Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1860-02-09

Comforting TO Douglas Democrats.
We have amongst our friends in this city,
a DoUeIAs democrat He thinks it the safest
policy for .sthe party" to nominate his favor
lite ut Charleston, aud that The hue and cry
against him In the South is altogether theat-
rical, the sheet iron thunder Of Interested
politicians-such as federal Office boiders,
and expeetants who are afraid they cannot
come in for anything should DsUGLAs win
He thinks IL hard that q leader who. ike
DOUGLAS, has fought the battles of democracy
and the South, In the North, with determine
tion, ability and power, unequalled, should
have an enemy in the South, especially in his
own party; and harder still that the presses
of the party should he continually doing him
Injustice. He sometimes calls our attention
TO articles in Northern democratic journals.
showing the devotion of Northern Democra-
cy to the Little Giant" and asks Us, as the
the Union and Anseraoan never makes any re-
ference to, but siudiously ignores, them, to
do hins the favor to mention such things &C.
casionaIly. Greatly was be rejoiced when be
learned that the great mass of the democratic
Representatives in the House went for DoUG-
Las @right-bower," MCCLERSAND, for Speak
er, declaring that any one who did that, or
approved it, need not scruple to support the
master-spirit DOUGLAS. We agreed with our
friend in this remark as we sympathized
with him in the plight he finds himself and
his favorite, without an organ. To-day, we
are a little complaisant, and inclined to cheer
him up, by republishing. from different sour
ces, recent indications favorable to Mr..
DOUGLAS. First we give voice from the
farther South, from Louisiana, the land of
cotton and sugar. Il is from the True Delta,
which says
In Louisiana nine out of every ten men IN
connected with Federal and State offices are
in favor of Stephen A. Douglas for President
of these United States; ard they are so from no
mere personal feeling or preposSessi0n, but
solely because they are more satisfied with his
past record and present position than OF that
OF any other public man whose name could
with propriety be associated with the distin-
guished place. His great intellect, his in
trepid moral courage, his past never-tO-be-
fotten services to the South and the Union;
the fact that above all others he is the first
and sole choice of every Northern and West
ern IOyalist in the UriOn; that in Ibe South
itself no single man can be named in opposi-
ton to him, or is presented as worthy 10
compete single-handed against him for popu-
lar preference all conspire TO root in the
enlightened mind of Louisiana what il be-
comes its people to do upon this national
occasion. and they will not disappoint the
expectations their past history inspires. Al
ready in this city the neediul preparations
for sending true men to Charleston are COM
pleted, and If the people of the country
parishes will only be half 50 active aud zeal
Gus as their brethren here are sure to be an
undivided expression of opinion in favor of
the great statesman of the West will be sent
booming over the land in March next
In this connection our democratic friend
may find it comforting to read the extract
from letter of the Hon. MILES TAYLOR
which we make in another place, together
with the statement Of the States and Union
relative to the delegates to Charleston al
ready appointed.
Next is a voice frsm Washington, the cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Commercial,
journal most bitterly opposed to DOUGLAS.
The correspondent says
1.-The President is rather to be pitied than
persecuted just now. for his friends are de-
sorting en- Dsdsse Senator Douglas has the
inside track at Charleston, and even the
otfee-hoideTs are inclining toward the rising
star."
And now, we give what is said by Wash
ingten correspondent of the New York 75nes
in q letter written on the 3lst ult. Here il
is
1.-The Democratic caucus held last night,
resulted in an agreement that John A. Nc
Clernand, of Illinois, the staDdard-bearer of
Judge Douglas in the House, should be
adopted and brought forward to day as the
National Democratic candidate for Speaker
On the significance of this movement it |
would be folly to enlarge Ii may be cited |
as the best answer to the resolutions adopted |
by the Alabama State Convention. -9iready |
here IS stampede here 10 tie SIDE Of The LittLe
Giant; and on the Avenue this morning be- ]
tween Wizards and the Capitol, Il sras per- |
feciy astonishing and refreshing 10 Be nd ~ such
cyo,cds Of original Douglas naea-men who had !
been secretly for Douglas since 1852; but |
VINO had. from deep political motives, |
thought it wise to di guise their ardent feel |
ngs under a mask of the bitlerest hostility |
until this present morningI Verify, the |.
heart of man is deep mystery, and out of
bis mouth issueth all Deceit
In conclusion it will crafty our friend for |
Is to state that the Presidents organ, the |
New York Herald, publishes a letter from |
in which it is stated that the de- |
nocracy of that State want DoUGLAr,
md no one else-they believe that he is the |
,nly leader who can pilot the democratic |
hosts through the black sea of Republication.
fhe writer says this is the sentiment of the |
democratic masses of all the Northwestern
States.
In these things our friend has much to COM
ort and cheer him. At this time DOUGLAS
ads all his competitors for the nomination.
His prospects have wonderfully improved of
atc.- If he dom. get the nomination he will /
{ least be WARWICK the King Maker. Po-
itical gamblers are no more fair and honest
han the rogues who cheat ut cards. The
anne in which he holds so strong hand
nay be taken from him by the Introduction
{ "foul deck" Il remains with his back
re to see that this il not done.
The Prospects OF VIZ. Douglas.
The Washington States says that delegates