Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1860-09-18
R1tbmon0 Enqu1rtr
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1850.
The Exu.xcratIon OF Douglas by his Clam
nrouu RrTen6u
By TYLER, WISE d ALLEGkE.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 1860.
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The E.usxcratIon OF Douglas by his Clam
orouE Friends.
1t was boldly asserted by the clamorou
friends Of Douglas that he enjoyed a popularit.
with the masses in the cslaveholding States, equa
to that enjoyed by Gen. Jackson in 1928.
They asserted, without any qualification, tina
he would diminish the vote OF the Black Rcpub
licans in Vermont, (whcrc he was born ant
brought up,y to mere nominal majority, ant
that he would win u decisive victory in Main
in the recent elections in those States.
Well, what is the result: Why, overwhelming
increased majorties for the Black Republican!
five thousand perhaps, in each!
So confidently was Maine relied upon foI
Douglas, that the real object or the barbecue
Oh "Wednesday, in Jones Wood, near New
York, was to celebrate the victory achieved
there With this victory an enthusiasm was Il
be excited throughout the Northwest ant
South that was to force Mr. Breckenridge to re
tire from the field
Judge Douglas, we more than ever believe
has not the strength to carry one State in No
rcmber
To what purpose and with what effect he ad
dresses the people, the vote Of Maine, where he
was upon the stump = few weeks ago in all his
glory, distinctly tells. The true Democracy
there, as elsewhere would have suffered far less
from their old foe if he had kept his lips closed.
Can it occur, after that which has transpired
in Vermont and Maine, that any Southern Dem,
ocrat can give his vote in November TO the
champion Of Squatter Sovereignty: a voice
never would have been raised in SlavehOlding
State in his support, except by the most sordid
of pol,iriar$, but for the most confident asscr-
tons made nl his uverpowcring popularity in
the non.>lavcholdng States. This most unfor-
tunatc nomination waS advocated by his iclu-
del adhrrrr,t> almost exclusively upon the
ground ui ueaiiubiHty That availability, as
Vermont and Maine conyincingly illustrate,
yanisheS into utter GrIavalahility.
1t has become vcry apparent that 70 candl-
date for the Presidency, properly considered as
such, was ever more weak than Judge Douglas
in the affections Of the people, nor more magni-
lied by his selfish SarroHMdings. That which
ha. occurred in relation to him in Vermont and
Maine, is likely to occur in Illinois and Ohio,
if not in every other non-slavehoding State
Never did rational being throw away such q
future as hill>r!f Tie last sand passed from
his hour glass when he declined TO resolutely
forbid the use Of his name at Charleston. This
PERSISTENCE for the nomination has distracted the
Democracy, and may defeat it in November,
but railying a> it will to the sustcnance Of the
old Jeticrson;an creed, and Indignantly rcpudi-
ating all politically 'lrnnralizing logmas, it will
uiu III Iovp-l lra,nm:S III asI Curr'''s ,''t'.-s.ro
very name of Douglas. II adversely now come,
il will no, DC thr adversely Of despair, but the
adversely Of sweet uses which
Like ,he toad ugly and venenou.,
Wears the precious jewel on !is head
We believe that ninety-nine hundredths Of
the Democrats Of the South who undertook 10
follow Judge Douglas in his crusade against
the party, on whose principles their affections
We're enlisted, will Joyously return to it before
November aid battle with it as ralantly as
ever against It's rcmorsclcss old enclny. 10
that enemy Judge Douglas has been cndeavor-
ing To transfer them He fancies no doubt,
that he had been successful; but if we under
stand the nature Of Southern hearts "he recE-
oncl without his host.
1t is palpable since the elections in Vermont
and Maine. that there arc nothing whatever in the
existing Presidential contest for the Democracy
behind Mr. Ercckinridgc Candid Douglas De-
,noryats cannot do otherwise than admit that