Daily national Democrat., 1860-09-11
That Tirade.

absurd. 1t rests upon the himsiest basis,
and, when you come to examine it, by the
light of truth and reason, has no point or
effect. How ridiculous it is for the Express
to talk about the Douglas and Johnson party
being the same that has opposed the Admin
istration all along for two years past. &c,
when such men as J. w. Denver, Gov. Dow
ney, Joseph p. Ioge, and host of other
late Administration leaders are in its ranks
aad battling for its succuss 1t is not the
same party. and the issues before the people
are different. The Democracy are now bat
Ting for the regular nominees of the Nation
al Democratic Convention, against band OF
boilers and seceders
How ridiculous, too, TO say that the Sac
ramento Union "has the impudenee to call
itself Democratic paper, and lecture Demo
Gratis about regular nominations !" Every
BODY knows that the Union never claimed in
its life to be a Democratic paper but has al
ways declared itself independent. 1t says
Douglas is the regular nominee of the Dem
ocratic party, but at the same time it pub
fishes all the speeches it can against him,
and all the political documents bearing on
the issues Of the day, whether favorable to
Breckenridge, Douglas, Bell or Lincoln. It
furnishes the Breckenridge sheets of the
State with more than half their ammunition,
and they are ungrateful enough at the same
time to vilify the fountain from which they
draw.
The Express says
"There is no doubt but on full vote Kentucky
will, in November, give over ten thousand ma
jority for her favorite and fortunate son. Doug
las is odious-more than any other man-to
the old Whg and conservative voters"
BY favorte and fortunate son"-as we
discover from the passage preceding the ex-
tract-the Express means Breckinridge.-
Laugbable, isn't it The supporters of this
fortunate and favorite son" have just been
beaten in Kentucky, by twenty thousand
votes, and yet the Express says Kentucky is
sure for him Cheering omen, surely.
douglas" says the Express, "is odious to
the old Wing and conservative voters
Well, we have recently read what the grea.
leader of the present Wing voters of Ken
lucky, John J. Crittenden, declared about
Douglas in his speech at Louisville, on the
ID of August:
81 can have no quarrel with him he is I'm
? ion man. Cheers. Aud la Union man | can
? always trust when | believe him to be sincere
, , and earnest as | believe Douglas to be. Contn-
! ued applause
I.
merely have spoken because | desire to give
my testimony to the truth. believe Mr.. Douglas
| to be patriot, and | know him to be a Union
man by all the evidence that one public man can
! give another of his sentiments. Applause He
is generous, bold man, speaking what he thinks,
and doing what he knows to be right.
What intense hatred is here manifested to
Douglas An Old Line Wing speaker, a
great man in his party as well as in the
country, awards Mr.. Douglas the credit of
being a Union man and patriot, generous
and bold man, speaking what he thinks and
doing what he knows to be right, and a
Wing audience cheer and applaud the SEN
timent. This looks like being odious!
Finally, the Express grows indignant at
the Idea Of any fusion in the South between
the Douglas and Bell forces. Well, we are
inclined to think it would be no very horr
ble thing if the Bell men in the South should
conclude to vote the Douglas ticket, in order
to break down the Secessionists. But, how
inconsistent it is for the Breckenridge party
to affect holy horror against "fusion"
with the Bell forces, when they themselves
openly and publicly fused with those same
forces in the State of New Jersey, by getting
up an electoral ticket with four Breckenridge
men on it and three Bell men
As the editor of the Bunkum Flag Staff
used to say, "commenk is needles"
The UNIT RuLE.-Speaking of the unit
rule adopted at the Charleston Convention,
the Express says;