Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1858-07-29

Dea91as' Retarn - n1aasas.
Neser vss . victorious military hero |
welcomed hose with greater joy, pageantry
and real, usfsigLed admiration, than was
orsrHEs A. DoucLAs, the Little Giaut"
q Illinois, TO Ms home in Chicago on he
9Th inst. Ger $4,000 Of his fellsw CHI
sens met, and, ssiast The booming Of -
tiiiery. the bf'iiisecy of fireworks - ~
shouts of the mnititude, welcomed . his
home the man whom four years ago they
received with derision, costumely asd "
olenee, hooting him from the rostrun, Dc
nJiDg him the privilege Of explsinisg to
his constituency the great principle. Of
Popular Sovereignty which b had ~
inaugurated - the future pokcy Of Coo
ersmeuf in reSssssse 70 tie Te.ritories--
Then every street. corner WAS lighted up
By his eaiy; Dcv, sincsi every house is
ilIaninsted for his return, and thirty
tbousasA Of his neiga0ors and friends
nsst - asssfsssheir sdmiratiou for the
nas - bis principles. In this connec
tsss - MisAgo Time, very truthfIIly re
marks = Joe changed few s10ley years
ego Al S1knxs a. DorcLAS was about
70 b. Offered 49, sacrifce upon the
altar Of 6sss ~ IN the city Of Chingo
l--bis life ~Dfeeatened, snd be wAs A.
ssilei on evssy Md BY bis enemies they
even refused Nm . hearing, but thiee
armed vas he whose cause was just, and
his snessies were scattered ~ chat before
the wind. and now the corqnering hero
comes - receive the reward he so richly
merits, and which we feel satisfied the
people Of Illinois will not fail TO gran:
him"
Occasionally, even, Republican jour
nal, partially forgetting its luminosity for
the principles (Which DoueLAs is SO
able . champion, award him encomiums
Of praise, higher than have ever before
been given to Democrats By their political
opponents, a. the following from the Gales
burg llll.) Free Democrat, radical Re
publican sheet, fully attests:
Probably no man living has excited
SO much attention from the public as the
little giant" of Illinois. For four years
he has been the mark at which bis enc
mics have aimed their srrows, dipped in
the poison Of their bitterest malice. but
like Achilles he is ipvulnerable. Had a
man of less nerve nd less invincibility
received one half the blows, the kicks, the
ana;hemas, and Evaporation which Lave
been showered upon him, he would have
sunk 30 low in political oblivion that the
arm Of an Ajax conld not have pulled him
UP again. We have never been g follower
Of Douglas on the contrary We have fought
him with all the ability with which we
were endowed, thinking at the time tina,
we were right and he was wrong. We
still think that be was wrong in adyoca>
ting the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
-or in repeating it we nigh. say, for had
j, not been for him it would not have been
done. We still think be was wrong II
supporting the bred Scott decision and in
many other political acts, bot for the zeal
he manifested, and the bold determination
with which he carried out his measures
-v<vSyk,x,,~ - ,,,,,-vtvvr
of Lord Bacon, that be was,
"Ihs ~isss.. brightest neansst Of mankind"
Such talents a. Douglas has erinced
even in base cause, cannot but be regard.
ed with admiration BY all, and could such
fighting powers ~ be possesses be secured
on the side VI right, it were thing mos,
strongly to be desired, Is victory would be
sure to follow.
We do not agree with those Washington
letter writer's who represent Senator Doug.
las as "defunc. politician ia dead
hon, 6c.'-names suggestive Of what they
wish him to be; for Douglas ir far from,
being dead. He is rather living lion,
covering it may be for moment, but
only to spring upon the prey he has bee
watching SO long
The speech delivered BY Senator Dove,
LAS on the occasion Of his recent recep>
ton in point Of logical argument, good
sense and pure Democratic thunder ranks
among his best of hand speeches aud in
order 10 give our readers the pleasure Of
perusing it at their leisure, we will publish
il entire 10 our next issue.