, 1859-01-04
Don't Let Them I>i.htt

OF a}l thc ridiculous and pa.eut 1na,r's
ncsts held up for the management of an ull-
sophisticated public si1cc the prc:rnt se-sivu
oi Congress commenced its lahols. The :" ;ls-
fairs oil Louor" between Senators Jones a,,d
Douglas III the one !land.aHd Senators Slidvil
and Douglas IN tbn otLler, ure the most t1ol-
lsh aua transparent. Tue s!ogy lwgan with
those iar-dar,ing Apollo>,'' tlr Wishing
ton correspondents d' Tie New Yuk 1;mfS
and Philadelphia Press. Fruni tlle prophetic
FOULS Of tlese gentlemen it was quickly
transferred to the editorial louuts Of lrir
principals, and thence IL tic Euunts III eul,,e
hundreds Of our glorious and un>!lackicti
Newspaper Press. Already we liud opinions
differing as tn which party tails the onu4 81
tue first missiv". Dill .Iolcs pronounce Dhu.-
las' statement II ip1a1n<1 ly FALSE cy did hc
say"i if gou predicate this, ;,flirmatc th..l -
Was it the liz circumstantIal or The IL, .;.
rect: Was the Honorable gentleman IL llonr
struck in the 1acc, or kicked uhtrr the ,u~
pcndcrS? For, US thu Irish Justice s.;,
while adjmlicAtips tue merits o1 u lsrk fight.
'' IL makes great difference il the law,
whether You say Mccarthy COM: nut 1ule.
'oT, come out here, McCarlly.'''
50 al-o Of The Doug az. S litcll " aii..ig.' hid
the Senator from Louisiana, when l,c remark.
cd that his explanation uhout 1hc Douglas
Mediation nisgers came from his h;sl. regard
for tlle latter abused individual. imply that
tue Senator from 1lliliuis mrritctl less consi-
deratlon than nigger-irivcr. Was thi. sllc
retort courteous or tte cousierchccL quar-
reisolnc: ska'l SIilell challenge, or Doug
las demand an rSrlanalion: Ttl"Se and e!'lrr
prodiEous considerations s.rnl to be cnl,~:i
tuting q scvrn days wonder.
lo say that !loue OF these persons will trer
get hurt with pistols while They have sound
legs and sool wind, is but fully to express u
great fact. There arc not horses enough iu
Washington IL pull either jones or Douglas
up to the muzzic of a loa.lc1 revolver. The
former wrote anu published lis letter with
the most innocent intention Of b1lcksua1li,'g z
an adversary, who would never think Of ask
ing lim to maine his friend " or ,lu anything
else 50 grote,qur, slia>tIy and ilbrcs1 nnu3-
las wrote lis with the calm ASSURANCE that
Jones would ncScr ussa!I him with anythIng
more destructive than curling irors and 1oo,l,
powder. Slidc!l published lis billet without
tue suspicion that it ep4lt ' bullet ''--;.u.l iu.
deed it does not. Not cuc nt this trio knew
in the first instance. tllat lis homer lHd been
snubted, TT lint anshot; had l,crn l,itiu.
thumbs at him.
What then is tie secret OF all the 1u1lala
loo? Evidently, to our mind, D,uglas has
not been ptrs'euted enough yet. H. ves con
si,lcsab1y mariyred in the late 1!1inos cam
1'aisa. lie ca'ne in for dcsuEe Of sympa
Thy about tlo:c fines, riy.l!ins e blet 1inr
Kansas" in tile ou:rou1ing oi sighs and
prayers for his deliye!ancc tfsm bis enemies
So when tho Democracy turned him out it
the wet, and gave nis honorable STOOL in ;hl
Territorial chamber to another. the uatior
was called on Ia i" eee what !: rcnt The cpyious
Casca made" But having shown The i,upl,so
ability of his foes in respect Ct lis political
life, tue chapter il not complete withou'
proving their hlooslllirytiness in respect o.
his bodily existence.
III 5ou Adrctcars :se pare t. s.lcl t.c.a now
Jones and sliacll, esgel oa by q remc!sc
les administration, ere preparing 10 accom-
plisl1 with shooting i1uus what Ducbaua,
could not do with the guillutinc. If thi
monstrcus sham be not an appeal TO tue pub
lie aptitude Tor lcart ache, VIC are ut lv+
to know hat il is for. II blool and tlunlc
WAS actually designed for the long g-sudtrin
patriot from Illinois, why IN the name Of al
the war gods, was popipjay Jones thrust fol
ward 10 pound Songe and snap lze.crackes
at him! Faush: what ridiculous mess
is.