Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-12-02

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|, was but the adoption of the odi51s Will
mot Proviso in another1 - The ques-
tion in 1852 was not disunnRlHitmas sim
ply whether the Southern States should
take counsel as to the steps to b. adopted
by them in cQpSeeRopce OF the nlf,l1SRsas-
lation of Con - [lhms people had dsei-
ded against taking action, and he acquies-
! ced, but he had every where proclaimed
then that he was no disunionist; that who
ever stated that he was, stated what was
false; taatni6Suniap was the extreme rem
edy, the last resort, and it should not be
loesQEtaduSo lille the Union was tolerable.
The quest fof disunion was not the ones
!, -tti9p. of the canvass of 1851, and he had
never !leSlll4e1tssSo, too the charge
that he had advocated disunion in 1852.
was untrue. The Democratic party was
then a unit, and the question was Presi-
Dental one. At no time in his political
career had he advocated disunion. ~
That another charge preferred against
him was that he had made speech; at
bangor, Iao1ii9R in which he had ayow-
ea The o. Of squatter sover-
.eignty; an's!sh extract 11n-the alleged
speech, torn from its context hSf~teen
produced to sustain the Charge He had :
never made speech at Bangor of any
KIND, nor had he at anv time uttered any
sentiment which could be fairly construed
into recognition by him of the doctrine
that Ierritor Legislature could affect
IN any way the status of slayery--a doc
trne worse even than the Wilmot Provi
so, and against which he had warred ever
since 1T had been broached Mr.. Douglas.
IN has recent canvass for the United States
Senate IN illinois, had seized upon this al
lodged passage from speech never made.
and had claimed that his own sentiments
delivered in his speech at Freeport were
Identical with those promulgated in that
paragraph. Mr., Douglas well knew that
ms Mr. Davis deliberately expressed o.
pinion on this subject in the Senate of the
United States, expressed in Debates with
Dir. Douglas himself, in which he had for
ced Mr. Douglas to abandon the doctrine
as untenable, were the very reverse of those
attributed now to him. and that in his
Portland speech he had SO expressed him.
self he thought the very reverse of Mr..
Douglas. lie considered Mr.. Douglas o.
pmlon as Objectionable as those of his ad-
versary, Mr.. Lincoln. They were both
equally destructive of the rights of the
South, both at war with the Constitution,
and with his friend, the editor of the Ms
'tsPPsan, lie would have been glad if they
ha 1 made Kilkenny fight of it, and Meth
n had been left to proclaim victory.
Col. Davis then proceed 20 give his
'Plnipn oil the future prospects of the conn
ry. He declared his firm conviction of
he fidelity of the present Chief Magistrate
o the Constitution to be unimpaired; that
le would never recede one inch from bis
: --~--s lSess.-d, b,ss-O On the contrary would,
need required, take step forward
hat the clear indications were that the
Slack Republicans would have the majori-
y IN the next Congress, and would thus
ontrol the legislation of the States; that
hls opinion their policy would be to have
uch multiplicity of candidates fer the
'resldency, as to prevent choice by the
eople, and thus they would secure, by an
lection by the House, one Of their own
len. That if this should be so, or if they
houid elect President by a vote ofthe
eoPle, the question would be presented.
hat should the South do? For his part
9 had but one answer to give. When that
when the Government was in
ostile hands; when the Presidency and
lie houses of legislation were controlled by
e enemies of the Sonth, be was for as
rting the independence of Mississippi; he
as Tor immediate withdrawal from the
MON. .fs iu sii 81 Io mI
lie advised them to turn their old mus
It's INTO Minnie rifles, prepare powder,
lot, shell, ammunition of all kinds, and
so as to be ready against any
lcrgeney. Get skilled artificers who
uld cast cannon, make guns and manu-
cture all the necessary implements of
arfare; that this was but the part of pru-
mt prccaution. Its effect would be to
cngthen and not weaken the bonds of
Union; to cement andnot separate the
ates. If the North saw and felt that we
re IN earnest the North does sec and
that the South hopes by buster and
svado to frighten the weak and tirnid to
oihit to her policy of slavery-extension.
Ed. REP. and would not permit agQres-
n beyond a certain point, they would
sc theirs efforts. = That for his part,
lie he was Scnatoria theBnitesl States
bound by his oath to support the Con-
ntion of the United States, he would
cr into no combinations, he would mite
no plots that looked to the dissolution
he Union. But if the evil hour should
ne whensthe State could no longer ore-
IN 'ip the Union with honor, and, he
I'd fheivoice of his beloved State caiiing
: home, he would throw off his Seuuto.
robes. and be among the firststo tear
a ITS place the star which now ashope
such bright lustre in the flag of our
ntry, and placingit withits brightness
lmmed upon a new banner. unfnrlitto
winds; and w hile he had q headTto
K tongue to- speak, Or an srin. to
%, they shonld be devoted to the de
of the sovereign and independent
of mississippi lids ,a1d 7sEts