White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-03-15
Political affairs-HOw Douglas Stands


Political affairs-How Douglas Stands
What Mr.. Buchanan and his
Friends expect to accompish-The
Little Giant to be Slaughtered-HOw
it is to be done.
Occasional writes as follows to the
Philadelphia Press. under date of Wash
ingtou. February %:
Whatever may be said Of John Brown.
of immortal memory. nothing can be
clearer than that his invasion of Virginia
has produced the hsppiest consequences.
he was, without intending to be so. q
rare providence to the South. When he
attempted to take the lives Of certain un-
offending people he took the lives of q
great many candidates for the Presidency,
and when he died, very threatening ia
natacism was buried in the grave with
him. The just resentment of the South
was responded to by the sympathy Of the
North, and. at this day, if there is any
one thing clearer than another, it is that
no party that does not recognize all the
guarantees Of the South can triumph at
the coming election. Ten Presidential
triumphs for Southern Institutions could
not produce more good consequences than
have flowed from the feeling excited by
the Harper's Ferry tragedy.
But are the fire-eaters in the slave
States content with this revolution in
public sentiment? Are they satisfied
with cultivating and strengthening the
newly received confidence in the Union.
and the daily awakening spirit of frater-
nifty on the part of the people of the free
States /? No; taking it for granted
that because John Brown was justly exc
cuted, and because their indignation at
his attempt upon the sovereignty Of Vir-
GINA was heartily re-echoed by the peo-
Die of the free States, they seem resolved
to commit every party, if possible, and
particularly the Democracy, to the ex-
tremest and most odious views and to
this end. they are organizing. preparatory
to Charleston, in a manner which will
arouse, in the Northern mind. the strong
est feelings of hostility to the Southern
people.
have already told you Of the way in
which these men treat Stephen A. Doug
las. Their course to him. from the be-
ginning, has been . course Of insult. Fol-
lowing the lead of his principles, be
found il necessary to take issue with the
President in regard to the Lscompton
Constitution, and from this point to re-
assert, in the strongest manner. his devo-
ton to the covenants and principles Of
1856. When he did this he encountered
. sort Of obloquy which would have
crushed almost any other man. Imme-
diately after the opening Of the present
Congress. and since its commencement,
judge Douglas committed himself frank
" in advance, to the decision OF the
Charleston Convention. He has gone
farther and in his speech, in order to
prevent the invasion Of States, ventured
to repeat the declartion that the John
Brown ARRAY was q result of the teach
ings Of Mr.. Seward and his friends, and
that the Republican party were more or
less responsible for that event. His
friends in the House Of Representatives
from Illinois supported men who were
known to Be enemies Of himself and bis
principles for Speaker Of the House. and
allowed themselves to Indulge in the
strongest snimadversions against those
who had first raised his flag in Pennsyl
vania and elsewhere, and had. BY their
courage and consistency, vastly .eontribu-
ted TO his success in Illinois. ! think all
these steps were so many blunden. That
they were honestly intended do not as
sumo to question. Theywerehowever, con
eessions to . relentless sntsgonism. III
they were intended to eonciliate the
Southern politicians. they have failed to
eouciliate them. During the attempt to
organize the House there was an evident
disposition on the part Of some Ct the
Southern leaders to proclaim . truce in
regard to Judge Douglas, but lstterly
thsy have resumed all their bitterness,
showing ct once thsir unforgiving temper.
and how fruitless all sttsmpts have been
On The part Of Judge Douglas aud his
friends. to bring them 10 rsassn. o. m