, 1859-12-29
Col. Bexney'a 0piplop OF tl1e 1llinolx
Democratic Con.reNkntcu.

Democratic Con:rexinten.
Col. Foruey writus to lis paper as folinwsf
respecting the rnstllsnimous, course ofthe ll!ii
nois Democratic members of Congress-: -.
II is not. tbs most Agreeable spectacle fnr q
Northern Dfmocfaf ii Witness The !flannerf;in
which the coptemptuous assaults If the South
upon .Trdso4soHs as are received by members
os bis own delegation hare been present in
The 1iun.e several times when tile Democrats OF
aS '9ssa tfRss151 s f's t;9 9dEea aEaat
stnn,urd bearer by The extreme men Of the
South. have answeted such assaults IL <iyn;fy-
~ ysy IT, IL ts5x @ M e. Ill SaS I'D I'd fntaiat:; nm sTss:
after u ,ia!ent tlre-eater has declared lis
discrimination not. 70, yote for t!.dee Doug!
forward md vote for candidate for Speaker wh9
Il th4 ;cs.oce andthe favorite Of The enemies Of
Stephen 4. ltpuglsy. When Dir. Logan Of 1lli-
nois responded, the other day, thnt be would
support the candidate Of the Charleston Con-
ycntion, no matter who he mar be, Immediately
that be nerer ~onlo: support Stephen 4. Doug.
las. could see sha:ne ard modification depicted
u,ou tA< jae. Of Northern, Democrats in tie gal
-}e7f<4, ky tnhons I soat surrpandtd. rnd when,
ouly yesterday, Nr. Fouke declared that he
would support the candidate of the Charleston
conve1t!9u upon an, . lstie1 z%?s1d Sc con-
who, like gallant spirits, proclaim their deter.
minatfon TO hive ho.hinEt to do With the
Charleston ! Convention unless it Fields it,
self implicitly and entirely IN them. Now!
the Democratic Representatives. from Illinois
are either right or they are wrong They
hare beeTelectedfo Con Ere.: upoa: aplatfofnn
which they supported sincerely, or which they
did not support sincesely.a ii: they. heliesein
what they said before their election they COM
nit greut wrong upnn their constituents bv
responding to an insult supoH their chief, and i
reputation of their creed in committing thcul!-
selscr to accept even the worst enemy Of Judge
Douglas, should he be noninlted:opoh the MOST
often&ige and denationalizing platform. With
out the great priucinle which t4ey now; seep, to
he 50 ready to saerafice, cven Hr., McCfertand
would not hare seat in the House end hone
it is'uot i17eERrent forsme to4aav -that <11udge
Douglas himself wpull NOT hare been returned
to the Senate eofthe United States. Tic feel:
ing WHICH fred tbe Democracy. in Illinois in the
late cAnvnss was {hebne 20 frernensIy set forth
in the columns Of the Chicago Tins hat il aud
nott4 maa'but tAxpt1aark- This is tho feeling
/. Of the Democracy, of the north.
- There might bt SOME allowance made for gen!
mp a .c1rAt 1tnth. il .ihs Eotaltrn extremists
were themsclyes willing to say, if Char1esto1
lays down thsdoetrlne upon which Judge Doug!
las las his great fight. they will support it;
but to surrender tho fundamental doctrine Of
the Denioct sne partr:--.hat upon which lit our
great rftto1ies har a been .uehiered, and that by
which only the Union Of these States eau ba
preserved before tie threats, aud taunts;
aud .r;dieule .of:the men Nhp expect to son:
troll the Charleston Convention, is A humi.
lia.ion that ;aiin be deeply .and painfully
felt in every part Of the Free Stn,ee. llr.
Singleton, Mr. Crawford. slr.j Lamar, the Char.
leston -Ka4ity, and others Of that school, telsus
that they will nol only not support Judge Doug
las. if+he should sbe nominated at Charleston,
with or without rlst{nr,n. but that they will
tlcir idea ia. slavery must. be rrotected IL ths
Territories Of tho United States; ahd, ia d@srtr
"a A.s< lid ard oiaso<e daily l+e41rattons, ri
l4se LA4aoetnts, from Hlinois .op..isQ Jor1rsrd
G12 kui1q tFtir f.salte+s Ma2 thy ynW sxpApr4
any sadr s.e:nind:<d III. :CA1rlsstan, AID upon
"day" pls!jorm,