The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-09-27
FriemAs OF DrecklnEiAge and Doug


s.5 las.
dairy. They are calling each other haitS
names. The ligaments which have hereto
fore held them together 3 lost its cobesivr
power. Douglas and his friends have bee
found unworthy Of The confidence Of III.
administration. and having lost all share IL
the plumber OF Office. are mad--rampau'
mad. The friends Of Mr.. Breckinridgs
true to the principles of their party. are de
termined to maintain their hold upon tn.
true Democracy. AT late meeting Of the''
State Central Committee. which met in In
disnapolis last week. the following resolu
tion was unanimously adopted:
Rs:essss That il n vie: IF he sSps IL
been made 70 the friends of Mr.. Douglas il,
this State, and rejected by them. if the pres
emit Stale ticket Be defeated, they. and they
alone. will be respon sible for the result.
The "Old Line Guard. the special orgar
OF the true and faithful Democracy. which
has been publishing the State ticket in it,
columns. has taken it out and defines it,
position % follows:
DOUGLAS STATE TICKET.
Let il be remembered that the New Al
bany Ledger, one Of the best posted Of ali
the Douglas organs. claims all the candidate
on the State ticket rs Douglas men. W.
have reason to apprehend. and we again So.
that the Ledger is we'll informed in thi'
respect. Ii they should be elected the po
liticai power and patronage Of Indiana viii
be divided between the Douglas men and
their allies, the Know Nothings-the for
NOR taking tho lions share of the loaves
and fishes, and the latter the offals. Al,
the influence of the State officers elect all
the influence OF those expecting to par,ici
pate in the State patronage-wll be brought:
to bear against the friends Of Breckinridg.
and Lane, to weaken their organization now,
and TO defeat their tickets hereafter. For
one. we are not disposed to kiss the rod
which will be used to smite us. For one,
we shall not vote the ticket; nor hereafter
even publish it--considering the refusal OF
its friends to unite on honorable terms with
the Breckenridge men, whilst they are hug
ging to their bosoms those whom they char
acterized. five short years ago, IS "mu rder-
ers' and "house burners" AZ . pyensedaka-
ted iss<. which no Democrat can brook.
On the 18th inst. Hon. Jesse d. Bright
made . speech at Anderson. in this State.-
The editor reports him as follows:
Mr.. Bright opened in . speech Of an hour
and half. in IN exposition of what he con-
ceived to be the views Of the Democratic
party, and their duty as Democrats in the
coming contest. He took the ground that
neither of the Democratic candidates could
claim a regular nomination by the Demo
crstio party, and therefore no Democrat was
bound to respect either candidate as the
regular nominee Of the party. but was left
perfectly free to vote A. he pleased; but that
prudence would dictate to every Democrat
the necessity of voting for Breckenridge and
Lane-claiming that they could receive the
Southern vote. and Douglas could not. and
that BY united vote they could carry
enough Northern States to prevent the cleo
ton of Lincoln. That Douglas could not
receive a. electoral vote in the Union THAT,
therefore . vote for Douglas WAS thrown
away TO aid Lincoln's election That the
support of the Breckinridge men for their
ticket arose out Of principle. while the
Douglas support was simply the worship
Of man without principle. He ventilated
Mr.. Douglass record At considerable length
showing him to be ~ he said, the greatest
political hypoorits and demagogue of the
ags-averring that he was without patriot
ism. moral honesty. or political courage;
but that. in oil things. had been aud was
more for Stephen A. Douglas than the
oountry-charged that his supporters in.
Guided all the boilers from the Democ, attic
party two years ago. aud that the devotion
Of a great many men to him Douglas) VA
L. n 4
spurnsd them ~ undeserviog its patronage,
IL has very seldom in the past twenty
years Of political life. bssa our lot to have
60 nearly agreed with Mr.. Bright in a.
opinion OF any politician Is We do now OF
Mr.. Douglas. The "litue giant" is most
reckless demagogus-in the South he does
mot care whsther slavery is voted up or vo.
ed DOWN the North he Is in favor o.
prohibiting the Introduction of slavery into
Kaasas. By unffiendly legisla,ion-wbsn
sesking votes for the Presidsscy from the
South hs i in favor Of free ,rade--when in
Psn.sylvania he i for raorEcrros for the
ths saks OF proasotion---hs was for extend
inn the Missouri Compromise to the Pacific
shes he repealed that same line-hs was
for the wilmot Proviso in Oregon. andthen
boosted thss his principle had given slavsry
- free Territory Eve times Is large - the
Snse Of New York. He deprsoassd the
agitation Of the slavery question. yet be hes
- nAds . speech in Eve years upon any
other saosssl Whsnsvsr any oshsr great