The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-05-12

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The esurse ubich the fSseads'of Jadgs
Douglas hare theeghs pyopst 70 pursue ss.es
hisemplla icrefDtion 4 q Ariesson hasshy
10 mean, serra 10 incre1ne the aece1ta-
bili.s of their favcrise ussSthe Democracy
nor added to their own fair standing in the
party. t. them the harmony and united
action Of the Democratic hosts are matters
of Inferior ooGsiti-fa sien, when compared
10 the success of q man who is objectiana-
BILE 10 al those States which can. under ans
circumstances. eonuihGte Democratic votes
In the electoral college. Instead 81 follow
iny fhe magnnnimrns and MISE prscsdeuss
xhich hare hitherto prevailed. and whieh
have ever rendered the Democracy 1nit,
the aihe.so,s Of Alr. ueu-las reincss "a nj
in theis. eifNrts 20 lnanusa@tnra pubs epsn,
ioa ia his favor, At the expense OF creating
q schism in oas ranks wkiso soad amount
AT the same iime TO q rapture Of our fede-
raj Ie!aiians. We ere a4pns that thaEs ara
most satisfactorily .grnaads for tbs haliet
thai The eifors ~ neither, direction Will be
sncerssfal, While the tactics winch are par-
sued demonstrate most eaneiasireiy the
weakness Of The eause ia whose behalf they
are undertaken. The att. mps to ceerea
the Democratic States into an abandon
mess If their r ghts has failed. TIE srro-
gaBce which would dieJale a plalfagm 10
the South. susceptible Of afreesall interpre-
tati0n. has baeD decisigely rahuked !. and
the abrupt termiaaIipa Of the Charleston
Convention pts an end To all hopes of the
nomination uf Mr.. Dpngsas b. the Dsmoc-
raey, lei has pi.rlisans bluster Is they may.
The advocates of Judge Douglas entered
the Convention With every Democratic
Stale arsayed against them. The whole
South, and the only Northern States we ear
hope 10 carry, VIZ: Pennsylvania, New .Ier
sev. California and Oregon, were opposed
to him beyond any hope Of change Of feel
ing aud judgment. while these who we're
most clam orous and nqisy in his behalf were
precisely the delegates ON those States
whose Democratic vote scarcely amounts TO
n BAKERS dozen. In The face If this opp2si-
ton they uhstiaateiy urged bis aomInaEtan,
which il was evident he could nat receive:
The cry :, Douglas or nobody" was raised
and still rings through their ranks hut
ID mocrntic historvin the past is no index
10 the future if those VII, thus endeavor to
subordinate the interests of the PARTY to
private theories and partisan ambition will
M, meet with the fate which consighed Van
Buren, and others 10 the toni Of all the
Capule:s.
Frpnl The n. Y. Times Independent
The split in the Democratic party at
Charleston is an event Of very multd i'm
pprtanee. II marks Step in the history
Of the country decidedly III advance OF any
ken hltherto. and from which ihsre is not
iikelg To BE- any retreat hereafter. X SHOWS
emo usiveiy that the political ps"ar of the
Gonfederury must pass To the Nor h, tina
the nuInet zeal majority, the prerondernnt
wenth and population of the Cninn.-is
about to INSERT It's rightrul authority over
the political institutions of the country
also. For long time past we have h ID n
Omitted South. we are about 10 have a
United North ntso.
The Democratic Party is the last of the
great national or anizations to Weld TO the
'.lrrepFes-Ihie conflict" which Slavery and
Freedom have been Yag,ng for control Of
the Federal Government. The churches of
all denominations have givrn way, one after
another. TO the pressure: The Wing Parry
went down before this new and rcslSsiess
influence some years ago the Amerrc1n
Par " melted before il like wax intne flame:
and now the Democracy has also weld d.
In every struggle hitherto, the slave inter-
est has maintained it's ascendancv in the
ranks of the Democratic Party. Ii has now
been defeated. The Northern seefIpn of the
pnrt7 has asserted It's power. and with new
aud unlocked for frmness, has maintained
lts position. II it stands still III it, present
attitude, the SECTIONAL contest is over. H
a. 1851 Fsetn Foruey's Press. r1"
The contest before tae meeting Of the
Baltimore Convention will bn no ch'fd's
play. lt will enlist all the talent and a |
the energies Of the friends of free govern
ment. Ii may end IN the defeat of the De.
mueracy, but 1t will elevate principle and
compel every pnrtv to put forth its best
men. ana to deal frankly with tho great
American cNnstitueDcies. The Adminstra-
tlon and the Gre-eators are resolved upon
the destruction Of Douglas. ] hear of their
deuupcGution already. There is tn BE- no
quarter upon him, or upon any of his friends.
liz is to he offered up as a sacrifice. and
they are to be hunted out Of pubic life.
The fact is, M northern man. who darcs To
differ from the pro- slavery orders can ever
hope TO regain their confidence. lie is
toredoomed, and this forever. Exrraordi-
nay Developments will now b. th.. order Of
the day. Politicians vail look cut upon the
troubled sea with varying hnpcs and fears.
They will be carefal how To move lest they
be submerged. 10 be national will be the
fashion herchIter, and to avoid nil extremes
necessary. The number of Young men md
vigorous thinkers in retirement VIII gre in
the rapidly approaching future new chance
Tor DISTINCTION. and you mnst not be startled
il Yea are daily treated to n coup d'efaf
This is the time foe progressive. orr si nal
and daring men To take their pc sitien and
be content that, no matter how the parties
amy fight ant! rhe poSticiaus may wranglp,
I've Union Is safe. Gar jast now II il u race
70 -. which of shs gres. organizations can
be trurs, T., the Consultation. John Brown
frightened the ). .ath. natioralzcd 'he Re-
puhlean~, and m ide ae-rrt sion against is
Federal crnpaet capital CLINE.
Correspondence Of the louisville Gsagier.
II was clear, then, that The Snntb MID n
poSiraa IN The Convention which ought 10
have been respected, from he iaet that
southern State were expected TO do the
voting md To elect the President. Wa.
tins po,ltiop respected by the Douglas fac
tiun Did the Douglas men show any
disposition &c eeneede the tlatfarm or tae
ean idAte to the S0uih2 Th IL hsle ean
duet IN The Convention hs- shown that thsy
were resn!vei 10: have their own man and
their nSn platform regardless If the South.
without which riieir man could not be elect
ed, and without which all the d mocrafic
platforms that could he made from the
"pe''ing ~ the Convention until daomsday
would mt he worth the materi i consumed
in milking them.
The result Of things a. Charlestnn shows
how oaw5seir The uousias aion haze Pressed
Their man and their platform. They have
now learned lha ia South vii NOT hear
too much dista,ian, and that southern
Statesmen atc in earnest IN IN If arpasitlar
20 s7ustter sovereignty. DuarIas and his
Friends iftya aEsusn-ssF a l,t...,...,z IA