, 1859-12-22

1ha report that QoDSlaa7 ta8teao On tAkl0E
lis seat in tho Senate, Ind found 1t convenient
for his healu, to spend n part at least Of the
session on tho coast Of Florida, tur1m out 10
be untounded We wonder at this, u--as
there socms no reason to doubt-he has
thrown himself horse, foot, and dragons, into
the ranks Of tho Administration. Everybody
appreciates The feeling Of tie philosopher who
declared that what puzzled him most in Fn-
ganism was, how the priests could meet each
other in tic streets without laughing in each
others faces; and no doubt, ID was = feat!ul
trial Of human endurance. Tie tortitude Of
the Laceaemonian young gentleman RHO al
lowed the fox to breakfast OF bis Kidneys,
without wincing, must hare been JOKE to it.
Yet what il it to Douglas-tho author Of the
discussions with abraham Lincoln--of the
elaborate, special-pleadiDg, word-twisting dis
QUESTION in Harlnr-aud Of ten thousand
oaths, and curses both 1oud and deep, against
old Duca-bcins compelled, for consistcncy's
sake. to lsaranguo hy tic hour on 1police reg.
u1ations'' and Congressional interference, all
the while that ho is known to have abandoned
the Anti-Leoompton dodge, and to be utterly
Indifferent to tic fatc Of lis " "squattcr Soyer-
eignty" bautling,' provided that lie can only
keep Oh tho n,ask TIL, by de1terous thimble-
rigging, he can secure the nomination at
Charleston:
The position u tic Little Giant when The
Republican Senatars como 70 cateclise him
about Ills 1asest performance IN crawdshiug,
must be such that .fNcstor himself if aliyn,
would swear the jest ~ers laughabler Dame
Qaickiy's azaazsme,'t at tho inpertmbability Of
Fa1star enact;pg the king at tho Boar's Head,
was nothing TO the astoniRllmcrt which Dug's
Old associates and the Southcrners must feel
il. oabeholdiagthia political juggler going through
his part Of upholding flor appearances sake)
Anti. i.Lecomp7on, while at lie same time dis
claiming any hostility to tho Administration,
Or disposition to abridge OF reatzict in any: de-
gree the rights Of tue niggcr-driyers in tie ter.
{: ritories or oonrse the latter viii be too we'll
bred to giegle or litter whi1o he is going
through 1he hQcuspocns as solcmnly as
Robert Hondin while pretending to fty hump
..:kin's Mateh and chain In his hat. But we can
imagine them biting 4cir lpa till lie sits down,
then bursting ea 4nasse through the doors in-
to tue iotunda, md giving rent to their 1sent-
up feelipgs in Bcriee.cf titterings, ':aot loud,
but deep"-a kind Of percussionary chin.
+. coughing, which speaks volumes touching theil
lith in the jugglcr's sincerity. 1t wus at
amusing spectacle, tit TO excite inextinguish
able, Homerie laughter in gods and men, te
See the Little Giant during the last session, 1ry
ing, like a dssuhor in Rornan circus, or hi.
equestrian friend North to drive and ride abreast
the two horses, Squatev Sovereignty and Dred
Sooss-so That, after various somczsets anl
faAts ef back and forward ]eaping, he might al
Last Tault through the gilded hoops Of 4 noni
nation and election with such dcxterity as III
. 4inasaly to aligit in ths Presidential chair. !,
Is not every political 1aotapnr' who can +.witct
the world with such noble (?) horsemansbip.'
But infinitely upre an,uaing wonld Il nov b
~ ne tAe Blitz q the Senate chanber-tl,i
'Wizard Of tho North"-atter swallowing th,
sword which te waved 30 high in lie mir ami
br.ndishoa 50 1rhcsilent,y during the Locomp
ton fight, fnish his feats ty swallowing him
.eelt This tY au as1daeious metaphor, nigh