Gazette and sentinel., 1860-09-01

SAID on THE SUBJECT, THERE Is A HIGHER LAW. IT'S
FIAT Is GIVEN IN THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. Pop
ri AR SOW REIGNTY Is THE EXPRESSION or THAT
LAW" Mr.. Hickman, the boldest and clearest IN
tellect of the followers of Mr.. Douglas, now up
braids him for his timidity and treachery, has
! manfully cast off the mask, and Ii snow an avowed
leader in the Republican ranks. His fugleman,
Forney, openly advocates a coalition with the
Black Republicans to defeat our candidates. We
see presses. and leaders, and orators pulling down
the Douglas and raising the Republican flag. We
saw to the Democrats of the olden time and TO the
Young Democrats of the present day, beware oil
the insidious advances of the enemy. Beware OF
the first fatal step towards Republicanism and to-
wards disunion. Rally TO the old flag. Rally on
the tried leaders. Be not slOughed of into the
Abolition camp with Hickman and Others. I'VE
believe you will be satisfied Of the tendency OF the
Douglas organization towards Republicanlsm.
Indeed the entire organization will melt and is
melting away. The freesoilism of il is now being
absorbed in the Republican ranks, and the true
Democrats of whom there are large numbers, are
falling back into line with the old comrades, with
whom they have achieved the triumphs OF the
Democracy.
BRECKENRIDGE AND DOUGLAS.
Consider the spectacle presented to us by the
/ anu ~ Dbh-A11
Presidency. Mr.. Breckenridge has retired to his
quiet nome in Kentucky, there calmly and with
dignity to await the verdict of the people. Mr..
Douglas is traversing the country, especially In
the North and East, dosing out the panacea OF
=. sauatter sovereignty; as a remedy for all our
ills, appealing to the higher law and endeav-
oring, with the magic of his words and his pres
ence. to cajole the people to his support. In this
he will miserably fail. In the exalted position Of
= - H. IT,;s,l Ctatao tho rannla will
exact something more than the qualities OF a
travelling mountebank. Mr.. Douglas in his re-
cent letter has averred that his object was to take
the question Of slavery out OF the halls OF Con-
gress and vet during this whole Administration
he has kept up the slavery agitation with a per-
sistency and a ~fierceness amounting almost to In
sanity. 1t has caused him to neglect every other
duty in Congress except the defense OF his con-
~sistency, and the advocacy of his views IN regard
to slavery. He has been remarkable for his IA
cility in lodging votes, and when he did vote, for
his votes with the Republicans. With that party
not only did he vote on the LecomptOn question,
but on most Incidental questions. in total incon-
~sistency with his former votes. With that party
he coalesced, not simply in his votes on such
minor questions as the election of a public printer,
etc. but in determining who in the Senate Of the
United States were the representatives Of the
sovereign States of Indiana. He has been a rebel,
both to the organization and to the principles Of
the party. He has voted against its platform and
its candidates.
To c~onciliate Rupeblican votes, he has INDUCED
in vulgar filings at the South. He prefers the
clans of Rhode Island TO the niggers Of the South.
Il HAVE MUCH MORE FoNDNESS FOR YOUR CLANS
THAT | HAVE FOR THEIR NIGGERs." These things
have sunk deep into the hearts of the American
Democracy and even if he should extend his
clam-baking operations to the coasts of Labrador,
trying on his way the infinite relish of freshly
caught mackerel, halibut, and cod, he will find
that whilst the people are pleased with the jovial
qualities of the hail, well-met fellow, they will
despise and reprobate the public man.
Words cannot express the magnitude of the
blessings which a benignant Providence has
showered upon us-a vast and extended area,
spanning the entire continent, and reaching from
the cold North Town even to tropical heat pop
%ulation now large and most rapidly increasing
the enjoyment of abundant comforts and even
great luxuries of life-a union of industrial inter
ests, varied by soil and climate paternal and
kindly government, founded on the principle for
which we have ever and shall ever contend. Shall
discord enter this magnificent abode? Shall the
Union be broken up Shall.poveIty, anxiety, dis
tress, and internal wars take the place of wealth,
content, and successful enterprise? Our coun-
trymen, do not close your eyes to the danger of
this! When the danger comes, it will come from
the selfish ambition OF INDIVIDUALS, whose talents
enable them to sow the seed of strife in a party
which for many generations has supported this
| glorious government, founded on political and
social rights to every citizen-a government dis
tinguished alike for its benignity, its wisdom, and
its strength-tbe glory Of the age, and the ad-
} miration of the friends of freedom, and of the
rights of man throughout the habitable globe.
Fellow Democrats, to the work Stand on your
platform, and cling to your candidates, fou are
contending for the Constitution of your country,
and for the union of these States. Let us fight
the good fight, as our fathers did. Our candidates
have been baptized in blood in the wars of the
country, and have in every act of their lives sig
nalized their patriotism and selfsacri6ce. The
! crisis of the line has placed them before the
people. You know their principles. There is
no silence as in the case Of Bell and Everett.
T There are no shutting DISCUSSES as in the case OF
Douglas and johnson. There is no war upon
both the Constitution and the Union, as in the
; case of Lincoln (the sympathizer with Mexico,
and now the sympathizer with fanaticism) and
Hamlin. But their motto and our motto is
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE EQUALITY OF THE
STATES THESE ARE SYMBOLS OF EVERLASTING
UNION. LET THESE BE THE RALLYNG CRIES OF TIE
PEOPLE ~ t
: In behalf Of the National Democratic Executive
Committee. ISAAC l. STEVENS,
Chairman.
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