The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1860-08-04
THE COURSE OF THE e.PREss.o .


course and objects Of renegade from the {
Democratic party is from an Opposition pa. ,
per- which supports Bell and Everett-the
Philadelphia Evening Journal. Its touches
are both caustic and truthful, and we cannot
invite tbe public to better reading if they
desire to form just estimate Of the charac-
ter of crooked and traitorous politician:
Ever since Mr.. Forney failed, even with
the generous though ill-judged aid of Mr..
Buchanan, to obtain seat in the United
States Senate, and afterwards, "a place in the
Cabinet, he has waged vindictive war
against the President and the Democratic
party. That he would be able to do either
any harm, but for the fact that his power for
good or evil was greatly exaggerated by those
whom he succeeded in impressing with an
idea of his importance and influence, is not
at all probable. But being surrounded by a
few weak and subservient admirers, who
took care to magnify him in public estima,
ton, and using all means and occasion him
self to the same end, he has managed toI
work, to some extent, bitter personal ma
Lightly upon the man who had done him
friendly service than it was possible for
him to repay, and whose age, and Office,
if nothing else, should have protected him
from the assaults Of one upon whose affection
ate respect he had such claims as only an iu-
crate could have disrcgarded. In so far,
however, as Mr. Forney's violent and relent.
less abuse Of Mr. Buchanan was concerned,
the community has doubtless experienced
] little other feeling then that Of surprise
and disgust. But, OF late, animosity toTards
the President has grown in hostility towards
the Democratic party, and it seems as if
the sentiment can only be gratificd by the
grossest treachery to that once powerful or
ganization which elevated Mr. Buchanan to
the office he now holds. In this latter re,
Z pect. however thcre is reason to believe that
malignity was intermipged with capidity
: that Mr.. Forney has made himself an in
strument in other mems hands for fatally
/, distractiug a party to which he has still
pretended to be faithful in his adhesion,
and that he is already in the enjoyment Of
an earnest, at least, of that compensation with
which his falsehood is to be hereafter more
G fully rewarded. In prosecuting this work he
j has, in order to conceal his real and ulterior
purposes, professed devotion to Stephen A.
Douglas, and whether or not Mr.. Douglas is
increduous of the duplicity of man who is
suspected Of using him as means Of destroy
: ing his party, or is cognizant of, and au ac
e complice in an obvious plot to help the Re
. publicans into power, by breaking down.wha
f was supposed to be he most formidable, i
t not the only, opposition to them, we are
y quite satisfied that John w Fdruey has no
9 for some months past, had any other desigr
: than to aid the cause of Repubhcanisn
!. through the destruction of the Democracy.
d This, it seems plain, from explicit decara
y rions made in the last few days i'll the cdito
tlal columns of the Press, is the game he i
l. playing, and the wonder is that he has beer
: able to play it so successfully upon thos
!, whose political destruction be is striving t.
e accomplish by virtue of the most himsy ant
d transparent pretense of fidelity to the princi
u pies and the party he would betray. II
!. not only advises open rebellion against re
y cent resolution Of the Democratic State Cen
"a tral Committee, intended to preserve tb
n unity Of the party iu Pennsylvania, bu
what is generally regarded as foir an
rs equitable arrangement between the friend
ID respectively of Mr.. Breckenridge and MI
al Douglas, but he proposes coalition {
is Douglas, Bell and Lincoln men with view
~ III of course, to carry the State for the Chicag
cr or nominees, Action like this should, "
think open the eyes of the blindest follow
ers of Mr.. Forncy to the treaehery in whic
70 he would make them instrumental 1t shoul
y, cause him to be read out at once from a
e, further recognized communion with tho'
n among whom he is desirous only to provoE
ne and perpetuate strife, and against the dete
ne limitations of whose duly,constituted orgaI
st he is boldly, and yet, as respects his ayowt
er motives, iusiduously urging opposition. "
as have long been Of the belief that the Pre-
"a is "Rcpublcan" paper. All that it
IN doing in politics now though professed
be done in different direction, is really opera
he ing in that interest. This events will shov
n Indeed, we should not be surprised if, With
Ho few weeks or months hence, after the mi
chief it is doing is beyond repairing, it ope
Of y declares its apostacy to Lincoln, Haml
and soctionalsm, and audaciously justiii
~ ~ its course on the ground of the hopeless 4
+, go vision of the party which it has labored
ho ho industriously to distract, disorganzc, al
a ! destroy, and which it long since desert
4 though without the candor or the ccuro
nd ~ to ayow the reason.
~ - 1t is hardly necessary for US to add, tn
'oI of the disscnsion which is efIoctually annuli
b;s % the power of the Democratic party does n
u IT, cause us any further concern than as it ma
0os =" possibly, in the present distracted state
'VS our national politics, effect injuriously t
peace and prosperity of the country. As
indeed, as it may favor the Constitution
nu. Union party, we can only regard it vi
ON satisfaction But, notwithstanding this
no vious view of the matter, we are unwili
,tal to suffer traitor to the Democracy TO
to ment division in their ranks, in order to
ing cure the triumph of Lincoln and Haml
S and the consequent defeat of all other G.
t. didates and parties.
atb ueA- The Crockett (Texas) Argus sa
was that "during the last term of the Dist
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