Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-26
They have got it fixed up at Last.

The Lime Point organ on First street has
been remarkably silent with regard to the
late letter of Douglas, signifying his intention
to pay no respect to the Charleston Conven
tion, unless it shall be a truly Democratic
Conv vention. 1t had been claiming Dougla,
to be "iciM the Administration" tcih the
Lecompton party, wih everything in the
shape Of Buchananism Gwinism and Express
ism, and every other ism but Douglasism-
Douglas was everything but Douglas man
When this letter reached California, it wa,
an awful blow to the Express. 1t had not &
word to say. The fact is, it did not know
'ohGt to say AT last. however, in the hell o
its torment it has found one little drop O
water with which to cool its parched tongue
Some ST. Louis anonymous scrbbler has triet
to afford relief to the Administration party
in this State, and the Express snatches up tn,
morsel of comfort thus afforded, and devour
it with the voracty of a half-starved wolf
Here is the precious morsel
The st. Louis correspondent of the S. F
Herald writes to that paper as follows:
"The letter of Senator Douglas has been
the chief topic in political circles since my
last, some declaring that its effect will be to
! still further widen the breach between the
writer and the Southern wing of the party ;
and others, more sanguine or more sagacious,
believing that it will lead to a re union ofthe
party on the platform, the skeleton of which
! "a Ia "a an
mics declare that the meaning of his letter in
brief is this If the Charleston Convention
will nominate me on my platform l will he
its candidate otherwise, will be an indie
pendent candidate of the Opposition. A
special dispatch from Washington to the Bal.
tmore Sun, however, states that Douglas has
declared to Il prominent Southern statesman
that he intended to support the nominee of
the Charleston Convention, and has not the
remOtest idea of acting in opposition to the
Convention. What he meant by his letter
was that he himself would not consent to run
on platform that he cannot endorse but, in
any event. he will adhere to the Democratic
party against the Opposition. The New
York Herald says that there has been part.
nership between the Illinois Senator and ex-
President Van Buren; that they had a meet
ing at New York recently, and that the Sem
ator's letter was actually written by the ex-
President"
What tissue ofpeurile Misrepresentation!
How easy thing to talk about the "Oppo.
sition to the Democracy" how easy to circu
late rumors that Douglas has made this and
that observation to "a prominent Southern
statesman" All these rumors, suppositions
and conjectures are mere chaff in the wind,
beside the plain declarations contained in
Judge Douglass letter, which these rumors,
suppositions and conjectures are intended to
explain away.
But, why does the Express labor to retain
Douglas, when he is expressly repudiated by
the great Lecompton leader Gwin, and his
right bower Clayton? 1t won't do, Mr.. Elk
press, you will have to take leave of Douglas.
and you may as well dc it, now, as gracefully
as possible. True, he will never abandon the
Democracy, but then you are not the De-
mocraey.