Year: 1859

A good many rather tender-headed people
cannot understand why it is that the hepuo-
licans should sometimes vote the Douglas
ticket. and when they are informed by the
Lecompton sheets that it is because the
Douglas Party has gone over to Republican,
ISM" why, the poor silly snipes believe It,
God help their stupidity, for it Is immense
Now. we will tell these babes and sueklngs.
these pulling political infants the true rea-
son for the Republicans assisting the Doug
las ticket occasionally, in counties, or in
states where they, themselves, have not the
lead. 1t is this: Popular Sovereignty has so
far operated admirably in favor of Free States
that is, it has resulted in the erection of a
Free State ont of Kansas and Minnesota, and
is likely to do the same thing with the Ter
ritories generally. Therefore, the Republi-
cans are for the present satisfied with Popular
Sovereignty, and they wonld prefer the sue
cess of the Popular Sovereignty Party to the
Lecompton. No doubt, if the same doctrine
were eventually to operate in favor of Slave
States, they would return to their old ground,
NOW occupied 10y the Lecomptons) of Con-
gressional Intervention. But, being at this
time in favor of Popular Sovereignty, they
will always cast their votes for the Douglas
rather than the Lecomptcn Party. They


would be very impolitic if they did not


This is the whole meaning of the OCCASION
al or partial endorsement, by the Repubh-
cans of the Douglas county, city, and state
candidates in the late elections in this State;
although. it is true that, for fear the Douglas


Party would become too strong, and draw


the entire old time Democracy into its ranks
in certain localities, they have voted with
the Lecomptonites, as they did up in Butte
to some ex.ent in this county and latterly in
Nevada. Occasionally also, the Lecompton-
ties have reciprocated by voting the Repub-
lican ticket.


Now, Popular Sovereignty is none the
worse because the Republicans happen to be
in favor of it at the present juncture. They
are not in favor of it as a principle but as a
mere matter of expediency. 1t suits them as
long as it works in their favor. But with the
Douglas Party it is great fundamental prin
ciple-the bedrock Of their organization
the granite formation of their creed, the
stratum, snbstratum and superstratum of their
political belief They will cling to it forev-
er.


1t is hardly worth while to argue that
this great doctrine is the doctrine of the old
line Democracy, and that therefore the Dong
las Party are the true Democracy. We shall
not stop here to do so.


But, in this connection, We will simply
state, for the ediication of the Lecomptonitps
that we expect the Republicans generally to
vote for our State and Congressional ticket,
next fall. We expect them to do So because
they wish to see the Lecompton Party de-
feated. and they know very well that they
themselves are unable to effect this object
They have not sufficient number of votes.
True, they will keep up their organization,
but the majority of them will not vote the
republican ticket. They will vote for the
Douglas candidates Besides, there are |
great many Republicans who will no longer
be identified with the Republican Party.
They have become convinced that Popular
Sovereignty, as principle, is right, and have
therefore embraced it, and will abide by it,
from this time forward. Many of these Re.
publicans were, originally, Democrats and
and can the more readily embrace the pres.
ent tenets of the Democracy.


The fact that majority of the Republicans
are going to vote the Douglas ticket in the
coming election, does not initiate in the least
against the principles of the Douglas Party
These principles are none the less true or ex-
cellent. Policy is one thing, and principle is
another. But, principle should be supported,
though the De, il in He'll should shout for it.