Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-12-23
Important Political News.
The War on Douglas.
I Interesting Items from Washington City
IMPORTANT FROM MENICO. -

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,Icndent OF the 10th, says; Highly import
ant dispatches have been received from
Mexico and submitted to the Government.
1t is intimated that they may entirely change
the programme OF the Message on Mexican
affairs. Meantime it is understood that
Senior Mata. the Juarz Minister. who re-
Gently left Washington, has gone to Vera
Cruz to obtain full powers to negotiate a
treaty at Washington forthc settlement Of
all American claims against Mexico, and
to guarantee the right of way across Chi
buahua, Sonora and other Mexican Terri
tories to California"
THE WAR on DOUGLAS. aH'aer
a Washington dispath 9ays that Sena-
tor Fitzpatrick, of Ala. becomes Chair
man of Committee on Territories in place
of Judge Douglas. Mr.. Green pcremptorily
declining the place.
Especial dispatches to the New York Tribunc.l
! WAsHrNGroS, Thursday, Dec 9.-The
action ofthc Senatorial caucus in removing
NIr. Douglas from the craftsmanship of the
/ Committee OF Territories has created the
/ ,sscstest excitement. IL IS FeSaroea - l.
monstrating the intention of the Demo
! cratic leaders TO alhcrc to the extreme pro-
Z slavery policy adopted at tie last session
to reduce the Anti I.ecompton men to
/ the position of faction. and to drive them
J from the party. Alcaling Southern Scna-
tor said to day, that they had tcmporized
| long enough, and that they had concluded
to drive Douglas out Of the party. The
South wiz tolerate no halfway position.
The Anti -Lccoinpton Democrats express
deep Indignation at tlr treatment which
DongIas has received Mr.. Broderick was
not invited to the caucus, and is consider
ell as having been formally real out of the
party. Mr.. Seward OF hearing the result
of the CAUCUS, remarked that il was tho best
illustration that could possibly. be given
of his statement that tlcre was an irrepres-
: sble conflict between fecdom and slavery.
; Ii was greater ontrase politically speak
ing, than the attempt force Kansas into
!, the Union as slave Safe; because it indi-
Gated a settled determination to tolerate no
: diversity of opinion upon any measure
which the South demanded. The AntiLe-
! compton Democrats eclaie that they will
; notsubmit. Doagla; said recently tha. he
meant to continue tn war with the Adj
: ministration TO the nd. 1hs movement
: of his frienI Morris,o Illinois. in the
= House to-day in favr of free trade and
popular soyereignty.is understood to be
. !. an Anti Administrator demonstration.---
! Jefferson Davis ami ai,lell lei the attack
on Douglas in the cacus. There were on
lly seven. y otcs for longlas. They were
thrown by AIcssrs Sields, Stnart. Cling
ham, Brown. Toomb, Green and Bigler.---
These seven SenatosIprotested against the
!. exclusion Of Douglas as sriicidaI to the par
!. ty. The debate laed from half-past ten
: in the morning to tic hour this afternoon
:, with an hours rccei from twelve to one
!, o'clock for sessiosof the Senate. Great
: bittcrl $ was mal,tsted. and Mr.. Toombs
n left the caucus in dgust, while the discus
soa was at its heist.sss9 a atf ts,is
1t seems pretty rtain that MIR. Hunter
VII be the Administration candidate iof
/, the nomination ofhc Charleston Conven-
= ton. The Presi.lst has recently express
: ell himself stronglin favor Of Hunters
a nomination. = -sJ
+ =: [Spccia. Dispatclp the New York Times.l
Il WAsslrxGrok, lhufsslay, Dec. 9.---Thc
/ war against .Iuiy Douglas. excluding him
= from the Chairmsship of the Gomr'ittec on
! Territories, was success in cancas to-day,
!, and will be conslsmatcd in the Senate to-
! morrow, thouglnet without a struggle.---
! The CAUCUS ha good time over his cx-
+ clusisn. Sli,leIyas gcncralissimo Of the
/; forces. and Britt the lieutenant There