The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-08-09

laughter ran along the line of teamsters
N, who had, previous to this an
nouncement, been remarkably cheerful
and laxative, became suddenly silent,
while deep red color, tn, emblem of
shame, mantled his brow. This was a
good lesson for n
Early next morning he went and paid
Mrs. c. the 81, acknowledged his error,
and was never known afterwards to take
less than two weekly papers.
speeches.
From the Cincinnati Commercially
The barrenncss of the mind of a man
who has never read or studied anything
but party politics, appeared in the recent
journey of Mr.. Douglas into New Eng
land, and his stump speeches made at
! various points, to the crowds Of lion
hunters, who operated as the swellings of
Jordon to drive him out of the bushes
of retirement, and set him roaring Mr..
Douglas Processes to be on journey for
his private pleasure. He proceeded to
Harvard to witness the graduation of a
brother in law. This was the object of
his journey. The rest was occidental
If he was reported correctly, he was as
many as twenty times peculiarly surpris-
ed to see great crowds of people gather
ing like clouds upon his march Never
was poor man more astonished than at
the various "magnifcent turn outs of the
populace," and the tumutuous "seas of
human faces" Now, if the people could
have had a little variety from Mr. Doug
las, they would have been greatly pleas
ed with it. A great many people are
disposed to admire him, and they are
rather solcitous that he should do some.
thing worthy of admiration. lie was
called out at all sorts of times and places,
by all sorts Of people lie was screnad-
ed. He was toasted. He was hailed as
he stood in hotel balconies, by "magnifi-
ceut' multitud"S. lie was acclaimed as
he stood in the shadow of Bunker IIili
monument. He was cheered at dinner
tables-he was ebowed by extatic fol.
lowers, ani halloed at on railroad plat
form~-hc -nuffcd the sait rea brcczcs
from Massachusetts bay, aud 1ualred the
g!lttcrng waters Of Saratoga; and his
speeches were everywhere monot0nous as
4 the grinding Of IA hur1y eurdy with one
tune. The papers, as in duty bound,
have reported him, and every word has
been printed No man ever had better
chance to show that he vas not mere
politician with one thread bare idea
and 10 one ever more signally exposed
the want Of health and breadth of vivac
ity of mind. The only variety in his
speeches is in the different degrees of
confusion in expressing the idea of Pop.
ular Sovereignty as lie has manipulated
I it. The only local allusion made. where
! the very atmosphere was rich with re
membranes OF glorious history, were
that this. that and the other thing re.
minded him of-thc "great princpIe'
which he has succeeded in involving in
a fog of expressions from which others
/ must extricate it.
Mr.. Douglas is man of a good deal Of
brain power, but he is the last man who
should talk of people possessing but one
idea-for he perpetualIy indicates but a
fogey appreciation Of single notion,
which he has expressed a willingness to
abandon, whenever the Supreme Court
pronounces its decision The power of
Mr.. Douglas seems to consist principally
In managing local politicians. He is an
admirable tactician in arranging the pre-.
llmlnaries of ucus. \ single cxcep.
tion, however, may be found in the j. B.
Dorr letter, which appeared about year
since, and which Mr. Pugh has said in
the Senate, caused the trouble at Charles
ton, by showing the Secesslonists where
| to strike.
1t cannot be denied that Mr.. Douglas
speeches IN the Senate and on the stump,
have for some years been singularly mo-
notonous, and that every endeavor to
vary the tune has led him into difficulty.
The fact is, his mind has not .ceived
any food such as to give reason to expect
the variety and charm of culture in its
/ productions. There is no evidence that
his reading has ever extended beyond
political speeches and the twaddle of
party papers. The rich fields of litera-
ture are uncxplored by him. The per.
petual controversies Of the endless eau
cusing in which he is continually in
VOWED, give no opportunity for the cul
| tivation of his mind, aud the defective
education of his youth has not been com
pensated by the greater hunger for gen
eral information Of his manhood. He
does not appear ever to have looked upon
the face of nature with the eye of lover
\ landscape to him represents the voters
who live in it. A river is for steamboats,
to run on, to enable him to meet appoint.
ments on the stump. A meadow sus-
gests the article Of baled hay, and a field
OF corn or rye means possibility of an
exhilerating beverage There is nothing
IN all he has ever said to indicate that
he ever saw rock, or tree, bee, or bird,
or blossom, cloud, or storm, or sun, or
moon, or stars. So the formidable ma,
chlnery Of his intellect erinds over, again
and again, the old grist of scraps-the
whittlings Of Congressional combats-
and we have the same old dose Of dust as
the result.