of DoroLAs.
He had identified his public life with .
great and leading measure. In its sppli
cation be was led TO differ with the Presi
dent, and with rare courage and dignity,
staked his political existence in defence Of
opinion. He too went before the august
tribunal, to meet we'll nigh invincible
combination Of patronage, malignant enc
mics. passion and prejudice, and received
the applause Of his constituents. These
events are not only similar in their causes,
their progress, their results, but in the act
ors themselves. They resemble each 9th
Or in physical, but above oil, in intellec.
tual proportions. Each formidable
dsbater-"b ristlng with logie"-sarnest
in enunciation-defnite in aim--fortifying
every position with facts. As . states
man, DoueLAs is the Fox Of America.
We rejoice in his return to the Senate.
because il 10 . triumph over fanaticisn,
and political error-oyer prejudice and
false philanthropy. We rejoice over it as
. rebuke 70 those high in power, who have
lent the influence Of their position in a
nerciless persecution, as the sacrifice Of
States and party. Senator DoUcLAs was
the choice Of the regular Democratic Con.
vention, regularly called, andthe Admins.
tration had no right to enter the arena in
Illinois and say whom the people should
or whom they should not honor.
We rejoice over Il as pure Democratic
victory, where, single.handed and alone,
the true hearted Democracy have met the
combined enemy
''Black spirits and white,
Red spirits and gray"
and achieved . signal triumph for the
country. There 10 valuable lesson given
in the general rout experienced by the
Democracy in other States. 1t il useless
70 disguise the fac. THAI no party, however
strong in the prestige Of success, can stand
up long against individual tests. Person.
81 motives and personal ambition must
not influence or seek to control party ac-
ton. Nothing is more repngnant TO free
men than individual dictation, no matter
from whence or whom il may come. We
recognize the binding force Of party, and
The necessity Of party organization. in car
ryine forward any particular line Of poll
cy. But The party itself. and not the hon.
ored members thereof, shall say what con
stitutes party fealty. If it be otherwise,
Ne .hall soon have, like Athens and Rome,
our best and bravest names on the ostrA
cisiag shell and prescription roll. Party
movements would become suspicious, and
party de moralization be complete.
80 The disssters to the Democracy in the
North are readily traceable TO their causes.
Lecomptonism set The tide moving, and
the war upon DouGLAs has sweiled it to q
food. But for the untimely test made BY
the President. difference Of opinion and
action in that particular could not have
been regarded % important, and there
would now be harmony and strength, in
stead Of disintegration and defeat.
The Democratic party has ever shown
itself IS capable in defeat Is in victory.
From this low ebb Of our fortune. events
will begin to weigh heavily upon the result
in 1860. DouGLAs returns with the hear
~ approval Of the Democracy Of the
Northwest. They admire his courage
bis iotegrity-his good faith. Yet they
fslly expect that his faturs actipn will
conform 70 the plasforms ofthe party and
tbas his ssal against the sssny of State
rights and the constitution will b. unabat.
ing. They will adhere to NO man who
does not earnestly teek unity and harmo
ny, and Democratic triumph in the com
ing CREST struggle. The difference in dis
puts i settled, and whasever detection
exists should Be speedily healed
The good Of the country, a. well Is Of
party, requires it. We believe The ~ cleo.
ton Of Judge D0UGLAs will contribute
largely 10 The restoration Of this harmony
and good feeling. If so. there is bu. lit
tie 70 fear. A Republican House will
doubtless use its power to embarrass eyery