New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-09-10
DOUGLAS As A CANDIDATE.

as indicating pretty distinctly the bssis upon which
it. sutbor proposes TO carry Oh the pending Pre'i
dental campaign. Mr. Douglas began bis Pre'l-
Dental career, like 20 many other recent asplrsuss
to th,t high ofice, by adopting the police Of court
ing the favor of the sl,vebolders as certain
means Of securing for his Presidential benefit toe
vote of the Southern States. Being m,n Of an
ardent and daring temperament, be carried tais
policy to an extent far beyond anytting Of the sort
ever before attempted. Ia the forcing through
Congress bis famous Kansas Nebrasks bill, Of (which
the plsn object was to erect new sla7e State ou'
of territory which, for whole generation bad been
set apart for Freedom be fondlg hoped that be lad
outriiden all competitors and had made himself
positively sure Of election to the Presldency, BY
means Of slayehoding and Southern support. IL
happened however, in this csse, as viii sometimes
occur to the most ssgaciou, Of intrguers that the
Dit which he bad dug for the ri ghs and interests of
Free Labor, cuDningly covering it over with sPe-
cious rhetorical blossoms Of popular rights and
.quatter sovereignty, proved trap which, instead
Of catching the sturdy Free Labcr settlers of Kan
sas, caught Mr. Douglas himself So long, IN
deed, as there was any prospect that, by
fraudulent voting or BOrder.Rofi,u invasion,
Kansas might be made Slave State, Mr.
Douglas, in bis sea. 10 tie Senate, steadily
cvOperated in refusing any aid or assistance to the
struggling Free-Labsr settlers sgsinst the relt-
Grated frauds and violence Of which they were
made the victims, but 10 spite Of which their con-
stancy remained mistaken II At last, when tae
game was evidently up, the Frse-Labor settlers
having maintained at the muzze OF their rifles
their hight to remain in the Territory ana to share
in its legislation, Mr. Douglas declited to co
operate in hesping upon so many reiterated irju-
lies last bootless, impO.ent, and unavsil'ng in
suit by admitting Kansas into the Uoion against
the circumstances of the great body Of her iOhab
itants, under the fraudulent Pro Slavery Lecomp
ton Constitution, this fral withdrawal Of his from
the further prosecution Of the Pro Slavery crusade
against Free-Labor Kansas had too many Of the
worst qualities Of sickbed repentance.
when the devil WAS sick the devil monk would be-
Mr. Douglas at this particular crisis was sick. lie
was suffering under dangerous AID alarming at
tack Of political syncOpe. In fact, /. was thought
by many that be was actually stretched upon his
expirisg, and it was too evident that be had
but one alternative. He must choose between hu-
moriDg the anger aud passion of the sl,Vehold-rs,
by adberipg to the anti FreeLabor Kansas crusade
to its last speful but impoten end, AMI cea'og to
represent any longer the Free. Labor State Of Hi.
nos upon tho foor Of the Senate of the United
States. Acting upon tie cautious ana iudiciOus
principle that bird in the hand is worth
two in the bush, and considering, too,
that the chance Of catching the bird IL the bush
was quite dependent upon tie lure of the bird
already caught and held 10 his haod, Mr. Douglas
left bis Southern popularity, AID that slaveholdng
favor for which hs Tad beer ready 10 sacrifice
Kansas and trampe Free Labor under foot, to shift
for itself Siace there was no otter possible way in
which he could make sure of his reelection 70 the
Senate, he deserted his siayehodios friends at the
last emergency, and refn,ed TO vote with them in
favor Of forcing upCo Kslsas the Leconpton
swinde. in toe character Of State Constitution.
Having thu. secured standing place 10 the Senate,
urd:cOurssed b. the disastrous failure Of bis KaL
sas experiment Mr. Douglas las se. 10 work
again to reconstruct tie mschicery for hoistiog
himself into tie Pres deacy. The emergencies Of
his position have compelled hGi, however, TO
abandon the idea, which 10 bad been so un.crupu-
lous in caryiIg out Of beicg elevated to tie
Presidency il TIE character Of tie ctosen fAvOnte
Of the slsyeholders whose votes ~ had secured By
services rendered. HOws7e! generous might hs7e
been Mr.. Douglass wishes aid Infections, be had
quite failed in the Performance ed the sasehcId-
ers are not oftea satisfied in the choice Of their
President Candidates to take the will for the
deed Not OILY had he failed IN his liberal icten-
ton TO hand over Kansas H. si.vskcldiog domn.
ton, he had found himself obliged at the last to
advocate the r et. Of the F,ee.L .bor majority in
tha. Territory 20 have 9 stare ic framing the
laws and Constitution under which they
were 10 I've. But what i. is impossible sry
longer 10 expect ffon the favor a.d goodwill Of
the SHAREHOLDERS, Mr. Douglas st:ll hopes to eItort
from their necessities ard the;r fears. IL he can
10 longer expect 70 be hominsted ard chssel
President Sc toe f.vor..e, parasite, AID sycophant
Of the South there Is o: least tee chance Of going
into the Convection AID tie CANVAS - the cham
pion, not, indeed of Free Labo. ard the North,
but Of the Nortke,, secton CT The Democratic
party After having beeo 20 lo1g trsmped
under the imperors feet Ct their Southern lords
and masters, Mr. Dousas nay fairly enough calcu-
late on the pleasEre Ane gratitude with which tue
Northern Democrats viii hear q summons once
more, We cannot say to stscd upcr toeir feet, ba.
substitute for it, 20 lif or 20 seem to Ef their
heads from tie dOst which they have go long sub
Eissiveiy kissed NJ. Douglas tells them that be