Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-02-25


1etes il IN Of the States North West Of
o OhiS, ipnsso,a excepted, dssiny NE !
PM tortal 6t; aud, the Ugh seldOm Place
prsdictiose "a rscvrd, now aAks One
which I ySald not have crsditsd wlss [
I'm New YArk. predict that SsspbsH A.
DJag lAsaWi1lab nominated for Yresldsnt'
II Charleston next April, and tn Il most Of
the Siavs-St..tss vail give him tLtir Etsc-
torai Votes. Let these ioresi,ad ,wiu. - Oe
noted aud compared with the events.
predict Mr.. Dooglas' nomination, iu
full view OF the fact that great majority
Of the Southern Democratic politicians in,
tensely hate him-lhss the leading parti-
Sans and favvritss u thv Bschanan dyuss
" d..est him-that Mayor W God win have
10 prsw;ss RIO oppses Hlla in order " get
his Hard-S delegation admitted at
.CharIes,on--,hat there win b an anti.
Douglas dele cation claiming seats from
llliuOis-that many Of the delegates elect
even from the North, Western Statse, i'm
Guiding majority from Minnesota, do No,
want to nominate him-and that Bright,
Rice, Joe Lane. nc. who have some years
Iabored under the hallacination that they
are tho leaders Of the North. Western De-
mocracy, would prefer defeat with he
compton.te TO success with Douglas. see
also that the anti. Douglas side will have
the advantage il the Convention, first in
settling the contested seats then in fran.
ing the Platform. But, after making a.
lowance for these make. weights, still hold
the Little Giants nomination to be al but
inevitable, because
"A National Conversion always nomi-
mates to win. i. IL largely made up Of
men who would ks to be Cabinet Minis
tsss, ambassadors, Collectors, Marshals,
or ii least Postm~sters. These quite we'll
understand that, IL they are to ob.ain what
they aspiss 70, it in essential that they
should nominate ticket that can be slsct-
ed. National Convsptiors are often blind
to trsnscendent merit, rarely or never to
superior siren 9Th. 1s-' 'sL '7z AS1.7@ !
IT, Mr.. Douglas 10 still, in the eyes Of
the Democratic masses in the Free States,
the champion aud en- bodiment OF the prin.
cple OF Popular Sovereignty by which
they were reconciled 10 the reputation Of
the Missouri Compact. That Reputation
was never rs'ishsd BY them per sc; nor
did I've msnifust object conmeud i. to their
appreciation. But the suggestion that each
separate community, whether termed State
or Territory, should be ~ 'berty to manage
aud disposs 81 is cwn negroes Ito have
Slaysry o. nes have il, ~ it should see st
1880 and u popular with the Western
Dsmocsacy. And, having long recognized
NJ. Dougiaa - Tie author. cxpounder and
champion Of that doctrine they will not be
disposed to scratiaixs vesJ nicely the Plat
form l. he il placed conspicuously thereon.
With Mr. Douglas a. their candidate, the
Democracy viii contest every Meth. West
err State with energy, and most Of them
With eoaHdsnce. Thew viii not consider
one Of them absolutely lost until its pop
uiAe VOTES for President shall have been
cast and counted
III. Bun, should Mr.. Douglas be defeat
cd 81 Charleston, the very blindest mole
will understand that the principle whore
With his name is idsnt.ied 10 igR0red and
rs i6nYrt nutus fmasirkh S,tizshs loczEsd
in Territory equally with those in Stale
1t liberty - iegAiizs and establish " to
;clude and forbid Slavery within their
pvVvsvV tt9Msto. - sUot S0OS. SuC Os0ScO-
I'd Democratic question Of l854-5-6,
by should ~ ,Amesican c:t:xens in .
-ritnry have equal rights - 10 Slavery
hin. their respective limits with those
Stase I" win " tanned agsinst than
.arful effect. Me- Douglas may work
. doubtlsss I'LL work desperately
candidate who may Be nomins,ed
-Ie.ton, no matter on whst pla,form;
cannot secure for : hearty Lecomp.
il Electoral Vote in ell the North
through I'll his mutations, Mr..
has hitherto stood by the princi-
rec Homesteads, or the grant Of
sections Of the Public Lands 70
Tiers without charge. That prin
ways stronger il the Free West
party -has gained Immensely IN
control votes from the pscuniafy
Of the lsst three years. Thous-
were grabbing all the land with.
Rof Their 10y cabias lev years
d foadly expected 70 becoms
ich BY lapd spsculalien. have
a !. asl