Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-09-27
THE INTELLIGENCER
Rough Portrait of Mr.. DourIaa
az a Western nousE.PA1NrER.

received bitter and Scathing review from the
Ohio State Journal The editor first gives his
impression of Douglas as be appeared before his
audience:
"Those who have seen the plaster bust Of
Douglas which is current, have probably been
incredulous as to the resemblance from the i'm.
probability that any man could allow such an
ugly image to be multiplied. But the bust is a
true image of the man. Tho attitude of the
head and whole expression-o countenance are-
the intensity of low cunning. The appropriate
attitude for him or his bust would be with his
thumb on his nose and fingers gyrating 1t is
easy TO believe the highest achievement in
craftsmanship of a man with that vulgar coun.
tenance, would be trick to open the territories
to slavery on the great principle of popular
sovereignty, with judicial decision prearranged
to deprive the people of any power Of resis-
tance.
He then proceeds to show up the denago.
query of the speech in the following style:
'Ofcoursc the opening wvs an exaltation of
the harmony and unity ofdemocratic principles
That is daily dish since the party has no prin.
cipleS that it dare define. 1t was superauouS,
however, in this case Douglas himself is suE
hcient illustration of the entire harmony Of the
party. a lie, worthy of his countenancc, but
unworthy of his position, followed: that the
Republicans hold that there must be an ire
prcSSible conflict between the free states and
the slave states, until one or the other are
wiped out. Misrepresentation of the Rcpubli-
cans being the only democracy Douglas has, he
must use that literally. This false poSitian of
course, he refuted by 9howing that our govern
ment was founded on slave states aud free states
and had hourished harmoniously up to this
time. Then, with singular forgetfulness, he had
to put the colonies in irrepresSible conflict with
Great Britain on the slavery question in the
seventeenth century, and to make this rreprcs-
Siblc conflict the almost sole cause Of the revo-
luton, the colonies fighting for the power to
exclude slavery, aud Great Britain determined
to force it on them; all this for the purpose of
hitching his squatter sovereignty aud Drcd Scott
to the trail OF revolutionary glories.
"Truth must stand aside for this charlatan's
necessities, therefore history must not interfere
with them; but the fact that the introduction of
slaves was made one of the complaints against
her in the original draft of the declaration of
Independence, and was stricken out, does not
show that this was the grievance that caused
the rebellion. This is fair specimen of the
way our political history is upset to serve his
turn.
'"rhe whole of the first half was a direct and
pnlpable violation of the copyright of his ar
ticIe in Halper's N0Quzine, for which those
publishers should prosecute him and recover
back the price. He has sold all his stock in
trade, with the good will and fixtures, and all
the tricks by which it has been carried on for
the last five years, to the Harpers, and now
he is setting up business again on their pro.
perty.
This is perfectly characteristic Of the mans
whole political life. The South took him up,
an uncoIth, uniclted cub-as the Douglas cdi.
tor of the Cincinnati Enquirer once described
him, or in terms Of similar import, when he
was conducting the Southern Aspect, or a Jour
nal of some such name in Virginia They
employed him to break down the Missouri
restriction against slavery, with the pretence OF
leaving the people to regulate their own institu-
no"s, which was to De called popular sovereign
ty-an invention of Mr.. CasS-with the express
understanding that the rights of slavery in the
territories were to be left open for judicial
decision. This was directly charged on Doug
las by all the southern senator's last winter
and he did not deny that he entered fully into
the plot
'rhc conspiracy was carried out exactly
according to the bargain. The barrier 10
slavery was broken down under the cry of
popular sovereignty, and the judicial decision
was made that the Constitution carried slavery
into all the territories and that neither Congress
nor territorial legislature had any power ex-
cept to protect it. That was all according to
the programme. But Douglas expected Interior
benefits, and when he was disappointed in get
ting the nomination at Cincinnati he turned
double traitor. Now he goes about talking of
popular sovereignty, just as if the judicial
dlcISI0n, which he told Senator Trumbnll, when
the Nebraska bill was pending, would decide
whether tue people could exclude slavery had
not been made. He has betrayed the North.
then the South, and now political gambler,
dead broke, he wants to make another raise out
of the North to start the same game again.
eve frequently hear of country,nen who are
depleted with the patent safe game in the vrtu-
Gus city of Cincinnati in spite of the vast
spread Of information by the enterprising jour.
nails of that metropolis innocent persons are
yet found who change thousand dollar bills for
strangers on the cars and who loan their pile
for short periods on checks Of imposing mag.
nitude, but for pure verdure commend US to the
people that can at this day be caught with this
popular sovereignty SALT and with this Douglas
stateman, whom nature provided with the pre-.
else qualities calculated TO achieve eminence in
exercising the pen and thimbles at country
fairs.4
"Can it be possible that this compound of
cunning and impudencc-this cast-off tool of
the South-~ho, while carrying out their bid.
ding, disgrnced the Senate with the vulgar,
brutal insolence of the slave driver, even TO
their disgust--an overbearing bully, with them
to back him-a fawning hypocrite now-can it
be possible that such person can ever be ele>
waited to the head of this great nation? Ifso,
then our circumstances against this country be.
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