Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-25

MIR. Benjamin's Speech.-Douglas Doomed.
Tho tolegraph states tlas one million and
a half copies Of the speech Of Senator BEN
jamin, of Louisiana, were auhhcribed for by
Senators for circulation. The special die
patch 70 the Tribune thus speaks of it.
/ Read and nsar,lly digest if you can,
Mr. Douglas Dem6erat, ,-ll
The ablost, clearest, and most iorcible
speech yet made against Mr., Douglas, hia
doctrine and position, was delivered by Mr..
BENJAMIN in the Senate to-day. II was free
from all violence, and therefore the more ee
fective. Every proposition was fairly stated,
fortified by fact, and worked to 4 common
conclusion, which put Mr.. Douglas in open
rebellion TO his party, and in direct ahtag-
onism TO the principles he had heretofore
avowed. He announced one extraordinary
iaot which, though we'll known before, had
never been frankly admitted.
Both wings Of the Democracy agreed in q
caucus Of the Senate in 1851, that each should
maintain It's particular theory before the
public-bne side sustaining squatter Sove-
reignty, and the other, protection 10 Slavery
in the Territories, but pledging themselves
10 abide by the decision OF the Supreme
Court, whatever i might be.
This is the manner in which the people
North and south--haye been deceived into
the support Of the Democracy by promul-
eating doctrines adapted TO both, and yet
hostile to each other.
Mr.. Benjamin proved BY the record what
question they agreed to submit 70 the Court,
and how il had been decided, reading from
the opinion of Justice raney to sustain his
argument. He said that up 10 1857 he had
always regarded Mr.. Douglas as one Of those
Democrats North who were entitled to the
favor and affection of the South, and be had
so commended him 70 the people of Louisi-
ana. Since then he had wandered OF, and
no longer deserved the confidence which had
been reposed in him, and was separated from
the South forever. E4le alLN@ "aE
In reviewing the position of Messrs. Lin
coin and Douglas IN the Illinois Canvass, he
said the former had consistently aud man
fully maintained the principles which he
had then asserted and was rewarded by his
present distinction while Mr.. Douglas had
deserted his and had been abandoned In
this connection he admitted, that after
careful examination of Mr.. Lincoln 3 speech
es, he was constrained TO regard him as far
more conservative than he had been repre-
sented to be. @
One of the most effective points of his
speech was a comparison Of extracts from
Mr.. Lineoln's speeches with citations from
Mr.. Douglass article in HaTPer's Magazine,
to demonstrate that the latter had used the
arguments and language of the former, to
Yihdicate his own position aud justify him
self with the South. .f a-.z --.fra1
Nothing so effective has been witnessed
for long time, and Mr.. Douglass presence
was olone wanting to make il eyerwhelm
ing.
Mr.. Pugh replied sharply, saying that Mr..
Douglass friends would stand by him at
Baltimore till the 4th of March next, if nee
cessary, and that the Southern delegates who
seceeded had no right to return. This and
other demonstrations render Afr. Douglass
nomination at Baltimore almost impossible,
or valuless if accomplished by bogus dele
gates from the South. Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Carolina, and the States
which did secede, can never accept him in
the presence Of this opposition, and his re-
cent declaration against the compromise res
olution they proposed; while those who
withdrew will run a Southern candidate if
he ne forced by any combination. In Ell
ther event, Mr., Lincoln's success is,to be pro-
NOTED. '4,'tHi rai'i'L