Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-06-24
Douglas Down on DR.. Lcib--A Spicy
Debate.
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w t.. Il
WAsHis1roy, June IL.

The proclamation of the President CON
vening the extraordinary session was real,
AMI committee appointed NIessrs Allen
and Seward to inform the President that
quorum is assembled. and the Senate is
ready to receive any communication he NAV
be pleased TO make.
In the course of the debate, Mr. Douglas
called attention to personal matter. The
object of his rising was to notice tele-
graphic dispatch giving an account of the
proceedings of what was termed an admin
~tration State Convention at Springfield,
in which his public course was condemn
ed He proceeded to show that this was
not Convention oil the Democracy oil
Illinois. alsl said that tho persons nonina
ted for State officers arc not, and have
never been, recognized AS consistent
Democrats The true Democratic Con-
Fvention was heidi in - April last. aud
instead of being abused, he was in
dorsed by it, What was this Administers
ton Convention! There was a man In
Illinois who hollis an Office, travelling all
over the State, claiming that he was au
thorized by the Administration 10 de
nouncc every man "a traitor to the party
who does not approve the Lecompton Con
stitutiun. This man, with few boltcrs
from the genuine Convention. where they
were voted down by twenty to one. got up
the recent squad The Federal Office hol
ders were threatened with removal, BY the
Postmaster at Chicago. if they faiie,, to at
L. IL. l. Al.
ocracy of Illinois, and dcnouncc him
Douglas. He never yet hal been de
nounced by regular Convention. The
bogus gathering was got up by DIR. Charles
Lcib, agent for the Post Office Depart
mcnt in Illinois. All know that his his
tory is this: When Jim Lane and his
gang were. driven from Kansas in 1856
Lcib fed to Illinois. Pretending to Le
confidential friend Of Mr. Buchanan, this
Leib was the chief officer of the Society oil
Danites, anil took the horrid oaths requir-
cd to break up tho Democratic Party. I'M
der the penalty of being reviled bv men
frowncd on by devils. scorned BY angels
and forsaken by God.
Mr. Bigler said that what the Senator
had asserted was the last thing which
woull have occurred to any man. magma
ton He hal before heard this allegation
against Doctor Leib. and called his atten-
ton to it, Doctor Leib. solemnly denied
ever having belonged to such an associ
alton, and said the use of his name was
without any authority He was not IN
Kansas at the date Of its organization.
Mr. Douglas replied that this compelled
him to make a contrary statement. The
first time he ever saw Leib was in 1856
when he admitted he was the man The
fact was susceptible of proof by hundred,
of people in Kansas, and he admitted il
hundreds of times. 1t was only an eyi
idence of the vileness of mans character il
he denies that he was the chief officer Of
the Danites in Kansas, under jim Lane
This fact was brought to the attention Of
the Postmaster General before Leib was
appointed, but the Postmaster General
said he promised Leib he should have the
Office before he knew it. The Free Sol
party in Illinois had no hope of success in
the election except by destroying the Dem
mocracy, and an alliance was formed be-
tween them and Leib and his boilers.
Mr. Broderick wished to know whether
the Administration encouraged Leib.
Mr.. Douglas rcrlied-He did not say
that the Administration gave him author.
ity. The infamy of his acts is too gross
to induce the belief that the President OF
his Cabinet officers could have given hin
such authority. Yet he did think that il
it was not disavowed after the facts were
known, they would become as responsible
as if they had given the authority.
Mr. Broderick. Of California. expressed
his delight at the remarks of Nfr. Doug
las.
! Mr.. Trumbull, of Illinois. had no dis
position TO interfere with the faction ofth'
So called Democratic. party He woult
not have risen had not his colleague sait
the Free Soil party have no hope of sue
cess, except by the alliance with Ieib and
company. II his colleague was laborint
under such misapprehension. be woult
disabuse bis mind. The Republican part.
intend to defeat both J.eib and the Dem
ocratic party. together or separately
There is no alliance between them and thi
man Leib and his associates. The Rspub