The Van Buren press., 1860-09-07
Van Buren, Sept. 3, 1860.

DOUGLAS AND HIS ENEMIES IN VIRGINIA.
The Richmond Enquirer having attacked
Tim Rives, Esq, because he supports Doug
las, the latter writes long letter in which
he says:
''lt is not for me to reconcile the con-
tlicting positions occupied by the friends OF
the Enquirer then and now My only effort
will be to get you back into the path, if
l can. My support of Judge Douglas is
consistent with the past record of my life
it is consistent with the past usages and Gus
toms of the Democratic party, and 1, who
never gave vote for Wing candidate for
President, or for Whig candidate for
Congress cannot permit myself to be held
mp in an improper light before my true and
tried friends of the " Old Guard, >" who
have So uften borne that flag in triumph in
the darkest hours when victory seemed al
most impossible.
am willing, however, to stand a COM
parison with any of the opponents OF
Judge Douglas among the Democracy Of
Virginia. Who, therefore, ask, are the
men in this State. and the South most &C.
tive in denouncing Mr.. Douglas? One
half, if not two-thirds of the leaders in
Virginia and the South, are men who war.
red with Gen. jackson in his great contest
against the United States Bank, and the
" removal of the deposits men who
were the most conspicuous supporters Of
Gen. Harrison in the famous and disgrace
full campaign of /" Log cabin. hard cider
raccoon- skins, pepper-pods and yellow-ki
er." And these men are now so inconsis.
tent as to charge that Mr.. Douglas was
nominated. by sectional (Northern) vote
and therefore ought not to be supported
when the fact is notorious that Gen. Har.
rison, whom they supported in 1910, was
nominated at the Harrisburg convention by
vote exclusively from the North, not re.
ceiving single vote from a slaveholdine
State
"The last ballot on which he was nom.
mated, stood thus : Scott. 16; Clay, 80
Harrison, las these votes, every one, we're
given to him by free States, to wit Maine
10; Vermont, I; New York, AZ Massa
chusetts, IA (; New Hampshire, Michi.
gan, 3; Pennsylvania, 80; Ohio, u ; In
diana; 81 Illinois, 5. Are these gentle.
man the proper persons to raise objections
to nomination on account of its section
al character, even if it were true? Yet
that, untrue as it is, and Squatter Sover-
eighty make up the sum total of their op-
position to him. when every man knows
that Mr.. Douglas ins his late great effort
witt Senator Davis, of Mississippi, denied
that he was in favor of. Squatter Sovereign
ty, and pointed to Pixies Peak and other
places where it existed, and emphatically
expressed his opposition to it, With this
fact staring him IN the face, how can any
man truthfully bring such charge against
Judge Douglas
Never in the history of the Democrat
ic party, has such state of things exist cd
before-combinations and coalitions formed
to defeat man who was nominated in the
National Convention fairly, and in stric,
accordance with time-honored usages, and
whose record shows more service perform
ed for the party than that of any other man
Of his age presenting, especially for the
South, defense of her interests and insti-
tutions that will compare favorably with
the most gifted of her own sons''
T The Athens Banner, referring to
the seceder's convention at Milledpeyille.
at which tlo Hon. Robert Toombs made .
speech, says:
Hon Robert Toombs addressed the
convention in one of the strongest speeche
of his life, and when that is said of him it
Is no unmeaning declaration
In order to understand what the Banner
probably refers to about the stresgth Of Mr..
Toomb's speech, we find in the .Soafhern
Recorder the announcement that Mr.
Toombs came out strongly for disunion
Will he canvass the State and proclaim
such sentiments If he does, he will find
such sentiments warmly sustained by the
fewest number of voters in comparison with
the number cast in November. that ever ex
pressed their sentiments by their votes il
any general election in the State. Senat o.