Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 April 1859 — Disruption of the Democratic Party, [ARTICLE]

Disruption of the Democratic Party,

The correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.) furniishes the following political items; Au immense edition (sjiid to be five hundred thousand copies) of Judge Douglas’ speech in the Semite, in opposition to the dictrine of Congressi.mil intervention for slavery, is being printed in this city. This fact leads m-ny to bdieve that the tt ’derstamling which bar prevailed here for some', time, that Senator Douglas would nos. be a candidate for fbe Comptntiori. is not correct. His ardent friends say he w.ll be a candidate, and they predict with great confidence: his nomimtiim and election. Tiie.y declare be is the only mm who can be elected ov< r the Opposi ion nominee. Timy add. wi h some bitterness, t. tat, t ie S >uth c.in take him or Seward—that it will havem> other alte native. Ii .Mr. Douglas eallv goes into the fight, he will d mbtloss be sustained at. Charleston by a formidable arrav of friends, who v. iilVsupoort him wita muchanim ition He' has many bitter eneni es, who av-.i'.v eternal hostility. In conversation with a Mississipian, recently, he declared that. il Mr. D Highs’ name was ntertained as a candidate in tire Charleston Convention, the Delegates from Mississippi would withdraw froth it. He said if they had to take Douglas or Seward they would t ike the latter. If this spirit, really animates th ? Smith, c-r any . consider?bteporti n of it, there wi.l be serious trouble in the ciinventioii. No extreme mu isnres or man mu -r. be .1 owed to have sway at Charleston. It. is undoubtedly true that :i. the .'resent.state of affairs, iuifsiderable deference must be p rid to N -rtliern opinr-,;-., and even prejudices, both in th ? jtlat brm asd candidates. (j U r Southern (r ends will .i.i | it; greatly to their inter st t ■ pursue this course ■ The N rthetn and Western D m >< ri. vmn-t be strengthen s'at Irme.-, Nj position must be as.-i -:i -1 them which will .■•■•riv agiini’ them th > pre ad ce >f- s cji'n 1 in i ‘.al f eling. * * * iJ ■ i. ■ Unh< d S'a' S'-n itor in Jersey, M . Ten I?. ck R?public in. t th.’ pi.iif'W.'ig i', a .-Jt a uni -i National I c: There arc n iw ' wentv-iour straight -mt Rdpublicans ' in the Sen tie. h ' sides tlir oth -r < -it'on m ?m----l ers, ( rii.ten len, Retie.ly. of M try lurid, an 1 8.-U'lrrii k. I’s Ca Li tomia , w 111 > '-.vili ait with the Ropu. 1 eans. Too R mblieavs expect to odd. to this i'oree the Minnesota'Senator, in place of Shields, and also two from Kansas, making thirty in ail, beifore tlie close’ of the n-’xt session. Althmgih I trust these anticipations will be ('is ipp tinted, the late.-t news from Kansas indie -ting that she will probably cnoosy? Democrats, yet this rapid increase of Opposition strength in the Senate is calculated to excite g-ievuus apprehensions. It shows to Southern Dem-ocrats the nec -ssity of adopting eonciliatorv policy if they would not have their Northern friends annihilated, and the North arrayed against tljetn in solid column. W e cannot i flbrd to los-y any more Senators by idle and preiitless abstractions about slavery.