Daily national Democrat., 1860-02-15
naiIg NatiOnal Democrat.
Putting the Case Strongly.

The late running debate in the Senate, on
Mr. Pugh's Resolution, in which, as has been
usual for the last two years. the Lecompton
Senators double.team on Judge Douglas,
brought from the latter characteristic and
vigorous vindication of his political record.
Senators having assigned as a reason for his
removal from the Craftsmanship of the Com
nittee on Territories, the views of his Free
mort Speech and his reteration of the same
doctrine in subsequent speeches and publica-
TONS he replied that it was only another
step in that course of prescription which had
been pursued by the Administration and its
odherents towards him and those who
thought with him, ever since he had dared to
differ with the President of the United States
% to the correct Interpretation of the Kansas.
Nebraska Bill In the course of his remarks
upon this system of prescription, he put the
case in very strong point Of view, and in
the following words:
81 do not understand who it is has the right
to say who is in the party and who is not.
believe sir, that more than two-thirds of the
democratic party of the United States are
with me on this disputed point. Mr. Buch-
anan received about eighteen hundred thous-
and votes at the election, twelve hundred
thousand in tho free States and about six hun.
,lred thousand in the slave States, end it was
stated by the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Pugh)
that ninety-nine out of one hundred agree
with him and me on this question. When
YOU read out two thirds, your candidate will
have good chance for an election. laugh
ter.) The only importance attached to this
craftsmanship of the Committee on Terrific
fes is this-that heretofore it has never been
test of mans opinions, hence could hold
that opinion without objection. Now it is
made test, and do not make it, only re-
sst your test; but if you make it on me, why,
| do not want the craftsmanship. | have
performed labor enough to be anxious to get
rid of it, and yet the country cannot fail to
take notice of my removal ms significant in
one or two points of view, either that it was
personal or political acquit every man of
The suspicion that it was personal. Then it
was political, and it is significant of pro-
clamation to the world that man who holds
the opinions that do is not sound enough to
be chairman of that commttee-is not sound
enough to be a collector of a porn, lighthouse
keeper, or postmaster, all being removed ex-
cept cabinet officers. If you nominate man
who proclaims to the world this proscriptive
policy, that every man holding the opinions
that do is marked for vengeance the mo-
ment he is elected, what chance have you of
electing him p
And yet this is the policy which many self
Wanted Democrats desire to pursue. So
afraid are they that it will not be pursued in
this State, that they labor, night and day, and
with might and main, to keep Douglas men
from voting with any sort of united strength.
They want to send men to Charleston who
will nominate man for the Presidency who
will represent them and their proscrip4ive
policy-a man whose very nomination will
be proclamation to the whole country that
there is to be, as soon as he is elected, a pro-
scriPtion of every Democrat who has enter
tanned similar views to those of the Illinois
Senator, thus marking out for vengeance two
thirds, at least, of the Northern Democracy,
to say nothing of the Southern. Truly, it
would be wise policy to nominate such a can
didatel Democrats would of course vote for
him, in order that he might inform them after
his election, that they were Douglas men and
not tit to hold Office under his Administra-
ton, or TO recommend men to his favor who
should hold office.