, 1859-07-27
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It Is no longer mat,ef Of disguise on asle
part Of Doug3ss aud lis friends TINT he Il"
poets 10 control the Charleston Convention
and have himself nominated for the Presidency.
!As brarato ~nd andacssy lave heretofore
served his puz posc we'll he places h's so!o re"
Lance now upon them to bring about this re-
,u,t His Organs lavo tasaeu their cue, and ne
have column after column in such papers as
tho Chicago 7Ea7i; sths c1aeinnaa E''qs*irtr'
and other journals wearing his oollaf; de-
signed to create the impression that Douglas
/, no. only tho most ava1'nble man TINT the
Democratic party :can put forward for tue
Presidency, but thht no other candidate would
stand the ghost Of chance to he elected.
Tie entire groundwork Of tl'eir argument is
tho assumed popularity Of Douglas at
the North. It is conceded shat the
slsyeholaing States will cast their electoral
votes for the Democratic nominee wloevor he
may be. II Nr. Douglas is the man, he will
get them all with the same certainty that Jen
Davis, or Wise, or Hunter would wcre either
Of them tho nominee. The free Statca, there
fore, must detcrsnine the result Douglas
fricuds say that lo can carry enough Of these
to secure his election, but that nobody else
can. Viii, this assumption they propose to
20 into the Charleston Convention md de-
mand his nomination es the ou1y Thing that
can save the party from anuihilat'ol'.
These :rc Douglas tactics al orcr.
Upou a 1:.cater of contest where
Craftsmanship, ability and tue higher qualities
Of man bave free scope to make themselves
felt, ho dwi. dies at oneo into lis actual pro-
portions it is only where these qualities are
80 restrained by circumstances us to be forced
to succumb to sheer presumption aud unblush'
ing audacity that Douglas looms up into pro
portions that Mt MI justify bis pct coguomen o'
ltd: giant. neta he is supreme mud without
AEivnl.
Hnsv far af- .,~..ssas sssee=ed In carry
ing out this programme ut Charleston tune
alone can determine, The tsusl4g,lluess OF fl
sitv of the assumption Of great popularity OF
his mart ut the North can 10 determined non
rs well as at any subsequent period WIN
are tho facts? At tito election Of 1852, four
teen FREQ States vuted fs'r Mr.. Pierce. Up +
thai pcriod Democracy was stronger in tho fre.
STILES than IN the South Tie FURIOUS compro
tnises pp,n the slavery question had all l'cca &C
cepted By largo n,ajurity Of The people (
Tie former, aud their political bus Oh ot!'s
questions determined their party relation
Suc1, would be the fact now had the DENT
cratic party abided by and observed thcf
compromises. But this they have not dout
The settled principles Of the government
relation to slavery were subvorted, its eotir
policy was 50 changed from that being merel
tolerant Of e1avr.y in portion Of the conttdeI
MT, it WIS made an INSTRUMENT for its propass
tor, extension and perpetuauon. isch1ne
Of policy was due solely to Ar. Dough-
His Kansas-Nebraska bill was in violation
every preceding compromise on the slave,
question, aud directly at variance with the &c
tied policy Of tho government. II took Il
coutrul Of tic Territories out Of Congress-. al
gave it to pro-slarery Court It pared L
why for the Dred Scott decision, and for !
opening tie African Slave Trade. It ipaueu1
system Of outrnge, Of commotion, Of flawle:
nces and civil war in Kausas that has disgrz
cd tho American name aud constitutes t
gloomiest page in our national history. WI
followed, everybody knows. The more pat
otic portion Of the Democratic party in theft
States abandoned it at once and forev.
and in tho Presidential election Of 1856,
stead Of carrying fourteen Of the sixteen f
States, but Gre Of them garo up laalty TO Pr
ciple to preserve fealty to party. When Do'
ms threw tlis frebrand into the Senate
Dcmocratic party lad twrnty-one seuat
from the free States 10 elcEnn Opposition; \
its adhcrents in that body from those Sta
are reduced down to secen. to twenty-five
publicana. At the present timo there arc
two free States that the Democratic party
Claim to have majority in, whi1o oil the ii
cations lock to t'e speedy loss Of t1,eal
these ar the fruits Of Dou Las labozs
Democracy in tho free States Tho party
bcsome unpopular through him and lin aid
He has been its representative man throl.
out the North, md the odium IN which
Democratic party is now held, il but tho II
sure Of the odum first visited upon him r
this history fresh in the recollection Of the
tion, no snan but Mr. Douglas could sunni
tie audacity to 50 into tue Charleston Con,
ton and claim d nomination on tho go
Of popularity a: the North.