The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-26

some other ume and place for their afternoon
strolls. Nor need the latter trouble themselves.
as the old maid at Brighton did, to ascertain by
means Of telescope or opera glass the sex of the
bather.
Douglas In the Field ~ . Magazine Wr,ts~.
The following note, which we received yester-
day, needs no preface
FRANKLIN SQUARE, NEW York,
THURSDAY MORNING, August q, 1862
TO THE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD
copy Of Magazine for september in ADVANCE * pub
veresns You VIII observe thu. he Magazine e dHy
Copyrighted We have, therefore 70 request that you
s ne xsfy ss'sPisssSsT Es'r
For the Wise-Donnelly letter the Albany Re-
gency received twenty dollars-twenty pieces Of
silver. Judas Iscariot got, for the betrayal Of
his Master, thirty pieces Of silver-ten more than
the man that cheated Wise. Judas had kept the
bag and cheated his employer during the whole
period of his service, and, with the proceeds of
bis last treason, he bought place and went
there and hanged himself So Messrs. Cassidy&
Co., instinctively true to appropriate an exam
pie, have hanged themselves the self inflicted
reward Of the unparalleled meannesses, betrayals
and political rascalities which they have perpe-
trated upon the democratic party for over twen-
ty years.
Stephen A. Douglas has taken warning by the
fate of those whom Judas and Cassidy imposed
upon. He has been too sagacious to put either
thirty or twenty pieces of silver into such hands
for the purpose of slaughtering himself He has
not been fool enough to write letter and allow
the proceeds to 90 into other peoples pockets.
Cautioned in time, be has taken care to get the
money himself, and has sold his brains to the
Harpers, just as any plebeian contributor to their
magazine might have done. This is laudable
an elevated example, to future political aspirants
to hedge little, so that even defeated for the
Presidency they may gather up a few dollars
for their paine. Messrs. Harper, having properly
remunerated Mr.. Douglas for his services, natu-
rally look to generous public" for compensa.
ton, and, that there may be no interference
with their enterprise have sent us the letter
published above, signifying, in the usual form,
that the effort of Mr.. Douglas has been copy
righted, and that transfer of it to our columns
will be under the drest penalties of the law.
We have glanced with curious interest at the
politics invented by the Senator from Illinois,
and we regret extremely that we are not able,
with good conscience, to praise his composition.
"Maud Elbert's Love Match" which precedes It,
is much more interesting, and the chapters of
"The Virginians," by which it is followed, con-
tain quite as much sound logic.
Mr.. Douglas opens his piece by Identifying
the whole republican party of the United States
with William H. Seward and, with the latter as
his moutbpiece, just sufficiently earicatures its
platform to make the result of his labor man of
straw, which it must have appeared rather farci-
cal to himself to attempt the destruction of. He
then passes on, with enough of fippancy, to an
analysis Of the democratic party, which he affects
to divide, upon the slavery ISSUE into three cate
gories, viz those who think as he does; those who
adopt the ultra fire eating programme, and those
via media speculative pro saveryites who look for
salvation to the Judiciary. The views of the ad
ministration, and of the masses of national demo-
Gratis in all parts of the country who have en-
dorsed Mr.. Buchanans course, are not fairly stat
ed in either one of Senator Douglas divisions.
The use of superlatives and exaggerated Ndjec-
tives, in the second class Of democrats which he
enumerates, is intended to convey an erroneous
idea on the subject, which might perhaps mis-
lead some superficial readers, but which will fail
to accomplish the object of his article with those
whose opinions are more maturely formed.
Having "stated his case" Mr.. Douglas pro.
ceeds to argue it, he has evidently intended to
systematize and arrange, in report of thirty
eight columns, the scattered materials contained
n ia fha az 20
gress; but, as an inevitable result of wanting the
excitement and applause of an admiring audi
ence, he has badly accomplished his task. He
has told us what Congress cen do, and what he
has made up his mind it cannot do; what the
trainers of the Constitution thought Cor at least
ought to have thought), and what he thinks
about their thoughts; what history, garbled,
can be made to prove; what taxes were imposed
on niggers in Virginia in t772, and what penal.
ty was paid for their Introduction into South
Carolina in l764; what New Hampshire, Rhode
Island and Massachusetts, thought about slavery
under George ILL., and 80 meanders down the
stream of time until he comes to an alligator In
Thomas Jefferson. Several columns are devoted
to the deglutition of this important element in
democratic history, and to its presentation to the
befogged reader in q by no means well digested
shape. Then come sundry other Presidents, with
line or two from their voluminous writings. az
embodying the thoughts and statesmanship of
their lifetimes. No representation could be more
unfair, unless it is the manner In which extracts
from the speeches of Clay, Davis, Cass and
others are made 1t the close osthe document.
The new contributor for Haypm's Montaly
ends his composition with the dogmatical die
tum: "The principle, under our political system.
rs that euery distinct pOltccS community loyal to ths
constitution and The Union 10 entitled 10 all the rights