Year: 1859

OREGON HOUSE, FeO l(th.


EprroR NATIONAL DENocnAr 1t is anus
ing to many to follow the leaders of some of
the would be journals Of the State, in relation
to Douglas and Popular Sovereignty. Some
months since Douglas was denounced as any
thing but a man. was not worthy of the name
of man and therefore was deprived of be-
ing even called man. For why? Because
he found it his WILL if not his pleasure, to
differ with the Chief Magistrate upon the
great principles of the day. 1t would be use
less on my part to show up to your intelli-
gent readers the many denuncations uttered
against Douglas in his great Illinois contest.
Suffice it to say they were various and one
would suppose of a lasting character Now,
by whom was this done? Why, sir, by the
Chief and his subjects What! has the Chief
Magistrate of these United States got sub
jects? Yes sir, "By Authority subjects;
these are the men that perSecuted Douglas
If any man doubts the veracity of this state
ment, have only to refer him to the leaders
of the California Express (and am sure that
is quite a compliment to that sheet using it as
a refercnce) published in your city, from Sep
tember last until short time since. l think
it will prove this statement to the satisfaction
of any man, woman or child. However, this
may not be good authority for some people
after due reflection, because it has no editor;
none can be seen or heard tell of, at any rate.
Therefore, it is looked upon by some as
comedy chance kind Of concern. One day
it comes out head and tail up for James Bu-
chanan and the Lecompton Constitution, next
day John B. Weller and the Stockton Insane
Asylum. Another day we find it pitching
in" for Stephen A. Douglas but no Popular
Sovereignty, wide California Express Feb
16th) If the Express wishes to claim Judge
Douglas why not claim his prnciples2 1t is
not Douglas that the Democratic party is
fighting fort is the principles of his Ne
braska Bill And now hear the Express, and
it takes tho New York Tribune for its autho-i-
ty. 1t says that the conduct of the Little
Giant" has been the subject of intense disgust
to the anti -Lecompton members of Congress"
For what? Because he chose to go into
The Lecompton, Buchanan, "By Authority
members of Congress have swallowed poor
Douglas body breeches and all. Now they
have only one thing more to do, that is swal-
low the principles of Popular Sovereignty
Then they are all right and should be called
Democrats. l can inform the Express that
one of two things has got to be donc-as it
has swallowed one it must take the Popular
Sovereignty" pill also, as Douglas will be like
Jonah of old, you will have to throw him up,
for he and Popular Sovereignty are bound to
stick together. Douglas has not discarded
any of his principles that he advocated six
months or years ago, why then swallow him
go Unexpectedly on his arrival at Washing
ton? The answer is very plain The poor
souls found that it was no use to contend
against the people and the only remedy for
them was to claim Douglas on his arrival at
the Capital, and try to make people believe
that he had discarded his principles; ac-
knowledged his error and asked forgiveness,
and now is back with the Buchanan Democ-
racy. These journals must see that they are
exposing their own Ignorance in trying to
palm off anything of the kind on the people.
This perhaps could be done when Buchanan
was boy, but not at this day. The Lecomp-
tonites have virtually acknowledged their
error by claiming Douglas, and as have said
before. there is only one thing more for them
to do in order to be good Democrats, that is,
advocate his principles.


Yours, &c, w.