Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-09-16
War Of the Roses.

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on Douglas, in Illinois, in earnest. The
Little Giant will have to yield He
cannot stand up against fire i'll front and
rear The Nationals" met at Springfield
on last Tuesday week in District Conven-
ton to nominate candidate for Congress
After the nomination was made several
speeches were delivered, those delivered bo
Henry S. Fitch, U. S Dist. Attorney, and
Col. Lcib are reported in full in the Chi
cago Press and Tribune, of Thursday last
To give our readers some idea of the man
ner in which the Nationals are pitching
in to Douglas, we publish below an extract
! from Fitch's remarks:
: The announcement that the Senator in
tended to oppose the admission OF Kansas
under that Constitution Lecom pton took
the nation and the Democratic party by
surprise. 1t was at first vehemeatly de
MED. then reluctantly credited up to the
very moment of his political suicide in the
Senate, on the 9th Of December. Demo
Gratis could not believe tina. Douglas would
so far stultiiy himself. that after leading the
/ van. he would in the very heat Of the battle
so ingloriously desert. They could not be
lieve that at crisis when tue integrity and
very existence ofthe Democratic party de-
pended upon sustaining the National Ad
ministration in a position in which it hal
been pls~el Ivy Douglas himself. he woull
seltishly and shamsfrllly turn his batteries
Enpon his old friends and strike hands with
the enemy.
That proud confidence which the Dem
4.ocratic party once placed in Douglas has
been broken; that deep abiding trust which
! they reposed in him has been forfeited, and
no simulated penitence, no threatened ven
yeance can restore it. Defeated of elected,
!. he can ne yer again have, nl,oppertaaitr ef
bctraying the confidence of the Democratic
Party.
Nov, why did Mr. Douglas oppose that
admission? might tell YOU that it was
because the Senator was patriot. because
he was great man. because he was one ef
the champions of the people, the only cav
aler ''Sa,s peur, sdRS repro:is,' and other
handsome reasons usually given by the
Senator himself But / prefer telling you
less eulogistic and more truthful account
i The first great principle that underlies .
he movement is the principle Of self-pres-
ervation. TGreat laughter. Douglas
conceived that his reelection depended on
it, His political necessities drove him in
to the course. The growing free soil SEN
timent of Illinois must be conciliated OF
the State would no longer require his scr
vices. TCheers 1t was not that Kansas
was about to be forced into the Union, but
that Douglas was likely to be forced out
of the Senate. Prolonged laughter. l.
Not that Popular Sovereignty in the Ter.
ritories was being violated, but that
Popular Sovereignty in the State was aboui
to be enforced. [Continued laughter. /
Not that the right Of Kansas ito regulate
her domestic institutions in her own way,
subject only to the Federal Constitution, y
was to be overthrown, but that the right
Of Illinois to the same thing. unsubjected
to the dictation of Mr. Douglas. was to be
enforced. lCheers and langhter.l
, 1t was not that the honorable Senator
loved the Democracy less. but that he loved
! Douglas more. He was perfectly willing
to make any reasonable sacrifice of his
friends or their means to sustain the party,
but to ask him to sacrifice his own person.
al interest was asking little too much even
, for the Little Giant fGreat cheers II
may have been very Roman aud very I'M.
, mortal to stand up like brave and honor
, able man in defence of the party that had
} elevated him, but it might cost him his
Senatorial head, hence he preferred the
, discretion to the vaior of the deed. [Hit
him again Honor may have pricked him
on, but if honor should have pricked him
, of--that was the rub Honor had skill
in ballots. Honor could not secure a vote
} therefore he would none of it. Loud
! cheers
And to this very natural and discreet
: principle of self-preservation, private
/ pique against Mr.. Buchanan for having de.
, f,ated him at Cincinnati. and thus spared
. him still greater defeat at the hands ol
) the people. and refusing to appoint Mr.
] Richardson to a Cabinet Office. (who by
; the by would have made brilliant Cabi.
net officer. and you have the '''true intent
> and meaning" Of the anti Lecompton fgh,
: in nutshell. Laughter and cheers.
To advances his personal interests and
. crafty his private chargin he hesitatcd no.
: to violate his own principles. divide hi:
i own friends and ally himself to men whose
9 creed was the destruction ofthe Democratic
party, and whose ultimate purpose was dis
4 union Men whom he has often denonn
: ced in terms that wonld be.unjust If ever