Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-01-14

there were several Kisses heard Iii the outer
circle of the crowd. He capped the eli
max of indiscretion, however, when he said
that Gov. Wright was not yet confirmed
Minister to Berlin, and if his friends did
not show a better feeling to other Demo
Gratis, he might not be confirmed at all. -
The menace. SO open, so tauntinG, was re-
ceived in ominous silence.
John @. Davis came next, and he took
up the threat held over Wright's friends
by Hughes, at once, and brought down the
House by we'll conceived rebuke of the
impertincncc of Introducing individual
names into the contest. twas well done,
we'll deserved and well received 1t made
Hughes sore, for he sprang to his feet a
moment after, at an alusion to the impro
priety of Congressman interfering with
State Conventions, to make a bitter re-
tort. y sort of running fight then took
place between these gentlemen, which left
Hughes decidedly worsted. We never
saw him, or any body, so unfortunately
placed in any controversy. He had as
sailed Douglas for assocating with RePub-
Leans. Davis rctorted "that Douglas was
a gentleman, and treated other respectable
men as a gentleman should, and 1t was
much to be regretted that those who cen
surcd him could not initiate him. This
tremendous jolt knocked Hughes upon his
feet, boiling with rage, '.He wanted to
know if Mr. Davis meant to say he was no
gentleman. Davis replied ''that he would
give Hughes satisfactory account of his
Opinions before he was done" Hughes
chopped that Davis would not skulk from
his declaration when the time came. =
During this ''pistos and coffee" rcnrontre,
the cheering tor Davis was furious
Hughes met little favor, and most evident
y felt that he was i'll the wrong crowd
But he had MT met the worst of the storm
yet. Davis, in abiding to the nomination
of Buchanan sail che was an original
Buchanan man. and his friend who hal
been badgering him 50 much, (llughcs)
was a Douglas man at Cincinnati. -
This raised yell of gigantic dimensions.
Hughes, irritatel and sore, arose and said
that she was not delegate to the Conven-
ton NO" said Davis, but you were
there working for Douglas 81 was at
home when the nomination was made"
said Hughes ''Ycs," said Davis, ''but
were vou not for Douglas against ijuchan-
am" Ie>itating and drcading the consc-
quenccs, Hughes admitted that he ",crs
a Douglas man at Cincinnati" MI the
yelling before was whisper to what fol-
lowed the confession. y six-pound can
non might have been fired in the dome AMI
nobody have heard it, The equivocation
and effort to Dodge direct answer was so
udicrouSly evident, and so bunglingly
done, that the final owning up was hun
drei times more damaging than It would
have otherwise been, and after IIuyhc' 5
attacks on Douglas it would have been
bad enough anyhow. 1t tended his demon
STATIONS during the time we remained in
the meeting. lie wilted into his cravat
and quit.
This scene was enough for u.s. We
left at 10 o'clock, after three hours of tire
some standing. but refreshing fun We
felt sorry for Hughes, for he is An open, gal
LIANT opponent, AMI an able man. In or
binary debate very few men in Indiana
are match for him, but in this meeting; he
was in strange household, and the turn
i of the controversy was most unfortunate
for h personal views and his position
/ The evident relish with which the meeting
witnessed his discontinue must have been
gall AMI NORWOOD to spirit as daring
as his, and just started in political ca
rcer which promises to end at the first step
But he will have plenty of sympathy in hi
pain Briyh: is even worse of. TO come
all the way from Washington, with hi,
political existence depending Oh full anj
generous endorsement OF his course, to b,
met with such marked hostility. AMI poor
" concealed contempt, is about the wors
reverse that a party leader can ever endure
But this may not reflect the feelings of tn
convention. We think likely it does not
And, in spite of all, the senator may brins
his defiant foes to an apparent compromise
but virtual defeat, on the basis of an en-
dorsemcnt of the Cincinnati platform
without any allusion to Douglass in
depreciation Of it. We shall see how
ever.
Governor Willard followed Mr.. Davi
on behalf of i.ccompton, but we Iii,
not hear him, and we are very sorry we di
not.
We find the following further account q
the proceedings of the Convention, i'll til
Chicago Tribune, of Monday:
After a few more cut and thrusts IIughe
wilted into his cravat and quit. Gov. VII
lard followed Davis in behalf of the Pres
, ident AMI against Douglas, in specc
which was received with cheers, groans
misses and Wells. The gas lights were a
, last turned off and the scene of eontcntio
, and strife was adjourned to the morrow
jas. Sth.-The regular Convention me
i at 10 o'clock. y sharp contest sprang u
Immediately upon which faction shout
have the chairman. Finally, after lon
and bitter wrangle, the vote was taken, an
resulted
For Gov. Willard, Buchanan man, 3:'S
Jude Holman, Douglas man, 80
, Minority for Buchanan over Douglas, 80
Several delegations who were sent to til
: Convention, instructed for Douglas, wei
2 bought over to Buchanan during the nigh
: and so voted on the opening ami subS'
e quent tests. This circumstance made ii