Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-08-11

""" gers 20 tue peace. and security OF the
south. This pervadiuE Eapprehcnsionw would
necessarily make his election y great ca
lumity.
DoCeIAs AND Ets PARTY.
T Mr.. Douglns and his party come next.
Vow, what is to be apprehcnded iron,
NJ. Douglas, If he is elected President?
"onid not the Breckinridge mea coutiuue
10 make war upon him2 Would not the
RepuetESars continue to make war upou
h1mT and: irritated b- g common defeat.
would they not be apt 10 form an alliance
EEHinst the successful rival who had sue
ceeded to the Presidency Yes. Mr..
Douglns would be in very difficult stu
hton IN adminlstering. the govetumeIi:5
without tn" support aud maintenance ne
cessary TO the task. know Mr.. Douglas
very we'll, ladies and gentlemen. From
Mr. Douglas personally, | should appre
hcnd no danger. l have never been a
Democrat, as yon all know, lApplause.7
a frank, fair, aud honest opponeGt of the
Democratic party, hare ever been found
acting upon Whig principles, from the
nrSt TO the last. Increased applause
but have known Dir Douglas in the pub
lie councils, aud have acted with him.
Although generally opposed, and espc-
cl"!!y upon party questions, we have at
on one inomentOas occasion, when we
acted together in opposition to that inf;.-
nous LccOmpton constitution. fDcu:tu-
ing applause. Mr. Douglas was there
making II great sacrifice TO his sense of llu-
y. IAppinuse. lie was sacrificing his
connection, on that occasion, with many
old political friends; he was breaking up
the relations OF a long political life: he
was sacrificing as tattcrlng prospects for
the highest Office of the government rs
any man in the country had. fully be-
I!eve he did what lie conceived to i,c his
Intv; and, in defiance of all opposition,
the rack of the President. offended friends
aud open foes. he acted like II man. Mr..
Douglas represents an old party. II f,ud
IN the first instance, with the R .p.lhiit.il
party, calling forth its bittcrrst Opposition,
and now. at frud with the Southern wing
ot his own purity thNt has rejected ii;l
Tor another. His would be nn :ilmuisir,i-
t'0n of continued conflict. The couniry,
could hope for no restoration Of peace and
good government. lie therefore oneLt
nat to he preferred, in my Judgment, 10
Bell aud Everett. TChsers.7 have
spoken not to compliment Mr. DonglAs
merely; have spoken because desire 10
give my testimony to his truth. believe
Mc Douglas to he 81 patriot, and know
him to be II Union man by ull the evil
denccs tiiat one public man can give
another of his sentiments.
Mr.. BHSCE!SR1pGE AND THE DISTINGUISHES.
should hope that Mr. Breckinri,l.e was
not disuniom man. [A Voire-"Yes. lie
is lie ought not to be. He belongs to
tribe Of faithful, devoted Union men
the tribe of Kentnckians. EGrcat APP
plauSe He must have been scducci
away from the path Of his duty, far AWAY
from the path in which nll the impulses of
his blood ought to carry him, if he has
become Il disunionist. But Mr. 3reckfn-
ridge has made himself the head of par
ty. He is part and parcel of the present
purposes of that party; and, as in tho case
OF Mr.. Lincoln, we must judge OF his pub
lie course by the party that he consents to
represent.
Who are they? There is not a rlisnnion-
ist south of Mason and Dixon's line, that
know OF, who does not belong to that
party. Applause. We have for a long
time heard mutterings of disunioM in the
South: more than mutterings-more than
the whispcrings of such sentiments we
have seen them proclaimed by high men in
high places. We have seen conventions
assemble for the purpose of promoting the
cause of diSunion. We have seen it first.
assume the character and name of nulliti-
cation-thc Stale claiming the right TO am
nul the laws passed by the whole people
of the United States, to anpui acts of Con.
gcesS- and from that day to this we have
seer it assuming one form and another
form, one tilce and another, one prctext
and another, by this man and by that man,
by conventions assembled for the pur-
pose, by open negotiations carried on
between the States, and by public decla-
cations that the movement was postponed
because not enough States i'll the south
could Dc got to 20 into 'he enterprise to
make il successful. We have seen nj! these
evidences of spirit of disuniou 1t a not
material to say now from what cause this
spirit has sprung, hut let me for single
moment alludc to this subject. Why arc
they for II dissolution of tile Union? What
huruI has this Union done? Wrongs NAV
have been done individuals. They may
have received wrongs by unjust legislation
of Congress. Our great mon may not have
had a fair share of public honors from tho
hands of the President. They may have
received wrongs of this sort, but is tho
Uuiou the author of such wrongs? What
is the remedy which must be sought? 1t is
to turn out of their places, in the proper
Constitutional mode, those who have mis-
administered the government. The gov
ernment has done no wrong. The Consli-
tuition and the Union has done no wrong.
They command equal justice to be done to
every man and every section. Their
agents may have disohcycd their injunc-
tinns. and everything may have been Gnnc
wrong through individuals. hut inaividn-
ais are nmcnnblc. Whit remedy worli
the destruction of the Constitution .Ford?
Could they get out of it's ruins indemnity
for the wrongs on.nccouut of which they
would ter it down? Gould it give any
satisfaction? Could it make amy atone
ment? No. And yet, by some strange
perversity or other, their winds have beea