New Orleans daily crescent., 1859-06-29
DOUGLAS AND THE PRESIDENCY.

DOUGLAS AND THE PRESIDENCY,
The late letter Of Senator Stephen A. Douglas tt
j. B. Dorm, Esq, Of Dubuque, Iowa, in which hi
boldly defined his political position and set forti
that he would allow his name to go before the Charles
ton Convention for the Presidency in case that Con
vention adhered to the "princples embodied in til,
Compromise Measures Of 1s5O--and ratified by th,
people in the Presidential election of ls52-re
affirmed in the KansasN Nebraska act of ls54-ant
incorporated with the Cincinnati Platform in 1856
and not otherwise, has been before the people o
the United States several days, and is now leadip,
to much speculation and comment. Our exchanges
at least many Of them, have much to say about it
and We expect perfect avalanche Of praise or de
nnnciation as the case may be- as soon as our weekly
exchanges, remote frsm telegraph facilities, receive
the news and come to hand.
30 far, according to the best of our observation tht
feeling sin favor Of Douglas The people Of this coun
try no matter how highly they may allow their polti
cal prejudices to RISE will admire man of boldness
and pluck-wil entertain regard for man, even il
he gets badly wrong occasionally, who bravely ex
presses what he coneeves to be his honest opinions
douglas has spoken his views manfully and ingenu
ously; and for doing SO, in this corrupt age oil
scheming and unscrupulous politicians, he deserves
credit even if his record was otherwise as barren as
the desert OF Sahara, which it is not by any means
We hold that II is one Of the most promising traits in
the general character of our people, that they
naturally take to man who is frank, outspoken
and some times defiant in the expression of his pecu.
liar sentiments In these respects we presume no one
will question the merits Of the Illinois Senator
Latterly, and In the Southern States particularly,
1t has been generally conceded that Douglas was
defunct politician. The Administration has been
against him, and the Administration has been en-.
dosed 10 the State Conventions which have been held
10 several material respects we conceive Douglas has
been terribly misrepresented, and the public mind
Of the South prejudiced against him unwarrantaby.
This, however, he will recover from to great ex-
tent when correct information is properly diffused
and when the issue is made, as we apprehend IL will
be, between Seward or more odious Abolitonist on
the one side, and Douglas on the other. This will
set the intelligent masses to thinking, and when thew
come to think in downright earnest, on a point Of
such vital moment, their whilom leaders had better
get ont Of their way conform to their wishes in
double quick time.
The public Of the South know full well that we do
not believe there is a man in the country who can
defeat Seward in 1860 except Douglas, and that we
command
enough Northern strength to drive from the field the
sefried hosts Of the Black Republicans It would be
tne hight OF folly, in our deliberate opinion to nom
mate far-down Southern man. So far as Southern
men are concerned, there is but one, in our humble
belief, who would stand ghost of chance and he
'omes from border slave State That man is John |
}. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, present Vice Presi.
lent Of the United States. As man of conserya-
i've views, undonbted respecability, great intellect
md commanding elcquence, he might stand some
nance to obtain the vote of one or more Northern
'tates-perhaps suficiency in the Electoral College
0 secure success, when added to an unanimous
southern vote-but we do not look upon his pros
eets, in this respect as half as good as those of
douglass There are hundreds of thousands of com.
aratively sound and true men at the North who
I'LL sustain free State man, but who will not touch
ne most unexceptionable slave State man in the
onntry with million foot pole.
Douglas has friends at the South, and in the North
hey are by no means asleep. Whether he goes into
be Charleston Convention, or stays out of the
'harleston Convention, he will prove formidable
nan. If he chooses to throw his influence against
he nominee Of that body there is little reason to
oubt the defeat Of that nominee But for him in
illinois, and Forney in Pennsylvania, there is hardly
Dom for question that Fremont would have carried
9th States in 1856.
The following items, taken from respectable ex.
hanges, show that there is some movement in the
orthern political waters. We quote:
Vermont is up and at work. She has led off in
le appointment Of delegates to Charleston. Other
tates will follow from week to week, until the list
complete. She has expressed a preference for her
stinguished son Of Illinois.
Here is an item Of remarkable significance from
lssouri. An Administration Democratic Senator
eaketh. On the 9Th inst, Senator Green delivered
set speech at Jefferson City. He advocated Pa.
ic Railroad, " contrasted, in an eloquent manner.
present condition of Europe and America )" allu.
d to the . honorable" settlement of the Paraguay
after, denounced Mormonism, saying we were not
und 70 tolerate murder, polygamy and other name
horrors and discussed with "great abilityn the
dless question of slavery in the Territories. He
Id that Territories could not nullify the Constiu
n of the United States as expounded by the I
CHEST Judicial authority in the world that is the
ople of Territory could not abolish slavery. The
lowing point in the speech will be read with much
crest by the politicians v
He had been asked whether be would vote for 8
tain individual (Stephen A. Douglas) if nomina. t
for the Presidency by the Charleston Convention.
answered, without hesitation, yes. He differed +
opinion with Mr.. Douglas upon several points in
political creed but he was as wide asunder from o
ward, or any other man that would be nominated a
the Black Republican party, as Heaven is from ii
rth.
Dur opinions in many essential respects. While
nglas is no favorite of ours, strictly speaking we
k upon him as altogether preferable to Seward or
? OF that class-and as much above them as !,
ayen is from earth" We are in favor of him, as d
ainst Seward or any of his internal clan. T
wv THEY DO THINGS IN PoINTE coupEE :,
The following is from the Pointe Coupee Eeho-a 81
nnch Democratic journal-of the 25th inst The o.
stated by the Echo eyincas commaniaLlo lLa. 81