The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1856-05-10
From the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer.
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.

paper upon the Senate for genuine memo
rial from the Legislature of Kansas, should
writhe under the lash of public Indignation.
Neither is it strange that they should seek TO
avengc their shame on the gentlemen who
were mainly instrumental in the detection of
the fraud, and in the exposure OF their vllainy.
Foremost amongst these was Senator Douglas,
and accordingly it is against him that the gang
of counterlcters direct their assaults.
The exposure of this fraud was complete;
the conviction of guilt perfect. There is no
use, therefore, in attempting to escape the ig-
cover every individual implicated in the afro
cious affair. But revenge is a resource which
never fails the bascst even: and it was deter.
mined among the banled felons that upon Judge
Douglas, rs the instrument of their exposure,
should fall the weight of their resentment
With n sort Of guilty consistency in crime,
they would expate the shame of detected for
gerry, by taking the life of the man who had
set them in the pillory of popular eXecration
II happened, fortunately for the success of
their scheme, that the individual who was
deepest died in the guilt of the transaction,
and who had suffered most from the public
contempt, was reputed man of courage and
desperate resolution. Col j IT. Lane mot
the gallant Joseph, of Indiana, was then Sc
lccted 10 execute the bloody purpose; and he
set about his work with nm obvious aim at as
slSsinntion. or the alternate result of involv-
ing Judge Douons in his own nfamv All at
once the Aloliron papers, habitually so avcrsc
TO violence and bloodshed, began to talk val
inntly Of the prowcss of their champion, and
a., IL, g., c..It oil IF In
courage Of their Hector was excited by the
publicity which he contrived to impart to his
hclligcrcnt purposes, and the punctual adver-
tiscment in Abolition journals, of the success
sivc steps in the controversy
That neither Lame nor his party had really
any idea of fight is evident from the ridicu-
lous result to which they have conducted their
pompons preparations.
E. The KIM of France with forty thousand men,
Marched up the hill aud then marched down again
aud So after all their valiant talk and warlikc
manifcstocs, the individuals implicated in the
forgery of the Kansas memorial, have quietly
subsidized into paciiic mood, and n stetc of
meek endurance Of nfamy. Bnt they launched
a Pnrhian shaft in their retreat-a vulgar
publication from the pen Of Lane, in which
Of principle and want of spirit The produc-
ton will only provoke dcrsion, and involve
Lane in deeper abyss Of infamy The cor
rcSpondcncc between the parties is printed in
another column Of this paper, and the reader
will admit that in this affair, rs on every other
OCCASION Judge Douglas behaved with the
spirit and dignity of u true gentleman.
We do not wonder that the Aboltionists
pursue Judge Douglas with such implacablc
hate and INSCRIPTIONS resentment From no
man in the country have they suffered so
much in loss Of character and in the discredit
of their cause. BY his vigilance have their
knnvisl schemes been detected; by his INJECT.
i've have their braZen brows been blasted with
the lightning of popular Indignation. He lives
amongst them; knows all their vile habits and
low haunts; is familiar with their vulgar in
stincts and eroyelling appetlteS; understands
their criminal propensities aud treachcrous
aims; tracks them with sure and unlailiug en-
crgy through all the tortuositcs Of their dark
and crafty policy; has sounded the depths Of
their hypocrisy; has penetrated to their rotten
core; has torn away the mask and exposed all
their hidcous and revolving corruption; has
convicted them of an atrocious fraud upon
WV 'ohhl Hh'i nus hhllS ili'm ulIDl u !IJ''l,
where they will endure the Kisses and rcproaci-
cs of the people TO the rcmotest posterty.-
Stephen A. Douglas is the lion in the path of
Aboitionism, and has opposed slcepless, fear
less and successful resistance to its mschievous
schemes. 1t may well hate him, for he has
crushed it in the dust and covered it with I'M
dying infamy 1t may well thirst for his
blood, for SO long as he lives, Abolitonsm
must writhe under his heel and suffer under his
ponderous blows
just in proportion as Senator Douglas is
hated and prosecuted by the AboIitonists,
should he be honored and cherished by the
South. BY the same conduct he has provoked
their wrath and earned our gratitude. Infc,
ror in ability to no man in this or any other
country, and dowed with heroic qualities of
character, he has devoted all his energies to
the service of the South with a zeal, an in
nexiblity Of purpose, and an efficiency which
all parties appreciate and applaud. Foremost
in every fight, his yalor and fidelity are equal
ly conspicuous in the gloom Of defeat, and in
the hour of victory. An example of such ar
dent and consistent patriotism of so loyal and
inlleXibe an attachment to the Constitution
and the Union; the spectacle of the noblcst
gifts Of intellect and character devoted eXclu-
sivply tO thp HIGHEST interests of tho countrv