, 1860-06-28
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ANEW DODGE.
The Democrats have pew dodge appl'ca'
bic especially 10 Illinois. In all Of hssP''
their .neaktrs charge that the State Debt un'
der which Illinois ercaued for 50 many years.
aid which 10 not get wholly paid, WIS created
bv Lincoln when hs was member o' tue Leg
fs,aturs FROM sapgamon County; and that me
means Of paying it we're provided ,oy AF.
Douglas in procuring the immense grant OF
land ior the construction Of the Illinois. Central
Railroad. We know little and care less Tor
The history Of the period in which LINCOLN
xa, in tho Legislature. We do not know thHt
he ever youi 70. an internal improvement ent bill;
ws do mt ca,e button il the Democrats prove
that be roted for I'll the bills He may OF may
mt ha,e been possessed Of :t,e madness which
ruled The hour. Ii h9 was, not he was an e.
c,p,ioo 10 the rule. Tne Legislation which
plugged Illinois into debt was not the wosk o'
aoY oue man Or aby one party. Ii WIS 'oe
{o;nt Ell ut If all men and oil parties,-Deno'
era were as deep in the mud as the Wings
were in the m;re; aad this late attempt 10
charge all the consequences Of tie t-us aao
insanity upon Mr. Lincoln will recoA upon
thos5 who mike it.
THE STOOL :!GxoN OF THE
Nj. Douglas friends in This city feel to"'
their leader los been severely killed by bfeck'
inridre's acceptance and Fitzpatriek's with
dcavaI, and many Of them are declaring loudly
thst old 10. Lape shall never hs made ffes'-
dent by the failure Of the people to elect one
tbey viii never allow tha election to 60 either
to the House OF the Senate; they will vote 'o'
Cd Ate ap,l give their enemies the finishing
stroke at once. However politicians and re"s'' I
papers may attem. IT to conceal it the 1ae'
sta .ds confessed and prominent that every
vote cast for Douglas in the free States Is
vo.s fer Jo. Lace. It ia evidence Of nothing
less than insanity to suppose that the South
ern delegates ut Baltimore, after seven
weeks Of anxious consultation With their
sti,ue1ts, mis,cpresented them in with.
drawing from tue Convention and nom-
nati,g Mr. Breckenridge. 1t is nothing but
madues. to expect that Douglas will get an
e1ectorai vote in tho S,uti- Need we quote
tbs significant words If Nj. Hill, delegate
flpm the moderate and conservative Stats Of
Nor b Caro.ins, that "whl'c he found nothing
81 in the action of the Convention 10 cousc any
"man to Withdraw, Jet be felt that he should
'Je probably doing injustice TO his constituents
'if he remained to act aty longer with this
"Coavenioa?" NMr. Hi had suppos- ID that
the people Of his State could be induced fur Il
MON .Dt 70 tolerate Mr. Douglas, as candidate
for tae Presidency, does not his language leaye
us to infer that he would have gia1ly remain-
ed? Yet he, TOO, is numbered among the SO.
ceders, and hi+ remarks indicate only too rlair'
iy that Ar. Douglas has not the ghost Of q
chance Of carrying Ecrth Carolina. If mol
North Carolina, what State south Of Mason
and Di1on's line? It seemed, until recently,
that he had some chance Of securing the cleo
toral vote Of Missouri, but tho unexpected de-
velopment Of strength there for Mr. Brcckn
ridge shows too plsiuly that if tie latter does
not carry the State John Bill will. -Four years
ago Mr.. Bucbanan'a vote in that State exceed
ed Mr. F,llnore's by enly 9,64o. II NJ
Douglas succeeds in drawing 10000 votes
away firm Breckenridge, or if Breckenridge
draws only that rumber awsy from him, Bill
and Everett take the State. There is abso'
lutely not IN electoral vote in the South which
Nr. Douglas can now reach, OF even approx
mate.
If1heu, be or John Bell shall secure enough
vo.ea from any or all quarters 10 throw tle
election into the Houze of Representatives
whose chances are tho bsst? LIT no one bt
10 blind as to fancy that Nj. Douglas vii
carry my States which voted for Fremont il
1856 No Republican can voie for man Wit
always and everywhere proclaims his belle
in tie Dsed Scott decision-who advocates Sc
dition laws and b,asts that his "gTeat pginci
ple"has given TO Slavery an area Of torritor.
"fre aud a.hslf times larger than the Stat
OF New York" The Thing is not to be though
o, aud no man believes in his conscience thu
Mr. Douglas can got an electoral vote lroz
New England, New York, Ohio, Michigan
Wisconsin, Iowa OF Minnesota. Leavirg a
debattablo ground, therefore, the States (
New JERSEY, PENNEY lrania, 1udiuua, 1lli-ois
CAlif.rnia and Oregon.-tour Of which IT
claim for Mr.. Lincoln. and The Chicago 7im<
claims for ME. Doug1as-wbat is the unavoid
able CONCLUSION 10 bo reached in November
Exactly this, HAT if Mr.. Douglas gets au
electoral votes at all they vii! enly be ayaila
ble to carry the election into The prcsen
Houss Of Representatives, where each Stat
stand Illus: