, 1860-02-28
OUR WASHING ron LETTER,


orag, and quoting Greeley as authority. Doug
las understands the art of making all impress
slon on the minds Of the wayer1ng or iudifl.r
ent' He has organized L force Of disciplined
"blowcrs and Strikers" aud quartercd them
about the various Washington hotels. II one
would believe the stories they relatc, he will
conclude that Douglas will be nominated al
charleston by reclamation, and elected without
opposition The darkeys who beat the gonge
IN the hotels. make less noise aud racket than
these how1ing Derrishes. A stranger from the
rural districts has hardly Time to enter his
ha1nc On the register before he is button-holel
ana placed III process of manipulation. No
otner Presidential aspirant ever rcsortcd to the
little tricks to sweu himself into imposing d.
menslons into the eyes of the crowd. lie has u
singular taeulty Of a. wringing in'' telegraptic
dispatches upon the Associated Press, and
| "dead'heading" puffery over tile wires. lie
has four agencies at work to keen lin, before
tue people, and magnify his prospects, viz: the
ass:'ngton hotel blowers; the "neutral'' {.)
agents OF the Associated Press; n corps Of
speech-frankers, aud the Editor Of the n. Y
tribune. The latter has probably contributed d
more to create the impression that Douglas will
5eceise the Charleston nomination than either
oi the other agencies. After the course it pur
sued IN the Illinois Senatorial struggle, is it un
reasonable TO suppose that the wish may be la-
ther to the thought: Not satisfied with pro-
claiming that Douglas will be the Democratic
nominee, and consuming columns Of spacc in
manufacturing "aTailabl!ity" for him, the 7.fi-
ea"e caps the climax Of its services, BIZ insist
1ng that the Chicago Convention shall run q
fiilmorelte against him!-lcst !. Republican
candidate might beat his fayorite.
But passing from these considerations. what
are the sober facts of the nattere Low much
chancc does Douglas stund of getting the
Charleston Nomination, after making full IL.
lowauoe for his game Of brag, and all the other
hot-bed appliances, employed to force him
ahead against the Southern currcut bearing him
towards tue great gu1ph Of political pcrat,cu.
The democracy may he divided into two
classes: Douglasitcs and auti- Douglasites. The
latter is subdivided among dozen candidates,
but tue friends of each rake common cause
against squatter-sovcrcign. The first work
on their hands is. to remove linn from the trock
that done, they can fight or toss up for ,l,c
nominee. The bond OF union against DourIas
49, that he Is not tsouad on tie goose;" that he is
not National Democrat :" that liz il , :. >,c-
tional" candidate: md his followers ,rc IN In
found only in one section of the Union; aud
ahat, unfortunately, in the sectional sec.ion-
the North. His sauatter-sorc, e;,,utv d,c,r;n,.
are the sentiments Of only fSortLern, fr,c,,o,
Of The Democratic party. Til. Sot;ou,t- ;,
conservative" section of I'll. partr-.1a
South, rcpudiatcs uufiicndly lcs;slation and
squatter-sovercignty as i,npioua tere.;es ard
undenocratic hunbugs.
There is only Que conceivable con.;n.c,cv :,
which he can be nominated ut Charleston md
that Is, the South must be made to believe t1,.t
| no other man eau beat the Hepub1;c,u c,na;.
date, md that he can certainly do il. Hrc,.sc
if it shall appear to the shareholders that 1le
| Chicago nominee can probably defeat him. ,hcv
would rather jump into the fire thau tn 1,c bc,,
en- with the author of sauatter. erei.uty,
The whole mass of tile Democratic party So.tt
hold tue doctrine that suycry is National IN
stisution; they havc elevated it among III,
dtciniiet; they claim that it goes into the Terri
torres by virtue Of the Constitution, mud that
neither Congress nor the people OF the Terrific
raes can exclude it. Aud furthermore, that it i:
the duty Of Congress to cnuct Federal s|avt
eoac 10 protect shareholders aguinst the uu
'F'sndiy legislation Of the squattcrs. These po
s't'ons are well defined articles Of Sationa
Democratic faith. Tie Doaglasi;es, on tn
.."sA "anu' a'e aac'oFoooA 'se'1oh, io"nd in th
p"o's." '''01es u '1e N'''n' WHO have ut
ru ~ ',ees ~ o1ss "ooo P'a''or'n--ha'
.A4 n4' p'o'oA'e'5-aho "to b1o'
1 "''' 'sos een 'nc great antasoasuc sc1
'41'e"'' ~ -. ''ecao'1 a'o slavery. Tue two seq
~ e4'oe'Aes "'e al variance on
.''ue' ''o ."s 4'oo'a eaAes
',e'' oAe~"u A.aa taAen "s position 'ha
e'"'s.9 - n4uo"a'' aoatteeoon1 sectloanl,
VIZ .os jazz ao"n ~ eoariesloa 10 sui III
"eseH0@'e' VI no"s'ns 1s's'"on-
'en".of r"en' III Ills iatc Speech tells til
oou'n 'oa' II sue lowers i'cr creed to the Iert
o' oquatter Sovereignty, which is more da1
stfous 10 the South than tic Wilnot Provst
"the National Democrats Of The North will SUI
"rcuder ut once, aud not continue uselc.
warfare in behalf Of constitutional principl
rtal only to The SoHth." lie tells tue slave holt
crs, j" that If they rcward treachery and apostac
t'to their cause. they must not complain
"Northcrn Democrats take the bits in The
{ "teetl. and run race with tue Republicans fl
"Aboliliou support" lie touched q rcspousi,
( chord when he made this appeal to tue sla,
| holders.
, Douglass supposed aya;I.bilityr-
strength ut the North whict, t;r..,cv cst;,,,t
So h,ch)y-consjs,s in tl,e anta,ou;sm or his do
trinc, ia the Fundamental nrinciples Of lem
c5acr mt the Sonth 1,rtwcen Senator sov.
!, c;rntx and FeAer,l stav. Code thrre is a, ..;
e renr.xs;,,e cona;ct y Thcrr cnn ,,o ~ .o,,,,
n ,,;s. no- h.rmorr i,etueo, t,,s o,nos;.. ,,.a,
s;,;on. ,hot s,,~or, !. ~ .ro,t,,ra -, oe, r.
and ,h,, :, -, y.,;on., .o.s,;.,.;snu, ;..,.:,
,;or entitled to Federal nrotec,;on should ,
ct,r,os,,n c,,vc,,;or ,o,,;roto nouo,.r ~,
c,rat,ar Sove,c;,n,v n1atforrn 1,.r un,,,1,,.
to repudiatc the whole Southern representa-,
in Congress; they would expose their party
VI a saking, destructive tire in the rear from
!. Americans, who would ut once entrench The
to selves behind the abandoned positions and I,
n, great gnps in tue Democratic ranks. "
ar Douglas fer candidate, aud Squas1er So,
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