Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-11
Defines its Position.

Defines its Position.
The Express has come out. at last, with q
fair seknoW Judgement Of its position, aud de
clares that it is not in favor Of stephen A
Douglas for the Presidency, but that Is (" IN
favor Of Daniel ; Dickeneon. u New York
Very well, We are perfectly content to allow
the Express TO represent that heretieAl wing
of the Democracy which is for a Leeompton
ite as a nominee Of the Chareston Contention
while We shall represent, as we have hereto
fore DONE that other wing which recognizes
stephen A. Douglas as the great expounder
Of Democratic principles. That paper al
ready represents the boiling wing Of tn,
Democracy in this county-those men whC
refused to atide by the will Of the majority
in the regular Democratic County Conven-
tion, and established = separate and unau
thorized organization. True, that organiza-
tion has been enabled, for once, TO succeed il
the election of its candidates, blt it is non,
the less an illegitimate, bastard, and bogu:
concern. As the organ of the apostste Le-
compton faction of this county, aud the bo-
gus, boiling organization which succeeded in
the late election in Yuba, the Express stands
as recognized enemy Of the Douglas De-
mocracy ofthis section Of the country.
We call upon the people to take note of its
position. 1t has declared itsefin favor of an
nti-Dougas man for the Presidency. Be,
therefore, no longer deceived The Express
cannot, according to its own showing, be a
representative, in any sense, Of the friends OF
Douglas, and we know that that great states
man has many friend in Yuba county Yes
terday, it declared, emphatically, that Doug
las was not its choice for the Presidency. In
the issue before that, it asserted that Douglas
"difcred ,cith the party"-meaning the Le-
compton party.
The fact is the Express is lending all the
power it possesses to the purpose now sought
to be consummated by the Lecompton lead
ers in this State, towit: the election of dele
gates to the Charleston Convention hostile to
Douglas. Will any Douglas man in this coun-
ty, whether in one organization or another,
lend himself to any such movement
The Gwin-W eller Dickinson organ after
exhibiting its unmistakeable hostility to
Douglas, observes, respecting the NATIONAL
DENooRAT
1--WE will ask tia simple question: and we pre-
dict in advance that il cannot be induced to nlyt
/ a an ia H.,
to support the nominee of the Charleston Con-
ventun? WE want no ifs and ands, but a plain
positive, unequ vocal answer. Let us hear from
you"
We have no hesitancy in answering the
question and we answer us plainly and posi-.
lively as any honest man can answer Il
question ofthat character. We shall support
the nominee of the Charleston Convention. il
he be true and genuine Democrat Other.
wise, we shall not. SO far as we are concern.
ed, and to the extent Of the influence which
this paper may WELD, we shall submit to no
nomination which outrages the time houored
principles Of the Democratic party. We have
no admiration whatever for a public journal,
claiming to be Democratic which will pledge
itself beforehand to sustain a man that may
be nominated by the Charleston or any other
Convention, who is not ia thorough Democrat
II he be- sound Democrat, then ought every
Democratic journal in the country to support
him, but, if he be not, he ought to be thrown
overheard with as little ceremony as a bag o
rotten potatoes.
The Express seems to pride itself upon it,
subserviency. Whatever it is told to do. il
will do. 1t has no volition of its own, and i.
proud to acknowledge it. If the Charleston
Convention directs it to support traitor to
Democracy, it will proceed to do it with all
the strength which it possesses. If after the
Convention has acted, and its nominee is
elected, he lays down different platform
from that adopted by the Convention, why,
then, it will sustain him, because it recognizes
the President as it did in the Kansas mat.
! ter, as above all Conventions. Whatever the
President tells it to do, that it will do. Most
obsequious, most admirable servant! Most
accommodating echo No matter what hap
pens, it is to obey orders. Turn the crank,
and the music comes Pull the string and
up go the arms and legs of the wooden dan
Ger! Such state of entire responsibility
for ones opinions, such thorough abnega.
tion of ones individual identity such an alb
solute surrender of ones own free agency.
must be decidedly beatifc.
We suppose if the Charleston Convention
should adopt the essence and spirit of the
Republican platform, this plant and self
multiplying sheet would support the movement
with the utmost alacrity, and ask no ques-
tons