The Davenport daily gazette., 1856-11-28
s,.na.a Araola psss,as.


This noted demsgogM and most sescrs- |
paious poli,ician--ihis man, at whose aoot
lies ali the wrong done TO the spirit OF Free
dom IN che Ncrsh, end sgsinst whom. wsvm
blood is yet smoking on the plains OF Kan. !
.as--has funnd, time in pursuing his detests-
h 10 maehiaa,toas. TO plead HE csuse in the
court Of Hymen, ana en- Thanksgiving day
he "a. married for second time to Miss
Ada Cuus, OF Washington City The lady
is the daughter Of subordinate in one OF
the Depsrtmenu, who claims TO be. and
perhaps is. relative of the renowned and
accomplished Mrs. Madison--the scion oi
man whose chief claim 10 notoriets would
appear to be based upon brutal attack
made on Ihe person ol DIR. Br odhead
several years since. She is represented to
be fae. majestic woman, of good intel.
Iec,ual endow ments, for some time past
regning belle at tue Capital, attractive as
we'll upon the avenue as in the ballroom,
and probably deserseciy popular.
There is something so exceedingly re-
pulsiye in the idea OF refined and delicate
woman's uniting herself to man OF this
s,amp, that the mind involuntarily shadders
at the sacrifice; and tie inquiry naturally
srises as.to the promptings OF that state OF
society which produces such unnatural re-
suits. We are prone to believe, there are
communities in this widespread Republic
particularly in those States which have Just
repudiated his policy, where Stephen Arnold
Douglas might have sought in vain. from
the highest TO the lowest. for an object up.
on which be could bestow the doubtful hon.
or Of his hand But, al Washington, where
matchmaking is almost an established oc.
cupa,ion. his Senatorial position, his plsnfa-
tions in the South. well stocked with human
cha,tels. md his prospective chances for
still higher station, aided, perhaps. BY over.
weenine parental desire, have combined TO
lure into his Hss, victim scarcely fse-and-
twenty years of sge. And yet, there would
seem TO be . law which now and then gov.
erns these ihings-a .'divinity which shapes
our ends, rough hew them as we will
that may in It's operation, BY some inscra'
table working. bring forth good from such
an union. although we seriously doubt its
effectiveness in this particular Instance
The humsniaing tendency OF womans
true heart is such. that apparently incorrigi-
bic wanderers from the path Of recsitude
have sometimes been reclaimed: but then,
il is presumed. she has something to lay
hold of, giving evidence of a mi.d not yet
utterly deprsved. TIE political and moral
course Of Stephen A. Douglas has been so
marked OF latter time--his abandonment OF
principle in order TO serve aninsstiabie am
bition has been so complete in all its parts
that hope for his return can hardly be
indulged The woman who links her tate
with his, may psss through life in blissfui
ignorance OF nations estimate respecting
the shor, -comings OF her husband; but, the
author OF The repeal Of the Missouri Com
promise, and of the Institution OF that poll
CIV which consigns thousands ofsquare miles
of Free Soil TO the biighung influence OF
Slsyery--ihe Arnold of tSis our dsy--esn
never, We presume, be estimated in any 9TH
er light. By right thinking people. than -
bad and dangerous man.