Year: 1861

Nothing but the danger which threatens |
the Republic would justify us in alluding |
at this time to the question of filing Judge
Douglass vacancy in the United States |
Senate The task is an rngracious one, |
but the near approach Of the special ses-
sion Of Congress, and the momentous char
acier Of the issues to be brought before it, !
conspire to render it m urgent necessity. |
TThat the place which the departed states-
man occupied in the national councils can
not, in any true sense, be filed, all will
agree, but We are called upon to meet the
question now, and it behooves us to find
the nan who will most nearly come up
to the standard Of the excellence now about
to be entombed, aud invest him with the
duties and dignites Of the high Office which
Mr: Douglas has so long and 50 ably filed.


Tho Constitution imposes upon Gov.
Yates the delicate task Of filing the va
cancy until such time as the Legi stature
shall meet and exercise its functions in the
premises Theterm for which his appointee
would naturally hold the Office is year
and hall, or until the regular session Of
1863. We doubt not that the propriety Of
selecting political friend of the deceased
Eenator has already suggested itself with
duc force to the Governor. We think that
al considerations Of the public veal re-
Quire tho appointment Of Democrat, hold
icg the views Of Senator Douglas, to the
vacancy. It is true that the Republicans
have the power both in the Executive and
Legislative departments Of the State Gov
eminent But it is equally true that par
ties and partisansaip have mainly been
blown to the winds by the great events Of
the past forty days. It is equally true that
the party Of which Mr. Douglas was the
acknowledged chicftain came up manfully
and sQuarely to the patriotic work set be-
Tore them by the Governor IN the recent
session Of the Legislature. If the Repub-
Icans constitute the right wing Of the great
army Of the Union, the Democrats consti-
tute the left wing Neither can advance
successfully without the other. five who
happen to have the power acquired in past
contests are sincere in our protestations Of
buried animosity-if We believe in our own
declarations that old Issues are obliterated
What more fitting time than the present
to prove it? What more favorable oppor-
tunity to secure the WORK which Senator
Douglas began? What more substantial
evidence can We give Of our sincerity and
harmony than BY placing Douglas Demo
crAt in the Senatorial chair vacated by the
untimely death Of Senator Douglas Him
self


Il strikes Us that these arguments are
unanswerable. We hare no personal
choice to express. If we had any, it would
probably be for some one Of the able Re-
publican generals with whom we have la
bored in past contests. But We forcgo all
such preferences in obedience to what
seems to US an imperative public duty.
The 100000 nlinoisans who cast their
rotes for HI. Douglas last fall, and who
are now nearly unanimous in their zeal for
the maintenance Of the Union and the sup
port Of The government, are justly entitled
~ u ACFA[oEuAoAfC Ill A4E 0C4u0LE u kuE
United States. And If there were any
constitutional way in which they might


indicate their choice, they should be ST.
lowed to name the man. But the whole
question, We are convinced, is in good
hends, and We doubt not the action Of Gov.
Yates in the premises will meet the hearty
commendadon Of the people