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He Is A "douglas"

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Parent Issue
Day
19
Month
October
Year
1860
Copyright
Public Domain
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ït might offend some of " the leaders of the people" to intímate that there are any Doug'as men residing in the 8tate immediately North of the Savannah river Howevar that may be, it shall not prevent us f rom relating an ocourrsnce which recently took placa at the North, and we believe, in Philadelpbia A gentleman from South Carolina, in hurriedly laving a cosch or hack, handsd the driver, as be thought, a silver half-dollar - whila the driver was in the act of ge'.ting out sotne changa for the pieoe, the Oaroünian moved cfl and continued on nis course As soon as the driver notioed that thE gentleman was gone off, he knew that there was some raistake make about the money paid hiin, and he iramediately went in pursuit. At the end of a block or square the driver, who by the way, was an Irishman, eaught up with him and said : - " 3r, you did not stop for your change you gave me a ten dollar gold pieee, and you must have thought it was a fifty ofnt pieee. Here is your change." " My good sir" said the Carolinian, " you surprise m - I was not aware that I gave you any more than your regular fare ; and I thank you for your hoi.ornble dealing with m." "It's right," said Patrick, " that you should have your right. You paid me like a gsntleman, and bedad, you shall bo nghily treated." The few momnts whieh intervened during this conversation, eerved to collect togsther several persVM, and the Oarolinian said ; " Thank heaven, I can return to the South, and say that I found one honest man in the free Statea, who proved honast under temptation, when there was no chance for esposare, How will I and my aouthern friends be able to account for this ?" " Teil them," eaid Patriek "that you had dealings with q Douglas man, and they never humbug anybody " Three cheers were instantly given for Douglas by the entirecrowd - tho man was highly cornplimented ; and what afforded him great pleasure was the announcement that the South Carolinian was an out and out Stephen A.

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Old News
Michigan Argus