, 1859-08-27
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SATURDAY, AUGUST a, 1852
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TIHNED Tr ~ E9eA FiS3.
II in u.Is new character lc eyincdB less
br;l!iancy os styl< aud cl4asteness Of express
r;on than the old English Essayists, he ney-
ertheless is e::i1led +, the palm Of greater
.:,,cnv,,"ss o. statement with more badness
Of sop.lisu. aud less regard for hissoeic4 truth
than Gnr. Wis7. TIC latter put his lacubra-
tirns on tue slavery question into the 6,1-o a
letter, aud thus sent them to the p1blic-
twrnty y-nino columns in leng.h-throukh tIe
dntsy newt11teetts Ooukaaa,' 'lE1hsofiitiE sae'
epistohay 2.edlun, nz4l she emphcmera1 char
A<ter oF the daily pressl affects the cilm de-
liberation and the mure pretcutious And state.
II style Of tic essay. and finds clad incl to
the public through the Magazine. Processing
"a have put aside lis partisan robes, he aeccnds
to the region Of pure and uni.npassiouad rea-
son, whence hc launches his dogmas with
tue calm assusanco Of a phibsoper
and with Gins proteased|y as rnselfish as those
os tie ,,uo 1ss,rio,. This considering tie
tl,re tho ,uanus7 and the medium, we feel war.
ra1..d in saving, is the inprcssiou which the
auI o. intended IFS cssov shou1d malo ,,non
the public mind. Eyideatlv, The }srcs circula-
ton >:f the Nasaziuc selected, its uoa-noltical
character, eud therefore tho certainty that its
couten,s would (a]l under the observation Of
thousands who would nevcr aaye read q dozen
! nes Of the essay. Lad it boon confined to tie
c,lumus Of aay Que Of Mr. Douglas organs,
Ind their full shore in shaping the character Us
well as tie direction Of tue production
The motive which prompted the production
wi1, le ann.reut tn every one who considers
the nos;tion and ,l;c aspjra,ions Of Ar, Doug.
,ae H., ;s IL candidate for ,le Presidency,
Fron Tho dov I'M uh,,], he entered the United
s,a,ts Senate 10 The prcscut hour, every public
NJ, in u h;c1 he las engaged. every speech
which he has delivered md cvcrv vote Tint he
has given or dodqea, has been with direct ref.
ercucc to its bearing upoa lis prospects
for reaching this goal Of Ills ambition.
This essay bas been written for tho same
nu,r,ose. Aftcr tho close Of the contest In this
S,ate last fali, Mr.. Douslas made pilgrimage
n the Smith tcain m thu cooc]us;on nf tho
last session Of Canp7css Lo beut his steps
,h;thervord Il :es.dtd far lcs, sacac:tr than
he is nosscssed Of to discover from tha courcr-
ra,ion of leading nosit;ciaus from the tenor Of
thu Southern uress. and from, the general tone
md manner sf tic Southern pub1ic towards
him TINT hc nrc1 e1nect nothing from the
South, At ,ht. game t;ne fearful measure
xrae sct+1,rc !, r,,,u ,;,, f1onc t1,o leaders os
+he a,,i.1ccon,,,o m nco,ocro,s in TIM Fire.
statos Demanding oso condition Of further
s5,,n<,rt that ho s1,on1d ,,lo ground more in
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