M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-04-24


the ground that the Topeka Legislators
where in a hurry when they adopted
the memorial-that the argumenta-
tive portion was superauous, and
therefore Col. Lane had a right to
strike it out as unnecessary. He could
see nothing wrong in this on the con-
trary, he thought it was his duty to
lop off the three pages as excrescences.
lie thought the objections to the pa
per were mere pettifogging arguments.
Mr.. Wade spoke under much excite
ment, and manifested a strong deter
mination to make the issue boldly
and foarlessly in the presidential cleo
tion.
Mr.. Pugh had wished to avoid the
discussion of the Kansas question on
this collateral issue, but he was con-
strained to reply to some ofthe remarks
of his colleague, Mr.. Wade. lie poin-
ted out the erasures, alterations and
changes in the paper, and showed that
the parts stricken out indicated that
the discussions in the Senate had been
heard, and the changes made it suit
the result. lie had cast no reflections
on Col. Lane on Thursday but he said
with energy and emphasis, that how.
ever good a democrat he had
been, he ceased 10 be one when he
Joined the black republicans. lie
read from the parliamentary law to
show that the petition was not such
as the Senate ought to receive. He
said, if there was no purpose OF agita-
ton TO advance, there was no senator
present who would vote to receive
such paper. lie pointed out several
passages in the document which were
grossly abusive of the President, and
said that the Senate could not consis-
tently with its character, receive
a memorial containing such offensive
matter.
Mr.. Hale undertook to evade the
points made by insisting that it was
only a petition Of Col. Ian to have
the matters of imputation against him
inquired into. M. Jones, of Tennes-
see, exposed this trick of Mr.. Hale by
reading and commenting upon that
prayer of the memorial. He showed
that IL Was device to get into the
Senate, paper which had already
been kicked out, and it was even more
insulting than the first attempt. Mr..
Bigler further opposed Mr.. Hale's
devise by asking him, if the memori-
al was referred to the Committee on
Territories, as proposed by Mr.. Har-
Ian, whether the committee would re-
port on the admission Of Kansas ac-
cording to the prayer, or on the ex-
planation of Col. Lane as to his i'm
peached conduct in offering a spurious
paper. Mr.. Hale could give no salts
factory answer to the question. Mr..
Toucey showed that it was a device
to introduce the memorial, and for the
reason again that senators on the other
side felt pressed by the discussion that
took place on Thursday.
Mr.. Wilson did not feel pressed by
anything connected with the Kansas
question, but he complained bitterly
that Mr.. Douglas applied to him and
his friends the opprobrious terms
black republicans and abolitionists,
tho he would not shrink from those
names. He entered fully into the de.
bate, and exhibited great earnestness
and boldness in predicting the final
triumph of his party. lie pointed ex-
ultingly to the increase Of his party in
the Senate, and he thought the time
was not distant when they would have
both branches Of Congress and the
White House. lie alluded to the fact
that the first Kansas and Nebraska
bill contained clause for the repeal Of
the Missouri line, and charged that
this change in the bill was forced on
Mr.. Douglas by Gen. Atchison
whom he characterized as the chief
tain of the border rufians. He made
these charges upon what he said was
a speech of General Atchison de-
livered in Missouri. He declared his
readiness to accept the Kansas issue,
and in the midst of his excitement he
proclaimed that be would survive the
conflict and fight another day. lie
alluded to the remark attributed to
Mr.. Douglas by Greeley as to 'subdu-
ing the republicans.
Mr.. Douglas denounced this charge
made by Greely against him, and ex-
plainod that he had said that those
who resisted the laws would be re-
duced to subiection. lie gave very
Satisfactory reason why the term black
republican was applied to Mr.. Wilson
and his party-it was to distinguish
them from all other kinds Of republi-
cans. He enumerated the several ar
ticles in their creed, and showed that
\ each one of them had reference to the
black man, and for that reason it was
\ not unreasonable to call them black
! renublicans. He taunted Mr.. Wilson