, 1860-07-07
xr4aRHX TREATMENT.

We think no one caa deny tha1 sue Oeu6t1e
Democracy have been very shaobas trea'eo
h. ,he slave power within the past Two
vs,,s =, Ne will not recapitulate the events
familiar t2 all, which preceded the late bnn-
,oor., co,nveption and the nomination OF breck-
,nr;ape:. This Inst is the cu!minatlon OF mean"
meas, and to it VIC stall conhne our oo;efsa'
tons on this general topic
IL tie first place it was apparent to every
body That the party in the North was N tne
article Of death. and could only be saved og
the nomination CT particular man: "hetnef
even that would have saved it may well be
doubted but it was plain as a pike-stad thai
no ore hut Mr.. Douglas could nave naao
decont show Of SUCCESS in any Of the Tree
States except California. The Nortbefn oeie,
Gates at Charleston and Baltimore presented
this contingency in little less than on ngony
Of earuostness. No ono was permitted 10
doubt their veracity, fortified as it was ~ al
the facts Of political history during the past
three years. The South, in the pomp anu
prids Of its 40 electoral votes, which were
volusless unless 80 others could DO found 70
add to Their aggregate, declared fatty. tha'
they would not have Mr. Douglas IN any
i. possible Or conceivable event It was ot 10
avail that he pouglas) paraded the TACT that
his. squatter Sovereignty had -"g'ven 70
~slavery an area Of territory five and hall
atime larger than the State Of New York.
It WIS Of 10 avail that he offered them sed''
ton Law for "suppressing the iErepress'ole
4coraictt, y It was of7no avusl TINT bis friends
rec,upted their long and tedious ba1}es 1or
>asouthern rights" :'so-,alled.:: The "nnsar5'
: ing reply was that the South would not nave
Mr.. Douglas nor any OF his breed.
So far 90 good. The case amounted simply
to a strife on nominations, Of which Democratic
Conventions have always been full. And no"
we come to the second phase Of the, ,agly JOB
in which, aftcr Defeating Ar. Douglas, 50 La
as a regular nomination was concerned, thel
hit upon The devilish ingenuity Of SO ordering
thebat1le that all The States carried for Doug
las sAouli in reality play dc gams into tAe'
! 7.asds and not into his. having IN accessible
majority Of States in the House Of Representa-
;tiyes, or in deftut qf that, - certain majority
in Tie Senate, they can well afford to let :Ar
3p,Yglqs baye few. Northern States, provided
he can: get them, for the purpose Of car1yiDl
the election to place where they can eohtfe
it The fifteen Southern States and oa'ilorh'
added, they can easily manage in such va
;as to tnke them all for Breckenridge or CIV
the contested ones to Bell Douglas can bas
nothing there: But to make assurance doub'
:. sure,-.zo take away bis last lingering hope
:. they mus. needs divide The Democratic forct
20 in New York, ALREADY too weak to lose a sl'
gle man, and put tie shir.y-aye. vo!es ct tn
State Tar beyond the reach Of the squa.te er 10
sreignsi This is the death blow Of the par
ii the North. 1twas designed to be SO, al
it has accomplished the purpose for which
was struck. Pennsylvania, Indiana and u
mis- are aa get open battle grounds for Il
Douglas men, if they choose to fight with L
certainty tha: every vote they cast tends inc
itably to give the Presidency to Brecklnrid
OF old Jo. Lanel
----T Thts is what we call shabby treatment; We
shabby indeed. y