Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-01
LIGHT SHADES OF DIFFERENCE AMONG
DOUGLAS DEMOCRATS.

The Vincennes Star, an influential Douglas pa-
per in Indiana, thus refers to the late election in
/ Kentucky
.The returns from Kentucky indicate the cleo.
tion of General Coombs. Bell candidate for CLERK
of the Court of Appeals. This result is brought
about by a partial fusion of the anti-Breckinridge
Democrats with the Bell men. Although, con-
sidering the nomination Of Clint. McClarty. the
Brcckisridge candidate, IS irregular. We cannot
justify protested Democrats il opposing him to
the advantage ola Know Nothing, such as We DE-
iieye Leslie Coombs to be-indeed. we can con-
ceive of no circumstances under which Democrats
would be UNSUITABLE in supporting a Know Moth.
ing for office against a member Of their own party.
no matter what the objections to the mode of the
%latter's nomination. We think that Mr.. Boiling,
an excellent gentleman. a good clerk. and a
staunch Democrat, should have been conceded the
track for the Office indicated that the Brtckin-
ridge wing acted unjus;ly in calling "A convention
for the nomination OF a candidate hut. after these
steps had been unwisely taken, We think all good
Democrats should have supported NcClarty. when
! they found il impossible 10 elect Boiling, rather
than fuse with the relics Of the accursed Know
NOthin. faction. II the B~recktnrtdge candidates are
o be JJtn Gy only such mems, FOR Cons SAKE LET
THEM WEAR TIE VICTORY
The Cleveland (UhiO) Plain Dealer, one of the
leading organs Of Douglas in that State. and whose
tullDT WAS II ucleSdlc 10 NldIltSlOl anu DALE
more. speaks thus of things in Pennsylvania:
by teleG aph to day we learn the proposed
terms for running a joint Douglas and Breckin-
ridge electoral ticket in Pennsylvania. Although,
if agreed to by the Democrats, it gives the State
to Douglas beyond a doubt, yet inasmuch asst
recognizes any Other5DemOcratic candidate than
Douglas, we never would give our sanction to it,
and would much rather see the State 60 for Lin
coin than Douglas under such a compromise. Mr..
Breckenridge nor his platform are any part of the
Democratic party. Better unite with the Bellies
a thousand times, or even with the LincOlnites'
The Hon. VIM. A. Richardson, of Illinois, per-
haps the warmest and most confidential friend
that Mr.. Douglas has in the United States, in a
letter to the Qaiacy Herol8, published at Quincy,
Illinois, says:
But Lincoln and Breckenridge advocate
measures hostile to those l favor, and as between
them lam indifferent"
Such are specimens, remarks the Constitution.
of the opinions that Douglas men at the North
entertain towards the Democratic party now
in the death-struggle for the Constitution and
the Union. What is the issue in which the
Ohio Douglas Democrat prefers Lincoln to
Breckenridge, and between whom Mr.. Rich
ardson is Indifferent. Seward has lately pro-
claimed it in Boston. 1t is the last battle in
the irrepressiblc conflict Jet'ceen freedom and
sLarsyy-the election Of Lincoln is the dOsontaH
of slorery. Can a true Democrat hesitate or
be Indifferent in such a contest: We think
not, and many whose sympsthies have been
led away for the moment will before the cleo
ton conclude with our cotempCrary of the
Vincennes Ind Sun: "If the Breckenridge
candidates are to be beaten bv only such means,
for Gods sake let them wear the victory"
They are fighting for the Constitution and the
Union, and it is no time to assist the enemy,
either by Indifference or treason.