Year: 1860

vote against him are no Democrats, and we
have nothing TO say 90 them. We are talk
1 ing, now, to good and true DEMOCRATS
who intend to support the regular nominee
of the National Democratic Convention. To
then, We say, the time is but brief in which
you arc to exert yourselves for the candidate
of your choice. You should be abroad and
awake. The myrmdons Of the Administers
tiou, Disuuion and secession party are around,
using all their cxeltions. whether fair or foul.
to corrupt the hearts of the people, and to
lead them astray. 1t is your part to tell
them, that the Democratic party never yet
succeeded in all its great contests in the coun-
try, without discipline and due order in the
ranks-without a strict adherence to the us
ages Of the party, and a straight forward
support OF the regular nominee. Martin Van
Buren, succeeded in ls4s in defeating Lewis
Cass for the Presidency, by leading astray a
portion Of the Democracy of the nation, in
/ the same manner that John c. Breckinridge
the traitor and renegade, is now seeking to
defeat Stephen A. Douglas and PROSTATE the
Democracy Of the nation. We do not believe
that he can do tive do not believe that he
can succeed in his unholy work, but it is the
duty Of every true and steadfast Democrat,
to see that, by no lack ofiuhuence or exertion
on his part such result shall be effected


All kinds of misrepresentation, falsehood
and slander will be circulated against Steph-


en- A. Douglas, during the short period in


terveuing between this and the election. 1t


is your part to give the lie to it all 1t is too
late, now, to make charges against Mr.. Doug
las. The canvass has been long one The
regular Democracy have stood ready to an


swer all averments against the nominee of
their party and have challenged all parties to
inquire into the record If the enemies of
Douglas have held back any charges at all,
up to this period it is because they have
been afraid to have them answered. If they
make them on the eve of the election, having
reserved them so long, it is because they


know them to be fasle, and dare not make
: them in time to have them replied to by the
y record the space icing too briefin which tC
u
T ton Therefore, the best answer that tn,
i friends Of the Illinois statesman can make t,


any new charges against him, is to say tha


they are unqualifedly and absolutely false
There is no truth in them or they would
: have been produced before, and in time for a
/, reply.


If there is to be any change in the present
aspect Of the campaign, it will be the with
drawal Of the Electors for Breckinridge, in
favor of Douglas, for they must see that there
is but a slim chance for their candidate in the
South and none in the North. One thing is
certain, the regular nominee Of the regular
National Convention ofthe Democratic Party
will be before the people for their suffrages
up to the last hour of the day of the election,
and those who choose to sustain him may
those who prefer treason and apostacy can
exercise their discretion


We alade to this matter, because we un-
derstand that one of the tricks Of the Breck-
inridge wire workers of the Atlantic States,
is TO telegraph TO this State that Douglas has
Withdrawn from the contest a warning to
place no faith in such rumors is scarcely
needed, since every body knows exactly what
dispatches from l. l. Stevens and his kind are
worth.


Never in the history of the Democratic
party, have Democrats beeu called upon to
meet an issue with so great a stake as the
present. 1t is a stake no less than that of the
preservation of the Union. The North and
the South-the one for freedom and the other
fer slavery are at each others throats Steph-
en- A. Douglas, as the regular nominee of the
National Democracy, offers to the American
people the only neutral ground upon which
they can stand. Ifthey reject that ground,
the Union is a wreck. 1t is the only ground
of neutrality-the only ground of fraternity
the only ground Of compromise, in all the


wide field political contention. The North


demands Congressional Intervention to pro-


hibit slavery, and the South Congressional


Intervention TO establish it. Two positions
absolutely hostile. There must, between such
doctrines as these, if there be no barrier
erected, be absolute physical collision in


other words, civil war and bloodshed. Mr..


Douglas offers this barrier lie points to the
a ground of compromise upon which each sec,
f ton can stand, and proposes to leave it tc
e the people themselves, who are Immediately
e concerned in the matter, to say whether the,
v will have the institution of slavery or not


If any man can indicate aag other neutra
ground than this-any other method of har
monizing the differences between the Nortl
. and South-any other method Of preservin,


the peace of the Union, we would like to Sc
him do it. II cannot be done.


y As for the County ticket, every Dougla
and johnson man in this county ought t
> know that this fight is one against VIM. NJ
. Gwin. Ifthe Breckenridge party succeed.


Gwinis the next United States Senator, t.
e succeed himself. Ifany of the candidates cl
&c the Breckenridge county ticket have yet upoi


the stump or in any public place, declare,
y their intention not to support VIM. NJ. Gwii
: for the Senate, we have yet to hear of it,
n We believe that they do not dare to den,
i him as. their leader At any rate, they woul


fain excuse and apologize for him. The
% would iain make it appear that he is not s
e bad as he is represented, &c, dc. Not one {
Z, them will pledge himself to vote agains
a Gwiu, if he is the nominee of their eaucu.


and he 5W be the nominee of such eaueu:
: if ever it is held


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