The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-02-01

Of action The events of = campaign may
change the whole aspect of affairs ana Gre
ate new issues. IN Conveu,ion ought 70
have been held till Jnly or August, and the
one which has been held decides nothing
except thai there are men processing 10
sneak for the Democratic party whose hearts
are not will, the country ~ Its present NOR
tai struggle for existence.
If asked for our advice, il would be tor
Democrats to stand by the Constitution and
the Union; to insist upon a slg6rous prose
cut;on of the war till the rebellion IS sup
creased; to strengthen the hands OF the Pres
unaopTsge him 70 cut loose from
DUOUlD-Ososiis own party. instead of
h1aping unmeasured and unmeaning abuse
upon him; and to remember if your country
is lost. so is your party, now and forever.
TIL. Democratic party has no future before
it if we yield to the rebels ard permit the
Union TO be dissolved twill sink into the
same grave, never to be resurrected.
- While on this subject we will briefly say
to our neisshbor, that he speaas truly in regard
to our denunciations of Senator Douglas; but
whilst we were thus engaged, Were was our
distinguished ncighbor Of the Jeff, who is no ?
so particular to index the course we took re-
garding Mr.. Douglass position before the peo-
pie as a candidate for the presidency? When
Mr.. Douglas was nominated, he was publishing
the JEFF the foreman Of his paper set up Doug
lass name and printed off few numbers, and
our neiehbor so well did he like Douglas, or
dered il to be taken out committee Of the
friends Of Douglas, waited on our neighbor and
urged him TO 20 for Douglas he refused; they
entreated--he was firm; they threatened to start
an opposition Democratic paper-this brought
him to terms, and then occurred the sham
sale we alluded to. True, Mr.. Holloway. an
nounced it as bona fide sale. Immediately at
ter we announced it as sham" He believed
i, was SO but he was evidently deceived. We
were also sincere in saying at that tinls that the
sale was myth, and the sequel proves we were
right, we hail our neighbor again as the owner
publicly, as he was all along privately. of the
Richmond Jeffersonian! He tai about this
transaction as being very private and person.
al TO himself too sacred to allude to in a news
PAPER! That plea comes too late-he should
have bethought mself of his glass house po-
sitioa, " hen he questioned honesty and sin
certy'' in awarding TO Senator Douglas and
"N~ $4,000 -
taking the stand they did to put down this infer
nal rebellion We wanted to demonstrate our
neiehbor's unbounded love and veneration for
Douglas by his opposition to him, and, by that
means convnce him of his incapacity to sit in
Judgment on our case. While we were abusing
Douglas as he says we were, he was patting US
on the baci- attending Breckenridge conven-
tions-hurrahins for Breckenridge and Lane
reading abusive extracts against Douglas at Jes-
Sc ID. Brights meetings, and consulting with
Republicans TO the BEST way in which to in
sure Douglass defeat in In llama And 70 crown
all and show that the death o! Douglas had not
decreased the measure of his esteem for his
memory, he assisted to boot down and lick out
of the so called democratic Convention" res
olution laudatory of the Senator's pitriotism
and love Of our glorious country. Verify, our
neighbor himself as we have conclu siyely shown
has SOME regard for the memory ofthat deceas
ed Statesman"i