St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-08-09

sas, and created an anxiety on his
part to take up the cause of her rob
bed and wrctchcd people. cannot
certainly say how this may have been.
| only state a sudden and miraculous
change came over him, and for a
while he seemed to glory in the name
Of "rebcl.' He opposed the admis-
sion Of Kansas under the Lecompton
constitution with seeming seriousness,
and then announced his determine
tlon to vote for the greater iniquity,
the English Bill" 1t was then that
the honOrcd and heroic Harris, who
now sleeps in DEATH shed tears Of an
guish, and gave uttcrancc to his des-
pair. Over this again the veil has
been carefully and closely drawn by
the guardians Of Mr. Douglas fame.
His admirers have acted wisely, as it
has prevented, doubtless, many un-
pleasant surmises and suggestions.
TO that boldcst, trucst, and greatest
of all the warriors in the battle for
the right, David c. Broderick, is Mr..
Douglas indebted for his rescue from
whirlpool which would certainly
have engulphed him-from a stain
which would have obIiteratcd his he
rOism in connection with the cause to
which he has so ostentatiously pro-
fessed to devote himself. | withhold
the words in which the scathing re.
buke was clothed. And yet this no
blcst and most sefsacrificing of men.
Mr.. Douglas protector, the martyr to
truth, who in the fullncss of his heart
and on his dying couch exclaimed.
they have killed me, they have muir
dercd me, because was opposed to
the extension of slavery and a corrupt
administration" upon his return home,
and in the hour of his sterncst trial,
when fighting, like Spar!acus upon
his hcndcd knees, against the pen
stoned hordcS Of the present dynasty,
and at time when he had a right to
expect all possible aid from the man
whose interest he had made his own,
found all the sympathics Of Mr. Doug
las extended t. his opponents, and
himself treated as an enemy and an
ofrrast. If we would respect the
memory of Brodcrick we can never
support Douglas it would be mark
Of bascncss and scryility. If there
was ever a truc son Of the North, in
humanity broken in spirit, and who
had reason TO cXClaim, save me from
my friCnds," that man was David c.
Brohcrick. Had Stephen 4. Douglas
but discharged the duty he sacrcGly
lowed him, he would have gained a
victory for freedom in California, and
would, to-day, in my opinion be liv-
/ ing in the land and Acknowledged As
one of the foremost mcu in the Rcpub-
. lie. He laid down his life to attest
/ his sincerity many who prulcSScd to
/ love him Will, in wild rcvrl and rcCk-
less cXuitaliun, utter the name of him
who could not find time nor opportu-
nifty TO speak void in culogy over
the grave Of the departed votary. In
scribe the name Of Broderick in fiery
characters upon your banncrs-hc was
your champion-aud you at least can
afford to DO him justice. He rests in
peace on the heights Of the proud city
Of the Pacific, where no imgratitudc
can longer wound him, relieved from
the warfare of hcartIcss factions, and
where his ashes will remain an etcr-
nal memcnto to bis faith and his conf,
dcnce III the ultimate triumph of a
down-trodIcn humanity.
These references have been made
for a single purposc-to satisfy, il
doubts exist, that in the great strug
gle between the South and the North
to secure the long lost equality of the
latter, NJ. Dongias IS against us
Should more recent evidences be dc
mandcd, then let an examination be
made of the Congressional Globe, con
tanning the ballots for Speaker anc
Clerk during the last session of the
House of Representatives,. Ascertain
what the action of the Illinois, West
crn, and Northwestern Democracy
was during the protracted contest fol
an organization. Every vote that
Mr.. Douglas could influence was in
varably cast for such candidates as
the South presented, including those
Of the most extreme and revolutionary
character. He could afford no assist
ance to any one not recognized by
the propagandists as orthodox upon
all questions which concerned them
And | very well remember when the
name of Col. Forney was mentioned
in connection with the office he now
occupies, and his fate was to be dcci
dcd, how diligently "the great advo
cate Of popular sovereignty" laboreC
for his defeat ; every devotcc Of Mr.
Douglas voting against him, with on,
exception. Mr.. Morris, Of Illinois, il
whom | have very great comtidcnce
declined 10 vote at all. Col. Foruey
who never hesitated TO advance tn,
fortunes of Mr.. Douglas, when Ia
could properly do SO, was elected il
spite Of Mr.. Douglas. Col. Foncy,
: presume, was not endorsed by tn
= Democracy who swear 10y the pcculia
: institution. Olhcrs may choose t
, forget all this, and will not Grim
/ nate them for doing so, but promiS
: never to forget it. ain for my friend
: and against those who oppose IN.
, friends If | am wrong in this, lc
= charity be extended to mel canno
j. help it.
! have said all desire to say Q
the Representatives of the two Dc
= mocracirs. There is preference bC
0 tween them. The one is out-spokc
5 and evident the other is conceale
+ and tricky. OF the two | much pr,
/ fer Mr.. breckenridge, and yet cal
/ not imagine the circumstances unde
n which could be induced to suppol
+ him. He asserts that the Suprem
! Court has decided that slavery is a
, existing constitutional institution
: all our territories, and that it is tt
i duty Of the government to sustain
f where it thus legally exists. NJ
:. Douglas contends the Courts have nt