The mountain Democrat., 1863-10-10
Whit DoaRlas saIa.

Douglas expressed himself much pleased
with the policy which seemed to be fore
ShadOwed in the Inaugural Address; and
he Snid.tst he would not have labo',d "a
hard to defeat Mr.. Lincoln if he had
thought he would have ACTED with aS
much wisdom and patriotism a. were
there indicated. Douglas was too chari-
table To- believe that a man occupying
Lincoln's position would speak with a
"fOIkrd tOnguc"-would pledge himself
to a certain fine Of policy and im'nc.
diately afterwards rrpudiate it. Abhor-
ring the Chicago PIatlorm, know Ing it 10
be sectional aud dangerous, he hoped antl
believed Lincoln would disregard It, and
act for the whole country. not for por-
tion Of it-~oulh not allow the Eanatical
AbulitioniStS to dictate the pOlicy Of his
Administration. ll0w he was deceived
time has demonstrated.
Douglas said he lubOred hard to defeat
the Republicans; whrrrupon, Senator
Clark, "f New Hampshire, a blatant Ab-
OlitiOnist, in vulgar and Sneering Ian
guage, exclaimed in triumph" You
couldn't quite come i'll" To this Judge
Douglas replied:
IL could not quite come il, and YOU see
the consequences. Seven States are out
Of the Union, civil war is impending over
YOU, commerce is interrupted, confidence
destroyed, the country going tn pieces,
Your triumph has brought diSunion, and
God only knows what consequences may
grow out Of it
What stronger evidence is necessary to
convince the most prjudiced that the
triumph Of the Republican party caused
our national ditficullieSY : Douglas throws
the whole responsibility upon the Rtpuh-
lican party, and his testimony c0nn"t be
impcache'l. He tells the Republican Sen
atorS in their teeth that 1.-THE triumph" Of
their party "has brought diSnnion" =
lie and the other Democratic Senators
were willing to make great sacrifices to
restore harmony and preserve the Union !;
they offered compromise after compro-
mise, conceding much, asking but little,
but their propositions were all rejected.
The Republicans in body voted against
all Of them, and declared that the Gov
ernment should be conducted in conform
ity with the principles laid down in the
Chicago Platform principles that large
majority Of the people Of the United
States had just condemned. Senator Sew.
ard declared in public speech, his read
mess to ren0unce Republican principles
Tor the sake Of the Umion, and was saw.
agely denounced by the New York Til
bune and nearly every other Republican
organ. for the declaration. Arrogantly
and inSolrnily the Tribune said:
"ln this readiness the Senator differs
totally from the almost incnmpa, able ma.
jority Of the Republican party, and from
the President elect. They regard these
principles a> sacred. They will not for
sw, ar them mt the bidding Of n world OF
seeding aud reasonable Slavc-ho'derS -
They see no necessity 10 chnuSe between
them, hut il such choice must he made.
they prefer their principles to fifty
Unions"
With them their platform was every.
thing. the Union nothing. They would
not rise above party 10 prevent cirilwar.
The Administration and its supporters
and its pensioned press plunge deeper in
parliSanShip ms the country sinks deeper
into disaster, and history will hold them
responsible Tor 1.-THE treasure and blood,
the disaster aud humiliation, the anguish
and tears" which the war has cost.-
They canrot SHIFT the terrible RESPONSE
bility. Douglas knew them. their aims
AMI purposes, and he declared that "tI,eir
hostility to slavery was stronger than
their fidelity TO the Constitution, and
that they desired "civil war, servile in
>urrecton, and the utter determination
Of slavery in the Southern States" lie
was not deceived. He ndmonished the
peo le to beware Of the Abolition leaders.
the men who now dictate the policy Of
the Administration, saying" they are
bold, daring, determined men and, be
lieving as they do. that the Constitution
of the United States is the great bulwark
of slavery on this continent. and that the
Disruption of the American Union in.
wolves the inevitable destruction Of slave.
ry, and is an indispensable necessity to
the attainment Of that end, they are de
termined TO accomplish their paramount
object by any means within their power.
For these reasons the Northern dISuni0n.
lists, like the diSnnioniStS of the South, are
violently opposed to all compromises or
constitutional amendments, or Efforts at
concIIiatinn, whereby peace should be
restored, and the Union preserved. They
are striving to break up the Union under
the pretence Of unbuundel devotion to il ;
they are struggling to overthrow the
Constitution. while protesting undying
attachment to it, and a willingness To
make any sacrifice to maintain it; they
are trying to plunge the country into civil
wnr as the Surest means Of destroying the
Union, upon the plea of enforcing the
laws and protecting the public property.
lf they can defeat every kind Of adjust
mcnt or compromise by which the point,
ot issua ,voov Ia, sot;.c,o,U-;J., .o,.Id "A .h,,