The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1860-07-13
The Democratic "Irrepressibie Oon-
fict,, in Ohio.

Gicr, in Ohio.
The split in the Democracy Of
Ohiu is past surgery. The Fourth
Of July drove the wedge clear
through. Tho shattered old party
couldn't stand the reawakened "spir-
It of'7G." The division in the rapl's
il final and complete. Familv quar-,
rels sre always the most I"'er; ana
accordingly the riyel f.c,lohs exhibit
towards each h,CS C'thI hoar,in"s /" tro,e,ce; v,n'
yisg,.dt PgasraileI in ordinary par
troduccd in the State Convention
the proposition that every Democrat
in Ohio should be allowed to choose
between Breckinridge and Douglas,
he was silcnced peremptorily and
compelled to Withdraw; and in the
same spirit the Douglas newspapers
have commenced a war OF proscrip
tion upon the Breckinridge Demo
Gratis, reading them ont Of the party.
The inquiry suggests itself, can the
latter, under such circumstances
unite with the former in the support
OF the state ticket nominated by the
Convention on n Douglas platform;
and can two factions, so bitterly
opposed to each other, pull together
in the election of Congressmen and
county oflicersi
We give few extracts from the
Democratic organs, tdHiow the
temper OF the quarrel. The Cincin-
tus,i Ei,quirey OF yesterday, in a long
aticlc, assails Mr.. Breckenridge as
| th leader Of u ".raitorous rebellion
Ike that OF Mr.. Van Bnrcn in 1913,
md says that he is actuated by
personal maliguity Of feeling to-
yards successful rival" Like
Van Buren, he is ~ cold man with.
out heart, eminently selfish, and
eady to sacrifice anything in the
vay OF his advancement" In doing
his, he "efiectually blasted his
hiure as well as disgraced his past
ifc." The Enquirer concludes:--
rccl;inridge, if he should live to
Jc century old, will find that time
can never wipe out the dark stains
of his pcrfly and ingratituac to the
Democratic party. His star has
sunk never more to rise in the Dc
mocratic horizon. He will be q
marked mana sor. Of Aaron Burr
in reputation--so far as Democratic
politics are concerned. Politically
and personally he will be shunnet
and prescribed by thousands oi hi,
old friends and admirers until, i
sensiiivencss has an abiding place il
his cold and stony heart he vii
bitterly regret the miserable ship
wreck which he has made OF hi
character and future hopes.
The Cleveland Plain Deale
speaks o! them as set oil "sor,
headed" Federal office, holders, "iot
contemplate in character as vel
numbers to make even "A ripple il
the waters of Democracy" Tit
Statesman calls them "a few has,
and infamous men diligently en-
deavuring to corrupt and scducc tht
delegates OF the people from theii
fidelity 20 duty and honor"
The BIsGl,nridgc papers arr
much more YF.1lle~ato in their tour
hut none the less decided and firm
They claim that they are the Ma
tional Democracy. and thatthe Doug
las wing are responsible for thl
split. The Cleveland Nationai he
mocrdt, referring to the harsh "nt
disconrtrOus treatment Of Judge Hal
in the Convention, says:
OF course after such an exhibition
Of madness and Of insult--the de
claraiion Of an intention tn hold M
political intercourse with the friends
Of Breckinridgc and Lane, the can
didates 30 recently made converts t,
the harmony doctrine, had nothin.
10 say. The olive OF peace was re-
jected, and with insult, and a Con
vention presided over by a man tha
was covere with political hercsics
as a Iepcr is with spots, who lac
ever been bol;er aud disorganizer
1--WE allu4e of course to Gen. Lahm,
precip'tated the very state of thing
Certain Dough is men protessod to dc
precate.
In the evening speeches were mad
OF a character the most insulting thu
text in every case but cne, beinI
the Sonth and the Southern Demo
cracy and the men who stood by tn,
rights OF the states and the principle
OF the Democratic party in til,
North. The Black Republican
scarce received a notice, and tn,
members Of that organization enjoy
ed hugely the slang of the nougla
speakers, many ot them fresh trOu
tie Know Nothing Lodges, agains
lifelong Democrats"
|. The foregoing extracts show th,
temper oi the fight between the tw,
factions Of the once harmonious De
mocratic party in Ohio. Oi cours,
there can be no consistency and nj
selt.rcspect in the Union OF faction,
which say such hard things of on,
another, IN the support of tho same
state AND Congressional ticket. Fol
the Brcckinridge men to vote 70
the nominees Of the Douglas con
ventlon Of last Wednesday, woulC
be to repudate their own Presidetia
candidate, and to endorse the con
vention's endorsement and ratifica
ton OF the nomination OF Douglas.