White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-09-29

ministration has demoralized and dam
aged the Democracy; but whoever suppo
ses that the present condition of thing
will continue after the nomination q
Charleston, must have forgotten the his
tory and traditions of that party. The
will find some mode of uniting, and tho
tens OF thousands who have abandoned i
from honest conviction will return NJ
more, compact will be presented tn,
day candidate is named. Mark tn,
prediction, and mark also. that the Con
vention will pass no platform for the pro
hlbltion of Slavery in the Territories
while they will pass double faced plat
form, which will admit Douglas and the
South to stand shoulder to shoulder, a,
they confessedly did on the Nebraska bill
according to the revelations in the Sen.
ate last session-each asserting its OWL
construction, and making the most of thai
Interpretation for home consumption. Al
for Buchanan, he will be set aside ever
more humiliatingly than Tyler was, and
like him, will live to see his own Office.
holders shouting more Justify than any.
body else for the candidate who shall have
superseded him.
No matter who may be nominated, we
have the elements of victory in our hands,
if they are but wisely directed. They
may be scattered and squandcred as on
the last memorable occasion. The De.
mocraey want but one "cry" against us,
and that is "Sectionalism." To them il
is, and ever has been, shibboleth Of
strength. To us, l need not say what il
has proved. All these suggestions simply
resolve themselves into the plain PROPOSE.
ton, whether the Opposition shall unite
on candidate through whom success will
be made certain. or, with excess of con-
fidence, shall demand another no sounder
on the great issues at stake, and thus rem
der it doubtful. 1t might be considered
invidious to introduce illustrative names,
so they are purposely suppressed; but they
will readily suggest themselves to whoev-
er feels interested in the subject.
There are those who will say, that rather
than yield any point. it is better to bide
the time. when nothing short of a strictly
representative man, and he intensified,
can be elected. That is Just the sort of
logic the Democracy want, and by which
Mr. Buchanan was carried into the Presi-
dencY, when in an actual minority of
nearly half million of votes. They are
the most earnest advocates now of those
who are classed as "ultras," because they
know that without such a nomination,
there can be no real contest. If we look
calmly at the large vote in New York,
Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Indiana and Illinois, constituting, as it
were, balance of power, not identified
with the Republican organization, but
sympathizing with its principles. and de-
string to cooperate in the coming contest,
there will be found practical reason why
this interest shall be reasonably consulted,
at least in the choice Of name. To dis
card that influence, is to provoke repe-
ton of the result Of 1856. and to present
the extraordinary spectacle to the world
of party protesting hostility to the ex-
tension of Slavery, virtually contributing
to the success OF another Pro- Slavery
Administration.
For, after all, that will be the effect of
not taking candidate who can be trusted
as well as any other, and can be elected
besides. When Gen. Taylor was nomi-
mated, carrying the load Of 300 slaves
upon his back throughout the North. we
ell remember how be was reviled and de-
nounced. Nine years have passed away.
and even now his name sends q thrill
through the heart of that same great
North. as recalling one who never swerved
from duty, and who, had he been spared,
would have taught the propagandists a
lesson, such as none but Southern man
born and bred, from position and circum-
stances, can teach them-that their policy
was to be pursued at the hazard of incur
ring every penalty demanded by offended
justice. He has been followed by North
ern men in that high Office ever since. but
not one of them nor all Of them combined,
responded to the call of Freedom as he
did, STAKEHOLDER and Southerner as he was.
And the fact is worthy to be revived at
this day. at least for its admonition.
The time has come when we are to con-
slider whether the Administration of the
Government is to be changed, the public
policy reformed, abuses and corruptions
corrected. retrenchment introduced, labor
rewarded, and new blood infused into the
body polite. In our local successes, which
have been so gladly witnessed during the
last few years, the people have not prac-
tically participated. They have. to be
sure, elected Members of Congress and
Legislatures, and Governors, and Sena-
tors, but these honors and offices have
been enjoyed by the few. The great and
multiform machinery Of the General
Government, the Post Offices, Custom
Houses, Land Offices. Indian Agencies,
contracts, and such like, consuming be-
tween eighty and hundred millions an
nually, have all the while been. and still
are, in the possession of the Democracy.
/ repeat, it is time the people. as distinct
from the politicians, should have some
participation in these benefits. They can
have if they choose, and the readiest way
is to select candidate for 1860. who,
while not obnoxious to embarrassing
preiudiees, viii be faithful exponent Of
all the great principles involved. and
whose public aud private character wall