New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-14

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Hsre II the charge 1t ia for the people TO give the
verdict.
Gentlsmen viii you have patience enough 70 haeI
TO few r.msIks about Douglas 1.-THE Presaenau
" candidate n Well, after these exploits, ne thousnt
he was t 10 be Democratic candidate for the ffesi'
depcy ind 90 bis name went before the Charleston
Convention Bot. wonderful TO tell, the whole Soutn-
ein Democracy se med 20 10 united against oim ana
honestly declare think the Slave Power did wrong
II might have found uore abject and less exacting
ioo but could hardly expect to nd more daring,
retke's ard unscrupolous one. WHAT was the reason
OF their opposition WISE the Constitutional bubbles
about which they bad been contendipR7 The whole
difference YVES merely imaginary. Was It the Slave
holders thought n an WHO had betrayed his yn sec.
ton Of the country could not DO relied upon 10 his
promises TO be faithfol to aDotber1 That was more
honorable than udicious 10 the Slave Power governed
by such feeling No, think the true reason widely
offers from this and II shows that Mr. Douglas
lever had The saqscty enough to understand his xn
pt sitiop The slave power will sometimee for expe-
diercys sake, condetcend 10 mske Northsrn man
Presdep if he consents 10 be its unconditional tool,
hut will never elevate one who aspires to Dc or be-
come leader Of the party. mr. Dougias ought to
have understood that; There was his msiske' now,
to serve hem not in his, but in their own way lie
affected Independence and he fell. think the Souh
scted against their own interest for 10 Jooge Doat
they would have Rad man In the Presidentai Cns'r
who would bave shuuk from nohiog to regain their Ia
vor is my conviction that be wond have bt en- more
ultra Pre- Slavery President than Brecknrdge or Jef
ferson Davis, or SlideI, and wish they would sail
conclude to tahe him as TO place every man 10 his
proper positlOn. You see we are not AFRAID oi Jo'u
&C mbipations 49,
But the mistake was committed. They opposed him
to the last. and Judge Douglas saw that his nomna'
ton in Charleston iUpossi5lhty. linen nus
friends moved an adjournment Of the Convention, ana
car led it, They were to ressssmble at Baltimore
few weeks afterwaId In the meantime, Mr.. DOUG s
lsst chance Of appealing the South. lie grasped
at II with desperate fagernsss and he saw the great
prize clipping from bis hands aud rs STAGED nls al
upon fast cast. On The 18Th and 10Th OF May, he
arose in the Senate and in of the most elaborate
eors of his life he made the following statement;
and Douglas Democrats claim your special attention
Listen
alt is Fart of the story of the country that under
this doctrine ofnoninterventionthis doctrine that you
delight TO call Squatter Sovereignty-the people OF
New Mexico have introduced and protected Slavery
in the whole of that Territory under the doctrine they
have converted tract of free Territory into slave Ter
riory more than FIVE times the size Of the State
of New-York Under tbis doctrine Slavery has been
extended not only up to SO 3O but up to 3o giving
you degree and half more OF slave Territory than
you ever claimed Whatever inch of free
Territory has been converted into slave Territory on the
American continent since tho Revolution, except 10
New Mexic5 81 Virginia under the principle OF non-
intervention affirmed at Charleston Ii it be true
that this principle of non-intervenon has protected
Slavery in t1at comparatively Northern and cold
region where You did not expect it to CO. cannot you
trust Il principle further South, when you come
TO acquire additional Territory from Mexico VIII
not the principle protect in the Northern States
of Mexico when they are acquired, since they are
row surrounded by slave Territory r.
Oh, Douglas men, what leseon Is this Did You
not tell us that wbeb the Nebraska bill enacted,
that this law was the most efficient way of introducing
free LABOR into the Territories Have you not most
soenDly assured every day since 1881 TIL the prin-
cipe Of Popular Sovereignty as exponnded by Mr.
Dousss would most certainly all the Territories
from the grasp of Slavery And now look there
Your own master and prophet admits, ackRovledges,
and BOASTS of it-'hat this same princ pie gave TO
Slavery one and oIeha degrees Of latitude more than
it claim ed and that since the OF the
American 6epubhc Lot square foot Of tres territory
was converted into slave territory, but by the
san measure which you represented to us az the
Rreatet and most reliable engine OF free labor Your
mater and prophet tells you In your own Iaces,
and IL the face of all mankind, and in the face of pos
teii " that you have been lying most rociously-
lyif every day for the last six years This was I'M
kind-was il not DOUG lasites Of the North
No; am not Joking. Ii was terribly pDkind. AL
he said was most &c tanly most undoubtedly, most I'M
ooniroverably true but declare that If be had the
lest regard for the feelings OF his frepds-the least
sympathy for them in their awkward eubarassmens
be he ought to bave been the last on earth to make
that statement. Did be know tina, you had supported
him and made er de for him the fa preten e that
his crest principle worked the extension OF Slavery
from the Terrtoritsl Did he not know thai you nad
pledged yonr bonoI-hsd staked your character for
truth ard verscity upon that pretensel lie knew it
well He had encouraged you in doing 3d. and, after
you have compromised yourself for him, day after day,
in the eyes Of The whole world he turns aud gives you
moet unceIemonioBsly the lie. oh, that was uogeu-
erous! Ii wa mean-very mean-nnsPeakably mean.
If your self sacrificing friendship hsd awakened the
eatt ecfo in his heart he ought to have been the last
nan do But that heart seems TO be 30 filled with
caoused Eeliis hDessso destitute OF the generous I'M
pulses Of human nsturethat if his friends, like Cd
eI k die for him. he coldly disowns them AID If they
lie for him, be promptly puts them 70 shame; Dsowns
them, spd puts tlem TO shame. And for what For
the purpose Of retrieving the lost vos of the South;
regain ing the lost smiles Of the Slave Power 70 be sac
Iiteei them Was that the reward you had deserved
at bic hands?
Lick at it sgain. See he stands before the slave
holders In tie Senate Of the United States busy bar
gaining away your honor for their fsvors. Who has
lever served you more faithfully than / with my
" great principle he asks them. Why not let my
friend in the North preach up that principle as the
pioneer If freedom The fools, perhaps, believing
IN what they soy, but we know better. Do You not
" gee the result Why not permit me the Innocent
joke of fambeozpg the people OF the North into DC.
chewing that am the great Champ on OF Freedom !"
Alb Douglas men, what sight is this He has pros.
ttu'ed you, snd now proclaus your Disgrace How
DO yeu Ike the attitude in which be has placed you
How do Jon Like the pilory to which, with hs own
hand he has psied your esrs And you are willing
10 stand herestar there quietly In the eyes OF maa-
kind Do You not so petiues hear an earnest voice
speskr within you speaking of seltresDect and the
natuIsl dignity of man Doesit never tell you that
the faTtst biu'h OF shame would DO an orbsnleh. 10
,our cheeks Ny friends, | love TO esteem all hat
b. airs The attributes Of human nature bat If sometimes
a an upgusIded moment cloud OF contempt arises In
my scu it is st the aspect Of this grstuitous self-
degradation for which even ignorance and error can
barely serve On excuse.
See there your master and prophet, prostratng him.
st before the Slavepower-in the dust, before your
proud oppopentsl You can DO longer say you stand
by him for since hat day be does not stand up himself
u you sre with him still there, at the foot of the
Slsye-rower where he lies, you lie with BIN. Aud