The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1859-09-17
50 90 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
cOpy.RIGHr DEMOCRACY--THE NEW
FASHION IN POLITICS.

W.
FASHION IN POLITICS.
Rucbonan has had sorrowful time; bu,
he mus, huy e laughed outright, when he saw
Douglas copyrighted! Copyrighted De.
mocracy! What an idea Popular oos.
ereignty advertised by the Harpers, at
twenty-five cents q number-and all man
kind warned not te steal it. The idea IS al
once novel, surprising and entertaining
Certainly we thought Democracy had taken
all the forms, names and modes, which were
to be conceived Of but Douglas is original
He has discovered new mode Of exhibition
He has copyrighted. lie has put it in
Harper. along side Of the 'syirginlans," and
come ont a competitor with Thackeray.
There is evidently a race between Douglas
and Thackeray, and we cannot gues. winch
will win, Just now it is neck and neck.
Popular Soy ereignty and tho "Virginians,' =
are about upon q par, and may well be put
in competition. .....s ,,
Seriously. however, We mean to defend
Douglas. lie was clearly in the right. In
the first place, something had to be done
which should equal Wise. The Virginia
Governor had got clearly ahead. His mes
cage on the value Of the oyster beds had
only brought bim up to Douglas, With the
Nebraska Act, but his letter to Donslly No.
3 William street, was far ahead OF Douglas
Something had to be done, and It IS done.
Douglas has copyrighted Popular Sover-
eighty! This puts him as far ahead OF the
Donelly letter as that was ahead OF the Ne
braska Act. Douglas may now cry, Irl-
umph! He has brought forth new idea
COPY right Democracy. Jefferson never
thought OF it, and Wise never imagined it.
But why notY We have patent washing
machines, and patent pills; Why should we
not have copyright Democracy? Douglas
is right. II we can patent pills to purge Us,
why should we not copy right scheme to
befool US? Democracy has always seemed
to US to be imperfect. Something was
wanting. But we have it now exactly: Let
it be righ,ed with the seal OF tne on''eo e.,
Judge Taney, it will be universally respect.
ed. What pity his ideas we're not orousn!
out earlier. If Cass could have copy'rlgh'ea,
the Nicholson letter, Taylor never could
have beaten him. The seal OF the United
States Court would have been lnvlnclble.
But we shall defend Douglas on another
ground one of importance to young gen.
tlemen pursuing the business of politics:
Why should political literature be unpaid
for? Can ANYBODY tell? There is the poet
sster, with his stanzas on Niagara, gets a
copyright: there is Thackeray, with his
"Viryininns, and James, with his "solltary
horseman, ;" and Curtis, with his 'Potipher,
all get copyrights, and consequently their
paw. WHY should not the politician, with
equally inventive faculties and quite as
profuse in language, get copyright ana
pay? Why not? Douglas has SET gooo
example to all his fellow politicians VINO
have SO long dished up their harangues 70
the people without pay or provender. IL Is
true, one here and there gets at the peoples
cribs and helps himself; but that Is for pat
riotic, not literary service. For ourselves,
We thank Judge Douglas for the opening
he has made for young men OF his proies-
sion. Herafter, when any of them invent
new Democratic theory, instead OF wasting
it on the great multitude, they can immeai-
a,ely 90 to the Harpers, pocket the pay,
and get out copyright. 50, when tney
have prepared some of those beausifui
speeches, in which the people are repre-
scnted as the demi- gods OF the 1oiden age
and the republic as q vast eagle, soaring
amidst the illumination Of the Aurora Bor-
ealis-this genius will not be wasted, but
will be embalmed amidst the pages Of lar
pcr's Magazine.
The Harpers, too, must be conSratoiateo'
Douglas and Squatter Sovereignty ia a Dot,
ter speculation then Edward Everett anu
Mount Vernon. The world likes novelty.
They like to see Douglas astride on fopuia,r
Sovereignty, riding through Arizona, WIN
company of Mexicans on one SIDE ana
Apache Isdians on the other, prociaimihs
the glorious principles of Democracy copy
riqhted. Cincinnati Gazette.
WILLIS on GENTLEMEN'S SAPPEAAAN'E
NOWADAYS.
Everybody, now-d days, dresses toierably
well. The great gulf that used to separate
a Pelham from the majority OF the puDiie Is
narrowed to line almost unrecognlzaoie-
owing doubtless to the fact that tailoring
has become one of the largest indusrtial en-.
terprses of the country, and that taste ana
capital have combined to make the best
tailor work for the greatest number OF Gus,
toners. BY walking in at one door OF
Brooks vast Clothing Pantechnlcon anu
coming out at the other-remainlng twenty
minutes and delivering yourself over 10 the
taste and Judgment Of the successive flo'
fessors of Coat, Trousers and Wlstcoat-
YOU may not only get the cheapest SUIT o1
Clothes, but (probably) most becoming.
The great majority of men, that IS to say,
who used to Keep at such respectiul u's-
tance from first rate dandylsm, that 'neii
dressing was only tenth-rdfe, now hna !"
both cheap and easy to dress second'fMe-
a curious Pelham-izing Of the republican
majority which has made the dandy nlne-
tenths less distingushab!e than nc usea 70
be. -.
There are several artistic points in which
the dress of tho Many has very much I'M
proved. The collar Of the coat IS now cut
as "A sculptor would have it-so as not TO
interrupt the naturally curved line from the
car to tie turn of the shoulder. by tho
making of the arm-hole larger, too, the
dislocated or Joined on-appearance 9t ne
sleeve is remedied, while the greater fu.nsss
Of the sleeve itself, liberalizes the genera!
air of the garment. Trousers are improved
by the making of the leg smaller as II ap'
proaches the instep, thus taperlns IL manu-
somely into the line Of the well maze ooos'
But the greatest advantage OF all Is the
present fashion of wearing the waistcoa'
and trousers of the same material, thus
giving to the advancing figure continuity
of color from head to foot, and adding 70
the height as we'll as to tho harmony OF the
proportions. The stripe down the outside
seam of the pan,aloon is also an advantage
to the height. In the wearing Of the cravat,
which is now a mere tie around low eu'
shirt collar, one Of the finest points OF the
masculine beauty is restored-the shape ol
tho throat and neck below that commencing
line of the beard which is so universally
handsome. -1he increased attention to th'
shirt wristband adds to the look Of cleanli
ness and elegance.
Hats are in quite a state of anarchy
Nobody knows what the fashion is. Som
breros of all descriptions prevail: Bu
while the appearance Of the crowd is thu
made vastly more picturesque, the ind'yidua
physiognomy suffers proportiouatcly. Grav'
men scarcely look sane in the ''rowdy hats
now so common-mercantile men look un
trustworthy religious men look abandoned
poets neglected - politicians reckless
Brady, the great photographer, should b.
busi,y at work. collecting for posterity, tn