, 1859-12-17
Completion Of Political Cyele-What
thecasd his Baggage Threugh.H

DouTiss meant ~ ssVssE ssHe bad
ehecAsd his Baggage Threugh.'
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P'eea .oa1 system OF tactics In which Stephen
a. Douglas diyerged from his regular COURSE as
a caterer IN Sonthern uh;,,. fo- n. nrrro,a
- ... ~ "A Aux ~. .u' p1'pos,
securing .ne oena1ofsh'p OF lliloo1s-ana
places him, where the close Of the thirty fourth
Congress left him. valtowino in the m;re at The
feat ~ +ba .,. ,--,
49, P'"ef' "nea 10 1nnouoseu
mat ne mad lett the Democratic party and
checked his baggage through" be only meant
through thia r,,-;e-a,a +hot ,.n. h.o...o h.
49, ~ ssp."-s: sss'*.aua .la' Aa''' uagsage' 10
n'' ue nepreseatatlses from the tAth, sixth,
Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Districts Of Illinois
in Cougress has reached 4ha station .t TIA a,d
oF tha I;na .rd =. -, -I-.,.:--...
s.x g. csa.ls. '.' 49, - W. pe seen og 'oe'F so.e'
Iof speaker, lepose eately in the custody Of the
Democracy, leaving long lima of ;lln,tr,ou.
duok.. connr;s;nr men or a, ,t.... .nd noad;-
~. =; - 49, >, s0A
N4ohs III "at pa1'5't 70 mourn the unnmely loss
Of The huge gudgeons they 30 fondIy imagined
in their net tuo year. r;ncs
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~ Nue eSe4e we're wen Pia"nea
ana oar'ngJ executed Look at it. At the
close of the Tbirty.fourtb Conore., nopo1a.
,,v Nj. s.r.tor;., 49,, ~ .,..a 90
v,nt.a - ....~.s' - ..ose' au1
wanted II renewed; out With mtjor1ty in his
OWL state against him, that important bit OF
eapi'al for the advancement of his claims be-
fore the forthcoming Charleston conseution
Was ~ he we'll saw, quite ont Of his reach. It
fhinn f1r hfr, IN $t..4I =.
chance in Illinois Was with the majority, and as
e1sT, BY meaus Of his minion, John Candlebox
Calhoun, to bridge the abyss which separated
him from that ajorlty. It WAS done Tie Le-
compton constitution was made to order; Doug
las, according to the programme, got awful mad
aud said hard things about his parry, meanwhile
cooling and petting E stern Republicans who
were 10 be used as cats-paws with Which to
curry favor among his rebellious constituents.
As a result Of Douglass hypocrit,cal speeches.
Greeley, Thurlow Weed, the Springfield Mass
kpubttcdn and others 10 the East, and q whole
school Of solt-shell Republicans iu cur own
State, were ut once sending up peans md te
deums for Douglas.
1t needed only an occasional word from the
New York Tribune to keep these laudations in
the ears Of our voters until too late. notwith.
standing the most potent protests Of m,iority
Of the press aud leaders in Illinois. With ali
theec tricks in the game, it was an easv matter
for Douglas to "bag'' the prize, which be did,
the while laughing ia his sleeve at the msnner
in sehtch he fooled Greeley and hia bliai Re-
publieans.
As remarked at the commencement. this
eyei< in politics has been completed by The re-.
turn Of the whole Dongl.s delegation from IL
linois, according to programme, to Tho old rot
ten concern from which they emerged to accom-
plish their design The few anti-Lecoupton
men from other States who yet stand ont. are
LETT the only monuments to mark the former
existence Of their party in the lower house-
while in the Senate the vacant seat Of Senator
butchered on the plains of California bY The
Lecompton party, and the absence Of noble
spirit from Illinois, strangled By his own pro.
fessed friends in other States, attest that same
perfdious existence, disg.aceful alike to tho
duper and duped. Now let me ask how this