Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-09-30
DOUGLAS IN THE SOUTH.

Douglas is evidently the favorite of the De
mocracy of the free States, and had they the
power to make him President, he would doubt
less attain that honor-but unfortunately for his
aspirations, Northern Democracy has no pow
er to elect him even should they succeed in eff
fecting his nomination at the Charleston Con
~vention and, in the South, where all the eff
f~ective strength of the party lies, their favo
rite has not the ghost of a chance of success;
with or without a nomination.. The Southern
politicians, who control matters, detest and de
nounce him-and the southern people of al
parties repudiate and spnrn his d" great princi
pie" of squatter sovereignty. To show the
state of feeling as regards the " little giant
in that region, we give the following ex
tract:
AT a recent Democratic meeting in Hunts
Vile, Alabama, Senator CLAY, of that State
said
" L need not now tell you that | will not SUP
port Mr.. Douglas, or any one occupying his
platform, although nominated by the unani
tsOAAS +9tC u Iii CIdTIGSIOIl OOLlNtDtlOU, U
the Democratic party, OF any other party
whatever. l love the Democratic party fol
its principles l will not abandon those prin
ciples for policy / prefer the right even Will
defeat, to the expedient with s~uccess.'
The Richmond Enquirer, the most promi
nent aad influential Democratic Journal of tht
South, speaking of his recent copyright mani
! f-fn u, IIarnor'- ATacrnyino SAWS.
Mr., Douglas essay can be regarded in III
other light than as an i~HcendfaFy document
calculated to produce nothing kss than a repe
ltioa of the anarchy and bleod-shed which hn
tlately disgraocd the soil Of cur territories
We publish it only for the purpose of pointing
out its errors, and Of warning the conservativ,
men of the whole country against the last ant
most dangerous phase which anti-slavcry agi
tation has yet assumed"
Speaking offis Harper Magazine article, tn,
Washington Constitution Mr.. Buchanan,s or
gan, says:
"It Is unanimously conceded that while, il
point OF oratory, Mr.. Douglas is equalled, i
not excelled, by many who had preceded hin
in the peculiar requisites Of STUMP speaking
his contribution to lTarperts Magazine and hi
popular halrangucs have sunk him to a very
low point us a constitutional lawyer and as &
popular rcasoncr."
OF his visit to Ohio, The Consultation re-
marks:
1t is the general belief in the political cir
cles of the metropolis, that if anything can Ell
danger the cause of the Democracy in Ohio, it
will be the visit Of Mr.. Douglas. That arch
miSchicfmaker has been potent there only fol
evil, not for good. to the cause of the national
Democracy"
The jackson Mississppion holds this Ian
guage.
douglas doctrine on the territorial ques-
zion is as much in conflict with the Dred Scoet
decision as the doctrine of Seward, and it is
perfect folly to ak Of supporting one and res
sting the Inauguration of the other
Hon. A. B. Meek, a distinguished Alabama
orator, says the article: lis at war with the fun
damental principles of the Federal Govern
ment, and [ do not believe that they will leave
him II 'corporals guard" of supporters at the
South"
Senator Hunter, of Va, is reported to have
cttlt III ID iNtIht fI'NtH- II IN i"'1C
party does not repudate the principle of Pop
ular Sovereignty and advocate in lieu thereof
the principle of Congressional Intervention,
the party opght TO be dlssoued, and the SOON
e. the letter"
Warren Akin, the Democratic candidate for
Governor of Georgia, has written a letter in re-
ply to inquiries, declaring that he will not vote
for Douglas even if he receives the Charleston
nomination. because ne considers his doctrine
efsqHatter sovereignty worse than the WiImot
prOyiso.
AT a recent Democratic meeting held in Mis-
sissippi the following resolution was adopted
without a dissenting voice:
Rcs0frcd. That while we have hitherto abid-
ed by the usages and supported the nominees
of the Democratic party, We, Il portion Of the
Democratic party of Nj Mississippi, deem it proper
to declare that should the Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas be the nominee of the Charleston
Convention as a candidate for the Presidency,
so cannot and eriH not support HIM"
Speaking of the position of Senator Ham
mond, of Sonth Carolina, the Charleston Ecen-
ing Nears says:
4" His dcnuneiation OF the Kansas-N ebraska
act and squatter sovereignty as a fraud and
trick from beginning, defines Senator Ham,
mond,S position. He would have the Democ-
racy get rid of both Douglas and his issues"