The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1856-04-12
senatorial POrtraits...S. A. Douglas.
In the New York Sun, of late date, we
find the following sketch

Senatorial POrtraits...S. A. Douglas.
In the New York Sun, of late date, "
find the following sketch.
Soon after General Pierce's inau uratior
l was seated before Weir's grand picture {
the Emeorkation, in the rotunla Of tho ca
piiol, when clear and decided voice behn
ne, said in an excited tone:
believe in the right of every State. an
oi the people thereof, to regulate their owl
domestic affairs"
l looked around and saw two men IA :,
rather low Of stature, one, fair and slender
and the other, stouter, black haired. mn,
with large lion.like head, Of which the fac
was partly turned irolo me. They were en-
gagged in animated conversation. / lost th
first part Of the fair mans reply, but caugh
the words:
spirit of the Federal compac, -" don
apply to Territories"
:" Yes, to Territories" "Territorics ar,
but States under age said lie, with the lsrg,
head, throwing back his dark locks, a. n lior
tosses back his name when he stops to .a,,
/ on his foe.
States under age' Exactly, and there
lore to be governed by their lawful guar ian
| Uncle Sam, said the falrer man, with q low
| pleasant laugh, as the short turn Of thel,
walk brought them ia fall face
But guardian must not impair or tram
mel the future rights Of hi, wards. and"
lost the rest Of the lun.hyad'S word,
and most oi the reply Of the other, but a,
their walk brought them back within car.
shot, caught something about non-.ntrr.
venllOn."
There was another dcGar. toss Of the
black locks, and then ih, sentence. of which
every word and tone Viii I've forever IN my
memory.
NoS-iNT1EELSTiO.; Is 5Ir o%:- ttT OF
SALVATION roR TnE uSI)y--h % he oa!y
ptattorm on uhieh Oh Me State en- stand
tog<ther ami hssp the yeoce"
Aud this rule you would aIp'y 10 all the
Territories prcs:u, aud fu'lrri' ask. i his
comlan,oH ~ . ,h3roh,i,.' .s4c.
10 all the Territories now and forever"
was the en- hatc reply, as ie stopped short
and abruptly faced the other
And to thg District ol Columbia also ?"
To the District of Columbia also"
They looked steadily AZ each other for n
moment, and then each, with an expressive
power Of words oi fixed and radical differ.
ehce oi sentiment, bowed an a4Ieu, and dis.
appeared In different directions.
Two ladies passed by them as they were
leaving and came towards the picture | was
pretending TO examine IN order to cover the
interest which had Involuntary forced rne
INTO listening TO this conversation.
Who are th sc gentlemen inquired
one oi the ladies OF the other.
81 think the one who bOwc! anl made
way for US is Senator Seward Of New York"
was the reply,
" Indeed can that abominab.c Abolition.
IT have such an intellectual face and such
an air of refinement and high breedlngr"
exclaimed the question.r, in tone Of un.
qualified astonlshmunt
And is the other disumi0nsts Aboli.
tionisi, tooi :" continued the d ,rk eyed maid
Of the South.
lie disunioni.,f No, indeed; that is
Douglas, Of Illinois"
douglas of Illinois, is it, Wen. he
looks more Ikea man 70 give and eat rood
dln"etS, than one 10 make that speech on
TIE Monroe Doctrine that your isthor and
mne thought 50 wonderfully wise and lion.
hearted
The young lady expression, ",ion heart.
cd, chmed IN with my fancy that he had
most llon.I.kc head, aud it aided 10 ,icreo.
type the incident on my memo~r.
did not see Washngton nor Douylas
again ior more than year. Ny next visit
to the Capitol was in the midst of the de-
bates on tue kansas-Ncbraska bill As
Chairman Of the Senate Committee on Ter.
ritolcs, Douglas had embodied the daring
thought which had been struggling for wears
IN his breast, but which, simple as it now
begins to seem, few understood then, and
SUI fewer considered 1t possible to establish
the principle OF nun-iEtcIvention-Or as il
Is now defined, of citizen sovereignty as
measure OF national pacidcation.
The kansas-Ncbraska bill had already
passed the Senate, and tie House was grap.
ping with 1t in storm 0! wild commo,ion
The chiefs 0! the old parties had resen,fu
though vague intuition that this new issue
would bring dismay and ruin upon al! their
decrepid organizations, and they closed in
with 1t in struggle Tor life and death.
In one Of those hurricane DAYS | saw
Douglas standin, on the floor Of the House.
by the SIDE Of his dauntess battle companion,
Richardson, Of Illinois. lie was leaning
lightly by one hand on the desk in an easy
and unconstrancd but singularly dcGan, at.
titude Ills face steadily turned with firm
gaze on the successive speakers
as they rose on both SIDES. The gallery was
a dense mass Of eager faces, the floor a
snrgIng mass OF excited members. The
Speakers hammer ratified down it, inceSs,nt
rcbnkes, but Douglas looked impassivcly on
tn hurricane he had aroused, and finally,
W tn one last sweeping glance over the are.
ma, lac threw up his hon head and with
strange expression Of unblgncAing rcsolu.
ton, he slowly withdrew.
At last, when arguments and invcctiycs
were exhausted, the conflict became mere
trial of physical endurance. The daily sit.
unsS were protractcd deep into the night,
and continued on day after day, until the
vote was taknn and the organization of
Kansas aud Nebraska on the avowcd basis
OF the principle OF popular sovereignty be.
came a law OF the land.
The border dlilicu ties that have followed
grew out OF the abuse and violation of the
principle of non.intcrvention, and the prin.
cple is no more answcrablc for the outrage
perpctrated in its name, than the pure reli.
gion .! the Prince OF Peace is answrrablc
Tor the prosecutions and hutcheres with
which blgots have bath d the earth in the
name Of Jesus OF Nazareth.
y WARNISG.--A few weeks since, in the
course of conversation with an eminent bro
ker, who has been over 40 years acquainted
with the leading moneycd men OF the coun.
al Ia,