Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-09-02
NEWS AND GOSSIP.

I GfEAr CRY AND LITTLE wooL.-some OF tne
supoorters of Mr.. stephen Arnold Douglas are
making great noise over the fact that still
removed oficeholder (by the present Adm
tom Of the South Mr.. Isaac f.. Morse, o. La, IN
declared his preference for tine electien Oh M.
Oouplas to the Presidency over that oil Mf.Sewaro-
Nothing can be more amusing than cAicoiau&s'
that Mr. Douglas IL destined TO receiveslavehoid-
,no state votes In the Charleston Convention based
ON ,.eh proclamations Of preference the part Of
removed southern oficeholders and disappointed
southern plunder-mongers.
The south graduates her favor upon no such
psincp le not cornprehending any obi CATION rest
ing on her to choose between any dozen-and less
Pbetween WY two--aboiitiouists, a. 10 which Of
them she will support She is entirely aware that
Mr.. Douglas, equally with Mr. Sewsrd, maintains
the right 70 exclude slavery from the Territories
ere they contain sufficient population TO form a
State constitution and to determine what its fea-
lures shall be- Mr.. Seward holds that that can
and should be done by Congress. Mr.. Douglas
that it can and should be done by the first batch
OF political agents the emgrant aid societies may
send out To the South the difference between
their respective plans Of accomplishing the same
end is but the difference between tweedle-dum
and tweedle-dee. The morale Of the expedient Of
Mr. Seward 10 decidedly the most manly, states
nianlike and honest; for he goes directly to his
purpose with frank avowal Of It, and bases the
right carry IL out upon constitutional authority
10 be questioned only in single particular which
is however fatal to it, That is In the matter of ts
gross violation Of the spirit of the Constitution,
which designing to protect the right Of slavehold-
ers in the Territories, was framed 50 to do.
The scheme Of Mr.. Douglas to work out the end
OF Mr. Seward lacks those merits Of straightfor-
81 o.. q
seeks under the disguise Of overwhelming solicit
ude for the prnci pie Of equal rights, to sacrifice
the rights of the South to appease the Moloch Of
abolitonsm by the use Of squatters In the Terri
| tories as the instrument. .... ....
| The South, thank God, is not yet reduced to the
lie essity Of choosing between the election or the
support Of the gentleman nominated on one or the
| other of these two abolition hobbies nor would
she touch either with forty pole as an altern-
alive against the election Of the other In the Con-
vention, and subsequently in the election. she will
sustain statesman standing on constitutional
patf rim. who, she knows well, will protect bel
rights under the government to the extent Of the
power Of the executive Office, If elected. IL abo
litionism is able to achieve the government, the
quicker 1t succeeds in doing the better for the
| South; when. knowing precisely to what she mus
look in the future for the Of her Interest,"
and rights, she will at once turn her eyes in tina
| direction. IL the views of MIR. Seward are thos,
of the majority, or If the like views lin their prac
ticd results, } Of Mr. Douglas are approved by
majority of the country. it is but proper that tn,
fact should be made evident to the South by thei
triumph in the election. But that she will stutif,
herself to the extent of directly indirectly adin,
i'm the election Of either Of them, is the most pre-
posterous idea that ever entered even the brain
office seekers whose thirst for place under tn,
General Government has bereft them, as too Otter
happens Of the little mother wit with which the,
were born. -... ..