Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-12-02
Dosslas on His 9rdpss.

annn1n ab4oWa ~ 0iseintp. - - called
81 ~ Ssg.s Esslish ..post" Charles Mackay.
M psogva.ns includes ssoppage 81 Memphis,
whees y win b. joinsd BY those two disnterested
patrs66 aAd Ex-0ovsrnors, Jones and Foote-a
savppses q yicksbsrg-an o9.shooe into Missis-
sippi b ~ oity Of Jaekson-and . grand termi-
nal windfnesp q New OrIeans Amer expecting
to tasted dped winsd ovated and Grated At all Of
thsse plsses The Little Giant proposes 70 complete
he circuit, We suppose. by ooukng round to WASH
iagsoa by the Southern route. 30 - to enter the
Capitol, a. belle enters ballroom, sossN time
aher eyery body else has got there.
Nobody, va presume, mistakes the object Of this
sxcuraicn. The idea that the nearest way from
Illinois to Washington City is via New Orleans,
could not hare entered Ae hushy head Of the lll'-
no.s senator without some very controlling arga-
msnss M It's favor. Thinking himself secure in
the affections Of the Freesoil Democracy Of the
Northern States, the Giant now wishes to make
somc show IF popularity in the Southland II a
sufficient number Of hungry and thirsty azfaron',
not uverse to purchasing their beef and Burgundy
by hnzsaiug for any strolling politician that may
happen to come along, can BE- collected together
for . decentralization" in one or two Southern
cities, II will be gazcttcd and trumpetcd forth to
tho world that Mr. Douglas popularity in the
North is only Surpassed by the wild enthusiasm
that prevails in his behalf all through the South.
This pilgrinage Of the Illinois Senator has not
been undertaken for nothing you may rely npon' ii.
But--wnat il likely to be his reception in the
Sou bern s.ta,es! That's the question. Wedoubt
not the tisnt has been wofully deceived by his
,nyrrndcns in regard TO his Southern popularity.
He thinks h;s march will be grand triumph
soa,ewbat like the triumphal excursion OF nv old
Roman coaqaeror, with the dead body of his de
fsated rival dangling Mt the wheels Of his chariot
but he Elm IL he most dreadfnlly mistaken. At
Memphis, mayhap, that worthy and virtuous
bsce Of Ex .0oveznors, Jones and Footc-the for
nsr Of whom left the Wing party because i, was
not Southern enough. and went straigh,way over
into the Frsesoil camp of Douglas-and the latter
has been % eccentric in his motions. that, like the
has oouet, he seems TO have gone down forever
THE bsace Of patriots We say, may manage 10
manufacture little demonstration nt Memphis
but, beyond that, the Giant will be a. worthless
and ancnrrent ~ an old ragged bill on Scien and
Withers broken bank. As he descends the Mis-
sissippi be will End the laws Of natnre reversed.
He will 6nd the climate getting colder aud colder,
until all popular enthusiasm, by the time he get.
10 Jackson in Mississippi, will be CONCEALED into
the coolest Of frosts.
Tie impulsive, warn,-hearted, but dcmagosue-
dstesting people oifae Soa,h have no fancy for 50
graeelsss an apostate, and rank and recent
traitor to their best interests a. Mr.. Stephen A.
Douglas.
We speak by the card. The jackson Aissis-
sSppiom has heard the rumor that Douglas is com
ing, and this IL the way it filings up its cap at the
joyful news:
Douo,As-The Vicksburg Mig mentions II ru-
NOR that Douglas, with Foote his escort is
soon n visit jackson. How the leader of the
Black Republican forces at the last session Of Co
gssss, the dsnouncec of the Souths policy as ~
contamination Of fraud" and tho unblushing ad
vocate Of the vilest political heresy of the times.
would enjoy tho hospitality of the people whom
he has ~ msanly betrayed and grievously wrong
cd, we are not prepared to say lmpudence and
knavery are more often than otherwise, be-se,
in the same persons as the criminal calendar
abundantly attests.
Say you o. Mr.. Mississippian? And yet we
doubt not the Illinois Giant expects to be received
in jackson with the booming of big guns, the ''.h-
of the people. the ducet strains Of music, and
eli the saturualia and toulfpolcry with which our
man.worshpping, Democratic people are accus-
toned to testify their admiration ., thev know not
what Il there no, Ia } mes or Footc IN Jackson,
who can arouse the people of that city to recog-
milton OF the eminent services OF the Illpos >ena
tori
Possibly. in New Orleans, some latent spark f
cid admiration Tor HE Mian, before he fell ir, IN
his position, may be famed into giimmcrins
anI itfui flame Of enthusiasm, Bnt that will Lc
all. For the remainder Of his route back to Wash.
ington, Mr.. Douglas will experience about the
same SENSATIONS and treatment as are usually sup.
posed r. appertnin to "a poor man at frolic"-
anu VIII be oppressed with about the same sense
of shame If he has any sense Of shame) whic,
oeerpowered the sentimental Surface when his
kuayeFy exposed aud all his 6ne morality as
certained to be bogus.
Neither President nor Presidential candidate
ever yet made anything by cavortng about the
country Old Buck himself, since the disastrous
issue Of his effort to cultivate popularity by wash
ing his digits before the assembled multitude, in
tin basin, At the Relay House, is no doubt salts
fed that the best plan is to stay at home, and act
Sns role cf . quiet gentleman. These psripatetit
candidates for popular favor, rarely fail Of disgust
ing the mass Of the people,
Mr.. Douglas will commence the grand tour
hsproposes to mako with great flourish of trum
psts. He viii 70 Of like rocket" but he viii
como back ''like stick"-or to use less elegan
aad moro expressive simile. he will "spring u
Ike sparrow-grass and come down like hopper
grass" Mr. Douglas nay find some consolation
DsrhsPs. among the congsnial political adventurer
Of his own seotion-but his draft upon the adm