The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1860-10-24
Senator Douglas.

has been no man on the stage of American
politics who has been so persistently Sian.
dered as Stephen A. Douglas. We remem-
Der some of the vindictiveness with which
Old Hickory was assailed. His estimable
mother was pronounced prostitute, his
pure and accomplished wife an adulteress.
Himself was called murderer and it was
boldly proclaimed to be in proof that he
had designs upon the liberties of his coun-
trv-a military despotism" being the
beau ideal Of the Hero of New Orleans !!
These charges have passed away and those
under 80 years of age can have but little
recollection of the intensity of hate with
which jackson was pursued. He beat
calumny at last and coward-lke it Law
down at his feet and licked the wounds
its fangs had made. In five years after the
grave had closed over his body, the breath
of detraction had changed to grateful in
cense. Now, as then, the opponents of
correct policy depend upon vituperation in
the absence of argument. There is moth
ing too bad to be said of Douglas. The
veriest smatterer of q little village dips
his pen in the bitterest gall furnished
by the shops of Republican committees and
marks Mr.. Douglas as the basest man alive.
The policy is not new. It began when
Moses was on the Mount seeking the good
of his people; it eliminated in the crucifix
ion of the Great Nazarine. The purer the
subject marked for victimization the more
relentless the hate which envenoms his foes.
Small men, the jackalls Of the party, have
no chance in debate with an intellectual
giant,-they find an escape for their envy
and prospect Of trifling official reward in
the indulgence Of their spleen towards
man UNNECESSARILY so their superior. -"
We are glad that there are among the
political foes Of Mr.. Douglas ther. are men
who have too high sense of honor to
malign him. In the Boston 7raueler an
able, fair, Republican paper we find the fol-
lowing: after stating "in 1853 he won the
greatest political victory known in our his
tory" the Traveller proceeds:
Thus he has had eighteen years of Sena-
torial life conferred upon him, and six of
that of Representative, besides having held
half dozen other Offices, though he is now
only forty years old. Should he be
elected President his Congressional career
will have been exactly eighteen years, four
teen of which will belong to his Senatorial
history. 1t is seldom that the life Of any
man presents so much success, in so short
time, as we find in the twenty-six years
that have passed away since his majority
was completed. Asa general thing this
success has not been undeserved: if we
look at the intellectual side of things, Mr.
Douglas probably has no intellectual supe-
rior among the statesmen and politicians of
the United States. His speeches and writ
ings are strong, clear, precise and logical
He has participated in all the great Con-
gressional debates Of the last seventeen
years, not to speak of his enormous labors
ION the stump" and in conventions and
caucuses. Rarely has it been his lot to be
beaten. He was more than match for
Mr.. Webster in 1850, when that illustrious
man endeavorcd to show that the Democra.
cy were responsible for the pro-slavery
character of the Government.
Various accounts of Mr. Douglas reception
at Chicago have gone to the country. The
Press & Tribune gave its country exchanges
the cue and the small fry take it up in va
rious degrees of Endorsement. Some tell
30 per cent of truth, some %, and some
asss. Eaas-aosvsr -yss a.~srscssao-.0r
humanity the smaller the quantum of fact
where the regular 6a6oon genus, in facial
distinction is reached, you find nothing but
unmitigated, coarse and impolitic falsehoods.
That our readers may see what neutral
journal thought of the Chicago Douglas re-
ception we clip the following from the Chi
cago R. R. Gazette:
DOUGLAS AT HoME.-The reception of
Judge Douglas in Chicago on Thursday
evening was one of the most spontaneous,
enthusiastic, hearty, magnificent demon
STATIONS We ever witnessed. There is no
denying or belittling this fact. Yesterday
trains were pouring in all day their thous-
ands and tens Of thousands. We had some
doubts whether the Democrats of this city
or State could or wouM get up such pro-
cession in point of numbers and appear
ance, as would rival the grand illuminated
Wide Awake jubilee Of Tuesday night
But our doubts have been most thoroughly
dispelled. No man in the country begins
to have such hold upon the affections of
the masses as Douglas. The great people
have come like the rush of ocean waves
when reused by furious storms, to awaken
confidence in the friends of the Little
Giant and appal and utterly confound the
enemies. Welook for the election of Doug
las next November in this State by large
majority.
A UNION TIcKET.-Letters from promin-
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