Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-11-17
Artcnus Wards Interview with Mr. Doug
las-dsTuud Cushion Show.
C1rvr1.ANn. Seni. %. 1850.

CLEVELAND, Sept ~. 1860.
81 MISTER EDETER: | seez mi quill too inform
the publik thru medeum OF your koums of the
grand addishun | hav gest maid too mi CRATE
metropollician sho biznes, and DARN Slak rope
and GIN nastic Surkus. Last mite had an in
tervu with Stevun A. Dugas, the renound poll
tikal ambdiXter and proprietor and Cheef kloun
in the CRATE popular soverenty sho Mister Dug
las is generally kald the little giant from his
haven performed the CRATE feet of wakn the
whole length of Mason and DiXon's close line
with the dred skot dcisshun in one hand and his
whole popular soverenty sho in the uther and
allzo pullin up the mammuth tire kald the mis-
soore kompromize, which was first planted in
1867 by Tomas Jefferson and uthers and set out
agin in 1920 Mister Duglas puld up this ire and
the constitution with it and plast them under his
feet.
But | was goin on to say that he haz bin
travelin thru the estern and suthern states per-
forming his triks and speakin his pees The wa
he takes um in with his popler suvereny game
is not slo. He holds out big bill to the peple
and seq, there's popler suverenty there's the
CRATE prinsipul. At first they think they sea it :;
but when tha look q little sharper it vanishcs
like du on the orcntle kornstalk when the
noonda son riZes in the east on thunderin hot
da in the middle Of Juli it kant be found nc
where. The folks sometimes get mad and korner
him in titc plase but be is tarnal smaul and
can kraul thru mighty little hole But they
sa he did one CRATE trk-at wun plasc he ct an OK
and 20, 900 klams.
AS soon as herd of his arrivel in toun | went
to pa him n visit. ! found him in his sho room
spekin his pees ; sez |, haven't you got that pecs
larnt YETI SeZ he, yis-but theirs sum of the
doktrin that the people don't bleev, and have
too alter uccashunaly to suite the phase. Sez !,
how do you like the sho bisness? ScZ he, it
don't pa. Saz /, mi sho is doom stavin biz
ness. lie turned and a tere started in hiz /; and
sez he, thowt shoOd make good deal out OF
my populer suvcrenty ; but scz he the people
begin to see thru it, and tha sa ii is hnmbug
Scz |, what are you going to do with it? Sez he,
as soon as | hav yused up the posters and adycr-
tisements shall thro it overheard.
Sez L. Douglas wbattle ye take for yer popler
soverenty? Sez he lie sci it cheep. told him
diddent no how too manage his tricks, but !
wood so into partnership with him in the sbo
biziness Sez he, its bargain. | then aXt him
what he thowt of taking along sum darkies to
sing songs and dams the hornpipe. Sez he, |
wunt hay emmy thing to doc with the niger biz
nes agin--t don't pa. lie sed he went into the
niger biznes in 1854 and had bin goin down bill
ever sins he sed it had nurly rooind him. The
little giant then purformed on the slak rope,
and kind up greest pole and spoke specs on
the top. One of Abe Lincoln's rales was next
browt in and Douglas was set on and rode out
thru the back dore. Douglas is about feet hi
and thunderin CRATE man for wun OF his size
made frenoogcal examination of him Hee
is a man of tremendous pour. lliz kavs are huge.
His bump of humbuggng is as big as goos eg.
Conscenshuness is kaved in. Heed make first
rate crer in the sho bznes his bump Of telling
yarns aint small.
Duglas and have completed our program for
our nu sho. We cal it the nu yunion sho, and
greest pole surkus, together with uther alarmin
and DARN feets
Duglas will perform the grand, bubble sin
gle handed game of popler suverenty. This
game can be seen best with the ize shet. But
must klosc. We are goin westward ho in u few
daze Yurs in hast,
ARrEMUs WARD, JR.
pee es-Duglas sez give popler suvercnty a
GOOD bio in the DaDer