Year: 1860

part Of the Government, they had an
uudoubted right TO say so. He went
further and reiterated what he had be-
fore told the Senate. that tho bill was
a breach Of faith, anl that the ex.
ci tcmcnt that followed its passage was
natural and inevitable.


Mr. Everett, by whom the m,mori-
al hal been presented, also spoke,
but with Characteristic mildness. in
reply to Mr.. Douglas lie was con
lidcnt that the petition was signed by
individuals Of all political parties. and
that it expressed the "sincere convic-
tionS OF men who look at this subject
strictly in moral and religious rs.
pcct." He added. Il do not think il
would bc possible to find any body of
men Of the same number, embracing
a greater amount OF personal AMI
moral worth, than these three thou-
sand aud fifty individuals. Mary OF
them are personally known 10 me, as
men venerable for years. distinguished
for lcaring, AMI Of. the utmost purity
OF life and character" These com
mcn6ations of the men he had vilificd
seemed to exasperate the Little Giant:
and lie reformed 10 his congcnial work
of defamation. IL doubt" he says,
"whethc- there there is body of men
in America who combine SO much
profound ignorance upon subject up
on which they attempt TO enlighten
theSenate as this same body of preach
erS." Among these three thousand
preachers were hundreds Of men
whose superiority to Stephen Arnold
Douglas would be recognized in any
circle where ability, and culture, and
moral worth are appreciated. They
can bear the abuse of such Il mn as
Douglas-shonld he infiict his COM
mcndations upon them, it would be
time for them to ask. What evil have
we done that this man should be prais


ing us? And now that he is seen
itincrating through the country like
another Japhct in search of his father,
resorting to the arts of the pettilog-
ger and the deinagoguc, there is moth


ing in all this to which we are dispos
eel to take exceptions. Such course
is in perfect keeping with his char
actcr and with the antecedents of his
history. The tastes and habits OF the
man are such as to give him an in
iluence over the vulgar and rowdy
elements in society. Other classes
will listen to him from curiosity, but
the stews and grog-shops Of the coun-
try will furnish him with his most APP
preciativc and enthusiastic auditors.
And this latter class will rally to his
support almost en- masSc in November
next. The inevitable law of affinity
will draw around him the scum and
sentiment Of society. And it is fitting
that it should be so. lie js the natu-
raj and proper representative Of these
classes. But moral and Christian
men will be repelled by the character


istics that attract the disSolutc aud
graceless. Thoughtful and candid
men will conclude that man so unfit
for the Presidency was never named
in connection with the high Office, with
perhaps the single exception of Aaron
Burr. Mr.. Douglas will learn in due
time that the ministers Of New Eng
land and of the United States, ignor-
nant as he may regard them, are able
to discriminate between reckless
demagogue and n wise and honest
statesman. And unless we are greatly
mistaken, he will find these ministers,
and the people IN whose confidence
and affection they live, voting toge-
ether in November next to give a long
quictus to ..Stepheu Arnold Douglas
and the disastrous agitations of which
he is the author. NJ