The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-09-11

Mt. Douglas is, II we remember rightly,
in the forty-sixth year Of his age. For po.
litician he 10 a young man. There are yet
twenty years before him ere he will have
arrived at the age of Mr.. Buchanan. BY his
friends he has been cons. dered the leading
man Of his party, and as possessing stronger
claims to a Presidential nomination than
any other man in ii. Besides occupying the
position OF leader of the Slavery Propagan-
da, he was considered the representative,
par eminescs, Of Young Americs, or. more
strictly speaking, Of the restless, fillbuster-
ing tendencies of the natien, which are
generally supposed to characterize young
men rather than those OF mature age he
had led the van in both she's fapemenis,
ready to do or dare anything or everything,
| But MI would not do. All bis efiort 10 give
/ the Slave Power paramount ana petna"eh'
rule IN the country counted Ter neuinS :"
| the Cincinnati Convention. 'ihe saw
Power, remarked Senator w ilsaa IN late
Ispeeeh. "neser acts irnm sfshtuaes bat
| th,aws aside tool when they have USED
him Tor their purpose" Douglas had been
/ TOO willing and subseryient tool 10 make y
sale ID use him further and he was tossed
with ut ceremony into the general reeepts-
cle o old lumber. And his championship OF
| Young America ei0od him in no better
stead An old iogY, and an old FederaIst
at that, whose only merit had been 70 dyiit
with the current, was 40 far preferred he
| tore him as To render has rejection ignoml'
| niues, and all the more because his rival
| had quietly stolen his thunder, without hst.
| ing INV scars TO show sa evidence 10 deso-
lion 10 the leading objects of the party.
As We remarked above, Mr.. Dousls may
vet 1--we twenty wears before he shall have
! become politically superannuated. but ne
| has laade his last bid for the Presidency as
| q pramiaent candidate. He has been cast
| cut al two Conventions, and in both cases
| bv such vote as to place him in q third'
rate position 10 the estimation OF ms own
party. He may possibly amuggie himself
/ into another Convention, but he VII! appear
there as twice rejected and dsgraced san
didate, who has lost all hold upon his party.
| Enthusiastically will this be the case II Mr..
i Buchanan be defeated al the approaching
election. And having lost party pIesngs, he
| will continue to sink for the lack OF any
| moral element in his character to buoy him
10. Corrupt as our politics are, silent
| homage is yet paid TO virtue by the masses
| ia the most unprincipled party; so strong Is
this sentiment as to make it dangerous for
| the leaders to ask their suiirages for man
| who has been set down as decidedly base
by the general verdict OF the nation. Such
is now the forloru position occupied by Mr.
Douglas Unless the nation is TO relapse
TO bagbarism--a superstition which Is not
Tor moment 10 be entertaiued--its moral
tone will be constantly rising higher, and
Just in that proportion he will sink in the
popular regard. He possesses no great and
shining qualities to gild his moral defects.
He is neither great orator, great states.
mar, a great jurist, or great anything, IN
less he be a great demsgogue, aud even in
this last character he is rather reckless and
cunning than great. He has in fact already
sunk 10 his proper leyel-"there let him
lay Chtrs5o Prsss