Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-06-27


The recent letter Of Judge Douglas is fresh
bombshull il The Democrats camp, and will
widen Old uptures It dnds no favor With the
National Democracy The Washington Con
stitu,'ou, the Presidents organ, reviews the
letter Of Douglas At length and regards i as
declaration Of his purpose to oppose the noun
ineo Of the Charleston Convention The Wash
irgton despatch to the Tribune Gays It is de-
nounced as dictatorial by the Administration
and many Democrats, and considered ne impo-
litc by the friends of Douglas. II must in
crease the party schism, and Il adopted as the
basis for a Northern wing to act upon, viii rup-
lure the Charleston Convention.
"Straws show which way the wind blows"
and the National Democrat Of this city, defines
the position Of the ofce-holders, at least, in the
following commentary aN
The letter of Mr. Douglas, published in our
Telegraph Of yesterday, was, we think, publish.
ed without the consent of that gentleman. If
this be SO, the man that thus betrayed private
confidence in making public a private letter,
should receive the severest condemnation. III
published with the consent Of Mr. DouglBs-or,
if written with that intention, il shows a short
sightedness--a want Of knowledge Of the Dem.
ocratc party, that is truly surprising. To at.
tempt to dictate terms TO such party as the
Democracy Of the United States--to tell them
the conditions upon which the writer would
deign to be their candidate for President Of the
United States, is a sample of cool, collected i'm
pudence, mixed up with folly, such as we
should be sorry to believe Mr.. Douglas guilty.
The Chicago Herald, the Buchanan organ of
illinois, recently expressed a determination to
support Douglas, should the Charleston Con
vention confer the Presidential nomination upon
him. In commenting on his late letter, the
Herald now says.
- This letter of the magnanimous little
Senator is a perfectly ntelligibe declaration,
that unless the Democracy of the nation shall
adopt his creed, acknow ledge him as their lead
err join him in repudiatng the present Admin
istration, and consent to 60 down to political
perdlt.on with him, then he, the aforesaid Sena-
tor Douplas, will not consent TO receive nom
nation for the Presidency from the Charleston
Convention.
The Democrats Of Illinois will not regret the
step now taken by Mr.. Douglas, inasmuch as it
relieves them from all further anxiety on his
account, and leaves them free to form such po-
iitical associations as may suit them best. AL!
who expect to retain their fellowship with the
National Democracy, will of course abandon
him to his fate
Per Contra, the discarded Democratic organ
in this city, the Douglas Dealer, is jubliant and
exclaims
The following admirable letter from the Hon.
Stephen A. Douglas, comes to US through the
Associated Press by Telegraph from Washing
ton. 1t is plain, frank, and unassuming ex-
position Of his position on the Presidential ques-
tion, and will be read with the liyelest satisfac
ton by his million of admirers throughout the
country.
After giving the letter Of Douglas it adds
This covers the whole ground. If the Dem
ocratic party compromises itself in any way on
this question of Popular Sovereignty, the great
mass of the people will forsako it and the last
National party in this country will be no more,
The platform as laid down by Douglas is the
only one on which the party can survive q sin
gle year.
Move on with the procession It is none Of
ourparty funeral.