The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-07


The CLAsHlxa DEMocRAcY-NoP Possibility or
A CoMPRoMIsE.--Some Of the leaders Of the
Breckenridge Democ .aey at Washington and G! se.
where, have been sounding the Douglas faction
as it appears, in reference to some compromlse
arrangement in the shape Of joint electoral
ticket, here and there, as the occasion may sug-
gest, in order to defeat the Republicans by car
rying this Z. csidential election into Congress
1t further appears that the Douglas managers
scornfully reject all such Oyerturcs, and intend to
make clean fight of it.
The reasons for this course ON the part Of the
Douglas men SO very obvious that we have
no doubt of their resolution to pursue it. Sup
pose, for instance, that Democratic coalition
electoral ticket in New York were adopted,
that it would take away the vote of this State
from Lincoln, and carry the election into the
House Of Representatives, what would follow !?
The House, after having occupied two months
in electing a Speaker, would doubtless occupy
from, say the first week in February, when the
returns will come before them, to the fourth day
OF March, in the struggle for President, without
electing one. In that contingency the election
would 90 over to the Senate, and thus Gen Lane;
the candidate for Vice President Of the Breckin-
ridge ticket, would probably become President Of
the United States.
At all events, as there is no show for tho
Douglas ticket touching an election by either
House Of Congress, there is no indictment to
the Douglas party to labor to carry the election
into Congress. To ask them to do it il to ask
them to assist in the election OF General Joe
Lane, man much more obnoxious to the Doug
las party than "Old Abe Lincoln would be, if be
were only four feet six instead of six feet four.
| General Lane, upon the subject of the platform,
did almost a. much as any other man to
break up the Douglas programme at Charles
oft .,
| well knows.
Thus, then all hopes Of Democratic co-part-
nership ticket in New York, Or in any other State,
may be given up We might as we'll talk Of sue
cessfully splicing the old Atlantic cable as to
plead any longer the feasibility of . fusion be-
| tween those two fighting factions. because they
are evidently full OF fight, and their fighting pro-
| clivities were not suspended with the breakup
| of the Baltimore Convention, but were only ad-
| iourned over from the Convention to the cam
| paign meetings and movements Of these factions
throughout the country. As we approach the
dog days we NAV expect to hear of rows and col
lisions among the Infatuated Democracy, over the
conflicting Claims of Douglas and Breckenridge,
/ that will afford world of fun to the elated and
rejoicing Republicans.
Meantime, while Douglas ia the fayorite Of the
noisy boys OF the Northern Democracy, Breckin
ridge has the mole solid men OF the party ut Iii
| back, and the sinews OF war. he has the patr.n
| age of the Administration in his favor, and tht
Democratic merchants of this city, and OF every
other Northern city, Looking to their Southern
interests will hrd them identified with the Brock
inridge ticket. The Breckiniidge National Com
mttee 4 Washii gton are gong actively to NO.
and tn will soon bring about the form, ton
an electoral ticket in every State, North AM
South. . The Douglas party are proceeding 10 d.
the same thing upon TIL dry husks Of -quatte
SOW reignty; blu. men who have great wrong
real or imaginary, to ayenge, can fight loi
time upon empt, stoniachs, and the hungrier the
get the more dangerous they become.
We anticipate fearful struggle between tn
well.fed supporters Of Breckenridge and the hal
starved followers of Douglas. We fear, indeed
that, like the Kilkenny eats, these two implaca
BILE factions will have so nearly devoured eac
other that nothing win be left Of them on tn
+ day after the general November election, exccp
their tails still viciously wrisging over tn
, clothes line-N.. Y. Herald.