The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-14

Up hke brAVe and honorable man, but IL might have
sost him his senatorial head hence e pEerred tbs dis
rson to the yslor oi the decd Iit him again. Honor
Esay have pricked him on bat If honor should hase
packed him OF that the rub Honor had no skill
fr hallets Honor could NOT secure vote Therefore
hs would none Of il. Loud cheers
Add to this very and discreet pFinciple of self
pEserFaton private piqae against Mr. buchanan fos
nssng defeated him al CneinIAa and thus spared him
ta greater defeat at the haads Of the people, and
tlng u appoint Mr Richardson cabinet oioe (Hho,
the-hy would have made brilliant cabinet officer y
aad you have the tre intent and meaning Of the anti
Leoompton fght in NUTSHELL [IAnghter and cheers
10 advance has personal Interests and CRAFTY his pl
yste chagrn he hestatai not to violate his prnc
pes, divide bis friends and ally himself 70 men
whose creed the destruction OF the democratic party
and whose ultimate purpose disuuion-Hnen whom
ne Aad often denounced n that would bo unjust II
even applied to himself
TIE result of Dcagass disfectiOn to embaFrAss
the administration clog the wheels Of government,
the slavery agitation continue the Kansas mbroglio
slGtter the sectional enmtes divide and distract the
ncb old dernoctic party that has often delighted Go
honor him and what his reward His studied
sophistIies limb from limb by the naerciless logic Of
Ioombs his elaborate hcons crushed beneath the
ansserable facts of Green and Rgler his al oaHaFa
defamation scornfuily unmarked by The analysis Of
Brown and Bright his unoouth vituperaons contempt
u0usly repealed by the polished sarosms ot benjamin and
the quick u Pngh he yet had the consolation d
falling back into the civarous bosom Of the elegant
BEoderck amid the coincidence Of Seward, the sympa
tes Of Wade and the anxious attentions of has affection
ate colleague He sounded the very bass string of h-
niIity and was sufficiently Landed by the New York
Tribune to have killed dozen honest democrats. Mr.
Douglas however denies that he joined the republicans
but claims that they 10 his platform IL they
did the distance short and the descent easy
tilt that FaLsa5an republican Hale 10 whom eight
yards Of uneren ground is three score and ten mile
foot found difficulty IN travelling II "fEe dosnsas
ars1yri = s~
The Judge IN his opening speech Chicago spoke Of
his ..bold determined, and triumphant 4tte against
Lecompton for which very handsome piece Of segioHh
cation he frequently oomplinented, that s modesty
took hght, and ind lIn at Bloomington stating that
he docs wish be understood claiming any spe
cia merit for the he has pursued this qpes
ton The correctness Of this opinion Is enly equaed
by itg novelty Whatever may be thought Of the residue
the speech think the public win fully
tain him upon this point He does not indeed deserve
any special credit for the he has pursued ts
question and for that very reasan the natonal democracy
opposed % his reelection. Mr.. Douglas lost
aures enough last winter ard il Is proposed wen
for his sake for the democratic party deprive
him Of the power hereafter 10 betay cause rnagn
our leaders attack national administration and yet
reflect special credit either upon himself his
State Senator Douglas has betrayed the party in
hour q great peril and have that he
may not do again in the event Of his re-eectionbe
trayed il upon hmsy pretext, the pfeteXt Of dena-
gogue fr no one knew better than Senator Douglas that
there nothing in the Kansas bali requiring subs-
sion Of the constitution to Ie peopl and the only clause
that by implication could have borne such construction
in The original iocaass aIsght and Nas stricken
iy fudge Douglas himself. Senator Trurnbull has
charged this upon Senator Douglas with great truth and
severity to which that honorable heptIeman merely
thnf Mr.. TrrrIbull Is .'eraven hearted wretch
and should have his chopped off Verify here are
soRe high thoughts scaled in heart of courtesy. To
say nothing OF the character Of the argument how
castcly aaa elegantly the senator expresses IT. That al
lzion 60 choppng of Is worthy Of the young and
gifted Bro3eric No ordinary plebeian like Mr. Lincoln
Mr.. Trnlbn could ever have raaeld The digriGed
sveIity this Estp 1t tshes with pride reflect
that he the citizen Of State represented in the se1a
tnrtnl iy SIsAia
But there Is escaping this charge. IL Is upon ne
corda part of the legislative history Of this republic
and the tears Of the Archangel though fallen one could
not blot il out Even the magnificent powers Of
ton and great bravery Of denial, which charactc7ize
Judge Douglas cannot prevail against it, The national
democracy DO not blame Mr. Douglas for the act itself
He did right in striking IL ont They do blIne him.
however, for charging the President and Congress with
Attempting to yioate clause thai he himself had pre-
vented from being in the hill .es4
The friends Of Mr. Douglas state that be differed with
the administration and the democracy only gues
tion and that question has been settled In the first
place is il true that the senator differed with only
qnestianf 1t Is notorious FACT that Dir Douglas
boltei every caucus nomination OF the democratic
tors last winter, in defiance Of the very first principles Of
party organization. 1t Is equally well known that he OPP
posed bitterly ard personally, almost every nomination
made ty the President during that period He did these
fhgl lo hE 5ssne gfoanG tai she reprnoan senators
dd-siihpiy because they democratic nominees
and whose confirmation involved principle no poll
ey but merely common courtesy TO national ad-
Inllistratun Among others, we hnd him Indignantly
opposing the confirmation OF Nathan Clifford Judge OF
the United States Supreme Court for many years
the indomitable leader Of the democracy of Maine emf
neat alike LAWYER and deIaocrata who filed
ith commanding ability the posi- of Attorney General
in Mr.. Polks cabinet who, subsequently, as oommis
soner TO Mexico framed the Treaty whereby gained
California and the golden coast Of the Pacific oEsers
ahd whose legal qualifications for the position
servedy endorsed by Chief Justice Thney- This gentle
man, who, jurst, is incomparably his superior,
opposed by Judge Douglas the preext of his unnes
Eaan in truth, the objection lay in his being the demo
erasic appointee uf a democratic Presidents 4
ppoA t.s DTsd SCOTT decision. also, find Judge |
Doaas assuming position at variance with that Of the
democratic party At the opening Of this campaign that
DECISION as saered 10 hia ar sacrament Ii
great mountain light upon the constitutional relation OF
slavery We find him Chicago ridiculiBg the idea Of
appealing from the supreme Court to a meeting,
ably rebuttng Mr. Iincons arguments IN opposition %
IT, aEd bowing In Difference 10 that decision" But as
the campaign progressed and the free-sO pressure of
Northern iliincis began 20 be flt fBd Judge
Douglas waxing weaker every dEy in his half Barnum
and half patriotic devotion the SupreIne Court until
finally at FreePort he made insidous oowaFdly
ana isiqro1s attack apoa that dcisioa than hr lin=
coin ever has OF gser VIII be guilty " He there states
that whatever the court may decide 70 the abstract
question Of slavery the people Il Territory stil
have tight, Under my Nebraska bin, to practi-
clly nnllify 1t by unfriendly legislation. In other
words notwithstanding tile constitution protects the
right to hold slaves in Territory, notwithstanding the
Supreme Ccurt-the highest tribunal known 10 the !
law-bas ID solemn decision 50 interpreted that con
stution stiI Mr. Douglas nt1nates 70 The free-so "a
nats that hef NAV by their colonia legislation and lo
cal pDice regulations tleat thar decision with eortemPt