Democratic banner., 1848-07-24
From the St. Louis Union.
BAY AND R T
PALMYRA, Me-, july lTth. 1873.

Gus notices, Messrs. Bay and Porter, thu
democratic and Wing candidates for. Con.
!gress in the Cd Congressional District, I'd.
dressed the citizens of Marion county, II
this place, on Saturday, She 18th inst. Al
is usual with the Wings in such cases, thsy
had been busy for some days before, i ntrs.
ing to create the impression that their can.
didste, Mr.. Porter, was a real champioAio
the cause Of Whiggery, and thsthe wasSy
far, an overmatch for bis competitor, Nf.
Bay.
At the time appointed, Mr.. Porter open.
ed the debate in quite a lengthy speech.
an ttegh he is a man Of very respectable
@.slef8 81 was evident from the dissppoint.
msnssfletsNas depicted in the countenanes
Of svsry Wing present, that be vas not, BY
far; coming up to their expectstions, a.
Though he made as much out Of the ease
The had to advocate as almost any other man
could have done. His great hobby was the
subject of internsIimprovements, in which
he assumed the position that the Democrat.
lie party was opposed to internal improve.
ments by the general government in every
form, and quoted from MIR. Folks veto mes.
sage of December last to prove. it. Alhis
other positions were in perfect keeping with
this, and about as well sustained.
After Mr.. P. had concluded, Mr.. Bsy
next took the stand, and although he had
the reputation ofbeing an able debater, yet
he far exceeded the expectations of This most
sanguine friends. On the subject of inter-
nal improvements BY the general govern.
ment, he was peculiarly happy, and sustain.
ed the position of the Democratic party on
that subject with an ability seldom equalled.
He showed that the veto message Of Mr..
Polk. from which MI. Porter had quoted,
contained the true doctrine on that subject
by the message itself showing that Mr.. P.
had not only attempted to sustain himself
10y reading garbled extracts, but that he had
in fact, incorrectly read those very portions
which he had quoted. Up to this time the
Wings had seemed to stand Bays broad
side tolerable well, but when this came out,
when they saw that their champion was
not only used up in the argument of the
question, but had been detected and expos
ed in his attempt to ~nisquote the authority
to which he had referred them, they SEEM
ed at once to give the thing up, and every
now and then an old coon could be seen Sill
ly slipping out Of the house IS though he
wished 10 get away unseen. On ell o her
Questions Nj. B. demolished his antagonist
as effectuslly as he did on the subject Of in
|ternal improvements. In bis remarks on
the late war with Mexico he handled The
Wing party without glOves, and showed 80
Gle srly hat the course of the present ad-
ministi alton was not only right, but the on
|ly one it could have pursued without COM
promising the national honor and rights, that
it would seem impossible that even the most
ultra Wing who listened to him could for a
moment have the hardwood to init
mate that we were in the slightest p~articu-
lar in the wrong. In q word, Mr. Bays
was one Of the most powerful and
triumphant vindicstions of the great priAci-
piles Of Democracy to which it ever was
my pleasure to listen. When he had con-
|cluded, MI. P. attempted to %rejoin, but ev-
|ery lick he struck made bad worse, and
when he wound up the Wings left, mortified,
chagrined and disappointed, but the Demo-
Gratis went away, proud Of their country,
proud Of their principles, and proud Of
their candidate, for whom on the first Mon
day in August, they will give q long pull,a
strong pull, and a pull altogether. <.
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