The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-06-02
Illness ofJudKe Douglas.

Judge Douglas is still confined to his bed
by the condition of his throat. If it should
not improve, he will be compelled to visi
New York for the purpose of obtaining med
ical assistance there Wash. Cor. Of the n
7. Herald.
There is no doubt but the health of Judge
Douglas is very seriously and perhaps per-
manenLly impaired. He at times displays
almost preternatIral energy and activity,
but his power is rapidly waning. On the
occasion of his last speech in the Senate he
was obliged to suspend his remarks in con-
sequence of exhaustion. His once mag
nifcent voice is gone, ruined by his cam
paigns upon the " stump" His habits are
not such as to allow recovery. His personal
conspicuity is so great that he is necessarily
harrassed by partizans of his persuasion,
and like many others of our eminent pol
iticians, he frequently appeals to the brandy
bottle to sustain him amid the exhausting
excitements to which he is subjected. Those
who know him best are impressed that he
cannot live many years-indeed that it is
extremely doubtful whether he can live
through his present Senatorial term. To
add to his embarrasSments, his fortune has
broken down with his health. A few years
ago he was believed to be worth about two
expenses in canvassing Illinois in 1856 and
SO, and the fall in Northwestern real es~
tate-particularly that which was being
speculated upon-has brought him TO the
verge of bankruptcy. Now, broken IN
health and in fortune, he sees the dream of
the Presidency, in which he has so long in
dulgeG, fading utterly; and his life, pres
entity, instead of being pointed out and bla-
zoned as splendid success, will prove
complete and mournfuI failure-a dismal IL
lustraton of the perilS and fatalities attend
ant upon inordinate ambition, and warn
ing to young men who are dissatisfied with
the paths of quiet usefulness, and thirst for
the vain pomps and glittering but unsub-
stantial regulations, SO hardly won, worth
so little and so easily lost, in public mans
career Gin. COM
What contrast between Stephen A. Doug
lass career and that of Abram Lincoln =
They commenced life on an equality with
but their hands and heads-their
hearts and consciences-to go on.
Lincoln took the straight and narrow
road of temperance, morality, high-toned
principle, straight forward honesty of
purpose, and out-spoken frankness of ex-
preston.
Douglas took the " broad way that lead
eth to destruction" He became the brawl-
ng pot-house politician, the wrangler, the
iirty, unprincipled, pettifogging demagogue,
The low-fung blackguard, the trimming,
sleight- t-ot-hand office-seeker,
the reckless partizan speculator.
What is now their respective positions
Douglas is engaged in selfish death-chase
after the glittering bauble that he has sacri-
feed his manhood for, and just as he imag-
ines himself in possession of it, it slips from
bis grasp, and he will sink after the race is
over into deserved disgrace. Lincoln had,
as free offering from great party, the
for the Presidency. He humbly
accepted it. He will stay at home like a
gentleman during the canvass. The Office |
Ieeks him; not he the office. And the omens |
ire auspicious, and indicate that the office
will find him. Young men, mark the con-
trast