Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-09-26

the whole world. he turns and gives Vol
, most un.aremnnilusly the lie Oh. that
t was ung ncrDuS. 1t WIS msln-?ery mean.
, unspeakably mean. Ifyour self sIcriicin.
friendship had awakened the least echo il
: his heart. he ought to have been the las
nan To do so. But that heart seems to b.
q filled with callouscd selfishueSS-so desti
tute of the generous impulses of human IA
ture-that if his friends. like BrOlerick
, die for him. he cnldly disowus them; anl il
they lie for him. he IremIfly puts them 70
shame. And for what? For the purpose
Of retrieving the lost favOrs Of the South;
regaining the lost smiles of the slave pow
er. to be sacrificed to them Was that the
reward you had deserved at his hands?
, Loo; at it again. See he stands before
the shareholders in the Senate ofthe United
States busy bargaining away your honors
for their favors. 'Wio has ever served
You more faithfully than |, with my great
principle? he asks them. 'Nhy not let
my friends in the North preach up that
principle as the pioneer Of freedom? The
fools, perhaps believe in what they say.
but We know better. DO you not see the
result? Why not permit me the innocent
joke of bambOozling the people of the North
iat5 believing that | anu the great Champi-
on of Freedom? All Douglas m.n. what
sight is this? He has prostituted you. and
new proclaimS your disgrace How do you
like the attitude in which he has placed
you? How do you like the pillory to which
with his own hand. he has nailed your ears?
And you are willing to stand there-Stand
there quietly in the eyes mankind! Do
YOU not sometimes hear an earnest voice
speaking within you, spca ing of self-re-
spcct and the natural dignity of MANI
Does 1t not tell you that the faircst blush
of shame would be an ornament to your
check? My friends love to esteem all that
bears the attributes Of human nature; but
if so ctimes, at an unguarded moment. Il
cloud of contempt arises in my soul. it is at
the aspect of this gratuitous sclf-desrada-
tion, for which even ignorance and error
can hardly serve as an excuse.
See there your master and prophet, pros
trating hiIRsclf before the Slave power-in
the dust, before your proul opponents.-I
You can no longer say You stand by him.
for since that day he docs not stand up him. I
self If you are with him still there, at
the foot Of the Slave-power, where he lies. /
you lie with him. And what did the slave /
holders do after he had 50 meanly humili-
atcd himself and Frustrated his friends?-
DID they smile upon him? Aye. they did. /
with scorn. and said. I'VE loved thy trea-
son well eRoEgh. but we spurn with con-
tempt the trait0 :" and there he lies still /.
The time of the Baltimore Convention ar /
rived, and the StruLgle re:omm,need. Is
became at once manifest that Douglas nom /.
ination coul not be forced upon the Dem
O,ratic p rty without Splittin. that organ /
ization in twain; and he saw clearly enough .
that then his election would he an impOSsi-
bility. The Southw as seeding en- maSSs,
and lie elving the rump Convention to do as
it pleased. Then Mr.. Douglas. seeing u .
dissTaccful defeat iReyitaLle. wrote let
ter to his frienls in the Convention. request /
ing them to withdraw his name ii they /
found it in any way consistent to do So
Aud declne, if Douglas was ever honest
in anything he did or said, believe he was
honest then aud there.
But nov the moment had arrived when
it become manifest that there Is justice III
history. Douglas position was disgusting,
but his punishment was sublime. Then
has friends for the first time refused 10 obey
his Command. Those whom he had used
50 often auI so long for his own advance
mcnt saw now there was last chance of
using him for theirs. They said to him.
I'VE have performed our part of the CON-
tract; now you have to perform yours. We
have nominated You for the Presidency;
now you have to permit US to be elected
Congressman. Shcrifs, County Clerks, or
Constablcs OH the treagth Of your name.
There is no bac lug out. Ho. for the
spoils.''
E. Dust thou think because thou suddenly hast
bccune virtuous,
There snail be no more cakes and ale?
Yes. by Saint Ann. an ginger hot in the mouth
too"
And so the saddle of the rump nOmina-
ton is put upon his back. AID the whole
gkastly Pack of ofice-huRters jump upon it.
The spurs are put 20 tie fanks-the whip
applied to the back of the painting. bleed
ing jade, and so the spectral ride goes, east
and west, night and daS-and may the
steed 60 to perdition. if only the riders
reach their goal. LOud applau c and
cheers.
Oh. there is justice in history. He has
at least the idol of his dreams-the ekjess
of his fonlest wiSheS-tor which he has
laid 81 many treacherouS scheme-f1r
which he has turned 50 many summer
.1ult-for which he has strueA so many a
blow at the peace of the Republic, for which !
he 50 often prostitutcd himself and his fol .
levers, for which he has hugged 50 many
a lOafer, and inSulted So RaRy an hoRest :
man. for which he made every rum shop ,
his headquarters and every rufian his :
has at last the nomination for |
the Presidency: but what he has craved :
as blessing has come down upon him as ;
a curse: to be nominated and know that !
IN election is impossible! to he vOtel for, !
and to know that every vote for him is for
VI isIbNf WYNN III AsAtSSf eAi4A Z
every vote against him vote for Lincoln, !
whom he does not love! 10 BE- voted for. :
and bc aware that those who vote for him.
work. not for him but for themSelvesi To !
be dead and yet living enough to be con .
scious of DEATH Oh. there IS justice in
history! Am exaggeratiug? Where is
that mighty leader, whose voice once called :
millions into the field? At the street cor
ners and cross roads you sec him standing .
il C blind, down fallen Bellisarius-not !;
in virtue. not in poverty bevy of poll :
teal harlots surrounding him-and beg .
siug for the miserable obolus of vUte;
begging he Know Nothinss, whom he once /,
affected to dcspise; begging the Wings, !
whom he once insulted by his brawling de-
invoking the spirit of Henry
Clay. whom he once called black-heartcd