Nebraska advertiser., 1860-05-17
Reasons Why s. A. Douglas should
be Nominated at Baltimore.

mics acknowledge them when required
20 speak their honest sentiments.
lsL He is the choice of the people. Re-
ports from all sections establish this, and
leave no room for even a doubt or c%onjec-
ture. If our readers will take the trou-
bIe to listen to the accounts of all from
the "rising of the sun to the setting there
Of not another would be called for tits
a fact be is the man above all others for
these p~erilous and boisterOus times. The
people call for him, and they must be
heard. Go TO the South, if you please,
and VIVA: do you hear? Douglas we are
told is the man to lead the Southern de-
mOcracy. Our Democrats at the North
eannOt be misunderstood, it is Douglas
first and Douglas last Now will the
people be heard7 We trust and believe
they will be.
Cd. He is not sectional. Is there any
thing more universally and more truth
fully demonstrated to the world than this!
His views are as broad as the Union, and
cannot fail to be respected and admired
wherever the flag of our country may
wave. All of his Iabors have been aim
ed % enthrone in the hearts of his coun-
trylnen, the grand, the patriotic senti-
: ments upon which James Buchanan was
placed at the helm Of our government.
Men may change; may assume q multi
plicity of phases; but principles are the
same as they were in 1856. Talk as
you may see fit about Judge Douglas fa-
voring the North or the South, the East
or the West; for it all amounts to idle
talk" No well informed American cit
izen will believe such accusations. The
people are not enveloped in as much fog
and MIST as they used TO be. We live
in an e of light and knowledge. Our
public men must show where they stand
on the great questions of the day. Afew
years ago our political parties nominated
Candidates for Office almost unknown
Blu. now this will not do. They must be
known. Obscure and unheard Of men
stand a poor show for ascending, by one
jump ihto the Presidential Chair. Now
look The name of Douglas is pronounc-
cd mall quarters of the land. He is not
unknown. He is before the people nor
neither is he a Southern "fre-eater, +"
or Northern fanatic"
Sd. He is consistent. A chief and
prominent trait in the character Of Judge
Douglas is his unchangeableness. Those
who disagree with him, politically, do not
deny his ixedness of purpose. He does
not, like many others, resemble the face
Of an April sky, but remains firm. IN
changing. and Interchangeable, although
men, high in power, attempt to intimidate
and hold him up 10 public contempt. All
revilings and defamations, fall powerless
at his feet. Marking out his course, he
follows 1t independent and fearless. See
what a storm Of Administration fury he
has passed through, almost unaided by
friends, or. anything else! And has he
not, so far, come of victorious? Deposed
from a post of honor, to which his rare
abilities and transcendent qualifications
called him. Hunted down all over the
land as an abandoned ~demagogue, scoun-
f, drel and traitor, and we ask, what for?
Not because he wanted TO distract, or ru-
in the Democratic party. No The charge
canhot. be sustained. What then? Be-
cause he did not UGnthe Democratic par
ty TO be faithIesS TO her pledges! Here
is the cause of certain persons in thigh
places" trying to defeat the Little Gil
ant !" has consistency cannot be doubted.
a. He is capable. Republicans, Ad-
ministration men, North and South, East
and West, in the States and out of the
States, everywhere, all over and around
the land acknowledge that he is a nan
powerful in intellect. Regarding this
point, but opinion can be entertained.
He has evinced an intellectually fresh,
vigorous and brilliant, and is not a shade
inferior to any man living. He is all
right under this head.
9Th. He has the well-being of the cOun-
try at heart. He holds to no disunion
principles or sentiments. Is welcomed
in the South as well as the North. Feels
as much at home in New Orleans as he
would in Maine. He has friends every
where.
Is this not the MANI Do you wish to
see The cause of Democracy triumphant
II you do lend aid and influence in pro-
curing a candidate who is the choice of
The people. All differences should be
cast aside. and let a union of the party
take place on the principles of our plat
form Of 1856. This thing of such a sud-
den dropping of a cardinal principle, is