The Nevada journal., 1859-11-11
DoroLAs.-This distinguished pol

lous," When combating against the
Republicans and Administration men
in Illinois, coming out in defiance Of
his party, an outsider hanishirg from
mind the state Of feeling among the
people of Illinois which must be ac-
commodated, and the object sought
for by Douglas. might pronounce his
position sublime. Now, however, to
witness the doublings and twistings,
eel-like slippings hither and yon, and
farcicaI displays of himself.all for the
Presidency. the same outsider might
be forced to declare the little giant
had taken that one lower step from
the sublime.
Ridiculous as he may appear, his
course is the only experiment which
could have been devised by the De-
mocracy to save the party from igno-
minious defeat. So adroitly have his
plans been laid that they seem to be
part of a studied programme to save
his party. like the Texas and Oregon
hobby of 1914. the compromise meas
ures of 1882. and the Kansas-N Nebras-
ka bill of 1856. Buchanan had not
long occupied the Presidential chair
before the enunciation of his Tcrrito-
rial policy was found to be such as to
hopclessly es:range the northern De-
mocracy. His position having been
taken, he could not, if he wonld, re-
cede egyed on as he was by the bulk
of his party found in the South. Be-
tween Buchanan and the Republicans,
no middle ground existing. the north
ern Democracy must inevitably have
been driven to choose the latter.
The effect was clearly seen. In 1856
the party was only saved fall by
its eye-lids, in Pennsylvania. Illinois,
and Indiana. In 1860 it was foreseen,
the alienation of the northern De-
mocracy was certain to turn the po.
litical scales in favor of the Republi.
cans. In the nick and crack of time,
Mr., Douglas. wanting reelection to
the United States Senate, and seeing
how utterly hopeless were his chan
ces in the existing state of public feel
ing in Illinois, struck out for himself
a middle course, beckoned to the ADJ
ministration to hit him few tolerably
smart blows, not hard enough to hurt,
but sufficient to create sympathy for
him among few Republicans. He
calculated the effect judiciously. He
was returned, at an expense it is said
of $4,000. to the Senate.
Once having promulgated his dog
ma of Popular Sovereignty. and be-
ing elated with his success in State
,election, he aspires to save to his par
:y- the next President in his own per-
son. The experiment is a hazardous
one. but the party is defeated unless
it succeeds. The incentive is ample.
There is everything to gain and moth
ing to lose that is not lost already
Between the alternatives of going
wholly over to the Republicans and
being treated as suspicious politician
should be. and forcing himself to be
adopted as choice of evils by his
party at Charleston, he decides upon
the latter. Accordingly he plays his
role in every conceivable manner.
He industriously procures an impress
ion, that for the Democracy it is
Douglas or defeat. Now he sympa-
thizes with the fillibusters, ard bawls
with stentorian lungs for Cuba. That
is for the meridian of the Gulf States.
Then he publishes in Harper an imi-
tation Of the story of the "House that
Jack built" ,"-an Iteration, ,reiteration
and rehash upon rehash Of his half
conceived ideas Of sublimated non-
sense. That is to catch sprats where
t.e*er they are foolish enough to bite,
Next he blows and strikes for the
Administration. lie tells his friend.
to vote with the party in Pennsyl.
vana. and his home organ rejoices in
the election of Latham and the repu.
diation of Broderick. But .whereve,
he goes and whatever he says, there
is enough ofthe cutie fish accompan.
iment and indefnable language to al
low him an escape in any emergency
In his Harper article he leaves infer
ences,under which he can support the
nominee of his party for the Presi.
dencv,while on other occasions he la.
uttered sentiments which. will go tt
help his consistency should he boil