The Democratic Press, 1860-09-20

Perhaps some of our friends will hardly be willing to tolert3 a se rious notice of thls seeming silly and puerile association, but Amer ican pariots cannot ieei too jeaiou of the first insidious encroachments of organized factions. We will aot stop to enquire whether such an as association, - sociation, association, with its studious and la laborious - borious laborious efforts to., rianufacture - ex excitement - citement excitement and exhibit artificial en enthusiasm, - thusiasm, enthusiasm, should enjoy civil respect of earSeBt, logical, thinking men orSf it be a worthy instrument of party, whose influence should be ex ex-ertea - ertea ex-ertea upon the sovereign will of. thopeople, through the understand-, ing enlightened and convinced. But we would enquire of every lov lover - er lover of his country, if there be no cause lor solicitude when in every town in the North, almost simul taneously, a society is organized in one party, bearing one name, receiv receiving - ing receiving thesame rules and by-laws from headquarters, wearing one and the same uniform more suggestive of the camp and field, and not less distinguishing than the Jacobin "bonnet ot revolting memories an association which sometimes with, but not unfrequently without the emblem ol mcendiariBm is drill drilled, - ed, drilled, at dead of night, in military "positions, steps, "evolutions, "marches, and "counter-marches, by men who have long "enjoyed their ease ' either "with or with out "dignity, under the titles of General, Captain, Colonel, ic, when this is done, not in one town alone, but in almost every town in the ss orth, and by companies that already combine with the case of the U. S. Militia? Citizens of free and happy Amer ica, in all honesty and sincerity of heart, we ask: you; to what do these things look ? We ask you, seriously, do the developments :f the last few months throw any light on those dark threatB of ap appealing - pealing appealing to some other law than the constitution, ot meeting political is sue "peaceably it we cang if we must" " And those vague in intimations - timations intimations of some "impending cri crisis," - sis," crisis," some "irrepressible conflict' which come, ever and anon, hissing from the lips of mad leaders of fac faction - tion faction and fanaticism, which honest men have not appreciated and per perhaps - haps perhaps not sufficiently heeded? We do not ask, are all those who have innocently, perhaps, enthusiastical enthusiastically - ly enthusiastically joined this association forewarn forewarned - ed forewarned of any unpleasant tasks, perhaps ultimately to be assumed by them selves. From the nature of the case, we consider this most improb improbable. - able. improbable. But we do ask, was such an instrument, so well suited to the use of a disappointed minority, im impatient - patient impatient of restraint, merely discov ered by chance to be used at ran random? - dom? random? Influenced 1by the contin contingencies - gencies contingencies of certain courts, leading Republicans have declared they will "let the Union slide," and should theBe leaders be brought in into - to into unpleasant antagonism with the Federal authority, is it probable they would make no use of the ar army - my army they had enlisted beforehand, and, fired with a politico-religious enthusiasm only akin to that of the Crusades under Peter, the Her Hermit? - mit? Hermit? A secret political association is juBtly feared under every form of government. To be provincial or geographical in organization, fur furnishes - nishes furnishes another element of distrust. But when to this is added military principles, practices orpredilections, we can conceive ol no organization more potent for evil, less capable oi goou oi no organization in a free conntry more to bo deprecated by every lover of free institutions.

as Brotkks! the 'contest is now going on. The, watch fires are al ready lighted on the mountains, in the valleys, and on the prairies, tf om Maine to Californiaand from ake Superior, to the gulf of Mexi co, ana shouts are being sent up from mansion and hamlet, from city and town, for the great stand ard bearer of Democracy, Hon. Stephen A. Douglas. There is a general rally around us 1 Shall we be idle? .' Democrats ! there has never been time since the formation of our arty, when we have been so assail ed as now. Ultraists from North and South, the Abolitionists and the Seceders, and all other fac tions that desire, in their mad fa naticism, to rule or ruin, have join ed themselves together in an un un-wholly - wholly un-wholly alliance to destroy our party and to crush out those principles which have for over a half a ceutu led our country along in the greatest prosperity and placed her in the highest position among na nations - tions nations of the earth principles which have been handed down to us from our fathers, who established our glorious Union, and which, with their dying breath they begged us to sustain, as the only way our country could still prosper and still retain its greatness. Democrats ! Look around you on every hand see the attempts of orrupt politicians and unprinci pled men to swerve you from the ine of duty, and thuB to give indi rect aid in yielding up the glorious Inheritance bequeathed you by your forefathers. Look and be hold who are the men that attempt to teach you new theories to sup plant those principles which have heretofore never been questioned. They are traitors in our camp bought over with the money of the opposition who are insiduously trying to plot our ruin under the professed names of Democrats. Watch them and stand firmer to your standard. Democrats! See the attempts that heave been made to crush the favorite son of Hlinoi the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas by a jealous and revengeful Executive, with his office holders and the Southern DisunioniBts assailing him on one hand, and the Abolitionists and Republican Disunionists of the North, on the other. Upon the Democracy, upon the people Stephen Ai; Douglas has placed his trust and appeals to them to sustain him. Then rally and hurl into oblivion the enemies of your country, and show them that the masses are not to be deceived, and that they will give traitors their just due. Democrats ! Do not forget what is your duty, and do not fail to do it fullyi ' Do not forget that now the country needs your services, and to remain inactive is equally as disastrous in its effects as though you were an open enemy of theDe mocracy. You have influence ; ex ert it! You have a vote and you must cast it at the' coming election, if you love" your country and wish the inheritance that you have had bequeathed to you to go down In tact to your children. ' ' Democrats ! Rally each and eve ry one of you ! On your banner'is inscribed the motto that "the people are competent to 'govern themselves?' You are now struggling to remove the agitation of the odious slavery question forever from Congress, that Congress may devote its time to passing bills' that shall promote th$ growth ot our country,' ana which it' Imperatively demands.- JltfTrtdmHT Tl4t Ktrmbl!fWfi

' J.ir.1 John Anderson, my Jo. John. I Dinna ye hear the Slogan, Boys? 'Til Douglas and his Men I They count from Maine to Oregon, a host beyond your ken, ,,:; They strike for popular sovereignty, from every hill and glen I . ' I Dinna ye hear the 8!ogan, Boyal 'Tis Douglas and his men. Behold the gallant multitude, emerge from Banche and plain, : From city, town and village, from workshop, field and lane, With hearts brim full of unity, from every . hill and glen 1 ' I Dinna ye hear' the Slogan, Boys? , 'Tis Douglas and his men I The old, the young, the middle aged, now all go hand in hand, From mountain top to ocean tide, they join the Union band, With cries of Popular Sovereignty from eve every - ry every hill and glen I 0 1 Dinna ye hear the Slogan, Boys I 'Tis Douglas and his men I We split the ranks of sectionista, instead of splitting rails, And push the Little Giant on m krum he never fails To lash his hopeful enemy, from every hill and glen I Ot Dinna ve hear the Slogan, Boys?: 'Tis Douglas and his men. We greet the South, we greet the North, the Union and the West, We have a welcome and a hand, for every foreign guest, We scorn your chivalry, from every hill and gleenl . . Ot Dinna ye hear the Slogan, Boys? 'Tis Douglas and his men. We walk and talk, and Nr. Sitp, but start at first alarm, To guard the white man's ballot box, from black impending harm; We fight for whit Equality; from every hill and glen, 01 Dinna ye hear the Slogan, Boys? 'Tis Douglas and his men! The "Wide Awakes," though half asleep. may think it passing strange, ' That auch a clan of never aleepe ahould thua before them -range, , But lo I it is the Qiant Tribe, from every hill and glen I 01 Dinna ye her the Slogan, Boys? 'Tis Douglas and his men I With heart and soul we welcome all, to this Unitn Drill, Why linger in that dismal gang, ao cheerleea and ao chill ? , Here you may ahout for liberty, from every hill and glent 01 Dinna ye hear the Slogan, Boys? 'Tis Douglas and his men I We all unite in this great fight; the Gentile and the Jew, Americans and Irish men, the German, good and true ; Cheered on by Popular Sovereignty, from . every hill and glen) I Dinna ye hear the Slogan, Boys? 'Tis , i Douglas and his men I Now, three times three for "Little Duo," let shouts be loud and long, Along the line of battlement, by music, arieech and song,' ' March I on I march on f to victory I from eve ry hill and glen I' 01 Dinna ye hear the Slogan, Boys? Tis Douglas and his men I. , ,

Editor JV. Within the past week the Republicans have organ organized - ized organized a Club called "Wide Awakes" I suppose named after the notorious gangs of New York, Williamsburg and Baltimore in 1854, this is the second attempt at its organization, the first was an utter failure, hav ing died out after one meeting, but this time with the aid of all the boys they could persuade into it by furnishing them with a suit, they have succeeded in getting a few to join in, and have been hold holding - ing holding meetings almost nightly during the week. On last Friday evening they had quite a number of speeches, among them, one by a Dr. Miller a Repub Republican - lican Republican leader, in which he used the following language "here is that Patriot John Brown I can't find it in my heart to condemn that good old man, I believe he was carrying out the true Republican doctrine that all men were created free and equal and endowed with certain inalienable rights, he then went on to Eulogize him tor his course throughout. How honest Republicans can sit and sanction such treasonable doc doctrine - trine doctrine is more than I can imagine. for there are many who are' oppos opposed - ed opposed to John Brownism, Negro suf- ferage &c. Meny of them we find renouncing all such doctrines and are coming out for the Democracy, while oth ers will denounce it and follow on after the leaders and organs, who proclaim it, even their organ in this county, the "Smut Machine" gave a lengthy account of the lam entations that went up, upon the death ot "tnat crave old man im mediately after the old villain was hanged. And in conclusion I have a word to say in reply to the star corres pondent of the Eaton weekly "Smut Machine," who in two labor ed articles, charged the democracy with trying to make political capi tal out of the Dr. Peck difficulty by crying persecution. Now he was the first to parade this charge before the public, and I think by his labor he has conclu conclusively - sively conclusively proved to every sensible mind that it was political persecu persecution, - tion, persecution, hence I think it would have been far better for him to have left that part out of his communica communication. - tion. communication. Furthermore it is well known that on the morning of the difficul ty, the question was not, is he guil ty, but, that one vote leBS for Val- landigham and Douglas, one vote gone up, and other like insulting

Tyler, James K. Polk afid Zackary aylor owned slaves. Did they believe in Mr Lincoln's doctrine in regard to their social and political equality ? Mr. Lincoln, in his speech at Galesburg, said : I believe that the entire records of the world from the date of the Declaration of Independence np to within three years ago may be searched in vain for a single affir affirmation - mation affirmation from one single man, that the negro was not included in the Declaration or Independence. According to Mr. Lincoln, Thom as Jefferson, George Washington, and a large majority of singners of the Declaration of Independence must have been great hypocrites and scoundrels, for they had slaves at the time of the promulgation of that instrument, and did not free them. The eighth resolution of the Chicago platform, upon which he stands for the Presidency, 8ys : That the normal condition of all the Territory of the United States, is that of freedom; that as our Re publican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our Nation National - al National Territory, ordained that "no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law," it becomes our du duty, - ty, duty, by legislation, wherever such egislation is necessary, to main tain this provision of the Consti tution against all attempts to vio late it ; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legis lature, or ot any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any lerntory ot the United btates Thomas Jefferson acquired Lou isiana Territory, and agreed to pro protect - tect protect slave property in said Terri Territory. - tory. Territory. Mr. Lincoln, when a member of Congress, according to his own declaration, voted forty-two times for the Wilmot Proviso. See Lin coln and Douglas debates; Lin Lincoln's - coln's Lincoln's edition page 237. The first time amy proposition involving the principles of the Wilmot Proviso was advanced in Congress was in 1820. The Fathers of the Govern ment, with one or two exceptions, had passed away. Thomas Jeffer Jefferson - son Jefferson was one of those exceptions, and he repudiated it in the most unqualified manner.

and Abolitionists wish to keep the question agitated in Congress, whether it ruin the country or not. Remember that the struggle now is to keep the power in the hands of the people, and that the opponents of Democracy wish to take from the people thatJrfght, and thus per vert the object 'of our Republic. Remember that' the eyes . of the world JUP.si&if ou, ihyibio strug glethat foreign monarchies are rejoicing to see our party assailed, and hoping to see it fall. Democrats 1 Rally together! Stand in a solid phalanx, and de determine - termine determine to conquer, and we are safe. If you do not, by inaction we fall, and the lairest country liod ever smiled upon will go down into the darkness of disunion and civil war. Old Line Whios! You too can not remain idle in the coming con test. Though you have once fought against the Democratic bnn ners, yet you always loved the country too well to imperil it by fa naticism and sectionalism. Remem ber the rally of your glorious lead ers, the noble Clay and the giant Webster, when the country was im periled. Remember how thy were then upbraided and assailed by the small faction of Abolitionists, who have now grown into great power and who now villify the memory of vour great leaders. Remember that Stephen A. Douglas was co temporary with your chiefs, and that the loved Clay, on the borders of eternity, his mental faculties in intensified - tensified intensified to such a degree that he saw through the veil which ob scures the future, which his dying breath laid down principles for the good of the country, which Stephen A. Douglas has ever sought to car carry - ry carry out. In this vital struggle we appeal to you, Old Line Whigs, by the memory of your great leaders, to stand by us and save the nation. And we appeal to you as one, who for many years rallied in our ranks. Conservative Men Everywhere! We ask you to pause and reflect, and we have implicit faith that your judgment will prompt you to battle with us against the fanatics who will lead our country to ruin Help us to save our glorious con federacv, our national honor, and to : keep the flag of our country pure and unsullied.

As to the admission of slave States, Mr. Lincoln says : In regard to the other question of whether I am pledged to the ad mission of any more slave states into the Union, I Btate you to very frankly that I would be exceeding ly sorry ever to be put m a position ot having to pass on tnat question fSee Debates. Lincoln's edition page 131.1 . Washington, Madison, Monroe and Jackson were placed in that situation, and admitted them with put . hesitation. Mr. Lincoln, in his Chicago speech in regard to the equality and right to freedom of all races, said : . My friends, I have detained you about as long as I desire to do, and have onlv to say. let us discard all quibbling about this man or the other man, this race, tnat race ana the other race being inferior, and threfore must be placed in an infe inferior - rior inferior position, discarding our stand standard - ard standard which we have lett ub let discard all these things, and unite as one people throughout the land, until we shall once more stand declaring thatallmen.are created equal. ' And further said, in same speech My friends, I could not, without launching off upon some new topic, which would detain you to long, continue to night. I thank you for this most extensive audience you' have furnished me to night. I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall be no longer doubt that all men are created FREE and equal. ' 1 : George Washington, Thomas JeffAftWtti Jme MdnrxWi John