The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-03-29
Senator Douglas.
" Washington Correspondence If Indcpencel

" ashngt ton Corresp ondrlc. Of independent,
Satan has shown the cloven foot at last
Douglas has come out boldly for disunior,
and against the lev administration. II his
i.l>, >pt ech lie took such a singular position
that mary republicans we're deceived, beliey-
its him TO be honestly tndeavoring 10 sup
port the rev adm Illustration. But his FRI
Gays speech undtcei,et them, and settled
The question as to what position ht will OF
cupy towards Mr. Lincoln hereafter Mr
Douglas boldly declares tia. he is for thr
sla,ehodilg lule in this country, or no coun-
Try at all tia, he is for CO.. ce>sions to slave
y. or Gi>union. SO At last he is fairly along
size Lis old .nerny jeff Davis.
Toward the close OF his speech Mr. Doug
as was very coarse ard abusive in language
ard bearing toward the administration and
tie republican senators. He vas severely
tcbuktd for this by senators Wilson and Fes-
sender. In replying TO Wilson. Mr. Douglas
contri>ed to get into 4 personal a.tercotor
with Nr Fcsscnden, and losing his temper,
brutal, charged the :isnitieI ard courteous
senator from Maine with deliberate and in
territorial faI,thood. Mr. Toss-ndtn replied
to this brutality most admirably. His sar
casnl was mos' whitening. NO 4,htl,h,oA.
lie said. would utter such language as that
which had Just fallen from the lips Of The
senator, and none but a coTdrd would insult
nan publicly known to condemn the so
called code of honor Tie NOS, severe part
Of Ftssenden's reoindcr was the manner o.:
its delivery. HI was cool, calm and unin-
FASHIONED as a marble statue, and his voice
was keocd in its usual tone Senator Hale
came in at last with "a written speech"
which lie found he said, in the Old Testa-
ment. lie quoted it as follows "Absalom
said moreover, OMot | were made Judge il
land. trat every man which hath any suit OF
cause might come unto me. 0Hd would &c
him Justice This hit set the galleries anc
the senators into roars Of laughter, and
Douglas waxed angrier than before lille
tie curtain fell upon his tempest of passion
i, other words, the senate went into secret
session.
The object of Mr. Douglas must be appar-
tnt to all who desire to know it, 1t is to de-
stIoy the republican party to divide and de-
mor.lize it and to construct a great pro-sla-
Very, compromise party in its place, which
will consent 20 a reconstruction Of the Mon
and the constitution, with slavery recognized
and protected in all Of its departments. Mr.
Douglas expects very soon to divide the cab
met, and carry of with MIN Nessrs Seward.
Cameron, Smith and Bates--it not the pres
ident himself. He calls the new party a
grand Union party, but its real name is the
great pro-slavery party. He is destined to
arother terrible defeat, for neither president.
cabinet nor people will agree to his dishonor-
able and demoralizIng propositions. The
people of the free states, however, will DO
well to look sharp to their rulers. Ever,
possible influence vii. be brought to bear up
on tie new administration to lead it along
the path of compromise and rnin. Better
Tor peaccabe dissolution Of the Union, and
friendly commercial treaties, than a compro-
mise which is the death-blow to liberty upon
this continent. If We have no power to de-
iend the Union, better far acknowledge tn,
revolution at once, than to purchase its aban-
donment b! the eternal degradation Of every
tree state.