, 1860-07-19
:. 4 DOUGLAS MOVEMENT.

:. 4 DOUGLAS MOVEMENT.
TIE are to have Bell movement in Illinois.
The advice Of tue New York Express lDoug-
Jas orgar) and the little army Of ancient gen
slemen in periwigs breeches and buckles,
whom that delectable journal has induced to
write out here in Bsil-Eseretts BEHALF has
been accepted. Ga Tuesday the deadlevel #
our political shairs was disturbed by the ini-
tatorY proceedings. AsmanY aa twenty seven
meu-most Of them were Douglasites in dis
guise-net n this city on that day, and with
sol.mn faces gathered together in an obscure
corner Of tie West Division, apart from the
influence Of Republicans andthe wickedness
Of this world, and we1t through their lugubri-
Gus farce Tney were marshalled BY Dr.. L. D.
Boone, who is the pccksnifr Of tho party,
and that veteran Bardolph Of the organization,
Buckuer S. Morris, Of whom more anon
We donot deem itimportant To inquire what
they did, nor how their doings were done.
The report Is in that veracious sheet the
7sn1ts, where it may be read by all whose
IA t. leads to an examination Of the curious,
the mus.y and the antique. We may mex
ton, howevcr, that they lad not harmony even
in that small squad. When John Wilson, the
old Commissioner Of the General Land Office,
par szeetence the head, front and bruins Of the
American party in the Northwest, told them,
in speech Of rare pith and power, that the
effect OF a Bell, Everett organization in Illinois
would be 10 sid The Little Squatter, and that
zhat could not I've done without sacrifice Of
honesty and patriotism, be was uncezemoui-
ously degraded from lis position as Chairman
Of the Executive Committee, and politely invi-
ted 10 leave the premises, inasmnch as bis
straight-forwardness and plain speaking did
not hssmonise with the spirit which dictated
tbs gathering. This. and the determination to
hold State Convention, at Decatur on the
1G4l> If August, for the nomination Of 3 Stale
and Eli ctornl ticket, was the gum Of the pro-
ceedings. The Convention adjourned, ard the
members thereof left the hall with . quiet
chusk'c- over their cunning which thfy imag-
Inc hns set trap into which many spoony
and green-horn will fall. S, ended what to
the public ia farce. And VIC have only this
remark 10 mske:
BucknerS s. Morris and L. D. Boone, the lead
ers in this forlorn hope, are, at all times and
all places, except when the exigencies Of the
Democratic party, AS in this case, require that
they should, ostricla-like, stick their heads into
the sald and delude themselves with the in
zane notion that their nobler e1tremilies are
also Lid, open and avoxed Dougtas men. Their
movement in 1856 was for hi. Buchauau's 8
benefit. Morris ran for Governor that year,
and Doons held his hat while he madc the
race, solely tl1at Buchanan might carry the
State; and to them and tho men like them,
who with degree Of dishonesty which no
snive'|iug ptrtences Of personal piety can cx-
cuse, ,o2k counsel With the Democrats in that
memorable Gghi, accepted money from Demo
cratic quarters tor the neces tiles Of the can-
vast, and By Democratic aid and comfort de-
luded 1000 men into the belief that Fillmore
could succeed, TO Them are the election Of Mr.
Buchanan, ard lie disgracsful aud denorali~
xing incidents Of his administration to be
charged They are the real authors Of the mis-:
chisf that followed the result Of that cauvnss.
In 1858, III the struggle between Lincoln and
Dougl1s, they were Douglas all over; and one
ofthem Spent election day ut the polls in this
city in peddlirg Douglas tickets, aud bitterly
rnaligning and abusing oil who opposed him.
keilhr Of them has voted Al American ticket
for four years; and 90 matter how many can-
dida'es tho patty may nominate at Decatur,
legitimate and expected ED, voto for Douglas
At Last, and ieare their lesa interruptions fol-
lowers, who might prefer Lire In and hopesty
to Douglas and trickery. with the bag TO hold
ITO wolder, when all is over; how they could
be humbugged second time by the men who
had humbugged them before. ~~.
;Bus we arprehend that their SUCCESS will
bs suall-that the number Of gulls within the
trap when Bardolph pulls the string which
Douglas has put into his ha1d, will be small
It il a homely adage, hut true, that burnt
child breads the fire. The men Of the South
and Centre who were used in 1856 to pit
Democracy up and Republicanism down, have
had their eyc-teeth cut by subsequent events
Tne Lecompton ewiodle and tbs Corode Com
nnittse, the general exacerba&ion Of the Sec
tional excitement consequent upon the Dled
scott deci3 ion, and Democratic tanning Of The
pro Slavery aames, have taught them lesson
that they Will not forget; and the fng1emen in
this lateat movement will be compelled TO re"
ce'Ve new injection ef brains, aud Of q finer
texture than those with which they nre e1-
do~ed, If they succeed in the lob they have
undertaken to put through. Norris, when
, !. running for Governor, leu 5000 votes behind
Fillmore, and that IN time Of high popular
excitement If a tenth Of that 1auubsr can
nov be found who will endorse his motion tn
LEAD then-a FAlstafian crew-into the Doug.
1as camp, nc have 1eckoned the change. u
vain. Are there more than that number of
.halcwi,ted addle-pates in nlirois7j g.;
=, At present there ssems to bo no doubt Of
tn position or action Of the great body Of the
Old Line Wigs Of nlinois. They arc, re
belisve-shs specimens that ne hare present.
): ed always excepted-aincerely opposed to a
longer continuance Of Democratic misruls.-
They sex, as ali unprejudicsd men; must see,
lhat tbs fight is not between Bell and Lin
rx,11 ~ Dns,ofas and 1.;nco1r 1nt ts+-a..,