, 1860-10-09
DOUGLAS TRUE POLICY.

That Ill. Douzlas t1ue policy il TO secure
the election Of Lincoln, there can be no doubt;
but that in his mad chase for the Presidency
hs has made up his mind to adopr that policy
md aid in carrying it out is not 80 clear. I've
take it for grant ID that in his confidential con-
versatioas with LIS friends, Ee does not
hesitate to admit that his chances are gons
my more, we know from indisputable testi-
mony, that hs hardly cares to conceal The fact
thAt be will not carry moro than one State.
It is An to assume tEen that bis excrtions are
not for electoral votes, but for the maintenance
Of the organization Of the party in the North
in The hands ofhis friends, and TINT be will not
willingly do that which will imperil Lincoln's
suocess and throw the contest into the House,
where his rival in the party, Breckenridge, is
sure to win. He sees P ainly enough that,
with Breckenridge President, he, contending
against IA aggregate o. four hundred millions
d dpa,onage, would be crushed out; that in
the four years Of Brecli1ridge's rule, the OF
ganization, now under lis control would be
transferred to tho faction in power; and that
be- At the end Of that time, would bs left with
ont corporal's guard even in his own STATE.
He is not foil by any means; and he does
not then hope for, perhaps does not desire =
reconciliation with the ultraists IN the South
who are DOW hunting him to hia death. He
cannot, whatever may be his asjectness Of
spirit humble himself enough to be again fa-
vored and trusted by them. Like many other
Northern men who hare depended upon their
gratitude and good will, he is forever cast CT:
Hs has cnca dared to rebel; and that is
onough-shey trust him no mere. HIS
hope, then, is with tae Democracy Of the
North, and in the defeat Of the arrogant
southero faction with which he il at
waE. To attach that Democracy still closer to
his forturea, and to secure that defeat, Lin.
ooln nust be elected; because when the
struggle passes away beyond the control Of
tho people, and into the control of tho House,
hs will be slaughtered without mercy, II by
any mesns not noK apparent his name should
60 there at all HIS pRrty out Of power, be
becomes its head. l. future, in which he will
~ tho Presidency, will open up before him.
Numerically strong. bis friends can dictate
terms, and compel the submission Of the rank
and file South to the platform which they will
Lay down. Breckinridge, without half ot
the supporters who follow thu Douglas bax-
nsr, without patronage and u ith no conspicu-
ous ability, will 60 out Of aight, and there
will be nobody to question our nlinoisan'a "a
supremacy In all that relates to the doctrine
md discipline Of The organization to which hs
belonga. It is not possible that be- does not
ne and appreciate all this, and that be would
not regard Lincoln's defeat II thu closing o.
his political cnreer. Ii facts 60 obvious have
escaped his attention, be has not half the
ehrewdness for which be has credit What hs
viii do in the premises We cannot know.
What his friends in the doubtful States ought t.
Do, no partisan can fail to zee. Let US ak
them in illinois what they can gain for him Of
themselves by keeping up . fight in which
sncoeas would be their direst calamity? Why
should they desire to cary Pennsylvania OF
New York, when the triumph Of Breckenridge,
and their extinction, would be secured there.
by9 Admitting that neither Douglas nor Bell
has the gho1t Of chance; that Lincoln's d.
feat by ths people is tautamount to BFeckin.
RIDGES election By the House; that aSter Doug
La LINCOLN Is preferred over any other candi'