Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-08-19
senator Douglas.


senator Douglas.
There are sons. even among tho Opposition, who
are disposei 10 make excuses and apologies for the
coprse Of Senator DosslAs on the Kansas question
We eaanot sedsrsssnd how this can tc consistent
" done. When Douglas avowed his position Of
antascnism to the Administration on the question
Of the admission Of Kansas, there may have been
some fSelids Of synpathy, arising only from a
temporary asanpAaion Of the same ground. Be-
yond theA them was no bond Of union between
the Illinois Senator aud the party Of the Opposi-
tiou. Douklss was the same Democrat and the
samG dsmaeogus that he was before So he is
now, and 20 he will be 10 the end of the chapter.
Tho oourss Of Mr.. Dosg,as, We have not shad
~ Of doubt. was dictated by that controlling i'm
pulse Of his nature-sel6shness A thoroughly
selash man and spoils-seekng politician he has
bssn, from the beginning Of his political career
down to the present moment. lie can never be
anything else. Born a grounding, he hrs been
grounding Al his life. and = conN usion OF nature
oosid nos make him ssy better. We do not sup
pose that, even BY accident any real conception Of
the character Of high toned. honest aud patriotic
statesman, ever entered the portals of his brain.
His oourss on this very Kansas question con-
victs him Of the most glaring hypocrisy-hnt this
hypocrisy and inconsistency are things he does
not hesitate 70 incur the reproacl Of rather than
pretermit any opportunity of subscribing his selfish
personal ends. He 10 now haranguing the people
Of Illinois from one end Of thu State to the other,
proclaimng his radical doctrines Of popular SOW
ereignty," and whining over his complaint that
the Kansas Constitution was not submitted to tho
people-when the truth OF the matter is. that it
wal y his own sanctien snd consent that n clause
in the Toonbs bii for the admission Of Kansas,
providing absolutely for such submission, was
struck out. Under the auspices Of this came Mr..
Douglas, Chairman Of the Senate Committee Of
Territories, the identical provision was struck out
Of the bill the noa-obseryance Of which, by the
Constitutional Convention Of Kansas, now causes
him to shed 40 many crocodile tears the lie
feat and death Of bis perncious dogma If popular
sovereignty. and sends him bowling and whining
like whipped eur. from one end Of Illinois To
the other. II Mr.. Douglas were mandy and lion
hearted. h, would bravely retire to private life.
rather than recnact the part Of Criah leep before
the people Of Hinois-publishing his .'rcmiad1
over the submission Of the Constitution TO the
peolAe Of Kansas, and endcasor.ng to make 1t the
stepping stone to his continuance la public lfc.
So, also, in his Springfield speech delivered last
Summer in lllauos--a speech NJ much in ccord-
ance with Southern sentiment that il was piblish-
ed in the Richmond South with co,nnendatory
notce--he madr objection to .ahslcvcr decision
should lie made by the people of Kansas, touch
ing the question of slavery. He was 80 certain,
in fact that slavery would be rejected by tho peo-
pie, that he pledged himself in advance to abide
their decision. When the stunning and une poet
cd Information came THAI slavery had been accept
ed by the people Of Kansas then At va Douglas
discovered, for tire first time. the great enormity
Of the act Of the Convention in not submitting
the Whole Constitution to the people. 1t was
this pitifal plea he opposed the admission of ksnr
sas INTO the Union. ltwns on this miserable sub
terfuge he, and his body guard " personal friends,
defeessd Whist the South hmi an absolute right to
demand--the unconditional admission of Kansas
into the Union under the Lccompton Constitution.
We concede to Mr.. Douglas extraordinary vigor
Of intellect When this il said NIL just rnnegyric
Of the lllnois Senator is exhausted. a Democrat
in the abstract meaning Of the word. he tends al
ways, by irresistible impulse, to tie very verge
and extreme Of radicalsm. An advocate of alien
sn6rsge-an advocate Of squattcr sovereignty-
an advocate of the Infamous land-grant system
pursued by Congress for the last ten years-an
advocate Of heavy expenditures by the General
Goysrnment-in what single particular docs Mr..
DougAs eoB,mend himself to the favor AID aflec-
ton Of the Southern people: To such be-, un-
doubtsdly. tho post Of honor is private station.
Let him. If he be wise. content himself with the
uninterrupted political successes lie has heretofore
met with--and let him learn the wise lesson that
asplendid intellect does not always ensure any
man the regard and esteem Of the people, unless
it is accompanied by an unselfsh devotion to the
interests Of the country, consistent spirit of pat
riotism, and rigid adherence to the right, wheth
er it lead. personally, to triumph or defeat,
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