Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-07-07

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PEORIA, July 2, 1860.
EDIroR OF THE LEADER :-FdeiIe deoenSas
aOerRi is quotation familiar among preach
ers of natural depravity, which, being freely
tranalated, reads :-"It is easy to go tQthe
DEVIL The Democratic party is illustrating
the truth of this saying. That it is in its
death-thross no serious man can deny, and
that It's destination is to the devil, needs no
further proof than is furnished by the history
of its corruptions, written in blood in Kansas
and found all over the country in such docu-
ments as forged naturalization papers, swind-
ling contracts, bogus printing bills and de-
fcient security bonds If parties had souls
like men, think the soul of the Democratic
party would be condemned to O pretty hot
place in pnrgatory. No political organiza-
ton in this country ever presented such an
other record of rottenness and rascality. 1t
is really fightful to contemplate. The man
who does contemplate it, unmoyed by either
contempt or disgust, Is not only false to every
sentiment of honesty and deceney, but is in
heart aud spirit traitor to his country But
Jdci5e deeenaas aVerni All that was necessary
to get the Democratic party upon the routeto
the regions of bis Satanic majesty, was an
abapdopment of all principle, followed by a
Baltimore cOnYentpR aE9 is resulting fol-
lies. Nothing more is needed to facilitate its
passage. In very short time the Republi-
can party, young, healthy and vigorous will
assume the control of the Federal govern
ment. Mr.. Buchanan's Augean stables will
| be cleaned out, and the Democratic party, as
/ i is now known, will be known no more
/ forever, il will be dead, clean dead and
gone to the debil, to quote Sambos rough
| but expressive language, as used in the song.
Neither of the split tickets put forth at
Baltimore meet with very earnest support
| in this section. The friends of Douglas have
had their hopes of seeing him President so
long deferred, tAst they have grown heart
| sick over his dubious prospects. When the.
announcement Of breckenridge nomination
was received, there was faint consolation for
the DouglGs-worshiPpers in the faint belief
that he would not accept but when the news
of his acceptance arrived, and at the same
| time the announcement that Fitzpatrick re-
! fused to unite his political fortunes with
Douglas, they gave themselves up to despair.
| 1t is openly conceded on the part Of the many
intelligent and well posted supporters of MIR.
| Douglas here, that Lincoln will carry Illinois.
On the part Of many it is believed that Mr..
Douglas, whose chances are manifestly so
hopeless, will ultimately resign. do not,
for one, however, entertain any such expect
alton. He himself anticipates being able to
carry all the Southern States except Nary
land, in spite of Breckenridge, together with
| California, Oregon, Indiana, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey, which would ensure his
election. That such is his belief have the
authority for Of one of his most intimate
| friends, but that be is doomed to bitter dis
appointment cannot be for moment doubt
ed. If he should not get a single electoral
vote it would create very little surprise in
this State outside the circle of his blindest
partizans.
It is amusing to notice with what
tenEcity Douglas would have the peo-
pie believe he is still clinging to the
Popular Sovereignty dogma, and surprising
that there are some who are Ignorant
or infatuated enough to be deceived by
| the pretense. It ought to be known by this
time, an unprejudiced man would say, that
| the Supreme Court, the Democratic U. S.
Senate, and the Convention which nominal
ted him for President have each in turn
choked him of, and that he had himself
voluntarily abandoned the dogma in every
| instance when not needed for electioneering
purposes. Look for moment at the history
of this bantling Its birth was in the Kan
| sas-Nebraska bill, and Douglas was its father
That such was its origin cannot be denied.
It was Matched up as a compromise Of the
slavery question-cooked up as salve to
cover the wounds which it was understood
| that the repeal of the Missouri compromise
would produce Containing no vital pripci-
pie whatever, the child would have fallen
still born had not the Interests of dema-
gogue so great as Douglas led him to
seize upon it as q means cheating the people.
| The pill was sugar-cOated, and soon became
popular. The Cincinnati Convention incoI-
porated it into the Democratic platform, which
attracted towards it the attention Of promi-
nent shareholders, and danger to their rights
in the territories was discovered lurking in
its plausible phraseology. This was enough;
the bantling was condemned without trial,
and the Supreme Court appointed as its Exc
cutioner. Property in slaves to the same
extent as property in horses became the ae-
knOwledged doctrine on the part of the Dem
ocratic party, to which Douglas gave his
heartiest assent. Only a few months ago he de-
clared, on the floor ofthe Senate, that slaves in
the territories were property under the Con
stitution, and that the master had the same
right to take them there that he had to take
his horses. And yet he continues preaching
popular Sovereignty endeayoring, it would
seem, to cheat ignorant people into the belief
that Territorial Legislature may annul the
Constitution of the United States When
shall we be done with such sophistry2 When
will it be universally understood that there
Is no property in slaves, and that. there can
be none IeYceht by yirtue Of positive local
dayv7 Wnen will enlightened public senti-
ment demand Of Congress that the Territb4
ries belonging to this Government be kept
| free from the footprints of the slaYe-Tesery-
ed for the use and employment Of free white
men? When viii it be acknowledged on all
hands that the Constitution of the United
States--a monument of wisdom made BY
men who had an instructive horror of every
species ofhuman bondage, and whose, every
| aspiration was for universal freedom-does
net by its own force, carry slavery over a
single inch of free soil May the election
next November prove a lesson to the ignO-
rant on these questions, and warning to the
demagogues who understand but pervert
/ them. ,T -.L z.1 tis.-t e.
We had terrific storm in this section last
evening. The rain poured down in torrents
for five hours, during which time the heavens
were sheet of fame, and peals Of thunder
following each other in rapid succession,
awoke the inhabitants of our city in fright
from their slumbers, and shook the earth as
if they would tear it asunder. It is the re-
mark of all, this morning, that they meyer
witnessed storm Of such wonderful grand
eur. The water that fell has greatly swOl-
len all the streams, and the damage to rail-
roads and other property from the innunda-
tion is immense. ~