Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-20
The Times on Buchar M.

The Chicago Times, which was the leading
organ of the Douglas party in the Illinoi:
contest, says:
Since the opening Of 1858, the Admins
tration has been, it would seem, endeavorng
to sound the lowest depths of political mean
ness. 1t has sought to terrfy men hy pro
| scription to buy men 10y lestowing office
upon them; and 10 corrupt men 10y holding
out inducements to corruption. 1t Las dis
missed honesty from the custody ofthe public
funds, and invested convicted knavery with
the Treasurers key. has stopped to acts
from which Bonlba would turn with disgust.
ard which would be considered revolving in
Il despotsm. 1t has sought directly, by the
l.application Of federal money. TO cOerce the
people into the choice of particular indiyid-
uals as representatives. and then lamcnted
with crocodilean anguish over the dangers
which peril our Ii critics hy the employment
OF money to control elections
Owing to his present position, and all the
positions he ever held, TO the Democratic par
ty, this James Buchanan, assuming the tone
OF Louis Napoleon has sought to dictate to
the people of Illinois, the men for whom
they should vote. He has, through the gang
of miserable office holders who hang at his
coat skirts and despse the facile stupidity
which allows them to rule him, sought the
election of an unanimous Republican delega
tion to Congress from this State The people
refused to obey the depot, and he has tlro
his official organs pronounced them outla VS.
He has told them that if they re elected Mr..
Douglas, they should not he represented at
Charleston, and, Douglas having been re
elected, it remains to be seen whether the
royal edct will Ge carried out The man
who proclaimed it, the men v no instigated
it, and those who confirm it by their action,
may never hope to hear the approving voice
of the American people They may triumph
at Charleston, in the Convention, but God
help them before the people
Two years have elapsed since Mr.. Buchan
an commenced his administration, and they
have been two years of deep modification
and disaster to the Democratic party. He
has devoted one entire year of it to the de-
struction of the Democracy of Illinois, and
that Democracy to day are stronger than they
co Id possibly have been had he been their
leader He has been defeated 10y the Repub'
licans wherever he has endeavored to elect
his own friends and has been defeated by the
Democracy wherever he has sought to elect
Republicans 1t is cause for rejoicing to know
that not man who, in Congress, refused to
abandon the Democratic platform at Mr.
Buchanan's command has been defeated by
the people. and, while we regret the eleva
tion of a Republican majority in Congress,
we cannot mourn over the defeat of those
who abandoned principle in order to crafty
the malign counsels of vindictive cabal Of
Presidential aspirants.
We know that Mr.. Buchanan is advanced
in years we know that he has held office
during n long period We know that his head
has been silvered over by the hand of time
but what was said of another is not the less
true of him, that the man "who, after having
seen the consequences of n thousand errors,
continues still to blunder, and whose age has
only added obstinacy TO stupidity, is surely
the Object of either adherence or contempt"