The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1860-07-19

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candidates for the Presidency, from tht
Steubenville Herald:
Mr.. Douglas was born Yankee-ht
was a native of Vermont, where he in.
herlted the vigorous traits of the sons o.
New England, but emigrated therefron
early enough to avoid contracting many
oil the Puritan virtues which add lustel
10 the character Of that people. He 10.
Gated In the West, where he found wide
field for the exercise of his naiura
shrewdness and indomtable energy
which were equal to almost any emergen
cy. He here directed bis talents, which
were OF no ordinary mould, to politics.
success followed almost every effort, and
IN early llie he took position among the
most prominent leaders of the Democra-
TIC party. He was partisan leader in
the radical sense of the term, and as un-
scrupulous as radical.
With limited education, less polish,
and no magnanimity towards his political
opponent, ('he great only magnanimous.
he possessed, in an eminent degree, the
Identical ability that impressed the popu.
lar mind-he was the man for the indis.
crlmiaate crowd. Having total disre-
gard OF dignity where his popularity was
In question, he became the idol of that
class OF people, particularly, who regard
democracy as synonymous with vulgarity.
This was the wave more than all others
upon which he arose to popular distiuc.
ton.
But Mr.. Douglas has. like many other
men seeking renown, a "vaullins ambi.
'ion," which seldom fails TO "overIeap it.
self" He was fully aware of the fact
that the South controlled the Democratic
party, and that to secure the support of
the Southern States was to secure the
nomination for the Presidency. TO gain
that, it was requisite that he should sub.
serve the interest Of the shareholders,
slavebreeders and slavedrivers-to stulti.
ly his convictions of justice and human-
ty-to ".crawl upon his belly and eat
dirt"
For his own selfish ends, Mr.. Douglas
made these sacrifices, and soon became
the willing instrument" in the hands of
slavery, to do any act of shameless reck.
lessness that might be demanded of him.
He thereupon volunteered the repeal of
the Missouri Compromises compact
sacred alike to the great spirit of the
Wing and Democratic parties, the con.
of which was the crowninr
act Of the political life of Henry Clay
opposition 10 the repeal of which, Benton
desired inscribed upon bis tombstone, that
his name may be thus ccmmemorated to
posterity.
This compromise, by which the peace
ol the country was maintained upon the
question of slavery, the most dangerous
'f all others to the perpetuity Of the Un-
on, Mr.. Douglas set about to repeal
And, by his energy and tact, and through
be aid of the slaveholding interests,
packed by venal Democratic Admins.
ration, he succeeded. In doing so, it
vas not his object to subject the country
his Popular Sovereignty dodge-but 10
id in planting slavery in Territory re.
erved by sacred compact TO freedom
nd, against the will of the people,
brough the potency Of "friendly legisla.
on
But, the rupture that followed the re-
cal Of the sacred compromise-the dis.
tfection OF parties and the revolution of
o]itical organization, pending the passage
the Nebraska Act, convinced him that
had made serious il not an irrepa,,
Die blunder. The point had been reach.
at which the North ceased to endure.
.aving satisfied himself upon this point,
IS tactics were soon decided upon. Ha-
s deliberately betrayed the North--jeop- ,
'dizing the peace and perpetuity Of the
thereby-he unhesitatingly G
'!rayed the South, and retraced bis steps 7
r enough to swindle the people, if pos i
Bile, by the dogma Of Popular Sover- /
gnty-w which, through the action of the r
ipreme Court, is nothing more than a t
ansparent political fallacy--as villain.
IS as it is transparent.
But he has Enthusiastically failed
cept in arraying one section Of the
MON against the other-failed, except in
wing the seeds OF dissention broadcast. e
I'd he has failed. moreover, in another ?
,se, which he takes more seriously to 81
art,and that is.in forcing the Democra. e.
party to nominate bim--which only re- &c
tied in forcing the party to fragments, N
q placing himself before the country for u
esident, not as a leader Of the great a.
rty, bnt at the head Of an insignificant D
tion, against which the whole force of
Administration party, and the straight
ward friends of Slavery. are united in
incorporating and solid column
9 defeat of the Douglas faction will be or
them an object Of stronger desire than R
defeat Of Mr.. Lincoln, the Republican :.
ninee, and to that end the most bitter nc
unrelenting strife ever placed on re.