The Placer herald., 1860-10-20

come and see me; wish to give him James S
Green's place in the United States Senate
: "a. 1t is true that did write letter to B
; Gratz Brown, Esq, Of st. Louis, and that letter
was written in accordance with the wishes OF
Judge Douglas himself
Sd. And it is true that there was an under
standing, PERFECT AND COMPLETE. BETWEEN JUDGE
DOUGLAS AND SEVERAL PROMINENT MEMBERS OF THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE AIM AND SCOPE OF WHICH
| AM NOT OBLIGED TO DvULGE. My personal in
tervlew with the distinguished Senator, to which
his message to me referred, had reference to the
success of the Emancipation Party in Missouri.
Here we Ind there was an understanding per
feet and complete, between Judge Douglas and
several members of the Republican parity
The understanding was perfect and complete, -
indicating that 1t was not simply an understand
ing, but u 6drgdin-a deliberate agreement per-
haps in black and white. with the Republics ms
But mark further. "the aim and scope of which |
am not obliged to dvugc." The word "scope"
means that this bargain extended beyond the
mere election of Mr.. Douglas to the Senate. and
to my mind refers unquestionably to the Presi-
dentiai election Of 1860. The scope of which"
that is, the ultimate end, intention, design or
oblect--'of which am not o6iiged to divulge."
or course you nre not obliged TO divulge it, yet
you would do so If Mr. Douglas were now reallV
| your pollticdi enemy, for you could damage him
thereby but as friena working ,cM you and
not against you, you know, if you should ''di-
vulge the aim and scope" Of your "undcrstand-
the Democratic party should stand out in clear
and acknowledged evidence. it would heal at
once the division in the Democratic party. and
ensure the overwhelming defeat of Lincoln! So
| you cover it up, and give him the opportunity
| TO divide and distract the party, so as to elect
Lincoln.
But if the treachcry of Douglas does not admit
of positive proof it is susceptible of proof strong
enough to convict him Of murder, were he charg
ed with that crime. The following letter does
| : 10, Il -. i r
it he says
"Mr. Chairman, l send to the Clerks desk an
extract from communication that appeared not
! long since in the Chicago J0Urnal a leading and
reliable Republican paper in the State Of Illinois,
! signed, believe. H. wish to say, also, that
have ascertained who the author of that article
is. He IS A GENTLEMAN WELL KNOWN ~ THE
| CITY or WAsHINGTON-A RESPECTABLE, RESPONSE
BLE, AND RELIABLE MAN-AND If JUDGE DOUGLAS
DESIRES HIS NAME, AM AUTHORIZED TO GIVE IT. |
ask the Clerk to read the article
JUDGE DOUGLAS NEVER DESIRED his NAME! Let
that be remembered while reading this article:
The Clerk read as follows:
This train Of thought carries me back to the
beginning of the Thirty-litth Congress, when Mr..
Douglas broke from the line of policy marked
out by Mr.. Buchanan for the Democracy, and OPP
posed the Lecompton Constitution He was
under the ban. socially and politically with the
Democrats. The remarkable expressions he used
the party TO STOP THE PROGRESS OF SLAVERY AND
TO ADVANCE FREEDOM, and what he purposed doing
in the future to destroy the intentions of the
slave pOwer-will never he erased from my me-
mory, as they never can be from the minds Of
hundreds of others who heard the same things.
'He said that, when he started out in his OPP
position to Lccompton, he merely making
fight on II single measure, and not against the
patty; but Il blow at Lccompon was Il blow ut
slavery, and he soon found the whole slave power
arrayed against him. like pack of wolves. In
making this fight against this power, he remark
ed that he enabled to stand Off and view the
men with whom lie had been acting; that he was
ashamed he had ever been caught in such com
pany; that they were set Of unprinciped dema-
gogues, bent upon perpetuating slavery, and, by
the exercise of that unequal and unfair power, to
control the Government, or break up the Union;
and that he intended to prevent their doing eli
ther. His dcnuncations of the lre-eatcrs were
at times very severe, and couchcd in language fit
neither for the parlor nor the newspaper
"Ile insisted that he would never be driven
from the party but would remain in it until he
exposed this Administration and the dsunionsts;
and when he went out, he would go Of his own
accord. He was in the habit Of remarking that
it was policy for him to remain in the party. in
order to mold certain of the rank and file, so
that if he went over from the Democracy to any
other party. he would be able to take the crowd
along with him; and When he get them all oDer,
he acouid cW do,cn the bridges, and sink the
boats
"On one occasion, waited upon him to ascer-
tain if the report was true that he and Buchanan
had had an interview for the purpose of settling
their dispute. | said to him that, as the cores
pondent of a leading Republican organ, | had
represented him fairly. and the report. if true,
| tended to compromise ny position. and thought
therefore, that | was entitled to fair answer to
fair question
II asked him to say to me frankly if there was
| in thp putt ham
shoulder, and looking me square in the face, he
| said" i authorize you to say that there is not q
word of truth in the report Adding, that there
never would be any union between him and Bu
chanan, unless the latter saw fit to come to him
and stand by his side on the platform of popular
sovereignty.
SIN the interview he repeated many thing gsthat
he had said before to convince and others
that he was earnestly and honestly on the side Of
the NORTH, against tie siaoe p0cer, and should
be found fighting IN the ranhs Of the great Nor
Mern party IN 1850. In this interview he also
used an expression which distinguished Repub-
ican member Of the Thirty-ifth Congress in
formed me he used to him in u conversation he
held with him at the commencement of the Le-
compton struggle to ascertain his views concern
ing his (Douglas) future INTENT ons. After talk
ing a while with Douglas inquired of him if he
knew where his present course (meanng his op-
position to Lecompton) would lead him. Douglas
replied with emphasis, u do; Ihare cheched all
my baggage and fdten a through hchet'
'In using this expression to me, as he did sew
eral times, he conveyed to my mind as think he
intended to do that he was going from the Dem
ocratic party, over, bag and baggage, to the Re
publicans-a great Northern Party, as ne used
to call it. All who conversed with him at that
time, and during the Lecompton struggle. who
related their interviews with him to me, received
the same Impressions from his conversations that
did; and the number was not only large, grow
ing out of my position here, but they embraced
some of the leading Senators and Representa-
tives in Congress, representatives of Lending Re-
publican journals of the country, as well as