Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-08-19
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Buchanan Democracy in Iili-
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ri n0lS.
The National or Buchanan Democracy
had meeting on Friday night, at Metro
poli1 7all in Chicago. The hall was
tille( Ne Douglas men attempted TO get
up row and break up the meeting, but
the prompt activity of the police prevented
it. The meeting was addressed 10y Col. r.
B. Carpenter, Hon. John Dougherty, can
didate for State Treasurer, E. W. Tracy,
Esq, aud Henry S. Fitch, District Attor-
ney.
Mr.. Carpenter said that he believed
Judge Douglas was at heart "a strong pro
slavery man rather than Republican"
bu' that ''lhe interest of Judge Douglas is
the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and
the end of bis political creed," which senti-
ment was greeted with applause. He said
also:
What is !he position of Judge Douglas
and his friends? Starting out by saying
that .sthe Lecompton fraud"-that is what
he calls twas attempted TO be forced
through Congress. ask who attempted
to force it, if it was attempted to be forced
throughs A Democratic Administration
and Democratic party. And yet Judge
Douglas says he belongs TO that party
What! belongs to party that have will
fully and deliberately committed fraud ?
A fraud consists in two things; first, an
act guilty in law, and secondly guilty in In
iention. Now, if Judge Douglas is an hon
est man, be will not serve in such party;
and if he is not an honest man, we don't
want him for Senator Laughter Let
him take either horn of the dilemma, lac
goes out. Cheers.
Col Carpenter was very severe upon
Douglas. He showed up his inconsistent
cies in regard to the Toombs' bill to admi.
Kansas, and ridiculed the position taken
by him in his speech of 9th of December.
In relation to the charge of bolting, he
said:
come now TO the grave charge of our
"boltiug." This is no new cry, but is old
as Cid Bailey. Whenever one fellow steals
something and is running away, he cries
"stop thief" We understand this perfect
ly., 1t is true a majority of the State
Scutfdi OOultDitttt uuuef q lofhOi vi Soni0
zation of the Democratic party; called a
convention at Springfield: We went down
pursuant to the call and held convention
The same day they did-we in the Senate
and they in the House. We had Presi-
dent, Vice President Secretaries, &c, and
the recognized number of officers and all
that sort of thing, il takes to make Lo-
cofoco Convention. They didn't do any
thing more than this, but understand there
is something more than the mere forms re-
quired 10 make up Democratic Couven-
ton than the mere framers. 1t requires
that the principles of the Convention shall
be in accordandce with the principles Of
the party throughout the country. Have
subsequent eyentsshown that we were mis-
taken in supposing their principles were
not so? Several County Conventions de-
nounced the Administration bitterly
The leading organ of the Douglas party,
not only denounced the Buchanan party
but everybodyin it.
They declared that they were the only
marty unfolding the Administration, and
called us "lazzarous, and beggars, and
camp-followers." If they were the party
what right had they to complain of uss-
We had no organization. They were de
nouncing the whold party all over In
State. Allow me to read you single ex
tract from the acknowledged organ o
Judge Douglas, to show you how far they
were out of the Democratic ranks!
From the Chicago Times, March IL, 1858.
"We stood in the great city five days
and in that brief period saw enough to sat
isfy us that personal and political depravi
ty never had such harvest as they ar
now reaping in the Federal City. Officer,
are bought just as the butcher buys the bee
intended for bis customer. Office bro
ksr have the run Of the Senate snte-cham