, 1859-09-24
Plctorfali4al and Politics.

Hnfperk Magazine, no touot, aadc q cons10'
cradle h,t" by the publication Of Mr. Doug
lass Squatter Sovereignty speech in the form Of
an essay. 1t was something new in the annals
Of Maga as well rs in the history Of politics, to
have an elcctioneerinE argument Of Prcsiden-
tlal aspirant oaarea ~ lhe suhrasans Of the
country in the zhapa11of reudlble literature:
There,ofore polit1asi:as were h'ghEy content IL
the people Of thc-psrss would g,re any attcn.
tion 10 ii,eir 'ucnbfa4io cycn when frunked
to them with the UTMOST intelligence and in the
pfofusest abundance. Under that system the
reader paid uuthing for such documents, and
did not care ia most cases to receive them even
on those terms. Douglas and Harper have
ing innovation, to turn the tables 50 abruptly;
but Louis Napoleon las prospered amazingly
by similar steps, and Why shouldn't Douglas
and Harper in this ea'e proper famous's' pFoo''
Yet there Is one claring oversight to be noted
in connection with this cntcrprise.-.an astnnlsh-
inr overnight, considering the skill and expert
ence Of The publisher, and the evident an xlety
Of the su,hor to ayail himself Of every aid which
lie publisher could afford to blazon his peculiar
ineut when pictorialism is all the "Eage" IN
popular literature, Douglas monentous contr1.
buiion To IIaspes's Magazine appeared without
= solitary wool-cut 10 illustrate his romantic
history Of tic Territorial question. There's not
10 much as a mark to denosc the dividing hne
between
illustration, We take it, would have been very
simple. ii would only hare been necessary to
sketch snake Of changeable bues, which,
Winding y sDs x!ns599s a Y sat,. cut;
WuttIs, {he tnske ih.t made The track,
Vas sltnk .rortl Of eomnE bsck+
Itwould have only needed to draw an ugly rep"
tic unm;stakably black, or rather, to use M t1e
Renubltcau from bead 10 tail, encirctng the
Territories and endeavoring to a~atlo" the
There might hare been, too, some very happy
Illustrations Of Dougas' classifications o. op'h-
ion on the slarery question IN ahe ierrnoIa:es.
establishes sIavery in the Territories could
have been represented By a huge, hut dizzy
aud dilapidased roll Of parchment, support.
Ing in ii an upright position dead niggeI
on the borders OF Kansas, while r. gang o'
Lane, are making a'1arget of the carcass.
AZ for Douglass own doctrine that TERN.
torF. from the beginning, has oil the po~ers o1
The States, and much more besides, without o"'
ing any obligations either to she states OF 70 M
FrderI Government, That might have beef
presented in the picture Of retired sea pirate
Fnun,tinr upan 4 beautiful island, nominal,
d. nroper1s Of 1hc United States, and las1ia,
sinriag from morning till night-what time Ii
was nos engaged II En.lo.y sonnng be rnsy .n,,
lime song Of Robinson Crusoe:
~ 1ar. mop4fch Of III survey,
NY T1xht ther~ - honc to dlsrUe.
Fem The center all round to The Rca,
an lord u The fowI nod TIC brute.
'1That honest support Douglas has at th
Smith could have hcen easily enough and elt
ancutlY pictured. An immense donkey, Eiddc
ia ricsnticuIar fox, would have done the bus
neas beautifully.
= Ia yiew Of iii this, re may be pardoned f.
hoping that Douglas and Harper Sia yet decd
ar iseptnx pictorial edition pf The famous G.
NV on Squatser Sovereignty in question.