Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1859-06-28

;uol AsopIr1oNIsr!! REPUBLICAN!lll
Joseph R, Swan, as the D~EMocGATtc can
didate for Supreme Judge.
Douglas.
There is a fierce controversy going on
among the Democracy of the South as 70
the propriety Of accepting the Illinois sen
ator as the Southern candidate for the
next President. 1t is assumed on all
hands that the South have but TO dictate
and the Northern wing of the party will
succumb. On this the Southern pohti-
clans are fully agreed. But they differ as
to the erped ency of nominating Douglas
They all agree hat the candidate must be
such an one as is entirely reliable to carry
out the most ultra schemes of the propa-
oanda, and that no other shall receive the
nomination; and all agree that Douglas, as
the most INSCRIPTIONS and ambitious pol
i,ician in America, is admirably suited to
their purposes. But there is a difference
Of opinion as to the policy to be pursued
The party is divided into two nearly
equal sections. One faction are open
bold, avowed disunionistS. They every
where. on all occasions, through the press,
and on the stump, in the Legislatures
and in Conventions. proclaim their fixed
and urallerable purpose to d'SSoI0e ne
Union, and form a purely s~laveholdlnS
Confederation. For this they have been
laboring for years, and they now claim
that they control the party. This faction
do not really want to succeed in the Pres
idential election. The leaders profess to
believe that if the Republicans triumph,
they can lash the other wing of the party
into such q fury Of fansticism that a dis
solution can be effected, and thus their
cherished schemes be accomplished. 10
this end they insist on the most ultra
platform, and the most ultra candidate
such a platform and candidate AS will be
/ sure TO be beaten in every free State, that
they may the more plausibly appeal to the
blind passions Of the Southern people &c
back them in the game of treason. Con
2 seuuently, while they admit that Douglas
a would go with them in their maddesI
schemes of slavery extension. yet they
think his election would take away tn,
~preteyt for disunion, and hence they op
t pose him.
- The other faction do not profess to b'
: in favor of dis union in, and Of ITSELF
They say that as long as they can contro
the Government and use it for their pur
poses, they will permit it to stand, blu
h that the election Of a Republican Presiden
e by the people will be a sufficient cause 10
n disunion; and that in such an event tie
o are ready to Join the most fanatical dis
. unionists. This faction, therefore, deslr
to carry the next Presidential election.
" order 10 do so, however, they demand
{ candidate who can carry all tie Soulher
D. States, and two or three free States. An
" they contend that Douglas is the onl
)! man with which they can succeed.
They argue that he is perfectly rellab
- that he has done more for slavery tina
. any other man living, and that he WILL
! elected, use the power of the Goveinme'
in the interest of the South with Il dew
~ ~. ton that no other ma would, while on u
u other hand he stands in such a positlt
that his friends, by a skilfuE use of Il
popular sovereignty dodge can probab
'' carry New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois al
California, thus securing his election.
~ this scheme they rely upon Northet
= dough faces to deceive the people Of tho
" States, without whose votes the who
programme would fail.
J" Which Of these Southern factions W
succeed is, Of course, in the future. v
are inclined to think the chances are
favor of The Douglas faction. The gar
." of double-fa faced deception, necessary
" success, can certainly be better play
Is with him than with any other man in
lal Union at this time. But whether ii c
ed be made to succeed is another matt
an We doubt whether The people of the fl
States named can be again ~humbu9ged.
=. But time will develop the plot.
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