M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-07-12

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ritories, it must be admitted that Mr..
louglas has proved faithful 10 it I'M
der all circumstance, and defended it
Whenever assailed or violated. In
1856 Mr.. Douglas was again candi.
dlte for the Presidential nomination
before the Democratic National Con
vintion at Cincinnati. The highest
vote be received was on the sixteenth
ballot, which stood for Mr.. Buchanan
le$ Tor Mr. Douglas 121, Tor Mr..
CD-s 6 In the Congressional session
% lo57-'S, ho denounced and opposed
with energy and ability the Lecomp
ton Constitution, upon the distinct
ground that it was not the act and deed
OF the people Of Kansas, and did not
embody their will.
Before the adjournment of the ses-
sion OF Congress, he returned home to
Vindictte his action before tae people
OF Illinois, in one OF the most excited
and well contested political canvasses
ever known in the United States. He
had TO encounter the determined hos
tiity ii the federal administration and
all its patronage, and the powerful op.
position ofthe Republican party. But
he succeeded in carrying the election
OF sufficient number OF State Sena.
tors and Representatives to secure his
return to the United States Senate for
six years, from March 4, 1859, by
tifty.ionr votes for him to forty for
Abraham Lincoln, his able and dis.
tinguished opponent. During the
whole Of that contest, he maintained
and defended the doctrine of non-in.
terventon and popular sovereignty,
in the same sense in which he previ.
ously proclaimed it in Congress-
Subsequently, in q debate in the Sen.
ate (Feb. 23d, 1852 he avowed and
defended the same doctrine when as.
sailed by several OF the Democratic
party.
Mr.. Douglas has been remarkably
succesSIu! IN promoting the local in.
EerestS oi his own State during his
Congressional career. To him, more
than to any other individual is Illinois
lhueoteq i9f the magnincent grant OF
lah9s WIilch secured me construction
ol tle ! l,lnol" Oehlr@l hailroad, ana
oo'',i.ou'ea 1it % Iluc" u restore the
GreuSt CI s anu ueVelop the resources oI
'''' 9'a'o' nc ''"9 always peeh " warm
'pP''''' ",,'. "''N''"'' ... Ut u 'I1'roan
~ ,1''" '|' " 'S"iI'o'PPl u 'Te l acme
~ a. ""'.ns peeu " iii9,lloer Oh 'he
" N"lto"I VT 'I;, o1HiliiIi'Ies I oi congress on
'i .""' aI'JeT.' Y:T' anu uc1ng lne au'hor ol
several ;.1 oII'' EeP0r'ea W 'hoSe COM
tA'Stoe'; y, -
=. m' DT"S'"o EIc"S III regard 10 our
'o'o'Sn Ie'"'lon' h"'o Se'uo'n ooen III
"ccofu"nco .i "lVI Tue Po'lcy OF the Aa'
'l'!l,'0tT"''UH' .u :, Ajc CPPosSu tue treaty
w Nun E"G"hu' lLiil!tlnS inc oregon
A0',i'oiI W I.'o IouItn Paraliei' coh-
Itilu'ns 'l'"' E"T'anu li"u no [iSht on
Ino' cGaS', unu lhat the Uhitea states
e"oulu "oEof lecosnl"e 'le ciaiin; lie
oPPo'0u '''o 'ie"ty V' peace WIN Mex
IL" vi '''c sro'nu 'llat tue boundaries
were nll'laV"ra' ana ihcohVenieht'anu
I'at 1,. 'no ProEiolonS ~ reSaFu 10 In9
III, 1,i'''aIS couiG never oe eHecEled'-
me UhlFea otateS nao S,n nave since pald
meAiIo ~ @lo'oGo'ovO TO change 'ne
oouhoaileS' ana relinqnlsh the suPn'
Ia'"''iS ! u! Il, ..es"rq 10 !uo iHalaIS; IS; lie
oplP1eI Ti '''o [a'l !ic"lloiI Vi she Niayton
anu Du'WcF '.e"Iy' anu ehdea'Oreu 10
procure It's iPJeC'ioh, upon tne ground
u'ii'nS o'neL 'n.nSS' '"SI 1t PIeu8eu
.ne .! la'tN o' 'ne Cn'.eu p'a'eS III AL
'lH'c ~ come cotne never To anlIe"' cololilze
"a exercise X % uoE'h'oh over any portion
o' M Ceh'Iai America lie dec'aTea
lnaI ae ulu not ceSlre 10 annex that
COUNTY, ... a. % tll"l .lIn'' o"C maintained
'i"' '"' ASlHlhuo i'"'No hidet w hCPI
opeE as highways 10 thc Amerlc3h
possessions on the tacIilc, that the
t.ur would come wien the i. States
would he conueIlrd 70 oc,uuv Opntral
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