Year: 1860

I


stance. that he would not have support
ed Douglas, had he been nominated 10y full
convention Of delegates from all the States
lie then asked, suppose the Convention had
nominated Lineoln-ought | to have support
ed himY' COL Kewen claims to be a man Of
sense and a lawyer, and ought to know that
though he may draw deductions from suppo-
sitioas, it will not do to attempt to draw them
from impossibilities. He knew that the nom


naiion Of Lincoln by the Democratic Nation
al Convention, was an impossibiity, and he
had the hardihood to speak Of such an event
as a supposable case. We venture to say,
that ifsueh is his style Of reasoning before
judge and jury, his success as a lawyer
amounts to very little. lie must have rated
the intelligence of his audience very low in
deed to have asked the questions above quo
ted 1t was neither argument, nor sophistry
1t was the merest nonsense. But let the
Colonel 90 ahead Such stuff as he vainly
supposes to be argument, won't raise his rep
utation Of he has any as a debator, nor add
so much as ot or title to the success of the
Secession cause The people have some sense,
though he may not think So We care nothing
for the assertion that he would not have sup-
ported Douglas had he been nominated in
full convention, without any secession Of
Delegates Such an assertion only shows the
sort Of stuff his Democracy is made OF, and
IL, . ;4, o1ttn
There are other Breckinridgers stumping the
State, who expend nearly all their breath
and time in the attempt TO show that Douglas
was not regularly nominated and who de-
clare they wouldn't support him were they
satisfied he had received the number Of votes
they allege he ought to have received. These
men did not dare to say so at the opening Of
the canvass Then all their cry was about
the regularity of the nomination. Now as the
canvass draws to a close, they resort to des-
perate means to bolster up their caase. At
the start Douglas was good enough to be
voted for 10y them, if they only knew he had
been regularly nominated. Now, their
speeches teen with abuse of him, and they
Aatly tell us they wouldn't vote for him any
how. These are the men who professed to
be such sticklers for regular orglnization-
Out upon all such The Democracy can
well do without them.


JAMES II. HAEDY's SoMERsAuLr.-James II.
Hardy, Judge of the Fifth Judicial District,
is stumping the State for Breckenridge and
Lane, and will hold forth at Red Bluff next
Monday, in behalf of those candidates Of a
seeding faction. AS matter of information
for the Secessionists, we append the follow


ing concerning Judge Hardy. 1t is from the
Red Bluff Beacon of Wednesday, and was
written by the editor Of that paper:


SORRY TO SEE IT-After all we heard Judge
James ii. Hardy say about the regularity of
Mr. Douglas nomination, we are sorry to see
him in the ranks of the Secessionists, and
making poll ical speeches at that, in favor Of
Mr. Breckiniidge just after the nomina
tions were received, the Judge was on a visit
to his fatherin law, Col. Titus, of this county.
He called into the Beacon office the week
after we had raised the Douglas banner to
our masthead, and congratulated us on the
/ straightforward, consistent and true Demo-
cratic couse we had taken. He said no mat
ter how a man felt personally towards Mr.


Douglas, it was the duty of every Democrat
who had the future prosperity of the party
at heart, and wished to fight inside Of the
organization, to support that gentleman for
the Presidency. Says he "Fisher, If You cnly
knew of the many sleepless nights have
passed, while those who knew me thought
was locked in the arms of the dlowsy god
! if you only knew of the dark chasms, of the
yawning gulphs, of the overhanging preci-
pices, and of the SHARP rocks, had to pass
over to get back into the good old Demo
cratic fold after had once strayed from it.
you would thank yonr stars for having bold
ly and fearlessly come out on the side Of the
true and regular Democracy" In the above
remarks he referred to the time when he was
a Know Nothing and leader Of that party.
CHEERING Buckle on your armor Nation
al Democrats Of Tehama and Colusa counties,
and march boldly up to the polls on the 9th
OF November, and cast your votes for Dr.


burst He is a worthy man, and well quail.
fed to perform the duties of the office TO


which he aspires. From every section of the


two counties We receive encouraging news


regarding his prospects With the exception


Of small clique Immediately in Red Bluff


almost every man we n,eet i f,r Durst md