Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois.

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1854.  We will next examine a little into the qualities for availability that the ‘Little Giant’ possesses.—Knick. Mag., xliv. 7 (July).

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1854.  I am for the little giant and “Sanhedrim of Illinois” whilst he stands by the Constitution of his country.—Mr. Elliott of Kentucky, House of Repr., May 10: Cong. Globe, p. 819, App.

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1856.  The Illinois Central railroad bill, with all the power of the “little giant,” would never have been passed, if Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama had not been attached to it.—Mr. Jones of Iowa, U.S. Senate, May 9: id., p. 1170.

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1860.  

        The Little Giant of the West,
  Like Hercules, the beasts will slay;
Disunion’s dragons, that infest
  Our shores, will quickly pass away.
Daily Morning Herald, St. Louis, Jan. 1.    

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1860.  [Mr. Greeley] states that there is one tie left between him and Judge Douglas, and that is his admiration of the pluck of the little giant.—Mr. Kellogg of Illinois, House of Repr., March 13: Cong. Globe, p. 162, App.

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1860.  The “little giant” was born, and Cervantes died, on the twenty-third of April.—Richmond Enquirer, March 13, p. 2/1.

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