New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-10

90 oIeditabe an Grand who has .
stoicsuy grsppled with bis emotions ~ {, passe
snd to make half hundred speeches on his var
to tho cemetery. II must be admitted thasts bar
admirably domineertd over his affections. Ne
audience avidousy ezpectant If speech has bssr
disappointed. We are Gar from blaming THE mn.
ulnr propensity to look at lions and {, lis.s, =
their roar. Mr. Douglas, if not celebrated !, :,
least notorious man; and the general appetite
for curiosties BIAS been much whssted this ysar b,
the great steamboat and the Japanese. Tbers
was no importunste reason for Mr. Dourl.s In bs
in q vehement hurry Whatever the del.y. Their.
was little danger that the tomb would sbsoo.d
At what day ard what hour he actually reached n
bow many cubic inches Of tean be shed, how Ions
he fingered there, and what burning Vows Of
amendment he made, We are not informed. We
only koow that he has come from ais meditatioss
brinfu of the Lecompton Constitution, and q
muddlirg that matter 10 large audiences much aftes
he old fashion.
But that Mr.. Douglas experienced religion while
in the Vermont cemetery We have reason 10 BE-
Geve; for he is DOW ia most benevolent ADD gsu.
erous frame of mind. For his great eyertous In
behalf of the Republic 10 general and Of Kansas ia
particular, he discaims all praise That be Is tie
author Of The great Non Intervention ,chsme, he
modsstly denies. He regulates all "exclasve
"glory and exclusive credit" he INSIST thst the
late Wing party shall share in bis honors. Psul
plaDted-ApollOs watered, ard be oDly-but We
need r ot finish the sentence Non Intervention les
Mr. Douglas calls iD was in full and Hourishing
practice long before he had anything to do with BIZ
The late Wing party died lispiDg, with ts stiensg
tongue, the doctrine. Clay loved 1t. Webster
dotted upon it. Pierce was selected upoa that
"yery ground" Gen. Scott was not "elsoted
"upon that very ground" for, although be was
Non InteryebteJ, the other maa was more Of
Non -InterveDter. Mr.. Fillmore approved. "To
{" be sure" says Mr.. Douglas, Z" wac il the habit
" of denying that the Wigs were entitled to the
Exclusive credit of those measures. They fur.
Disbed the geDerals-we the msjorities" What
an exquisiiely frateroal, harmonious, We may
almost say heavenly arrangement! "Poor, dear
brother Clay how 1 did love him (" says
brother Douglas. Excellent brother Webster!
" how admired M says the amisble Douglas.
" Charming Wing Psrty how | wePt for it"
says the too tender Douglas. All Of which will
astonish those who are not acquainted with Master
Stephens recent change. Bless your heart! he's
only ropipg in the Silver Grays-that q an,
IF q visit to the tomb Of his immediate ancestor
has been followed 10y such an sccess of impu-
denee, Mr.. Douglas would lave returned from the
tomb of bis grandfather or great-aunt perfect
miracle Of .audacity. 1t has been supposed BY
most philosophers that chalk is Tot cheeee, thst
fire ard water are essentially different elements,
and that hawks and hernstaws are not the same
birds. What the Compromises Of 1850 had or
have to do with the Nebraska bill may be known
to Mr. Douglas; but he u.s. Of all the millions liv-
ing, the sole depostsry of the secret. Tbs legis.
lstors of 1850 have sins enough of their owe t. an
swer for, without being forced to shoulder sundry
heavy ones for which they are rot respcnsible. Ii
is matter of record-at least, We have thought
so--tbat, 90 far from repeating, Congress in 1850
reaffirmed, regpacted, rebabiliated, rejuvenased,
reinforced the Missouri Compromise, which Mr..
Douglass baDtlirg Of bill, bad and nistegctten.
eradicated from the statutes of the Eaten. For
Mr.. Douglas to quote those acts,as preoederts for
his own is very much if thief should plead the
commandment Thou shalt lot steal" in bar of
an indictment for larceny. 1t has been the stand.
il g scandal Of Mr.. Douglass miserable measure
that it undid all that was DONE or supposed to be-
done, TO heal old animosities, to quiet agitation,
to settle the policy of The Government That the
Douglas bill was in some sort = wgetcbed result Of
the Compromise Measures, inssnucb as their pss.
ssge showed that Dough Democracy was ready for
any humiliation, we admit; but that the two wsre
alike, except as one monster is like another in be
mere fact of monstrosity, VIC deny. And rlore
than this: we believe those honest but mistaken
men who supported the Compromise Of 1850 hive
alwsys regarded Mr.. Douglass bill as q mischief.
and Mr.. Douglas himself SO mischefmaker.
We suspect therefore that most Old Wings, whe
have personal troubles enough of their own, VIII
rather resent than otherwise Mr.. Douglass charm
ing and smiabe imputat,ns, and will be inclined
to respond to them more emphotically thar polite
Iy: Fudge" Mr. Douglas in bis uew frame ct
mind may be in love with everybody; but it doos
not by sny means follow that everybody WI be IN
the scorn which, if they were alive, would leap
from their passionate lips, must submit to Mr.
Douglass patronage; but the living objects sf bis
late-born love need not b considered very hard.
hearted, even though they should dec,ne his
caYesses.
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