Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-01-20
What the DemocFacy Of Illinois
think Of the Administrations.

what the Democracy Oh AlihnOee
think Of the Administration.
The result Of the November election in
Illinois was,a very emphatt Indication Of
the feelings which the DenocfAcy Of that
State entertained for the National Admin
is'rat,on. Its chosen champion for the Of
nee OF State Treasurer, Doughsrty, received
5,O7l votes out Of 252, 2,lrO votes pollcd.
This has been followed up by the re-elec-
tion of Mr.. Douglas to the United States
Senate in spite Of its most bitter and de-
termined opposition. If any of the few
lingering admirers of the Administration.
however, labor under the hallucinatiou that
any considerable degree of regard or re-
spect is entertained for that tyrannical in
siitution by the Democracy Of Illinois, in
spite of the official dragoouing to which
they have been subjected, and which they
have manfully resisted, the following ex.
tract from an article in late number ol
the Chicago Times will probably undeceive
them: ft7a1 - s5gg4o5 {tgea al
aSince the opening Of 1853 the Admin
istraiion has been, it would seem. endeayor-
ing to sound the lowest depths OF political
meanness. 1t has sought TO terrify men
by prescription; to buy men BY bestowing
office upon them; and to corrupt men by
holding out inducements TO corruption. 1t
has dismissed honesty from the custody of
the public funds, and invested convicted
knavery with the treasurer's key. 1t has
stopped to acts from which Bomba would
turn with disgust, and which would be
considered revolving in q despotism.e II
has sought directly, by the application Of
Federal money, TO cosrce the people into
the choice of particular individuals AS rep
resenta.ives, and then lamented with GRO
codilean anguish over the dangers which
peril our liberties by the employment ol
money to control elections. So -ssa -
"Owing his present position, and all the
positions he ever beid, To the Democratic
party, this James Buchanan, assuming the
tone ofa Louis Napoleon, has sought to
dictate to the people of Illinois the men for
whom they should vote. He has, through
the gang of miserable office-holders who
hang at his coat-skirts and despise the IA
cile stupidity which allows thsm to rule
him. sought the election Of unanimous
Republican delegation to Congress from
this State. The people refused to obey
the despoi, and he has through bis official
organs, pronounced them outlaws. He has
told them THAT il they reelected Douglas
they should not be represented at Charles
ton, and, Douglas having been reelected il
is to be seenwhether the royal edict will be
carried out. The man who proclaimed it,
the men who instigated it, and those who
confirm it by their action, may never hope
10 hear the approving voice ofthe Ameri-
can people. They may triumph a! Charl.s-
ton, in the Convention, but God help them
before the people. a ~ d. a..5
1.-TWO years have nearly elapsed since
Mr.. Buchanan commenced his Admins
tration, and they have been two years Of
deep modification and disaster to the Dem
ocratic party. He has devoted one entire
year of il to the destruction of the Democ-
racy of Illinois; and that Democracy to.
day arc stronger than they could possibly
have been lad he been their leader. He
has been defeated by the Republicans
wherever he has endeayored 10 elect his
own friends, and has been defeated by the
Democracy wherever he hassougbt TO elect
Republicans. 1t is cause for rejoicing to
know that not man who, in Congress, re-
fused 10 abandon the Democratic platform
at Mr. Buchanan's command, has been de-
feated by the people, and, while We regret
the elevation Of Republican majority in
Congress, we cannot mourn over the de-
feat Of those who abandoned principle in
order 10 gratify the malign counsels of a
yindictiye cabal of Presidential aspirants.
ave know that Mr.. Buchanan is ad-
vanced in years; we know that he has held
office during long period; We know that
his head has been silvered over by the
hand Of time, and what was said of anotli-
er is not the less true of him, that the man
who, after having seen the consequences
of Thousand errors, continues still to blum
der. and whose age has only added OBJ
siinacy to stupidity, is surely the object Of
either adherence or contempt" t