Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-01-26

possible he might be lionized in the meas
ure of the contempt in which he is helt
in the State he has so basely betrayed
The unreconstructed might rejoice ovel
him with the Joy some think he is destined
to awaken in another place uiitnentiona
bic, after he has fretted out his hour upor
this stage, and gone to the reward, which
when the curtain has fallen not to be rails.
ed again, supplements all the approval'
and disapprovals of this auditorium. And
now, before the lid of his political cofir
is closed over him, it may be worth while
to take his likeness-in charcoal-sketchy
way, that the cost of the work may moi
too disproportionately exceed the worth Of
the subject-and hang it up in public pla.
ces, warning to INSCRIPTIONS, greedy,
ambitious politicians who gamble for place
and its gains in name and power and wealth
and stake their souls, and, as far as they
can, their country, upon the hazard. In
1851, Doolittle, 35 years old, was coun.
try lawyer in Wyoming Couny, N. Y;
had been District Attorney there for a
few years; but, possessed of an ambition
that converted all the vitality of capacious
lungs and compact, elastic physique,
into nervous energy, he could suffer no
such pent-up Utica to contract his powers.
The boundless West was the field for him;
and he moved into Wisconsin, where, in
about two years, he managed to be elected
as Democrat, Judge Of the First Judi
cial District. But Democracy he soon
saw was on the wane in Wisconsin, and
when, in 1856, ever on the alert for the
chances, he perceived that the new Re-
publican party, with John G, Fremont for
its standard bearer, was going to carry
the State and elect a IT, s. Senator, he de-
serted his cid party in the name of virtue,
for the new, and then Immediately went
around, hat in hand, begging the Senator
ship in payment for his trcachery, The
prize for which he sold all the principles
he had, and his party, was won. His
was believed to be a case Of genuine con-
version. The Senatorshlp was given him.
When that term expired he was even re-
elected. Republicanism was still the WIN
ming horse; and while it was that, his
adherence was sufficient to recommend
him for reelection But this last term
had only partly expired when he showed
his cloven foot. In the nature of things
he could not hope for third Senatorial
term from the Republican party, and it
could not oust him from any portion Of his
second term, do what he would. Presi-
dent johnson vas metamorphosing into the
colored peoples Moses, and some other
curious forms, about this time. All, there
was a chance. And he deserted again
another bounty jumping affair; and the two
deserters put their loving heads together !
Fit associates, 6tly employed. Undoubt-
cdly Doolittle'S vaulting ambition, magni-
flying the power Of the Presidents pat
ronage to corrupt the country, dreamed
of creating johnson party and taking
the leadership to himself; but, failing of
that, at the worst, he could champion the
President and make himself conspicuous,
and that would be qualification of his am
bition; while, out Of the Presidents pat
ronage, or other source, he could pay him.
self abundantly for his unique services,
and thus crafty his other ruling longing,
greed. lie utterly failed, as the country
knows, in his most extravagant hopes; !;
but he succeeded in his alternative, and
although he has brought moral, no less
than political, death upon himself, there
by, at 54, while his natural powers have
only just reached their best estate, that
was success in his estimation at the time,
worth the pains and sacrifices it cost
Arnold succeeded. lie received better
pay of the British than he had received
of the American Government. Judas
Iscariot succeeded. He received 30 pie
ces Of silver. Esau succeeded. lie re-
ceived mess of pottage. But God help
our present subject, as he reflects upon his
mess of pottage, in the year that may re-
main to him on this side of Jordan, to say
nothing Of the other. Senator Doolittle
has broad, heavy shouldered, well filed
out, yet compact, active, energetic, up
right figure, measuring not far, i guess,
from feet 10 inches in hight. lie has
the middle-aged fullness at the waist, but
no corresponding heshy fullness Of the face.
His features are well cut. His face and
head are broad and relatively low, after
the conformation of his body. His broad