Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-04-17
Senator Douglass

Senator Doug lass is to Us a mystery. Jafas
hanged himself; Arnold left the country
which he had attempted to betray, and Aaron
Burr crawled into almost impenetrable OBJ
scurity: but Mr.. Douglass, although the fo-
cal point of million-tingered scorn,' viii per-
sist in parading himself before the nation, as
if he were a glatton Of contempt, and hum
gered and thirsted utter censure. Soma
men do mean political actions, and afterwsrd
have the grace to be ashamed of them; but
MIR. Douglass only gets more and more arr
rogant, as he sinks deeper and deeper ind
disrepute. The debate on Friday was a
splendid and inexhaustive exhibition of she
man, or rather of his want of all manly
qualities. He snarled and snapped like an
underbred hyena; he went on, ss if posaessed
by a demon, railing at every gentleman in
the chamber, and voiding his indecent rheum
alike upon persons and principles; he was
rebuked in language strong as his own,
though without its coarseness, and yet he
continued to sroth and to fume, to bully and
to below. until he must have been regarded
by the Senate with only feelings, of corfmis
GRAFTON. He stood alone; nobody supported
him; nobody cheered him save Mr. Brown
and Mr.. Weller-two gentlemen who al
ways howl responsively shenever brawlsf
has the floor. But this isolation, which
would have mortified any other man into
silence, only incited NJ. Douglass to fresh
ifenzy, until quite accidentally he crossed
the path of Mr.. Crittenden, by grouping. sf.
ter his own urbane manner. the 'Abolitionists
and Know Nothings' into one miserable
seci.' Then the groveIling Of the fawnfnE
sycophant naturally followed the insolehes
of the bully. Mr.. Crittenden was the Sena-
tor of slave Site. and Mr.. Crittehdei must
be propitiated. For a STAKEHOLDER to be
Know Nothing was a venial thing; for q
miserable citizen of Illinois, it was treason
and sIratagem against the Union. Il did not
mean you,' said Mr.. Duuglsss; I'VE all know
that Southern Know Notbings are gentle:
men: was only speaking of the pestilent
Americans of Illinois, The gentleman
did not make the qualification he now does,'
said Nr. Crittenden. Every gentleman nust
have understood m a'm king thedistiDction,s
whined Douglass; Il said nothing. sbous
Southern Know Nothings.' Could there
have been a more complete illustration of ths
base instircts of the Senator! Even in the
rich repertory of this accomplished slang
whanger, there were no So.6s toe Base to
apply to Americans who had pleased to vote
for Mr. Trumbull; but when the features
which had been distorted with rage at the
Know N, things of Illinois, wersturned upon
the Know NOthings of Ken.ucky, they sub
sided into sickly rimpsr, expressive only Of
fear and of fawIiins huirfility!
And this is the man who, standing up IN
the Senate, cries out to the whole free and
intelligent North; Il MEAN TO sUBDrE Youp
He subdued us! He, who Las not vet learn.
ed to sibdue himself. He, who is the mers
pIaything of his own terrible passions,. He
the conquaro. of great and higt @f1aed
States, when the nod Of stakeholder can
conquer him! let him emancipate himself
from :hs chains in which the Slave Power
has bound HIM bef,re he shall again provoke
the Irnghter of the world, by taking of
Boston Alias.