The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-08-31
Douglas.

We are in the habit of introducing this
name into our columns frequently, not be-
cause we are capable Of entertaining mere
personal grudge against the sordid politician
and INSCRIPTIONS demagogue himself, but be-
cause he is the representative of the heresy Oh
squatter sovereignty with which the abolition
lied Democracy who have been in the service
of the Black republicans for the last two
years are seeking to corrupt and demoralize
the Democratic organization. And As he rs
repudiated, or received with favor to that ex-
tent is the heresy of Squatter Sovereignty
condemned or accepted. From present lndl-
cations, we apprehend that New England will
be largely for him in the Charleston C9nven-
ton, and that a considerable vote from the
West will be cast in the same direction, but
the-South is united against him and will re
main so. He cannot command bare major
ity much less two-thirds vote, winch, I'M
der law of the party, is requisite to noml-
nation. The Southern Democracy will have
to bear the bunt of the next Presidential con-
test, and they will make their wishes respected
in the Convention. They will require the
nomination of candidate to whom they can
give their votes without disqualification AMI
a total and disgraceful abandonment of their
cherished principles.
To show the progress Douglas (or his here
sy) is making in Kentucky where extiaordl-
nary efforts have been used to create senti-
ment in his favor, we copy below some para
graphs from a late Louisville Courier a Dem
oeratic paper of large influence and decided
ability
1T is evident to us what Dough- is aiming
at. He intends to get the nomination OF the
Charleston Convention If he can, and If he
fails in that he contemplates making an indie
pendent race for the Presidency. AS he Will
possibly be candidate whether nominated or
not, it is proper that all who feel an interest
in the matter should indicate their position IN
regard to him.
$50 ta, as zee are concerned, aae ran toresee no
contingency in qctich ,ee toiH sHpport Douglas
for the Presidency ia 1860. Up to the year
1858 there was nothing in the record OF
Douglas that would have withheld from him
our support, but since that time his course has
been at war with our estimate OF statesman
fit to be the chief executive of the nation
And as he will not probably make wipe out
of this late record, we do not see how we can
support him. He opposed the admission OF
Kansas as slave State under the Lecompton
Constitution which was unadulterated Black
Republicanism, and he advocated the power
of a Territorial Legislature to get rid OF sla-
very which was practical Abolitlonism lie
advocated these doctrines to secure popularity
at the North, and is, therefore "a demaSogue
holding principles which the Black Republic
cans entertain, and which lead inevitably by a
very short cut to Abolitionism.
We will not support Douglas upon his pres
ent record, and we see no hope OF that record
being changed in any particular. The Little
Giant would have to wipe out his last two
years of demaeoguery and practical Abolition
ism before we could think of him for Presi-
dent, and this we know win not he wiped