Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1858-07-08


iced at elections has its origin in betting on
the result. In 1856 the Buchanecrs used
the money bet on the elections as a corrup-
ton fund, paid the expenses of the canvass
Eas. well as for the enormous importation of
voters into the State They substantially
beat the Republicans with their own mo-
ney
7 re- The following we take from the
National Democrat, the Douglas organ,
published at G.dianapolis:
esOpening Of the Campaigu'.-The Meet
ing on Thursday Robinson &
Nc cDonaid--Twin Cherrieson one Stem.
Another those political meetings which
have assumed a sort of chronic character,
under the dtocbes of the T. S. Court during
its present prolonged session. was held in
the Circle, on Thursday evening. The
general features OF the proceedings were So
like those ofpreceling meetings, that we do
design to notice them in detail As new
actor, however. appeared on the stage, and
as he is more intimately connected with
the present canvass than any that have
heretofore figured on the boards, we can
not, in duty to ourselves and our friends
Throughout the State, pass over the speech
of that gentleman in silence. We refer to
Hon Joseph + Mcdonald, the nominee
for Attorney General.s His speech woul,l
have been regarded as ill-timed and i'll
advised, III many Of its main features. had
he been merely hired orator for the occa-
sion, and not candidate for office. Occu-
pyinS the position Inc does on the State
ticket, and with his Ssiicnsticker letter
before the people, we must say that his
speech on Thursday evening took us more
by surprise than any speech we ever heard
iIom any man ON any occasion. He said
many good things ami said them we'll
All that, we are willing to place to his
credit, and let it pass. What we have
now to do with, Is his treatment Of the
Kansas question.
In lnStituting comparison between the
Democratic and Republican parties, IN ref
ercnce to the Territoriolspolicy of the gov
ernment, hc launched out in bold and
elaborate def of the original Senate bill
for the admission of Kansas under the
Lecomptoh Uonstit#iop, which he gave
the meeting to understand hc much pre-
ferred to the one which was finally adopted
by the Committee Of Conference. In ar
guIng the wisdom and Justice of that meas
ure as he did. the inquiry instinctively
arose in our mind. if Mr.. Mcdonald could
really have sigucl the Seilinstickef letter.
knowing what ii contained. or whether, If
he did sign it, he had not in his momentarv
zeal in le,enss of I.ecenptone forgotten SO
slight Circumstance altogether. One. OF
twoihingsis is certain-Mr Mcdonald either
designed that letter as shallow cheat and
humbug, or else ne has since writing it.
wholly repudiated the construction which
he then gave to the Sth OF january platform,
and which was intended to he given TO it.
by the Convention that adopted it. The
incongruity between that letter and his
speech ON Thursday evening is too irreeon-
cilable to allow the one to be taken as an
exponent of the other. Not satisfied with
thus placing himself in open hostility TO
the platform on which he was nominated.
Mr.. Mcdonald must needs go further and
question the integrity of leading Anfi-Le-
compton Democrats under whose eounsels.
he said, the movement against the Lecomp-
ton policy OF the President was in mgurated
He baid there were those among the masses
who were honest in their opposition, but
the active men, the leaders in the affair.
were actuated solely BY factions and ambi-
tIous motives. The particular pains which
Mr.. Mcdonald took to arraign the action
OF Democrats inrefcrence to what ave are.
daily. anl hourlv, told is a ...lead, issue,
was something which we could not account
for. He undoubtedly has his reasons for
doing so, and if il is game which he |
thinks can be made to pay, no one will |
question his right to practice it. ,rssst -if. |
Mrs Mcdonald was equally happy in
his reference to the Crittcnden Montgomery
bill He said that the Republicans had |
planted themselves on that measure. sun
ported 6y fer men ~so pretended to AZ
'efhin the pale Of The Demoestis poorly
These few 's'.preien5sd'' Democrats who I
acted with the Republicans in support of
the -Crittcnden Montgomery substitute in
clude, of course, the whole body of orr
ginal anti Lccompton men in Congress.
Foley, Cox. Lawrence Pendlc-
ton. and GFoe 'beck among the rest, as
veil as a majority of the leading Demo
,ratic papers Of the North West, and T
nuch the larger portion Of the working
members of the Democratic, party, All /
bis array OF Democratic. journals and
Democratic voters who agreed with the |.
Republicans. in support Of the Crittenden
Montgomery substitute, were. sneeringly
urred off by Mr.. Mcdonald as "a tew men
e6o pretended 10 act pitAin TIE Pale of tie
posfyffstst' ese 4 iaiss>
For those who refused to endorse the
.'corapromisc, = Mr.. Mcdonald
lad no words If friend shin or conc,I,at,o,, H