Daily national Democrat., 1858-12-16
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State Convention was irregular in very many
respects, and well filled with delegates sent
by irregular and boiling county conventions
who had no more authority to act for tn,
counties from which they came than they
had to represent the planet Jupiter, yet they
make great outcry about regularity, anC
proclaim that no man, who did not act with
or subscribe to the proceedings of the Lee
compton State Convention, is to be recog
nized as Democrat, unless he will humbly
acknowledge that he was wrong and swallow
Lecomptonism whole They appear to be in
great tribuation lest the Douglas men who
assembled in what was, in reality, the Demo
cratic State Convention, will apply for read
mission" (as they term iD into the LecomptOn
ranks. They are particularly uneasy lest the
| Douglas men elect to the legislature will
seek to go into caucus swith the Lecomptou
members elect, who have the majority, and
have "a say" in the election of Clerk of the
Assembly and Secretary of the Senate and
Cleaner of Spit Boxes, and Hall Sweeper
General. Some of them, with great show
of boldness, and almost ferocty, yet actually
trembling at the knees, declare emphatically
that they are opposed to any one of these
Democrats going into said caucus without
subscribing, in the first place, to some test,
which the Lecompton members may pre-.
scribe Now all this uneasness is entirely
uncalled for The Douglas men elect, so far
as we have conversed with them, and we
have seen them hom various quarters, are
not particularly anxious about fraternizing
with the Lecomptonites in any sort of con-
tingency. They consider the enemies of
Stephen A. Douglas as the enemies of De-
mocracy, and they do not desire to fraternize
with any set of men who viii prescribe that
great leader or hypocritically whine over
what they choose to call his detection" but
which the true Democracy denominate his
noble defence of Democratic principles De,
fiction to Mr.. Buchanan and Blue Light Fed.
eralism it may have been, but to Democratic
principles never! Stephen A. Douglas has
stood by those principles, swhen. .time-servers
and traitors abandoned them, and the true
Democracy will stand by him, till "the last
shot in the locker" Such is the feeling of
the Douglas members elect of the next Leg
stature, and if the Lecomptonites do not de.
sire to have any thing to do with them, the
feeling is amply reciprocated, The Douglas
Democracy of this State, when they elevated
the Douglas banner, went into the fight, not
for one campaign or two or three, but for
the entire length of the war! Organization
Or no organization, they are going to stand
by their principles The principles of the
party are with them-the Cincinnati Plat
iorm is with them-the doctrine of States
Rights is with them-the Kansas-N n ebraska
Bill is with them-the Dred Scott Decision
5 with them-and the Lecomptonites may
howl over the assumed regularity" of their
and bogus organization, as much
rs they please, We claim that where Demo
cratic principles reside, there is the regular
of the Democratic party. Talk
about making tests for those Democrats who
have dared to remain upon their platform
when pretended Democratic President or
dered them off it Make tests rather for
those subservent renegades who were ready
to sell out the entire Democracy, body and
soul, at the bidding of man who happened
10 hold in his hands eighty millions of dol
lars of patronage. They say that they were
uninhueneed by Federal patronage. Ad.
mitting that they were, they abandoned their
principles, then, Lfor nothing, and SHINING
without temptation, from the mere wanton.
ness of an innate deprayity, is still more in.
excusable
We have no desire to be violent in discus
sion, but the tone of these Lecompton rene
gades is actually insulting to those high.
toned men who have put on their armor for
principle and spurned the frowns or smiles
of power, in their adherence to the proud
old standard of the Democracy. These lie.
compton organs pretend to think that we,
who have dared to say to Mr. Buchanan that
he has departed from the principles which
he was pledged to support, are exceedingly
anxious to be admitted into their conv entions
and caucuses. We tell them, plainly, that we
do not care a continental cent whether they
admit us into their conventions aud caucuses
or not. When we draw our swords for prin.
ciple we have no peace to make until the
principle for which we contend is conceded
If the LecomptOn faction who have thought
that they must follow Mr.. Buchanan, though
he should lead them to the gates of hell itself
are ready to acknowledge that Stephen A.
Douglas is right, and that the principle of
which he has made himself the greatest liy.
ing champion is the true doctrine, then are
we willing to fraternize with them, nay, for
the sake of Democratic unity anxious to do
so-espeeially so in view of the great battle
against Black Republicanism which is to
come off in lS6o-but, until they do man.
ifest such spirit towards US, we are as sub.
timely Indifferent to their readings ont or
their readings in, as we would be to the pom.
pous edicts of a paper-crowned lunatic with
a broon-stick sceptre in his hand and
whiskey barrel for his throne.
A HARD CAsE.-We have noted elsewhere
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