Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-12

WIN the streets Of Charleston "Flow with
blood Like "a Riverf0

WIN the streets Of Charleston "Fiow with
Blood Like Riverf"
The gathering Of the harmonious Dtmocra-
cy at Charleston, promises TO be a rare assem-
blage of loving spirits. The Cincinnati Con-
venton was Quaker meeting, in comparison
with it.
Tie New York correspondent of tbe Buffalo
Republic, the leading Douglas organ of West
ern New York, oflcr stating the grounds for
his apprehcnsions, thus indicates what he
thinks will be the result Of the Charleston Con.
vention
"Now, hov can Douglos men 60 TO a city, |
when, in advance, public sentiment has been SO /
uncourteously expressed towards their chief! |
Calling the Convention at Charleston was
"sprat" TO catch "her'ing," but the herring |
won't be caught, won't be even directly civil |
Il the Convention meet in Charleston and its |
members express Douglas sentiments they will |
be insulted, shot down and overawed DO not
think that the lives of Douglas members would !
be safe, not on account Of yellow fever but on
account Of maddened, excited population. The
Wercurv on the assembling of the Convention
would stgmatize the Douglas delegates as AbO-
htioaists This would be enough to draw down
upon such men the vengeance OF the mob and all
men who uoied for Douglas or talked Douglas
trould be murdered, and this is the more roba-
Bile as there is no law in South Caroline to pun.
ish the murderer of abolitionisls.
IfDouglas Delegates goto the Convention at
Charleston their friends must 90 with them for
protection to the extent OF 10000 Douglas men,
armed aud ready to resist the assaults Of
Charleston mob, melted to their deadly workby
such papers as the Mercury and NeirS, located
IN Charleston, and such speakers as BOnham
and Rhett, who would look upon the killing Of
40 or 80 Douglas men with as much cOmpOsure,
aud feel as little remorse about the matter as If
40 or so mad dogs were shot. If such IAN.
guage is used ten months before the Convention
meets, | ask you what show Douglas men will
have when the Convention meetsl IL will be
overawed Douglas meThers will be shot down
in the street, and anything will be done to cotC
his friends, ROB him of the nomination, and
gives it TO some Southern Fire Eater and when
| this is accomplished. then these mad men South,
will laugh aud chuckle over their victory
! SO much for the correspondents alarm
| Now for tho Republics pluck That paper
seems partially to realize the danger of"Abo-
litonists" going to Charleston, but don't seem
to be afeerd' 1t says'
a
threats that have come from that quarter, and do
not believe for one moment that any Northern
mans throat is to be cut, or his body shot to
pieces at the convention, because he may happen
! to eN press a choice for Stephen A. Douglas for
! President Let hut demonstration of that
kind be made, and, true enough, the streets OF
| Charleston would flow with blood like river.
If it must come to an open rupiure-if blood
must be shed-lf the lives OF Northern men
must 10 sacrificed To appease the diotatorial
behests of South Carolina, no better time can be
named than the year 1860, and on the gather
ing of the National Convention ia tue city OF
Charleston. We insist on going there TO mold
the convention, even if every other man in the
town is dying with yellow fever. Let the
North 90 there strong and stubborn, If they
want To fight, give them fight, aecommodat,
them with anything and every thing they wish
Lee them understand distinctly that the Nortl
wants DOuglRs Tor President. II the Soutl
does not wish him, that is their privilege, hut
it is not their privilege 10 dictate TO the NOrtl
who it shall have, aud no one is to be shot dOwi
from the North either, who has independents,
enough to speak his honest sentiments riph
J there in the city OF Charleston. Ii such mer
are TO be slot down. God have mercy on thei
city. These are our sentiments, and there W,
differ from our correspondent We 20 fo
EOldlng The convention there in spite of yellow
fever or any other fever, and we have not tht
least apprehensions about any Northern man.
being murdered, OF having his throat cut in tn,
streets because he differs with them ON the can
, didates 10 be put in nomination. At any rat,
let us try the experiment.; let US have a speci
men of Southern chiyalry, We have heard an,
read good deal about IL; now let US have al
b, actual taste OF the stuff"
But why this ado, enquiries the Toled
Blade, about mobbing few Douglasites il
o Charleston Are they any better than othc
, "Abolitionistsl' Would it be any worse /
drive them out Of the city, than it was TO d
the same TO the venerable Mr. Hoar and hi
- daughter, of Massachusetts, Is the errand
r. nominating an "Abohtionist" for the Pres
> dency, a more sacred mission than that of OF
% tanning legal redress for the wrongs ola citzc
Of sovereign State
It Should the operation apprehended by III
s Republics correspondent take place, it woul
d probably be under the direction of Hon MI
d Kcitt, with whose experience in that line th
# Douglasitcs are already familiar, aud for whic
?. they have expressed so unanim us an approva
$ Ills practice as the "noxt friend" ofMr. Brooks
J., in his assault upon Sumner, would be avail'
r. ble on such occasions. MIR Douglas himse
d ought to know bout what sort of Generi
IS Mr. Keitt would make in such campaign, d
y he (Mr D was witness to the attack upo
n Sumner, and abstaincd from interference lei
a 'his moiices should be misapprchendcd"
Whatever may be the result, wo have lit
Is apprehension that many friends Of Freedo
% viii be slaughtered at the Charleston Convei
,. ton If any others feel alarmed they had be
y ter stay away.
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