Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-11-11
MIR. Keiiieand Whippy swamp.

Mr.. Keitl.and Whippy Swamp.
Mr.. Keitt, the chivalrous son of South
Carolina, who stood by as corps du re-
serye to aid Brooks when he beat Charles
Summer over THE head with bludgeon,
has been making speech at Whippy
Swamp (appropriate place. 10 his constit-
uents. He feels gloomy at the progress of
Republicanisn. He doubts whether the
Union can standithe admission Of Kansas
as free State, but he has great faith in
old Buck. 3 He states his opinion of how
Mr. BuchananIis to be renominated and
the Union saved, and proposes a substitute
for National Conventions, upon which the
New York Evening Post remarks:
The value of Keilt's speeches does not
consist in the wisdom of his Judgments,
but in the frankness Of his admissions and
in the fullness of his revelations, for both
which merits we publish all that is materi-
al of his late performance, which may be
BRIEFLY summed up in the following propo-
sitions: Q57f r5-.si
First-That the country is rapidly be-
coming aboliiionized, and that the process
has been going on with more fearful rapid
ity than ever since the speaker entered
Congress r..-.........a.-..- &
Second-That this tendency will proba-
bly, culminate in tie election of a Republi-
can President in 1860.
: Third-That if, as reported, the northern
democratic Congressman have. pledged
themselves to disregard the provision of
che English bill in regard to population,
when called upon to vote for the admission
of Kansas, then the South must tear asun-
der party ties, and lake her safety into her
own hands. In other words no democrat
who will hesitate to say that it takes more
white men to make a free State than to
make slave State, can receive the support
of the South for the Speakership in 1859,
or for the Presidency in tlS7G. hi .,i-; (.
Fomrtk-Though the northern Demo-
eracy falters, Mr.. Keitt thinks Mr.. Buchant
an will stand finn for the South, and there
fore must be supported. ------- ----= =z,i'i
Fyah-Good policy requires that the
South should adhere TO the Democratic
party for the present. because, as the north
ern wing of the party has declined, the
Southern has grown stronger. 'sThe de-
clension or one and increase of another"
he says, shave continued until the party
has lost CONTROL of every free State, and
has obtained CONTROL of every Southern
State but one. lis policy, too, has come
very much under the contro1l oftIe South.
1t is in view of this ascendancy of the south
in the counsels of the party, adds Mr.. Keitt
that | think the party purer than it has
been, and that good policy requires our
cooperation with it, t..l
But. with all these advantages, Mr.. keiit
like the rest of US, has his skeleton in the
closet. The South has controll OF all the
machinery of the Democratic party, except
The National Convention, and can do any
thing but name its candidate for Presiden-
ey, without which all other power is but
an aggravation. In national conventions,
as hong as there are enough Democrats left
in the free States to fill the delegations,
the selection of candidate must be made
| by the free States, and this leads to measures
Of conciliation which are heretical and de-
plorable, Therefore. 5a-a ] '''f1-'i ~. .-l .,r
.Sirthly-Mr. Keitt is opposed 10 .nomi-
mating conventions IN toto; both to the
princi pie on which they are organized and
theresults that necessarily flow from them.
He says: "They are an unfair representa-
ton ofthe party, and possess the stronger
section of the controlleof the weaker
They impair the weight of the smaller
States, and enhance that of the larger ones
beyond the contemplation of the constitu-
ton They are also irresponsible, while
exercising a domination influence over the
sentiments and actions of the people," In
their stead he recommends return TO the
old Congressional caucus system, which. he
thinks would secure fair representation of
the party, and the nominations of which
would be made by responsible men. s2aa-L
We could suggest another reason, which
Mr.. Keitt has not stated, for the South S
preferring the caucus system. 1t would
give the present Executive controlling in
fuence over the nomination, while the del
egates to convention have TO look for a
reward to new incumbent. OfMr. Bu-
chanan Keitt and bis friends are sure; if
the party forsakes him, they fly to evils
they know not of. "a ,:.,...l.-, n. -.
This is the first suggestion ola, revival
of the caucus system that has been made
publicly, we believe, but it is very easy to
detect the origin of it, and the motive fol
the change. Mr.. Buchanan can hope for q
denomination in no other way. H..
| .Seuenthly- Mr.. Keit, concludes with
wishing it distinctly understood thai
though with the democratic party, he is moi
of them; and also if the Republicans sue
csed in 1860 "the Union must perish. =
Upon this point he has no doubt. 81
matters not" he says, .who their leader is
or what their platform Of principles may be
the ascendancy, if submitted to, must b
the subjugation Of the South" 5ta.r s5.
He.says, II would rather see, the, Soutl
ravaged by mildew and blast, by pestilenc
and famine, than see her proud head bow
ed to the Black Republican rule. ...l
"With her immense resources and he
teeming energy, here is a splendid destiny
It may require her to establish a new con
federacy, but she is equal to the task;
At least, it forbids the submission to BIacl
Republican rule. Never, with my counsel
will she submit to this. And if she does
: never, with my consent, will South Carroll
ma submit. She was the John the Baptis
Of the Revolution, and if her honor require
it, she must again be the forerdnnel in de
? ? tense Of our common liberty and civiIza
tion.- II, ,.+, ,..,i.,..,.,........
? 1--we were called upon to prescribe fc
!, Mr.. Keitt on the conclusion Of his speecl