, 1859-08-29
The New FORK Press on MIR. OouG.
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Senator Douglas has written IN articie in
Harper's AoatAy on The Dividing Liue BE-
tween Federal and Local Authority-poppla.
Sovereignty in the Territories" II il an eIabo-
rate defense Of lhs ideas upon the question Of
Slarery in thc Territories. He contendz, u he
has aIways done, that Congress has no authority
over tue subject; but ahat 1t belongs to the peo-
pie Of the Territories; and, as be haa a|xays
done, be carefully avoids stating who constitute
tie people, and By what meaus their respective
rights III C TO he Determined. The essay is about
up to The average Of Mr. Douglas speeches
though Ill ideas AEe not new, the manner ot put
ting them is ahrewd but We ere prohibited by
copyright from copying the article, aud are
accordingly unab'c to gTe our readers any spe-
clmens Of its quality. This mode Of legally
limiting the circulation Of political speeches Is
at leus, 4 novel.y whether it is tie xo1k Of the
author or Of the publishers Ia not stated.
From tue Hesah.]
DouGL LAs IN THE FIELD As MAGAZINE Wn1rkR
The following note. which NC received yestet-
day, needs no preface -
FsAxx1rs sarAsr. Hzv Yosk:
ThuE-day Mo1lauE, August = ls;s.5
TO TIE EDITOR OF TEE HEEAlp.
Dr4r We have the Pleasure # sendIne you he-e
pns:lcaiic %, tAlaGe n Uoutas pap~r on Popular
sven ieuty 1vu wia ob,<!e 1bat ,.e Magazine Il duy
. "'y a1y sncl. thcr,in ~tlou, oaf ws.teu eon,~rI
ssTt lie honor to N very a r 9sasa'
For the Wise. DonneE!v letter the Atbauy Re.
gency received twenty dolIArs-tsenty pieces Of
silver. Judas tscar1o, gut, for the betrayal Of
his Master, thirty pieces Of siiver-t<n more
than the man tlat cheated Wise. Judas h4l
kept the bag and cheated his employer during
tts hule period Of his service, and with the pro-
ceeds Of hls last treason, he bought place aBd
weut there and hanged himself. So Messrs.
Cassidy & Co., instinctvelY true TO 80 appropri-
ATE sn example, hAve hanged themselves, Us the
selEin6'ctcd reward Of tue unparalleled nean-
nesses, etra5 as und political rascalitics which
They have perPeirated upon the Democratic par
tr ior over twenty years.
Stephen 4. Douglas has taken warning By the
fate OF those whom Jud4s aud Cassidy imposed
upon. He has been too saRacious to pul either
shirty or twenty pieces Of silver into such hands
Tor the purpose Of Strengthening himself. He las
not been ioul enough tu write letter and allow
tue proceeds to 50 into other peoples pockets.
Cautioned IN lime, be has takcn care to get the
1noneF himself, und has sold his brains to the
Harpers just Us any plrbeian contributor to their
magazine might hure done. THIS is landatle,
an elevated example, to future political aspirants
to hedge little, so TINT evtn if defeated for the
Presidency they may gather up few dollars
for their pains. Mcssrs. Harper, having pro-
perry remuuerated Ar. Douglas ior his services
naturally look to q generous public" for com
penSatlou, and, that there may be no lnterfer-
epcc with their enterprise, have sent us the let
Ter published abore, signifyiDg, ia the usual
Fo.1u, that the effort Of Mr. Douglas has been
copyrighted. md 1dat a transier Of it to our
columns will BE- upder the dlrect penalties of
the law.
We hare glanced with curious interest at tue
ingenious noyelty OF this mode Of speculation
in politics invented by the Senator from lili-
nols, aud we regret extremely that we are not
ALE, with good conscience, to praise his com
position. Maud EIber,'s Lave mitch" which
p7ccedes it. is much more interesting. and the
chapters Of - The T,rgiu,aus." BY Which it is
followed, contains quite as much sound logic.
lFtou The TIm4.]