Litchfield enquirer., 1860-08-09

Why, Abe, you are rail yourself"
 MT. Lincoln looked up from his work wit that sublime glare which has often petrife, a world, and gravely responded:
 "You, sir are the rererse of ral."
 Douglas immediately grasped his hat an carpet-bag, went to Washington, and aske, the President to explain what Lincoln mean by that?
 "Why," replied the President, the re verse of rail is raI speh backuards."
 Since then Douglas and Lincoln have bee warm friends.'
 The subject of our biography was defeatc. by Mr. Douglas for the United States Sen ate, in 1854, on account of sickness in th family, and has since been known as " Hon est Old Abe" to the whole country He i: a man of unflinching integrity. and though h. chews tobacco at present, will not use thu Weed for companion if elected President
 N. B.-The author of this biograph, died immediately after penning the oboy' work
 LIFE OF STEPHEN ARNOLD DOUGLAS. BY ONE WHO HAS KNOWN HIM SINCE HE WA:
 so HIGH.
 Mir. Douglas was born at Bennington Vermont, on the Fourth of July, l77e, and demonstrated the utility of Squatter Sovcr elgnty before he threw off his crinolne. His parents belonged to noble Scotch family, and when Stephen was two years old, they emigrated with iim to Illinois. It was dur ing this journey that he gave vent to re, mark which has since become classical. His father asked him if he would have an apple; and, on receiving an answer in the af1irma- tive, made "split" in it-preparatory to dividing 1t into two pieces-when Mir. Doug las suddenly grasped the whole, exclaiming: :: The Union must and shall be preservedv' This immortal sentence was immediately telegraphcd to all the papers in the United States and Canada, and procured the election Of Mr. Douglas to the office of Judge of good whIskey, as soon as he arrived in Illinois When about ten years old, he commenced Writing for Harper's Magazine, and finally contributed 8 series of humnrous articles to the editorial columns of the Chicago Times Just before his election to the Senate last time, an exploit of his gave birth to this ANECDoTE.
 While Mr. Douglas and his gigantic op- ponent Lincoln, were canvassing the State, hey agreed 10 hold debate at Quincy, and allow the people to decide which had the strongest claim to their votcs The meeting was large one, and it did not take long for Douglas to get the better of the argument. Finding the battle to be going against him. Lincoln drew his form to it's utmost height, and looking down to the short figure of his rival, said, very pompouSly:
 Mir. Donglas, cannot look at you without thinking of a passage of Scripture" e."
 What is that?" asked our hero, good humcrcdly.
 "The way of the wicked is short," res pondeI Lincoln, and fainted away.
 The crowd applauded tremendously; but Douglas was not to be outdonc. Waiting until Lincoln had revived, he quietly said:
 And you remind me, Mr. Lincoln, of another passage"
 What is hat ?" asked Mir. Lincoln.
 " How lang, o Lord, hoac long ?. respon- ded Douglas. He was elected.
 By way of concluding our biography we give the following extract from one of Mir. Douglas most eloquent speeches:
 "Squattcr sovereignty, gentlemen, (great applause ) is not the right of one man over another man, accorded by the Constitution; but the right of aaother man over Mis man, or that man over this man, where man is willing that man should be his own man, in dependent of every other man, This, gen tleman, is squatter sovereignty, without nit igation." (Great enthusiasm.) LIFE OF JOHN BELL. BY AN INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE.
 The Honorable John Bell was born on Mason and Dixon's land, of rich but pious parents, and was noted for his ringing voice. His extreme personal beauty suggested that delicious poem, in which the poet asks his friend, Brandon:
 Did you ever see the beautiful Bell, Brandon ?'' He spent the earlier days of his life on a plantation, acquiring such fine cultivation, that his epstolatory efforts arc regarded with admiration by the whole world, and no man is considered good scholar who is not familiar with Bells letters. As Mir. Bell grew to manhood, he gradually eschewed all youthful society, and cultivated "old" gen. tlemen exclusively, and was noted for his venerable virtues. On one occasion, he wor the friendship of tea total society of old maids, under the following circumstances. Being asked if he believed the use of tobacco to be injurious, he promptly replied: :. :" If tobacco is chewed in certain way, il will do no harm to any one"
 How is that?" asked an anticipated Miss
 |" It should be es-chewed" returned the em inent statesman.
 In reference to Mr. Bells public career they tell the following
 ANECDoTE.
 As Mir. Bell was going from the Senate chamber to his hotel, after delivering hi. celebrated speech on the Re-opening of tn, Slave Trade, he was overtaken by promin ent politician, from one of the Northern States, who saluted him with:
 "I say, Bell, that was good speech O yours; but you are always too solemn, ant your friends have told you so, often."
 "Well," replied the Senator, Chow can { Bell help sounding solemn when it is toliet so often?"
 Immediately after this, the subject of ou memoir was seized with severe fit of sick ness; yet even that did not quench his spirit When the doctor asked him how he felt, on, morning, he replied:
 oh' feel aH sound, like any other Bell 2 IiJER Tor,>,