Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-09-21
TO STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, ESQ.

presumed to read large and respectable body
Of clcrgymen a christian lecture Of most un-
christian length, you cannot reasonably COM
plain of being addressed az the same subject
To me it has been y a,aitcr Of wonder you had
not sent some Of these reverend gentlemen q
challenge, instead Of wiring them sueh an ever
lasting long letter. It waua nave been much
more in accordapce with tho spirit manifested
by you during the whole tire the Nebraska and
Kansas Bill was pending haiorc Congress-it
would have saved you II gfQ;st deal OF time, and
the people. WHO have to PM for your INK and
paper, IL little If their sadncy. You was Nc
doubt aware they woulI aat answer your COM
nunicatian. ard might have thought the fght
had not al oased out Of them yet. If 50, you
was much mistaken. These reverend clergymen
would nc more fight duel than they would
engage in newspaper contest with political
gladiator. SHOULD these sentlcnens Or the like
Of them, ever trouble you again, would advise
you to take the shorter cut, for either course
viii be perfectly safe
Do not suppose have placed your name at
the leal Of this communication because be-
li3ye Other your eloquence, your arguments, or
your influence, carried through the Nebraska
and Kansas Ill, We owe that most unjust and
/ unfortunate measure to- influences over which
you had 10 OoatrQl. But the readiness with
which you attacked every one beth in aud cat
Of Congress- who venturcd to express any oppD-
sition to that mcasufe, the violence with which
you dealt your blows and the swaggcr you dis
played every time you had an Opportunity to
strike, must lMye satisfied every one, eulnc what
would, you had dcterDiued to fix public atten-
tion, and make yaarself conspicuous, 70 such
men, neglect is far laore haiailatiDg than inE,-
my Having ia wish to mcgtily your vanity,
and being truly DESTROYS yen should os.;oy all
that notoriety you have so eagerly sought, ] have
concluded to give you full credit fer the passage
of that bill, AID haze NJ deuht you viii! eansid-
Ter It an act Of kindness.
There is no station in the world wore exalted
than that Of President of these nited States,
land when an Individual from the humble walks
lof life, by good management. or goed luck, has
reached position that gives him reason to hope
he may one day fila the Chair Of State, he must
have Il sound head and al honest henrt, or he
will be sare to play the dcmagogne, and, in hin
leagerncss for success, defeat, by his ayeophamcy
the attainment Of the Object ut which he is aim
ing. No man ever did himself mp more thor
Ioughly than yourself Nou Nre ns doubt clEing
ut the splcnder Of the White Ilsuse, wisl long
ings shat cannot bc uttcycd but pcset me to
tell yam, all you see in that direction il but the
mirage of the desert These iiu,pid stacaDs
and shady groves that loom 50 beautifully ia
the DISTANCE, ase but the creations of IL fancy
heated by tie thirst Of aml6tsoll-tfNy viii re-
TREAS you approach, and iis'sly v"ai.h leaving
you to perish amid the barren sands Of age and
sorrow. You have fairly defeated yourself, and
will never he President.
! Bnt Your friepde tell us YOU have openly de-
clared yGa would INST be Candidate for shat
Office. No dcUhs yea have sa;sdc that dccaya-
ton, with the rs,lhc einccrity it has been made
by thousands ef political asIisants who have
gone bolcre sou Caesar three sjuic~ rciccte,l the
t. own offered him by Mark Anthony, and yet,
so anxious ~ar he fer the possession Of that hau.
ble that he actually fell desSs IN ~ fit, when he
became con'mccd the people Of Rome would not
p2rmit him to wear it. Caesar was trulv a
great mas. Little men are always sccbing to
initiate great ones ; and hence, from Cesar
down to Yourself, q great fry ofs,nau men have
been playing this game Of mock icodessy4 till
nonc but fools be deceived by it. Yeu wall be
~ candidate, if your party viii nelninate you
But they will not. You have disp!syed the
broad black mark put upon VOW iss shc South,
with all the pride Of an inaien cllsef when
painted for the war path, and t"uf party assls
select Tor their candidate n lcss marked man, !
layc takc,l uunh Moro time with yeu aaa Ys,ur
prospects than intendcsl but 1 have II plenty
Of that commodity On wy haNds, aed can crafty
you with any amount ST ssseetien You may de-
sire.
In order fully to understand tbs nature of the
Nebraska and Kansas biz, b. wl4ch che Missouri
tompromise was repealed, j. ~ necessary tc asak
IA little at that Compromise Whea Missouri
,.sked to be admitted as 81 estate. the North
| promptly decided to reject her This created u
strong feeling among the sIay' h.'ibcrs, and they
threatened to dissolve the Iri,ano The Nsrth
tC-' wes greatly agitated. In shl. state eff en-
rgitamcnt, the South Mr.. Clay was II Southern
MANI prcposad t. conprrmiec til, difficulty, and
the ioa'cwins terms acre iin'.sly ssreed to by u
majority Of both Houses of Congress. On the
part Of the North, it WAS stipulated,
lst. That Missouri: should 10 sdr.ttcl w. tc
the Union us Slave State,
I'd. That the Fugitive SLAVE Law should he
cStendcd over all the territory lyitS north of &c
degrees and 80 minutes ncrth !e.;tudc.
3D. That Slavery should net be sr'chibitcd in
the territories lying south cf th.t parallel of
latitude, but States that nigh. he formed outof
that territory should be admitted into the Tn,
'or, with or without Slavery, w tie people of
TIE territory should decide,
By the South it was aspect!, Ihss sl.ycss
should be forever rroaibit1A Ii this territories
| lying north Of $500, ard these territories bc
devoted to Freedom and Zee iabcs,
10 give due force a'a s2lemnty - .h!. tcs,.
pact, law was pes'e' catbc'lyins. cerr,as cut
and enforcing these tcsns and conditions. This
law, Though opposed at first, soon became ..pu-
lar with large majority of the people, ard for
quarter ola certurs has been cherished % one
OF the most sacFes principles of their Political
creed.
This lawyou ESQ repealed; but pes,aitr,e to
| tell YOU there vrsS mt :, oon,Et;o,, l., ~, 49,,