Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-20
The speeches on Monday Night.

We listened very attentiyely to the speech
es Of Messrs. Denver and Clayton, on Mon
day evening last, with the intention of no
ticing more particularly the effort of the for
mer. But Clayton is so much the better or
ator, so much the clearer speaker, and so
much the more ineligible expounder of the
doctrines of his party that we must even be
excused for dropping Denver and devoting
our attention to the better-mettled nag Of
the two I'm pdssaat, we may remark, thOt
we cannot account for the Gwinites' hitching
these two champions together, in the present
contest upon any other hypothesis than this,
that they thought it prudent to adopt the
policy Of teamsters, wro, when they have a
balky horse and free horse in their team,
always put them together, so that the free
horse may gain on the road what the balky
horse loses, and also frequently drag him
along into some sort of action and service.
whether he feels like it or not. 1t may be,
also that Denver is designed as a sort Of
background of the picture which Clayton is
to animate and fill up
Well, Mr. C.aytons speech was the frankest
and fairest exposition of Lecompton senti-
ment and feeling that we have seen or heard
of. since the opening of the campaign in this
State. lie announced fearlessly that the
doctrine of popular sovereignty, as expound-
ed by Stephen A. Douglas was no doctrine
of his, as a Lecomptonite and rs a Southern
man. Rather than have the doctrines of
Douglas prevail, he would see the fabric Of
this Union scattered TO the four winds of
heaven. Such was his declaration. No
doubt he would, and no doubt, SO would ev
cry Leeomptonite in the land. Douglas, he
said, had enuneiated views in his Freeport
speech and views subsequently in the Senate
which the Lecompton party never would
swallow, and which he (Clayton) would die
before he would swallow. Broderick, he
said, agreed with Douglas in these opinions,
and therefore he was opposed to Broderick.
Now, We give give Mr.. Clayton full credit
for his frankncss and we say here to every
Douglas man who may read this article, that
Mr.. Clayton utters the genuine Leeompton
sentiment of this State, when ne says that
he repudiates, rejects and scorns the doctrines
of Stephen A. Douglas Mr.. Buchanan has
himself said, and but recently, that, if Mr.
Douglas was within the Democratic ranks, he
(Buchanan) was not. Mr.. Buchanan and
Mr.. Clayton gee remarkably well together.
Mr.. Clayton and Mr. Buchanan, excuse us,
Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Clayton-say Doug
lass doctrines will not do, and they will not
abide them. Bnt Douglas says if the
Charleston Convention refuse to endorse those
doctrines he will not recognize its authority.
Consequently they cannot have Doug glas
without they have his doctrines, and they
say that they will no have his doctrines.
Will any man pretend, after this, that
there is no Douglas party in this Union, sep
arate and distinct from the Administration
organization
1t is scarcely necessary for us to notice Mr.
speech any farther. lie of course
sustained the Administration in everything
hat it had done, and wound up with an ap-
peal in favor of that Union which he had
ust said he would willingly see destroyed
ather than that the Popular Sovereignty
doctrines of Stephen a. Douglas should pre-
'ail