The Nevada journal., 1860-07-20

If there is an individual in the world
whose condition is worthy of commiscra-
ton he is at this time 10 other than pop
ular sovereignty Douglas man, asd OF ali
this class the one most wanting sympathy
is 4 popular sovereignty editor. We have
in eur mind eye number of thsse knights
Of the quill, whose devotion to the cause
has been prceminent. We distinctly re-
meraoer the many and strong denuncia-
tons they have poured forth aforetime
against the wrongs of the Administration
perpetuated in the Lecompton fraud, the
English Bill, in the whole Kssnsas business
and ia the repudiation of the Cincinnati
platform. Nothing could exceed or would
qucnch their undying devotion to the prin-
ciples Of popular sovereignty, set forth by
Douglas and cononized at Cincinnati 1t
was the Democratic bible from which it
was sacrilege to add or take away syIla-
blc. But behold, times change and men
change with them. In the fulness of time
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popular sovereignty met at Baltimore and
ready to die by their principles, nominated
the Mogul of their faction, placed him
upon platferm of their own construction,
and lest he might die as even he must, such
WAS their care 20 nurture and perpetuate
the great principles of popular sovereignty
for which they were willing tosee the par
" wrecked and suffer political martyrdom
that they chose chief to be held in reserve
as guardian of the precious treasure COM
United to their especial trust, in case of the
demise Of their great chief Stephen. In
the plenitude of their wisdom and devo-
tion they pitched upon one Fitzpatrick of
Alabama-mraJi1s Gictu who was a par
ticipant in the Lecompton swindle, voted
for the English Bill, countenanced all the
wrongs perpetrated by the Administration,
sustained the resolutions of JEFF Davis in
which the doctrine of popular sovereignty
in which congressional slave code is dis
tinctly forshadowed. Searching his record,
sounding the man and his principles, the
only difference we can discover between
him and JEFF Davis is one of ability.
Have the purity Democrats forgotten the
story of John Tyler? Or coming down to
a more recent period, are they oblivious to
the lesson they taught with so much unc-
ton year ago, even down to the present
time? Have they never asked themselves
what is to become of their darling princi-
pie if Stephen, after obtaining the summit
of his ambition, should pass from one
world of spirits into another by the vulgar
disease of cramp in the rennet 2 Has not
the fate of poor Mike Walsh warned them
that life is not always sure to even natural
born Democrats Knowing the principles
of Fitzpatrick, how can the popular sover-
eighty advocates endorse his nomination
As n tool by which the Administration has
worked iniquity he has been one of the
most f:scile and time serving. Come, apos-
ties OF popular sovereignty, do you shout
hozannas to your sub-chief2 On your
conscience, answer.
In the above remarks one of the rexations
of editing weekly paper is apparent
Since they were written we learn Fitz-
patrick has declined and H. " Johnson, Of
Georgia, is named in his place. On those
popular sovereignty editors who did not
scrupe to hoist the name of Fitzpatrick
along with Douglas, we hope the moral will
net be lost.