Daily national Democrat., 1859-02-17
g We aid. the other day. that the Ex.

eY- We said, the other day, that the Ex-
press was a queer concern. Such is the fact
and it grows queerer and queerer every day
Before the last election. it pretended to think
Douglas was a mighty fine man. after the
election it read him out of the Democratic par
ty. Afterwards it played all around the Doug
las platform, like bob-tailed bull in fly time.
No,c. on the eve of another election, it be-
rims TO take another tack again, limbers its
self for fourth or fifth doublesummerset,
and makes IL in style that would do honor
TO D'Evani, or any other of the most renown-
ed India Rubber acrobats.
A short time ago Douglas. according to its
story, had forever Abandoned the Democratic
party because of his avowals in the Freeport
speech Now, with the same principles that
he entertained then he having taken back
nothing. the Express claims him as an "Ad-
ministration Democrat" We shall hear next
that Douglas has turned boot black for the
White House
Now, to test the question rs to what the
Express really does think about Douglas, and
to see what the Express thinks an Admins
tration Democrat is, we shall put question
or two to that organ of the Bogustes to
which we shall expecta an answer or taeit ad.
mission that it is afraid to reply We lay it
down as sound Democratic doetrne-the doc
trine of the Democratic party of 1854, and
lS56-the doctrine upon which James Bu
chanan was elevated to the Presidency that
Congress should not intervene on the subject
Of slavery in the Territories, but that the
question should be left entirely in the hands
of the people This doctrine of absolute non
Intervention is the doctrine proclaimed by
Douglas in his Freeport speech in Illinois, in
his speech at New Orleans, and in his speech
at Memphis Now, we wish to ask the EX-
press if it believes in the doctrine Of the Lee
compton party, as shadowed forth in the
Presidents last Message, and openly pro
claimed by Senator Davis and other Lecomp
ton leaders, towit: that Congress should
forthwith enact STARE code for the protection
of slavery in the Territories We imagine
that the Douglas doctrine of non intervention
and the Lecompton doctrine of enacting
slave code for the Territories by Congress.
are slightly different, and that a man who
believes in absolute non-intervention on the
subject can't be much of an Administration
Democrat" as the thing goes now. We want
the Express to come out now and say that it
agrees with Douglas on this point or forever
after hold its peace
Neither is this a point of minor Importance,
by any manner of means 1t is to be the
great issue before the country-it is the
great issue now-the friends of nationality
will rally around the Douglas doctrine-sec-
tionalism .wil~cling to the Administration
doctrine of Intervention to the extent of en-
acting slave code for the Territories and
thus taking the power from the hands of the
people, which was lodged with them by the
Kansas n ebraska Bill. We desire these Le-
compton howlers about Douglas being with
the Administration to come out and say that
they are in favor of Douglas doctrine of non
Intervention, and that the Administration is
in favor of it, or cease their senseless clamor.