The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-18
The Spirit Of the Douglas Faction.

That the leaders of the Douglas faction
which has been sloughed off IS unsound and
corrupt by the National Democracy, are fully
identified with the Black Republican party in
their hostility to the South and her institu'
tions-ani that the spoils are the only cause
of contention between them-is evident from
the language to which they are giving daily
utterance.
Forney, who was elected Clerk OF the
National House Of Representatives by COM
bination of Sqnatter Soyereigns and Black
Republican destructionists, does not hesitate
to advise a union of the Lincoln and the Doug
las forces to defeat Breckenridge in Pennsyl-
vania.
Pugh Of Ohio the only Democratic U. 8.
Senator who supports Douglas, unhesitating-
" ayows that he would as soon think of con-
decorating with the supporters of Lincoln in
the present canvass as with those of Breckin-
ridge-and while he has no language of bitter
ness to indulge against the former, he is ex-
ceedingly violent in the hostility which he
manifests towards the latter.
The Black Republican and Squatter Sow
ereignty organs are alike rejoicing that BY
making common cause they can defeat the
National Democracy in the tending U. S. Sem
atorial election in Oregon and return an anti
slayeryite of the Stewards tripe in place of the
patriot Senator Gen. Joe. Lane.
Douglas and his immediate personal friends
and partisans do not hesitate to reject every
proposition which has for its object union
with the supporters Of Breckenridge to defeat
Lincoln in the doubtful Northern States. A
leading fugleman Of the freesoil Squatter can
didate in the late Runp Convention, was one
r. P Merrick Of Chicago. We have now ~
fore us sketch of a recent speech delivered
by this man in Chicago, in which anti-slavery
was the prominent idea. Of this effort, John
Wentworth's Black Republican paper says:
The burden of Mr.. Merrick's speech aras the
same as that Of ours and other anti. slavery ex-
tension Democrats. five years ago. Indeed
the Douglas party is nou toterethe Democratic
portion Of the Republican scas about fue years
ago The whole burden of Mr.. Merrick's
speech, and that of the Douglasites generally
is the bar5osous conduct Of tie Southern Demo.
cretic politicians. In that they agree with
the Republican party.
It does no good to denounce Southern men
as such, for as long as slavery exists among
them they will be what they now are. Doug
las and his friends should quit their neutrality
and join the party that is for making the
States all free.
After Mr.. Merrick had done speaking, there
was lound cry for Observation-Disclosures
large number Of rockets were fired into the all
-fre-crackers were lighted and thrown from
the balcony, as also were other fireworks
emblematical, no doubt, of what the Douglas
party intended to do to the South if Dougla:
was not elected President
One thing was remarkable in the crowd
. viz the cheering was the loudest when any
thing ,oas said disTespectfM to Southern me,
the people in the crowd were far ahead of thu
politicians-as they always are.
ARti-slauery and fireworks took well in tn,
Douglas cro'cd on Saturday night. This "a
Their bespeaks that their anti slateryism
| ScttAuS W Uc " tHc OOhH DTOtgU OTHeT, dnC
we now tell the South in advance. to look GU
for these Douglasites, ifby any means, Doug
las is defeated for the Presidency through tn,
Slave Power.
When Douglas confederated with Sewart
and his sooty crew to prevent the admission
of Kansas with her legally formed pro-slave
~ Constitution, we saw that he had driftet
fully into the freesoil movement and had be
trayed his party; and when We felt it our du
ty to expose his conduct timid men and time
servers either beslavered him with eulogy o
urged us to silence. But our predictions hav
been fully verified. Failing to ensraft hi
freesoil heresy upon the Democratic creed, h
has set up an independent organization--ant
through his partizans is bidding for abolition
votes by denouncing Southern men anC
Southern institutions, and is openly commit
ted to policy which will as effectually
dedicate the common territories to freesoilisn
as Congressional prohibition. Under sucl
circumstance no Democrat of the North bu
a traitsr to hi4 principles, and no man of tn.
South but atfAitor to his own section, viii
support the Douglas and johnson ticket.
SPEECH OF GEN. LANE.--On the occasion