Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-10-12
Crazy for Douglas"

poSteR dpouG Tie streets are 10 De refleO |
upcn-ard if 'the official paper of the
city" speaks the truth-there is to be this |
day an exhibition in Watertown that will |
be we'll worth seeing. 1t is nothing more
nor less than that of a live candidate for |
the Presidency, Stephen A Douglas, who |
has been for months past, as he is now,
perambulating the country and asking the
people of these United States of America
to declare by their votes in November, in
favor of his occupying the highest and
most responsible position within their gift.
1t is sight that can be witnessed but
once in a lifetime, and we therefore advise
all who have any taste for the marvellous,
and would know how contemplate per-
son can make himself appear in the eyes
OF all honorable men, and how low it is
possible for an individual laying claims to
great craftsmanship to sink himself in the
pool of political degradation; we say. we
| advise every one who wants to witness the
very quintessence of all these things as
concentrated and personifed in a single
specimen of humanity, to be on hand at
the Chicago and North Western Depot to-
day at three clock, and look at Stephen
Arnold Douglas as he appears in the role
we have inadequately. but truthfuly de-
scribed. As we said before, it is an exhi-
bition you never will have an opportunity
of witnessing again, for nature has never
condescended to make but one Stephen A.
Douglas, and this is positively his last
appearance on any stage" We entreat
you, therefore, to be wise and view him in
all his aspects before he finally departs, for
you ''ne 'er shall look upon his like again "
That the candidate of once great, but
no longer powerful political party, for the
loftiest and most honorable position under
our form Of Government, should bring him
self down to the level of pot-house poll
tician, and go wandering about the country
trumpeting his own praises decrying his OPP
ponents, and advocating his own claims to
office, is indeed lower depth than we ev-
er expected to see any aspirant for the
chair of Washington, a Monroe, JEFF
lerson, an Adams, or Jackson attempt
to reach. 1t has remained for the year
eighteen hundred and sixty to bring forth
such man, and to-day this political phe-
nomenon is to exhibit himself in all his de-
formity and degradation to the free and in
telhgent people of the great Northwest on
the line of the Railroads over which he
passes. Go and see this prodigy by all
means. Let our citizens turn out en-naasse.
A circus always draws crowd, and why
should not Douglas? A caravan has it's
attractions, and why should not Douglas
have his? A negro performance can COM
mand an audience, and why should not
Douglas do the same thing? Sickles, and
his babes in the woods, had their admirers
in olden times, and why should not this
other babe, Douglas, who so long and anx-
| iously sought his mother, now have his? 2.
There is but one thing lacking to make
this farce complete, and that is the presence
of Larrabee, "Our Elijah should have
been along as side show accompaniment,
and then the very acme of buffoonery would
have been reached Douglas himself is
good. but Larrabee and Douglas combined
would have been full team and given an
entertainment that would surpass anything
of the kind ever before known. 1t would
have been one of which the Democracy of
this State, and this city, might well feel
proud, if pride they take in witnessing the
dying eVolutions of their political mounte-
banks, as they evidently do, while they 90
struggling from one end of the country to
the other, soliciting the support of the peo-
pie and resorting to tactics which would
make decent man blush, for the purpose
OF obtaining it. But drowning men aeiH
catch at straws." As this man Douglas
Is being tossed about upon the sea of pohti-
cal life, expecting to 60 under on the 9th.
of November and never more thereafter to
be heard Of, so he too is STRUGGLING for breath
and making dying attempt to catch at
something, however trihing, that shall help
him to survive the wreck, and give him
little longer lease On political honors, if
such thing can possibly be done That
being his condition, we extend him our
hearty e0mmiseration, and as We are about
to part we would say that contrary to our
rule In such eases we give him the benefit
of this notice gratuitously, and take this
! occasion to bid him long and afectionate
farewell. Douglas. Adieu,
LarTabee K N - More Proof
In an article in the Milwaukee Press of the