Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1852-09-27
From the New York Expres.
Two Senators is Congress.

Two Senators is Congress.
Gen. Houston and Nj. Douglas, are making
themselves onspicou- on The stump iotho wcst
Both haveb,cn in Olna Indiana. * Kentucky,
aud the last We hear Of Gen. Houston Is in
Tennssee Both seem TO be rampant thai is
they indulge in all sorts OF dcclnmaiinn, clap
trap, and dcmae"gfr. Houston attacks the FL
more administration fDi cxtravaganec aud cor
ruptl0nl whom Hoiody woes more cXiravagnn
ly than the scnaror himself No scheme scarce
" comes up that he docs not say ave" To. vile
Their il may be to throw away thousands upon
thousauds to keep alive the Washington Union
or for other purposes. The Rev. Mr. lfoss, -
whose report Of Cen Plsce's speech ,iz.that
lac (P) loathcd the Fugitive Slave Law does
hm(P .)much damage atrhe South-Go Hons
ION, in two orthrce places, has represented him
as "horse thief; put INTO theP lenriary, &c
The hoRotab'e Senator in this way attempts 10
"vude thai IVA doubt thcn truthful bat very dis
;r,eablc report. IL e receives severe lasting
f'r such remarks from the Southern Mhig
Press,--but he no, the less goes on his way re-
joining.
The last hear oI Senator Douslas Is At
Louisville, ky. Heig arguing there, in an In.
'crnal improvement region. that the " Demo
Gratis have voted good deal more money for
Rivers and Harbors than the Wings have"
aud he is trying to justify his absurd PROPOSE
ton to give the States the power TO tax the
tonnage of other States, to cnnhlo the taxing
States Ia improve their own Rivers aud Har-
hors; proposition absurd that even Gen.
Coss turned up has face at it, though Mr.. King,
the candidate Cor Vdcc President. vu,ed for it.
The Editor Of tho Louisville Iourna, struck
with a sense Of the ludicrous upon hearing the
Seuetor IN his staggering pafo xisms. thu, hats
him of -
"Mr Douglas declared for the annexation
ofCuba and progress to an indefinite extent in
national depreciation. He said, we must he an
ocean bound republic ; and what ] mean is.
that we must havethe whole Continent, & bear
sway 10 the centre the main channel II the
ocean on either side. all the i-lands included
Douglas hasa comenancc ofmld expression, &
legs about eighteen inches long; " lich gave
n cast ofludIcroesRess go his tremendous dee
feels 1t safe TO stake his political fortune npon
system OF general rapine,---a system that
would set all the laws OF nailons and the entire
pubic sentiment Of the civilized world ut open
defiance and that would at once band agait st
us all the countries of the earth-it ia time To
think gravely OF the state of the Republic, and
OF the tendency of the Democratic spirit lun-
ing wild throug hout the land We believe il
Is universally understood that in case Pierce
shall be elected, Donglas is 10 hold a very high
ny, the very highest place under him. and the
American People must judge for Themselves
what would probably become Of cur Republic
u It's destnles were conGd,d 10 man who.
upon all occasions, IN the Senate Chamber and
Oei'r" the People, talks with the feroci;v of a
political maniac, and yet with method in his
madness which shows that his wild and feorf,,,
plans have been deliberately concocted .,a
are perseycrlngly cherished"
well" however, quoth the Journal Eai,or
IN concluding his remarks upon the wars
Douglas proposes
well, we my have his Brig. Cen Frank
I'm Pierce, ofNew IL npshire, To command
oar armies?'
That veteran Wing, Gov. MetcalG', of Ken.
lucky. the compeer of tho Shelbys. Claws.
J"hnsons. liarrison's, and hosts of the West