Year: 1859




The more we look abroad over the face OF
the Union, and see the angry feelings exist
ing, in various quarters, upon that most dan
gerous Of questions, slavery, the more are
we satisfied Of the great necessity which
exists for the success and triumph of the
National Democratic Tor Douglas) party.
There must be some broad. common basis
upon which the conservative men Of all see
tions can unite, or the Nation will 60 sweep
ing down the tide of ruin with an irresisti-
bic eelerity.


A species Of higher lavish is beginning to
prevail both North and South, which Is the
legitimate fruit ola failure on the part of our
present Federal Administration to carry out
the main, grand principle upon the strength
Of which it came into power Throwing
upon the Democratic party the responsibility
Of the effort Of Mr. Buchanan to favor slave
ry, by plain departure from the well un-
derstood policy laid down in the Cincinnati
Platform, the Opposition have persstently
endeavored to make it appear to the masses
of the people that there is no confidence to
be placed in the National Democracy, and
that it is a party which seeks to extend slave
ry as widely as possible and by any means
that may be within its power, whether right
or wrong. 1t is not the Democrats who are
responsible for this, but tie LecomPton rem
cudes and traitors to the party. Still, there
are q great many persons who cannot get 1t
out Of their heads that the Lecomptonits are
the Democracy, and that it is the Democracy
who have outraged the moral sense Of the
country in the late intolerable conduct of
the Federal Administration. The effect of
this misunderstanding on the one part, and
msrepr esentation on the other, has been to
destroy the faith of thousands of well mean
ing men in the integrity, honesty and fair
dealing of the Democratic party They have
come to place no reliance in The pledges of
the Democracy to maintain the doctrine of
popular sovereignty, and to conclude that
parties are merely sectional-the Democratic
party being a party for the South, and the
Republican party party for the North. A.
between the two, the conclude to side with
that party which fayors their own section
Since it is war of sections, why they will
fight on their own side Of the line


Such a demoralization of the true, conser.
vative spirit Of the country, it is deplorable
contemplate. The effect is to strengthen
Fanaticism in the North and Disunon in the
South. Now, the only possible method Of
counteracting this evil is to summon the
Donglas forces together from the North and
the South, the East and the West, in solid and
every other organization into which they
may unwittingly have strayed or foolishly
remained, on the score of regularity" and
such like nonsense-rally all the true friends
Of popular sovereignty around the one stand
ard of Democratic principle, and convince
the intelligent masses of the people that the
Douglas party is true and sincere PARTY, !
and firmly stands by the old landmarks Of
Democratic principle. If this cannot be done
if the people cannot draw the distinction be-
tween Lecomptouism and Democracy, but
still persist in insanely considering the two
terms synonymous if true and faithful Dem.
ocrdts are to be held responsible for the short
eomings and reckless criminalities of those
who have wantonly trampled upon all that
was held sacred in the party; if men believ-
ing with Douglas will stil act with the Le-
compton crew, on the ground of regularity
or some other equally ridiculous consdera-
ton, Ond assist by their votes to sustain fac
tion whose sole aim and end is the overthrow
and prostration of Douglas and the estab-
lshment Of principles diametrcally opposite
to those which he and they themselves en-
tertain why, then, we must expect that the
Democracy, like rotten hulk, will 60 under
the waves of the political sea which now
RACES so frriously around us, and that section
alism and disunon will ride in triumph upon
the wings of the contending tempest. The
principles of the Douglas Democracy, and the
confidence of the people in those principles
are all that can preserve the peace and hap
piness of the country, at the present crisis, or
carry it safely through its surrounding perils


1t behooves, therefore every conservative
man to lend his aid and influence to the
Douglas party No friend of popular SOW
ereignty ought to be found, on any pretext
whatever, in the ranks of the Lecompton or
ganization. It's the duty of men to idenu
fv themselves with their rincipes-not to
think one thing and act another "You can.
not serve God and Mammon" "Choose We,
this day, whom you will serve. If God,
Cod if Baal, Baal"