The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-22

again called upon to feed Europe with wheat,
which seems to be the great dream Of some
economists, it will be the greatest misfortune
imaginable for the United States, for it will
oblige every consumer Of bread throughout the
country to give double price for his food
Mr.. Douglas ms q Stump Candidate for
the Presidency.
Mr.. Douglas as q stump candidate for the
Presidency, is just now cutting large figure
before the public eye On his tight-rope of
squatter sovereignty he has undertaken the feat
of crossing the Niagara, which divides him and
his Northern followers from the Southern de-
mocracy. But with all the temerity he lacks
the caution, GOODNESS and self.possesson Of
Monsieur Bl0ndin. He exhibits rather the
recklessness ofSam Patch, and we fear that the
same fate awaits him.
1t appears that in late speech at Wooster,
Ohio, in rejoinder to Judge Blacks dissection
of that copyright manifesto on squatter sove-
reignty, Mr.. Douglas employed these graceful
expressions, to wit:-"Infamous falsehoods,"
''the author knew well that it was an Infamous
falsehood," "the man who wrote that could not
necessity of alluding to the article Judge
Blacks) and the infamous falsehoods it con-
tains" 1t further appears that not satisfied
with these violent denunciations from the
stump in Ohio of Judge Blacks calm and re-
spectful argument, Mr.. Douglas has returned to
Washington, and has been freely repeating
these aforesaid elegant expressions in the
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dignity of the Senator for the swager and the
bullying style of the stump politician we see
that Mr. Douglas is literally in the field as a
stump candidate for the Presidency.
But we would remind him that between the
task of stumping Illinois for the Senate, and
the responsibility of a stumping tour for the
White House, there is a considerable difference.
We are gratified at the prospects of two or
three stump candidates, including Douglas
and Wise for the succession, but there is no
reason why the one or the other, or any other
stump candidate, should not bear himself as
proudly, and conduct himself with as much
dignity and decency as if nominated by the
Charleston Convention. We all know that but
ter will hardly melt in the mouth of a regular
convention candidate, he stands so perpendcu-
larly upon his good behavior. He holds him
self as representing the elite of his party, and
not as the ensign of its grog shop politicians
But if Mr.. Douglas is in the field as the cham
pion of ''the roughs," and if he has resolved
to set aside the rules Of the Senate and adopt
the free and easy vocabulary of the Five
Points, the Pewter Mug and the coal hole of
Tammany Hall, let the fact be made known
1t is due to all parties that the exact position
Of every Presidential candidate, whether for
understood.
The Ohio stump speech of Mr.. Douglas
against Judge Black reacts against its author.
1t proves nothing except the fact that s'the Lit
tie Giant" is losing his temper, which is
very apt to be considered as a proof that
he has lost the argument. And thus.
for the present, we dismiss this foolish
experiment of Mr.. Douglas to upset the reason
ing of his adversary in the discussion by the
use Of hard names and vulgar epithets. In
order, however, to show to our readers the
working of this squatter sovereignty doctrine
in the South, we refer them to the chapter of
newspaper extracts on the subject which we
publish to-day. 1t will thus be seen that Mr..
Toombs, of Georgia, (who alone of all the
Southern democratic leaders has dared at this
day to stand out for Douglas) is fairly roasted
on the gridiron of the Charleston Mercuru.
And yet there is much in the argument of Mr..
Toombs that all the great issues upon slavery
between the two sections have been and are
practically settled.
In. this view of the subject, let Mr.. Douglas,
as stump candidate, look we'll to it, or he
may find that his crippled horse of squatter
sovereignty will be ruled off the course by more
important and more practical issues. Indeed,
from present appearances, neither Mr.. Douglas,
nor Mr.. Seward, nor Mr.. Senator Brown, of
Mississippi, nor any other sectional agitator of
the solitary question of slavery will be able to
touch bottom in 1860. In the meantime, at his
present rate of speed, Mr.. Douglas will run
himself out of wind month or two before the
meeting Of Congress- He must haul up, or he
will surely have to be hauled off the track
The OPENING OF BEEKMAS STREET-ACTIoN
OF THE CoMPTRoILER.--Comptro Haws has
put his foot upon the neck of one great scheme
of plumber by refusing to be party to open
| ing Beekman street, and we hope he will sue
coed in strangling it. The position he has
assumed is proper one, and the boldness,
promptitude and rationale of his course does
him great deal of credit. The plan to open
Beekman street through the Park is job got
up by set of notorious real estate spectators
doing business there-the same fellows who
wanted to widen Nassau street-Nassau street
which is relieving itself, by the business which
once concentrated there moving up town. In
five years hence the trade of the city will be
| done half a mile away from both Nassau and
Bechman streets, and the idea Of widening or