New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-15
from WASHINGTON.

,o., pss cerespondene
v" WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 1851.
rsht thiok, in telegraphips to you that
.,'.,,ch OF Senator Douglas would mark an i'm
t.,t IRA in our political history. Its fu ELECT
Yn a. be felt for some time to come. The iu,-
s,tsnco Of great events 10 seldom faly appreciated
hs moment of their occurrence, and the weight
and scope Of the demonstration Of the Senator from
I;noi, will not be sdes liely considered unui inc
raw, iteration Of bis tlunder il heard from each OF
ahs tvVo great quarters whica divide our Pohtcsi
aorz,o. ssy the A.,aon,; 7ation Of Ssnapr Doug
Ia, because his spsech sYalt from its ngnihcance
,,s political manifest, :sss more than mere ar
sun,nt-it was literally demonstration.
No msn can rOpf? 70 y except by falsidcstion'
AID ,optistries too grcs impose on any intel
rsspt an candid i.'-1' 11Swever easily they may
~ swallowed By blinstd or obstinate partssns.
Crery thinking ant 'esding Democrat of the North
s,so !, 1.esa sces2g light on the Kansas question
MD 81. tssz-feads the speech, that the position
hksn b, Mr, Douglas cannot b. mpugned or sue
cessfuIL assailed. On the ns y ground of Popu-
lar Sovereignty, On which the Democratic party
phced itself at the Cincinnati Convention, and
from which Mr.. Doug has not yet departed his
logical seslping AM :.glahawking Of the Lecompton
fraud is itresisiibe lie proves beyond cavil that
the Convention diMegarded not only the principles
of right and justice tut the plain principles Of the
Democratic party.
minis,faion Senator's will be likely to be, on their
mari. more of personal than logical character.
Ha will be bumiated and crushed it possible. Their
object will be to break him down with the Demo-
cratic patty, and at the same time force bin into
position shich Will deprive him OF Republlca, sym
patty and support. His game will be to form
Democratic party North, TO bresk down Buchanan
by BarnburDer movement like that which de-
strOyed Gen. CaSs ten years ago. The result of the
eight viii be- of course to strengthen the Republican
party indirectly and IN the future though it may not
lead to any Tmmee late and visible Increase OF our
numbers. In every aspect it is very pretty quar-
EEL and will be entertaining enough as we'll as H.
structlVe before it is over
Ii is said TO day that of the Democrats in the Sen
ate only BrOderick and Stuart coincide with Doug
las. do net believe this. AS the strife goes on
At viii be seen, later, that the Senators
3rom the NORTH West with at the most one excep-
zion, vi. range Themselves alongside the Senator
from Illinois.
TIE prompt removal of Mr. Stanton for calling
session Of the FreeState Legislature OF Kansas.
shows beyond all question that the President has
given himself W unreseryedy to Southern influences.
In the debate in secret session to-day on the con-
6rmstion Of Denver as Stantons successor, the
tone and manner Of the Southern Senators indicated
nnmistakably that they felt they had full possession
of the Government, and meant TO put down with
The strong hand Walker and Douglas, and all who
disse 1T from their policy with regard to Kansas.
Senator Sdell is to be the real mOuthpiece of the
President. Dir. Biglsr, ss from Pennsylvania, will
be the ostensible organ Of the Executive, but
stronger man is needed for the serious work, and
UideIl is the Senator selected Mr.. Jefferson Davis
will lead off in the enterprise of crushing the Little
Giant 1t ia unfortunate for the Administration that
it has 60 Northern champion equal to the task. a
Southern man is at an obvious disadvantage in assa-
ing Douglas, because he will be sure to arouse Sec
hspal sympathy against himself