Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1860-08-04

sincerityj many who protested to love him WILL
in wild revcl and reckless cXultation, utter the
name OF him who could not find time or OPP
portunity to speak word in culogy over the
grave Of the departed votary lnscrbe the
the name OF Frederick in fiery characters upon
your banners-he was your champion-and you
at least can afford to do him Justice lie rests
in peace on the nights Of the proud city of the
Pacific, where no ingratitudc can longer wound
him, relieved from the warfare between heart
less factions, and where his ashes will remain
M eternal memento of his faith and his conf
dence in the ultimate triumph Of down-trod-
den humanity.
These references have been made for a single
purpose--to satisfy if doubts exist, that in the
great struggle between the South and the North,
to secure the long lost equality OF the latter,
Mr.. Douglas is against us. Should more recent
evidences be demanded, then let an examination
he made of The Congressional Giobe containing
the ballots for Speaker and Clerk during the
last session ct the House of the Representa-
! tivcs Ascertain what the action of the Illinois,
| Western, and Northwestern Democracy was
during the protracted contest for an orgauiza-
ton Every vote that Mr. Douglas could in
! iluence was invariably cast for such candidates
as the South presented, including those of the
most extreme and revolutionary character. lie
could afford no assistance to any one rot rccog-
/
questions which concerned them. And ] very
well remember when the name Of Col Forney
was mentioned in connection with the Office he
now occupies and his fate was to be decided,
how diligently ''thc great advocate of Popular
Sovereignty" aborcd for his defeat; every
deyotce of Mr.. Douglas voting against him
with one exception Mr.. Morris of Illinois, in
whom ] have very great confidence, declined
to vote at all. Col. Forney, who never hesita-
] ~. N,
when he could properly do 50, was elected in
spite Of Mr.. Douglas. Col Forney, presume
was not Endorsed by the Democracy who swear
by the peculiar institution. Others may choose
to forget all this, and will not crmnate them
for doing so, but promise never to forget it.
| am for my friends, and against those who
oppose my friends. If am wrong in this let
charity be extended to me- cannot help it.
have said all | desire to say of the rep
resentatiyes Of the two Democracies. There is
a preference between them. The one is out
spoken and evident; the other is concealed and
tricky. Of the two much prefer Mr.. Breck-
inridge, and yet ! cannot imagine the circum-
stances under which | could be Induced to sup
port him. He asserts the Supreme Court has
decided that Slavery is an existing constitutions
al institution in all our Territories and that it
is the duty Of the Government to sustain it
where it thus legally exists. Mr.. Douglas con-
tends that Courts have not yet SO decided, but
if they shall do So it will then become the duty
Of all good citizens to respect the decision, and
of every branch of the Federal Government to
enforce it with promptness and fidelity. This
is his platform If our Federal Court has not
already given a decision in accordance with the
notions of Mr.. Breckenridge, no one doubts it
will do so as soon as the question shall be
brought distinctly before it. So at best the
only point Of disagreement between these rival