Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1860-10-11
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EVANSVILLE, Ono, Sept, 20, l86

ZANEsvuLE, ONO, Sept. 20, 1860.
Dv.P SIR: I'm aieard were gone under
= gpns to me that the Dimecrats have been payin
.iarTr with us all the time You kno that l, have
ote TO YOU all okasons, that all was rite And l,
It oil was rite from the fact that, when Manypeny
nId meens and made his speeches to the Dimecras,
nJ abused Buchanan and prazed you, the Dimecrats
II sit still and didn't say nothing.
0f cose took it for granted that the masses of the
Dmecratic Party was your side, and ready to pitch
into the President whenever give the word Of COM
nand And, rote to you accordingly.
NaDVpeny and me, and Cox and Pugh, and Pain
and some others, kOnkluded that, we had matters
orpd so that there would be no ditikulty in making
oT President and then we would all be provided with
If Offices under your patronage
10 we Blowed the horn all over the State of Ohio
hat you the smartest most talented and most popu
i man. il all America And that, the Presidents ad
rnsrashun was one Of the most korrupt administra-
bunS we ever hao.
Most of the Dimecratic editors in Ohio helped Us ;
and We called konvenshuns and made nominashuns to
m u.s. for you see, we had our men picked out so that
70 knowed who was wh0) and all this time the masses
W the Dimecrats stood still and dident say nothing
The fact is they ddent know what to say for we had
uaze been their leaders, and they thot what told
EN- was true.
Rrt alas now, they are all sick, and not very well
themselves They find that they have got their foot in
+ And we find that we have got our foot in it too.-
cone kondshun. We find out (when it is too late that
the Dmecratc party amt with US, nor was with
n, The rank and file Dimecrats tell that the
Vby they dident say nothing when was leading them
pgIav was bekauze they dident kno nothing to say
Bpkauze we had aIwayze been their leaders, And they
had not yet lost konfdence in US.
But now, they say that they have found out that
apa set of political gamblers and thrichsturs-And
that as we have scheamed ourselves out OF the Dime
cratic party, we shant come back into it agin.
They also tell US to our teeth that you a forced
candidate that we forced you onto the party
ddae and that they will never submit TO have candl-
date forced on them
Besides all this the German and Irish populashun
say that they wont go you bekause you are uzeing with
the knO nOthiDgs.
So, you see where we stand You can see as well as
we, that We cant git single State no not one.
Then, what's the of spending our time and money
to run? We will only be made fun OF during the entire
kampa1e, and lafng stock ever afterwards. Hadent
We better quit And show the party that, we amt as
big fools as they took US to be? You see, were fool
ed by the rank and file OF the party keeping silent all the
time that we was fixing up matters to suit our own no
lul.
We thot that we could only git you nominated, inc
natter howl we could then, whip the rank and file Di
mecrats into the traces and force them to 60 youbut
We find, and you find to our mutual sorrow, that by
sowing kOrrupshun, reaping the fruits thereof
Iay agin, hadent better quit rite to you for In
hrmaShun. Please answer soon.
Truly yours &C., --
PETER HECTOR.
To Hon. Steveng A. Douglas, the only regular nom
1ee for President, Washington, City, D, .,
P,S Be keerful and not let any Breckinridger see
this for he would be sure to have it printed in the kon
sdtushun and we would be exposed, and our sekritE
found out and chance for the organizashun in 1864
ruined PHI,
Douglas and the Black-Repubncans of Missouri.
uTF olo LOT bovo thnrO of
other candidates in preference to Breckenridge" is TIT
telling if not the open expression, of large portion o
The present supporters of Judge Douglas, North ant
South In the Southern States where there Is no re
publican party, his followers make coalitions with tn
UOWnOthings, hoping thereby to defeat Brecklnrldg
by giving Southern electoral votes to Bell. In th
North, the Douglas very 10th to form uniol
with the friends of Breckenridge solely, as it would ap
pear because they fear such union would take eeco
raj votes from Lincoln and in the State of Missouri
the DOuglastes, seeing how the tide is setting agalns
them there, are going over in crowds to Lincoln. Tn
st. Louis Bulletin Of the 25th inst says of this Douga
movement:
We have always feared that this would be the fna
result Of Dougasism, and that every advocate of squat
ter sovereignty would sooner or later, find himself il
The black republican ranks. Our fears being real
lied sooner than we anticipated The squatters despair
ing of success with Douglas are already betaking them
selves in crowds to Lincoln and we fear very niue
that the latter will not only lead Douglas in Missouri
but poll very heavy vote-thirty thousand at least
We appeal to our friends everywhere to be the aler
direct their attacks against this new and more dar
geOus foe; to persuade every true democrat who he
been deceived into the support of Douglas, by the falls
cry Of regular nominee to come to the support OF tt
only democratic candidate, the only man who can detes
Lincoln the Ony candidate who is true to the Constit
uon and to the rights of the South" -..
There are no doubt many who support the cause
Ar Douglas with an honest conviction that he is trr
representative of the principles of the democratic party
out when they see as see they soon must, unless the
are blind that that gentleman, knowing, as he does, h
mere is no chance for his election is doing ever
Ang IN his power to give the Northern States to LII
coin and the Southern States to Bell for the sole pu
pose Of defeating Mr.. Breckenridge whose democrat
cannot be Questioned they will refuse to follow the lea
VI Mr.. Douglas into the abolition or know-nothir
camps and come out openly for the candidates of Il
laIOnaI democracy. The people know Mr.. Brecki
tdge, and when they hear Mr.. Douglas declaring fro
s9e stump that oil and water sooner mix " thu
S followers can unite with the friends of Mr. Brecki
Iage while at the same time they find him coquettll
Siin black republicans and know-nothngs, they nat
TTaIly conclude that there is something wrong in
douglas earnest professions of democracy. All ov
ue South the people are taking this view of the matte
ana from this time until the November election t
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