New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-24

Trained from that amusement. The wei known
case Of the Kilkenny cats is perhaps more to TIE
=. int. Here nothing was left Of either combstsnt
INT erbaps the pertnency Of this susion will NOT
Ia ,s,fa lily clear until after the election.
Mr. Don, 's will pardon Us if we sag that he
,.,i.d, n, o, Belisarius taking up collection,
80, aasrsnc. being that the .eedy monarch
Ala nov .pd then ..scure copper, whereas Mr..
Dou0l., mu,t carry sis old hat into new attadss
If be would BAY any votes. He may have, /. 9
mepdicsnt large claims cpon thu gratitude Of the
South but speedy payment Of ito debts has never
been the weakness on that part Of the country.
He msy think that be h.,s sbidsd coz, silently BY
the principles of bis bill, Blu. was hs wsa enough
to suppose that to be what the South ". 'nted
Did he not know that, 10 Iyn those hearth ana
hands, he must stand now upon dis heels and Ne "
upon bis head that he must tako his color from
the accidents ard the eTigencies Of the olgarchy
that be must be with them in eve y ecceatricity
of shiftless policy and in every sui'serfuge Of
despairinq cause? And had be read hhtory, had
be watched the turn of affairs to littls purpose.
that be did not know how perilous 10 to
do mean work without payment in advance
ANY frosty-headed old lawyer could have
told him not to listen for moment 10
rogues without cash. As il is, he must take his
pay in the general ruin of his party aud in the
hopeful darkness OF bis own political prospects,
He may deem this suiii ciept, but as Lord Bacoa
says, "He that studeth revenge, keepeth bis own
wounds green" In one of Hogarth's election
prints, an enthusiastic freeholdsr il presented ia
the net of saving of the sign beam, at the end OF
which be is seated. One can easily see where ne
will be when the crash shsll come. And whero
will Mr.. Douglas be when the DemOc ATTIC party is
utterly destroyed? where but 10 the mud and tho
mire with it The roosters in Mr. Douglass ad-
vertisement in The ConJtderaey newspaper look
very COY and galant-but suppose them dead,
plucked roasted, and eaten, and what chance would
there be of them coming to life sgain The Dem
ocratic party is dead cock in the pit. Mr.. Doug
las wruDg ts neck. Mr. Buchanan and bus satrsPs
picked it; the Republican party has roasted 1t;
The Lord knows who will ea.it. The Senator ishka
man who. having committed murder, should snow
his repentance by going to bed with the remains;
but unfortunately there is very little corpus
deficit to 90 to bed to, and what little there is can
not be considered very inviting. Still, Mr.. Douglas
does not seem TO lack stomach 90 much - opPor-
tunity.
When at Mobile, upon tie Fifth of November.
Mr.. Douglas has made his last speech tor the SEA-
SOD, he will probably take glass of whisky and
water smoke q cigsr ard seek his shests for slam
Der or re fle ction When he arises the next morn
ing be will shave himself, take bis cocktail eat
bis breakfast, read bis newspaper, and light bis
cigar again. What will he do thenf The ou'i-
ness of smashing" will be over He will be
politician without party. a leader without tai,
general with ut sn army, an sdVeoturer without
hope, schsm without project, bankrupt
without resource, and politician without pro-
oipe. The fragments of "tbe machine " will be
hesped around him; and as another will be sitting
10 he White House upon the Fifth Of March Mr..
Douglas will ind the occasion favorable for
variety of moral reflections. which it would be pre-
sumptuOus for US even to Indicate.