The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-07-02
From the Democratic PharoS.
THE SPEECHES.

the court house. on Saturday last, one OF
the largest political assemblases in this
place for many years, some six or eight
hundred persons being in attendance.
DR.. Fitch first addressed the audience
two hours, speaking of his course in
Congress, and ably defending himself in
advance from ;he attacks of his oppo
nent. He showed, satisfactorily to any
unpreiudiced mind, that he had dischar-
ged his whole duty. neglecting nothing
that the interests Of his constituents de-
manded. For Postage Reformation Mile
age Reformation the valuable donation
of Swamp Lands to Indiana--for settling
the unfortunate difficulties which threat
ened to dissever the Union-and to aid
in securing Bounty Land for the brave
volunteers--he had made every exertion.
He was willing and desired that that the
People, to whom he owed his election,
should examine candidly and thoroughly
his course in Congress, and the reasons
for that course: he had no desire 10 con-
ceal any thing from them. He fully and
fairly answered the attacks of his oppo-
nent, and his remarks elected as close at
tention as we ever witnessed in a polit-
zeal audience of the same size. The eff
fort of DIR. Fitch, throughout, was a can
did, able aud unanswered and unanswer-
able argument. Wings with whom we
have conversed--not - fool wings. :"
as certain wing ex-candidate for Con
gress has it, but moderate. candid men,
,.,lr ca ll IF H.
SPEAK in no very flattering terms of the
effort of his opponent in point of candor
and argument.
Mr.. Co,iax made his debut with a pit
eouS tale about the ungentlemanly treat
ment OF DR.. +. and charged him with
having spoken longer than tie allotted
time to weary the patience of the people
so that they would not remain to hear
Mr.. Cs effort. After such charge from
The Wing candidate, it somewhat aston
lshed the audience to hear from DIR. F.
(wlthOut contradiction that he was re-
quested by Mr.. c. to speak longer than
usual, so that the latter could do the
same. The cool impudence of the effort
to prove DR.. +. guilty of such an UNI
courteous act, when his remarks were
prolonged at Mr. C's. request or by his
permission, placed the latter IN no very
enyiabie position before the audience.
MIR. Colfax rung his usual changes
upon what he was pleased TO term the
Inconsistency of DR.. Fitch in 1648 and
1919. We had read his unfounded char
ges so often i'll the Register that it did
not excite our astonshment in the least.
but it reminded us of the gentleman who
repeated story. suspected of being false
so often that he finally believed it was
true. That man could believe meas
ure unnecessary under one set of circum-
stances, and necessary under other and
far different circumstances, Mr. Co fax
seems wholly unable to comprehend in
others. though lie proba ably has found OPP
pOrtunities not a few TO understand it
thoroughly in his own experience, and
wishes that privilege for hims If which
he denies to others.
A:.other extremely little thing for Mr.
Colfax to descend to, was his assertion
that DR.. f. had said that his speech of
the l4th Feb. 1850, in Congress, was
| second only TO Col. Bisselis '-convey
ing the idea that DR.. f, was boasting oil
his superior ability. We fell. confident
as the Wing fuglemen (of whom there
appeared TO be one or two) gave the sig
nal for general burst of whig upproba
ton, that Mr.. Colfax was at his cunning
tricks. The remark made by DIR. F
which Mr.. c. so coolly perverted, was
; that his speech was Second in bitter
ness to Bissel's. The matter is Of nc
great consequence, only as it. in connec-
, ton with the misre presentation that
} crowned his opening tale. shows the pet
tifoging tricks to which Mr. c. resorts
to get the advantage OF an opponent; anJ
the natural inference is, that if Mr. C.
will misrepresent an opponent in such
small things, he cannot be relied upon
: in more important matters.
On the Mileage question, Mr.. Colfay
dwelt long, and loudly, asserting how
honest he will be if elected, and how
dishonest DR.. f. is. He would show
Congress trick worth seeing! OF course!
Mr.. C'S professions of honesty are un-
uOuotCuis 'Oi. dl
guments; but he is out of office, and pro-
tessions are quite cheap in such cases
Jude Sample, once Wing Congressman
from this district, eight years ago stood
on the very judges stand from which Mr.
Colfax issued his professions on last Sat
urday. and condemned in round terms
the mileage abuse-and Judge S. pledged
, h, II, r. 4.
friend of his who heard him) to have the
mileage matter fixed about right. But
sure enough, he took all the mileage
committee allowed, and that was by the
usually travelled route" When asked
why he did not have the mileage fixed
according to his promise, his reply was,