, 1860-09-14
TWO CHANGES IN ONE wEHK.

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changed Lis political opinions. whenever q
change las been demanded by the exigencies
Of his position, is not the least surprising char
acteristic Of the man. His changes have been
., frequent aud so many, beginning with
back down from t1e opinion embodied inone
Of his legislative acts, that Congress has pow
er to prohibit Slavery in the s:ates, and thence
pr,ceedi3e through various graaaticns Of
opinion down 10 the bo!dest 1nnkest, baldest
Calhounisrn, that we may not enumerate them
here. Bu. in all his slliftings and transforma.
tions, lie Las not until lately treated the pub.
lie totwo changes in cns week.: Asthe mans
intellect ha1ders aad natures, he gives rev
and surprising evidences Q: his powers. For
example: Up to the day Of his speech at Har-
r:-hurgl, last week, he has never given any
iati,natiou that his yiews on the Tariff had
undergone any modification. They were
probably identical with tloss promu]gat-
al 1855, whcn he Opposed, in the Senate, q
Civil and Diplomatic Appropriation bill to
which certain sections for the revision Of The
Tariff wcre attached, ia these words: II
"am." be eaid, "for reduction Of tho tariff
alto strict revenue standard I am g free
":rade nan 10 the fullest extent that We can
"car.y it aEd at tbs eaue time collect revenue
"eaougl t. deiiaT tic expenses Of the gov
'erza1ent. In other words, am for no otn-
"er kind Of tariff than revenue tariff
Again, in another place, he added: "When
"you cal on me as a revenue tariff mar, al
"free-traler, 70 abandon my principles and turn
"protectioniss, I wish 10 know how far you arc
"6o:ng to CARY your protectionist doctrines"
IT I'm aga;ns. this measure" be repeated,
"o7 the ground that it is not a revenue tariff;
"that it is not free.trade measure; TINT is
"retura to what I had hoped was On erpzoded
"do711e. Prot:ctioa.' Yet at Har1isburgb,
impclled by soma supposed advantage to be
gained BY tbs eummcrsault, he comee out firm
II, SQUARED; and o3eu1y for protection. This
is change No. !.
Change No 2, is not less remarkable. Since
this Canvass 1nd his search for his mother
commenced, be has been furious against fusion
vita tns "Sscessionist7," invariably chasing
them with .hs Abolitionists whom Ii was the
daty Of tbs pzopls to put down. This has
been an element in his Strength Of which he
has not been slow to ava; himself in all lis
electioaeering harargues- II was only On
Saturday Inst whils the New York commit.
tees were sitting at Delmonico's AMI cndcavcr-
Ing ITO trade" that Mr.. Douglas addressed
rnze::ng il tac city Ct Resding, in which he
used this language:
"How, thea, shall Ne maintain our pr;nci-
pies: Ou!r By athering firmly to regular nom.
nations and putting dorm Ill seceders and bolt
CTS. (G-eat ensbusiasm-] Whenever you mike
.eral' sud eom2romise With boiters, you hold
1he future. [Cheers.l For one, I eau never
fuse, [1cice..-.Sever!' and never will fuse
wish a1y man who tells me the Democratic
creed is contrary 10 reason and the Copstitu-
tion." This sentiment was received with
terrific storm Of applause, which lasted several
minutes.
On Saturday Inst! See what the time in.
terveriug betHeen that day and Wednesday
afternoon has wrought! We quote from tie
tcleerapllc report OF his speech at Jones'
Woods, New York, on the latter day:
Mr. usuglas SAID he was in favor Of cordial
union Hi.h every Uuion man who WAS true to
the Constitution, aud every man who was IN ia.
vor Of enforcing the laws in all coatin .encies.
Il Mr. Breckenridge Was in favor of enforcing
the laws 81 a:1st aecessionists, disuntouists and
Ab1litlcnitts in al contingencies. then he
(Douglas) Was with him. Believing the Union