The semi-weekly mountain Democrat., 1860-09-15
Now and Then.

The Uni0n forgets point or two. 1t
is too hasty in declaring Mr. Douglas has
stood by his declarations on Popular Sow
ereignty and non-intervention for the last
twelve years. The history Of the times
will not prove it.
Mr.. Douglas, it will be remembered,
made a strenuous exertion to have the
Lecompton Constitution submitted to
direct vote of the people Of Kansas, and
denounced all who opposed such submis-
sion as traitors to the Kansas Nebraska
bill and the Cincinnati platform. But it
must he remembered, when Senator
Toornbs brought forward his bill for the
pacilication Of Kansas in June, 1856, there
was a provision in it for the ratification Of
the constitution by the people. Mr..
Douglas was at that time chairman of the
Committee on Territories. ToOmbs' bill
was offered to .hc Committee. Five days
afterwards Mr. Bouglas reported bill for
the same object, and strange to say, he
used the same language as that in the 18th
section Of Toombs' bill, l,with the remarka-
BILE difference that the provision for rati.
flying the Constitution by the people was
stricken out! So much for Douglas
standing by his declarations in this case.
In 1853, in his contest with Lincoln, at
FreepOrt, he said, no matter il the Supreme
Court decide slavery may 60 into Terri
tory under the Constitution, the right of
the people is perfect and complete, under
the Nebraska bill, to exclude it. Now he
stands upon platform committing him to
at obedience to the Supreme Gourt. .-------'
Suppose Mr.. Douglas were elected Pres
idcnt, and the people ofa Territory should
assert their rights as he declared them at
Frccport in August, 1858. Suppose the
Supreme Court to have decided that the
people Of a Territory have no right to in
teriere with slavery. What course will
the President takc-obey the Supreme
Court. and order tho army Of the United
States to crush the people in their efforts
to maintain the rights he has asserted
Is there no inconsistency here9 lie
asserts in one case the prohibition Of
Slavery in Territory belongs to the
| people and again that it is question to
be decided by the Supreme Court.
Mr.. Douglas and his adhcrcnts assai
Mr.. Brcckinrdge and his party, asserting
that the latter are in favor Of n slave code
for the Territories. And yet Mr. Douglas
himself says that if the Constitution
carries slavery into Territories Congress
sional slave co &c for It's protection is incv-
liable, and that every honest legislator is
bound by his oath to enact it. The
Supreme Court has already given its
opinion on the question, and it is to the
effect that slavery goes into the Territories.
Mr. Douglas agrees to abide by the decision
trheh Il ro,oes and, therefore, as All honest
man, bound by his oath Of Office, must
favor in the Senate Congressional slave
code. Does Mr.. Douglas stand by his
dcclarations?- -Ncrada Journal
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SENTIMENTALI>M.-Wha is sentiment
alismy Did yor ever see the shudder OF
a withcrc1 and ant1uated prudc when
somebody happened Inadvertently to say
| "Legs?" That was sentimentalism.
Did you ever see seedy old dandy,
fallen upon the evil times Of dingy linen
and on the evil tongues Of dunning laund-
rcsScS, dcnouncing vulgarity and dcclaIm-
| ing on rcfncmenty That was sentiment
alism.
Were you ever told of fine ladies who
enlarged the compass Of their crinOlines,
and hurried the making Of their dresses,
but who, while they slipped their lemon
ade, lamcnted the miserics Of the seams
trcsSes? That was Scntimentalism.
Have you ever known women who
wcpt over the pcnitcntial sorrOws Of the
fictitious Mrs. IIallcr on the stage, but
who had only foul scorn" we thank
you, great Queen Bcss, for that maSnifi-
cent phrase for those Of the actual Mrs.
IIaller in society? That weeping was
scntimcntaliSm.
Have you listened to men eloquent for
liberty, but whose own temper was the
temper oftryanny? That was sentiment
alISm.
Have you heard the rich hoarder, who
never put dollar in the poor box, say,
God help the poor?" That was senti.
mcntaliSm.
Have YOU heard the rich g0urmdnd,
sitting by his bright coal fire of winters
evening, while lie mOiStened his clay with
Burgundy and whitfield q pineapple
murmur TO himself "Alas, for the house
less and cold alas, for the hungry and
the thirsty" but whose interest went nc
further, and was, like the interjection, a
mere gasp of wind? That was senti
mcntalism.
Have you heard the blooming and
healthy maiden complain Of her broker
hopes and her despairing heart? Tha
was sentimentalism.
Has an athletic youth, with the appetite
of lion and the digestion Of rhinocerOs
sent you his virgin volume Of poems, in
forming you in confidential epistlc tina
his verses have been written with tear
and blood? That was sentimentalism.
When the sick sinner drivels abou
sanctty-that is sentimentalism. WheI
the worn.out libcrtine eul0gizes virtue
that is sentimentalSm. When the dyinI
spcndthrilt breaches on the worth Of econ
omy-that is sentimcmtalsm. When tn
discarded courticr mourns over the pomI
the luxury, the waste, the dcceitiulneSS c
kingS-that is scntimcntalism. Whe
kings themselves, uncrowned and Olsen
throned, banished or imprisoned, moraliz
on the vanity Of glory and the uncertaint
Of powcr-that is scntimentalism. Whe
the companion Of your youth, or the assc
ciate of your thoughts, or the sharer {
your plans. with whom you have swOr
eternal (ealty at the altar Of sacred friend
ship, refuses you the loan Of half dollO
that oath Of his, surely, was nOthin
but Sentimentalism !-ReU. Henry Gle
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