Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-09-21

and that he intended to act with the Repub-
licans;' that the Republicans of Illinois had
committed fatal mistake IN running hr.
Lincoln, and in opposing Mr.. Douglass re-
election; and that but for his course of &C
ton, Douglas would certainly be with the
Republican party in 1862 He often stated
that this was understood at Washington; and
he freely and emphatically criticised the &C
ton of Mr. Lncoln's friends, and declared
bis own confidence IN the purpose of Mr..
Douglas to leave tie Democratic party and
unite with US.
''Some ether gentlemen, who had been at
Washington during the Lecompton contest,
concurred with Senator Wilson in his opin
ion; but | think the great majority of the
Republicans Of MASSACHUSETTS distrusted the
correctness Of MIR. Wilson's Judgment in this
case, although they understood that Sena
tor Wilson based his expressed opinion of
Mr.. Douglass position upon his own person
al knowledge of that gensleman's lnten-
tione"
Here are Wilson's political sentiments
''Let US remember that more than three
millions of bondsmen, grooming under name
less woes, demand that we shall reprove each
other, and that we labor for their deliver
anee. X
Il tell you here to night, that the agita
ton Of this question will continue while the
foot Of slave presses the soil of the Ameri-
can Republic
Here we find Senator Wilson, another
Abolitionist of Massachusetts,, in favor of
Douglas, because he says he knew Mr..
Douglas was all right. and that he intended
to act with the Republicans Well, is not
Wilson right? Is Douglas not acting with
the Republican party Is he not dividing
th9party. and has not that been his evident
Oh bit ever since he commenced his revolt
from its principles? The Black Republi-
cans could not ask more for returning him
to the Senate than his assistance in electing
Lincoln to the Presidency
Thus far we have proved that this politi-
cal firm consisted Of Douglas, Greeley, Bur
lingame and Wilson. but there was a Go. :"
to it, of how many silent partners it is diff
cult to tell. The following extract of let
ter from F. P Blair, Jr., the Black Repub
lican Congressman of Mo reveals further
intricacies Of this plot. He says:
LIST. It is true that Judge Douglas did
send me message by Mr. Coifax, of Indi-
ana, in substance the same as that charged
upon him by the old Jefferson Ecansiner,
viz: "Tell Mr.. Blair to come and see me;
I wish to give him James Greene's place
in the United States Senate"
I'd It is true that { did write letter to
B. Gratz Brown, Esq, of St. Louis, and
that letter was written in accordance with
the wishes of Judge Douglas himself.
Sd. And it is true that there was an I'M
Outstanding, perfect and completes, between
Judge Douglas and several permanent mem
bess of the Republican party, the aim and
scope of which am not at liberty to divulge.
Ny personal interview with the distinguish
ed Senator, to which his message to- me re-
ferred, Lad reference to the success Of the
Emancipation Party in Missouri.
| Here we find that there was an under
standing, ''perfect and complete. between
Judge Doug las and severoz members Of the
Republican party The understanding
was perfect and complete" indicating that
it was lot simply an understanding, but
bargain-a deliberate agreement, perhaps
in black and white, with the Black Repub-
licans. But mark further, ''the aim and
scope of which I ara not obliged to divulge."
The word scope" means that this bargain
extended beyond the mere election Of Mr..
Douglas to the Senate-and to my mind re-
fers unquestionably to the Presidential cleo
ton of 1860. "The scope of which that
is, the ultimate end, intention, design Or
object-''of which I am not Obliged to d.
vulge." OF course you are not obliged to
divulge it, yet you would do so if Mr..
Douglas were now really your political enc
my. for you could damage him thereby, but
as friend, working with you, and not
against you, you know, if you should "di-
vulge the aim and scope" of your "under
standing" with Judge Douglas, SO that his
treason to the Democratic party should stand
out in clear and acknowledged evidence. it
would heal at once the division in the Dem
ocratic party, and ensure the overwhelming
defeat Of Lincoln So you cover it up land
give him the opportunity to divide and dis
tract the party, so as to elect Lincoln.
But if the treachery Of Douglas does rot
admit of positive proof it is susceptible Of
proof strong enough to convict him Of muir
der were he charged with that crime. The
following letter does the work. 1t occurs IN
Mr.. Kellogg's speech. Of it he says:
"Mr. Chairman, send to the Clerks
deck an extract from communication that
appeared not long since in the Chicago
Journal, 8 leading and reliable Republican
paper in the State of Illinois, signed [ be-
lieve H" [ wish to say, also, that I have
aseertained who the author Of that article
is. He is gentleman well known in the
city of Washington-a respectable, respon-
sible, and reliable man-and if Judge Doug
las desires his name, am authorized to
give it. I ask the Clerk to read the arti-
Gle {:
Judge Douglas never desired his name !!
Let that be remembered willis reading this
article:
The Clerk read as follows:
sThis train of thought carries me back
to the beginning OF the Thirty-Fifth Con-
gress, when Mr.. Douglas broke from the
line of policy marked out by Mr.. 6uchan-
an for the Democracy, and opposed the Le-
compton Constitution. He was under the
ban, socially and politically, with the De-
mocrats. The remarkable expressions he
used to make about his record-what he had
done in the party to stop the progress Of
slavery and to advance freedom. and what
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