Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-04-29
DAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1856
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.

STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
1t Is not at all surprising that the persons npica
Jed in the conspiracy to impose forged paper upon
the Senate, for genuine memorial from the Lcglsla
ture Of Kansas, should wrlt!le and howl under INC
lash Of public indignation. Neither is it 'trans'
that they should seek to avenye their shame OH ''i'
gentlemen who were mainly Instrumental III 'ne Nc
lection of the fraud aud IN the exposure o' .u'''
laDy. Foremost among these was sena'ot N'D'''S'
sud accordingly i, is against him thar 'ne sa"S VI
counterfeters direct their assaults
The exposure of the fraud was compete the con-
vic;ou of guilt perfect. There IS no use, therefore
in attempting to escape the snonlhy win WHICH
such au infamous act must cover every Individual
implicated in the atrocious affair. But revenge Is
resource which never fails the bases: even; and
i; was determined amoug the bafilcd felVns that
upon judge Douglas, as the instrument OF their
expo,rc should fail the weight OF their resentment
With sort Of guilty consistency III CRIME, they re
svy Cd. moreover. that they would eapate the shame
Q. detected forgery, by taking the life OF the man
who had Sc: them in the pllory OF popular execra'
ton. ii happened fortunately for the SUCCESS OF
their scheme, that the individual who WAS deep
Ies, dyed in the guilt Of the transaction, aud VINO
Eal suffered most from the public contempt, was re-
pu;ed man Of courage and desperate resolution:
Col. J. H. Lane, mot III. gallant Joseph, OF indiana
then selected TO the bloody purpose and
he set about his work with obvious aim at assas-
sna,irn or tho alternative result Of involving Judge
Douglas in his own infsmy. AL at once the Aboh
ton papers, hab.,ualy averse to violence AMI
b.ooLsh.d, began to talk valiany OF the proves 0.
their cham2ioa, and to clanor Tor b sht. Some
pcion OF tae courage OF their Hector was excited
by the publicity which he contr.ved 10 impart t.
his belligerent purposes aud the puucual advertise
mont, in Abolition journals, of the successive steps
IN the controversy.
That neither Lane nor his parry had really any idea
Of fight, is evident from the ridiculous result to
which :Ley have conducted their pompous prepura.
tons.
The King Of France with forty thousand men
Marched UP the hill and then marched down again;
aud So after all thei. valiant talk aud warike mani
iest3e, the individuals implicated in the forgery OF
the Kansas memorial. have quietly subsidized into
pacific mood and d state OF meek endurance OF IN
fanny Blu: they launched Parthian shaft in their
re,rest-a vulgar publication from the pen OF Lane'
il which he attempts to convict Judge Douglas OF
wan, OF principle and want Esprit. Tho production
vii! ouly provoke derision. aud involve Lane in n
deeper abyss Of infamy. The correspondence be-
tween the parties is printed in another column Of this
papsr and the reader will admit that in this affair." as
Oh every other occasion, Judge Douglas behaved
with the spirit and dignity of a true gentleman.
We DO not wonder that the Abolltionsts pursue
Judge Douglas with such implacable hate and
scrupuiouS resentment. From no naa i'll the country
have they suffered 80 much in loss OF character and
A., ,f Rv vi,r ilanc
knavi.h schemes have been detected by his invec.
tive have their brazen brows been blasted with the
lightning Of popular indignation llo lives am'ngs
them knows all their vile habits and low haun;s Is
familiar with their vulgar instincts uud -r"vcilig ap
y-,ltes understand, their criminal pruprus;tIes aud
!rsachs,Uus sms; tracks thcm with sure and unta!
ing energy through all the tortuosities OF their dark
aud crafty policy has sounded the depths nf their
Hypocrisy has penetrated to their rotten core la
to-u away the mask and exposed all their hldeous
and revolving corruptioa has convicted them Of HI
srocious fraud upon the country, and has hung them
upon gibbe, where they will endure the misses and
rep-oaches of the people to the re'no'est posery.-
Stephen \. Douglas is the lion in the path OF Adolf
touisn and has opposed seepless, fearless and sue
ces.u resistance to its mischievous schcmes II may
well hate him, for he has crushed il in the dust and
covered 1t with undyiug nfarny II may well thirst
for hi. blood for SO long ~ he lives, Abo'itionsn
must w,i,he under his heel anl suffer under his pou
derous blows.
just in proportion as Senator Douglas is hated
and prosecuted by the Abotopists should he be hon:
o, ed and cherished by tho South. BY the same COZ
duct he ha. provoked their wrath and earned our
gratitude. Inferior in ability 70 no man in this OF
any other country, and endowed with heroic qualities
of character, he has devoted all his energies the
service of the South, with ZEAL All inhsxibilAy OF
purpose, aud efficiency which all parties appre
and appsud Foremost il every fight, his velo:
and fidelity equally conspicuous in the gloom o:
defeat, and ii the hour of victory An example OF
such ardent aud consistent patriotism, of 80 loyal aud
CAIou the spectacle Of the lio5est gifts of intellect
cad character devoted exclusively 10 the highest IN
teress of The country could not fail to exert the hap.
pest influence over the public mind OF the NORTH
To the interchangeable zeal Of Senator Douglas in de-
i-udius the rights OF the South, we must attribute
the sound and heal,hful sentiment which pervadrs
the Democracy Of the NorhWrst. Eu; tue repea
of tho Missouri restriction, Of which he the ill.,
dspu,abie author and the abest champion, was his
most splendid service to the Scuh-a service whic!
ali mex now.dSe aud admire, u which history viii
bear impershable testimony, and Tor which the
South reserve. worthy tribute OF It's gratitude.