The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-10-04

las into the Republican party on probation,
were rot willing to admit him as leader.
about the same lime fthe Lecompton Bill
being then before Congress) Mr.. Douglas
five assert il npon authority which shall be
produced if Judge Douglas dares to deny 1t
sent Hou. Schuyler Colfsx. Republican
Congressman. 10 Frank Blair, at that time
representing this district 10 Congress, TO re-
quest an interview with him. Mr.. BLAIR
ihereupon went to see Mr.. Douglas at ms
own house. During that interview Judge
Douglas told Mr.. Blair that he Douglas
was as hostile 10 slavery as Mr.. Blair could
possibly be; that be sympathized with BLAIR
in his stru ysle in Missouri. and would aid
him in it. if Blair would point out how he
could do so; and he then suggested to Mr.
Blair the propriety OF attempting, with ms
douglass assistance, to be elected to the
Senate as James s. Green's successor.
Mr. Douglas told Mr.. Blair al the same
time. that his Kansas Nebraska policy had
been designed from the first. with view TO
crush out slavery, by surrounding The slave
holding States with a Gordon OF non-slave-
holding communities. Mr.. Douglas SO
completely satisfied Mr.. Blair of his anti
slavery sentiments. on this occasion, that
the latter gentleman wrote to Mr.. Grautz
Brown, who was then editing the Missouri
Democrat, TO abstain from all other attacks
upon Mr.. Douglas.
Our readers will, sore of item, remem-
berthat Mr. Blair admitted, some time ago.
in a letter, that he had received the mes
sage above alluded to: and that he did have
the interview with Judge Douglas. Blu, be
has refused to disclose what was said and
done, because the Interview was somewhat
private one. and held in Judge Doug las s
house. and be is therefore, unwilling 10 say
anything about it. without Judge Douglas g
consent. Mr. Blair admits that he wrote
the letter. above spoken OF. to Gratz Brown.
! Democrats OF Missouri. what say you to
this? Can you trust man who has acted
thus treacherously. not only towards the
party which has honored him with its most
distinguished positions. but to the confdipg
people of the South. whose favor he court
ed with unceasing and disgusting assiduity.
until he found that the anti slavery senti-
ment of the North was ginning to control
the nation, and who then sough, TO betray
them into the hands of their bitterest enc
mics. the Black Republican party.
Mr. Douglas will not dare to deny these
charges. They can be established by the
testimony Of too many credible witnesses.
1t was but the other day that Arson Bur
Gngame reiterated them in Maine. adding
further tina: Mr.. Douglas had, during his
late visit to Boston. satisfied him OF his pres
ent anlipathy to the slaveholiing States.
and to the institution OF slavery.
We beg our readers to consider these
facts we'll They may rely upon the truth
of them Most of them have been charged
upon Mr. Douglas again and again, and he
has not ventured to deny them.
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have some personal knowledge. We know
that large number of the most prominent
Republicans at Washington were zealously
and actively engaged in the dirty business
of trying to induce the Republicans Of Hi
nois and elsewhere to consent to the pur.
chase of Douglas-to return him to the
Sc ate without opposition, on condition u.a
he should Fl sht for the Republicans in 1860
We knoac this to be true. But thanks to the
honesty and integrity of the Republicans O
Ilinois--of old Abe Lincoln and Judge
Trumbull, the bargain was not consumma
ted. Cid Abe threw himself in the breach
and unaided by the efforts and without ever
TIE sympathy of those from whom he had
right TO expect both laid and comfort he
nobly fought that fight. and although Doug
las was reelected to the Senate, he wen
there humbled, and a whipped politician. =
He has ever since found Jordan q hare
road to travel The fortune OF Douglas
waned from that day to this, and although
he may have since found his ina" and en-
loved the consultations which an indulgen
mother only cap give. he never will be
. President. Had he been reelected to the
Senate upon the conditions he proposed. he
would have betrayed the men who mil h
have bought him. and he would have occu
pied position. perhaps far different from
what he now does. without the prospect o.
a single electoral vote in the coming cleo
ton. Old Abe Lincoln deserves the graft
tude of every friend of freedom and oppo
nent to the extension Of slavery. for the
good work he done in that noble fight
And he scW hare his re,rard.
And we have just this to say to oul
, Douglas friends you are supporting man
who was rejected By the Republican party.
because they had no confidence in either
his political integrity or moral honesty; keeE
him-sustain him if you deem it right; bu
before you SO bindly cast your votes FOL
such man, consider well your duty to you
country, to cleo; noue but honest men te
office.
E% Senator'S BRIGHr and FrrcH made
I speeches in Starr Hall ia this city on Mon
/ day last. Their denunciations of Dongla
! were bitter and truthful. Mr.. BRIsHr gave
as a reason why SO out Of the 50 Demo
cratic Senators were opposed TO Mr.. Dougla