Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-27

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At Bangor, Maine, which place Mr.. Doug
las reached on his way to see his mother, and
where he was unexpectedly drawn into
another speech, he began with this PROPOSE
ton; "Any political'creed which cannot be
proclaimed in any portion ofour Confederacy,
must be wrong" He then proceeded TO
show that Republicans could not safely pro-
claim their creed in the South, therefore,
Quod erdt demonstrandUm, it must be unsound.
The proposition seems impregnable, and 1t
entirely relieves the mind from the labor of
examining principles and renders all argu-
ment and debate superhuous. Political
principles can now be reduced to the GER
tainty of mechanical test. We have only 1
TO INQUIRE whether they have been accept
able in every locality in the country, and il
they have any where excited any popular
demonstrations against them, that is con-
elusive of their unsoundness.
We regret to see that some of the most
ardent followers of Mr.. Douglas find 1t diff
cult to come fully up to the faith which he
lays down. Mr.. johnson, of Georgia, the
gentlemsn who is associated with Mr.. Doug
las on the ticket undertook to advocate the
Douglas doctrine in his own native State
when he was hissed and hooted down, and
burned in effgy. But instead of accepting
this infallible Douglas test of the unsound-
ness of the Douglas doctrine, the Atlanta
(Ga.) C0nfederdcy, a Douglas paper, falls to
abusing the people with its most forcible
vocabulary, and utters an agonizing cry for
free speech. Free speechl Does the Atlanta
C0nfederdcy suppose that Mr.. johnson is to
have all the free speech2 Did not the people
exercise free speech, as Mr.. Douglas UNDER
stands III and did not the very tribunal to
which he has submitted his doctrine, pro-
nounce a verdict of condemnation
The Richmond Wing interferes improperly
in this test of great principle, and after re-
lating the indignities offered to Mr.. Johnson,
pleads for courtesy and civility to Mr.. Doug
las, in case he makes a Southern tour, and
says, "f Judge Douglas is to be insulted and
outraged, and lasting reproach thus thrown
upon the character of the South, let the re-
sponsibility and the shame rest upon the
Yanoey- y-Breckinridgers" 1t is singular that
what Mr.. Douglas has elevated into the final
test of great principles, should be character
lied as insult, outrage, shame and reproach.
1t is just the same as charging these things
upon Mr.. Douglas. He appeals to the very
arguments which the Wing and the Con-
federaey call shame and disgrace. These
papers are actually trying to put down the
very method of deciding principles which
Mr.. Douglas appeals to.
Mr.. Douglas goes South to see whether his
doctrines are right according to his own
test. Perhaps the treatment of Mr.. Johnson
has excited in his mind grave doubts of the
soundness of his own principles. Every
popular demonstration is to him test of his
own doctrines. If he is received with popu-
lar hooting it is to him the Voz Deipronounc-
ing an infallible verdictagainst his principles.
A missile visitation Of unsound eggs, he
would receive as proof of the unsoundness
of his doctrines; and bituminous suit of
ermine, be would bow in submission to as
ultimate truth. This enlightened popular
sovereignty test, the C0nfederGcy and the
Wing are trying to prevent, and are abusing
the people ofthe South for it.
We regret TO observe that the Cincinnati
Enquire, a paper heretofore suspected of
Douglas procIivities, scouts the Douglas test
ofprinciples, and through its correspondent,
Cleveland, denounces the people of Memphis
for Kissing hooting and yelling at Mr.. Foote
when he undertook to advocate the doctrine
ofDouglas. Ifthe Enquirer has any real re-
gard for Douglas, if it is not wolf in Sleeps
clothing, it is bound to denounce doctrines
whose unsoundness has thus been established
by the principle which Mr.. Douglas set up
as the ultimate test of truth.