, 1860-07-31
The style nnd Substance Of 11r, Doug
las Speeches.

LIT LIE tluS1ko2H A6HHIt1eAAl-l
The bafrenness of the inin.: Q: u man WHO has
neser read or studied anything but party poll
tics, appeared in the recent journey Of Ar.
Douglas into New England, and Lis stump
speeches rasle l.: yarlcus poinis, to the crowds
of lion hunters. who operated III the dwellings,
of Jordan tn lrive hin. out Of the bushes Of re-
tirerent, and Sc. kim roa.ing:. Lii. Douglas
PROCESSES to be on D journey lur his prira:c
pleasure. He proceeded to Harvard to witness
The graduation Of q brotber-n Law. This was
the Object Of his Journey. The rest was asci-
dental. If he WAS reported correctly. he Wss rs
rec great crowds of people gathering like clouds
upon bis march, Never Was poar man more
astonished thun at the various magnificent
turn outs Of the ropulace." and the tumutu-
ous s'secs Ct tnsoau faces Now, if the peo-
n}e cou!d have had g. little variety from Nr,
Douglas. they would bave been greatly pleased
with it. 4 great many people are dispo*ed to
udc,;.s him, and they are rather so!icitous that
he ,hould .io something worthy Of admiration.
lie WAS called out ut ull sorts Of times and r]a
ces. ,y I'll sorts Of people. lie WAS sereha5ed.
lie was toasted. liz was hailed as be stood in
bo:.1 balconies. By ''inagnitccnt" lnn'tsudes
liz was acclaimed AZ be a:oosl n the shadow OF
Bunker Hill lnonua1ect- lie WAS cheered at
dinner tabies-te ~as elbowsd by e2ta:ic f,t-
Lovers. and ha1loed at on railroad platforms-he
suuGtd the salt SEA breeze from Massachusetts
bay, und quai+d the g'ssteripg waters Of Sara
toga; aud his speeches were everywhere mo-
no;oreus rs tie gr.ndlag Of husdr eurdy with
oae tune. Tie papers, as in dutr hound, hare
reported him, and srery word has be IN printed.
| No ,nan ever had u better chance to show that
he was not = mere politician With one thread
| bare iLea-ard no one ever more s'Yna1ly ex-
| possd the want Of health and breadth Of Efvaci-
! ty ot mipl4 The only variety In his apeeches is
in the GilTe.e:t degrees nf confusion in Express
| ing the itcI Of Popular Sovereignty rs ne has
n,anipulated it. The only local ailusicns made,
/ wher. the very atmosphere WAS rich With re-
ucu,brauces Of glorious history, were that this,
| tia. and she other thing reu1tudtd him of-the
"vrzat rrit cirle" which be has succetled in
t involving in fog OF expressions from which
| others must extrica:c il.
| Mr. Douglas is .aan af e good deal Of brain
| power, but lie is tie last man rho should talk
Of people passessiug bn: one idea---:or he per-
| petualy indicates but fnggy appreciation Of
! q single notion, which he has expressed vii.
Court p1onnunces its deciaion. The powet Of
Ar, Douc!as seens to consist principally in
managing local politicians lie Il IN aGntira
bic tact1cian in arranging the rreiiminaries Of
| Il caucus. 4 single exception, EoweEer, mny
be found in the J. u. Dorr letter, which ap-
peare,t abou. year since, and which Mr.. pugh
has said in the Senate, caused the trouble Ut
Charleston, By showing the secesaion;sts where
to strike.
It cannot bo denied that Mr. Douglas
| apeeches in the Senate aud on the stump, have
far sorle years been si,gu1arly mouotonoue,
and Tint every enleuvor to vary the ture has
led Liel iutn difficulty. The fact i, his mind
has not received any food sucl as to give rea-
son to expec: the variety and charm OF culture
in its productions. There is TO evidences that
his reatirg la, cye- extended beyond political
speeches and the twaddIe Of party papers. The
rich tic ds of literature are unexplored BY him.
The perpetual controversies Of the endless can
cusicg in which he is continually involved. give
no opportunity for the cultivation Of his mind,
and lie defective education Of his youth has
10. been compensated By the grrnter hurger
fur general Information OF bis luanhood- LIE
| does not appear ever to hare lacked upon the
face Of nature with the eye o! a 'oSer. \ }and-
scspe 10 hin represents the voters who live in
It. / river is to: steamboats, to ruiz on, to Ell.
able him 10 nit e appointments o., tue stump
4 meadow suggests The article Of ba:cd hay,
:u.i field Of cutn tr RE neansa possibility oil
an exhilerasing beverage. 4hcre il noihing in
.ll.he ha. ever said to indicate that he ever saw
1cck. or tree, or rirer, bee, CT bird, OF blossom
cloud, or storm, OF SUI, or nlao3, or stars. 80
The formidable machine Of his ,ntellec. grinds
over, assin, and again. The old gr'st ot scraps:
the WRITINGS OF Congressional combatz-and
we have the same old dose o. dust as the RESULT