Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1860-07-10

Douglas, in his speech accepting the
nomination of the Rump Convention at

C'ei 80
"7Re,e Is no difference IN principle be-
ttoeen Northern, and Southern intcrUention.
The one ante,vcnes for slavery, and the
other against szaoe'y."
And he has, in hundred forms, ex-
pressed the same falacy. Let US exam
inc it. Suppose gang of burglars were
about to enter Mr., Douglas dwelling for
the purpose Of plunder, or the commits
sion of worse crimes. Suppose their
purpose is perfectly known to the police,
consisting Of three Watchmen and the
question comes up among these watch
men as to what they shall do in the
premises. One of them proves to be an
accomplice of the robbers and insists on
aiding them in their crimes. This is in
tervention, for burglary. Another,
as the faithful guardian of the public
peace, as we'll as the lives and property
of the inmates of Mr.. Douglas mansion,
insists upon keeping the banditti OUT
This is Intervention against the burglars.
But the third, with sublime indiffer-
ence, and as a true Sovereign" says,
"gentlemcn, there is no difference in
principle between you. One of you
would intervene for the burglars, and
the other against them. For my part, I
don't care whether they get in or not
But [ see there are shutters to the win
dows, this is unfair and places the bur-
glars at disadvantage. [ will take them
down, and then let popular sovereignty
determine the result. IF the robbers
plunder the house and murder Mr..
Douglas family it is all right. And if
Mr.. Douglas is able to beat them of, !,
that is all right, too. It is matter of
perfect Indifference to me which party
conquers. The fight will be an interest
ing one, and can side with the one who
succeeds" J" And then suppose the rob-
bers to enter at the opening made by
this disinterested guardian of the peace,
and after long, fierce and terrible con-
test, Mr. Douglas should succeed in dri-
wing out the villains, at the expense of
broken furniture and ruined house, with
the death Of one or two Of his children,
and his wife a maniac from the fright; what
would he think Of his very disinterested
friend, the watchman Would he be
likely to take him by the hand and
honor him as benefactor? But this is
an exact parallel to the position Of Doug
las himself
Here arc the Territories-or say Kan
sas. 1t is perfectly we'll known that set
of propagandists-worse than burglars
mediate descent upon the Territory
with the purpose of robbing the inhab-
itants Of their frecdom-the most pre-
cious inheritance Of humanity. There
are three parties fairly representing the
watchmen above named. The Demo
cratic party, which boldly proclaimS
itself to be an accomplice of the propa,
gandists, and insists on openly assisting
them in their schemes of outrage. The
Republican party, on the other hand in
sists upon preserving the peace of the
country and protecting the property, the
liberty and the lives Of the people O
Kansas, against the wrongs meditatet
against them. While Douglas, with ;
sublime Indifference, can't take side.
with either. 1t is perfectly immateria
to him whether the ruhians succeed o1
not. So he says, But there is barrier
the strong shutters-the Missour
compromise-which efectually keeps tht
robbers out and protects the lives ant
liberties of the inhabitants. This, Mr.
Douglas says, is unfair-it don't give thu
invaders fair chance. So Mr.. Douglas
will remove the obstruction and let thu
banditti in. And then if they can sue
ceed in robbing the people, all right
But if the people succeed in beating of
the invaders, backed by their powerful
accomplices, that will be all right, too
And Douglas will claim the homage o
whichever side whips. Is not this hi
position?
Well, the contest has been long, fierce
terrible and bloody. The people of Kan
sas have driven off the hoarde of plum
derers let in upon them, at the expens'
Of untold suffering. And the distin
guished Stephen Arnold Douglas has th
GOODNESS to ask the homage of the peopl
for the part he has acted in this strang'
drama-the strangest part of which is
that there are aohtte men in Ohio having
the right, by law, to think and act freely
who actually shout in his train Well
human nature is queer thing nsome o
its manifestations. And this of al
things seems to us the queerest. Blu
November will tell the estimate which
the people place upon the positions 0
the parties, and will show whether or no
they can see ''any difference between in
tervening for, or against great wrong
The New York Democracy.
!, The "irrepressible conflict betweel
the too great national Democratic par
ties" in New York, seems to threaten ;
"Kilkenny Cat affair. The "Execu
, tive Committee" is divided-the 'ETam
many Hall'' faction is divided-the GOlt
Hunkers" are divided-the 'Barnburn
ers" are diyided-the 'Softshells' are di
,r;dnd- - tho IsHn I'd ShnllsN nrn diridnd-