Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-02-12
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er thought the latter offered to him during the
secret session of the Senate on january 21th,
while that body was considering the nomina-
ton Of EVERY D. Porter TO be the Collector Of
the port Of Toledo, Ohio. For this - ffont"
Doualas called Flrca to account apd every.
body naturally expected challenge, at least
from DouGIAs,whoi 97n to hold to the duel
ling code of settling disputes and insults be-
tween men of honor" Seven notes passed
between the two. DOUGLAS made certain ex-
plantations. Upon this FtrcH withdrew or
qualified the "affront." Then DOUGLAS,
thinking he had gone too far with his Eek
planation," takes it partially back. FIrcH
thereupon took back his qualification Of the
eaffront." DOUGLAS answers then as follows ::
predicate your withdrawal, since have guarded
against q misppprehension of my position.
The Cleveland (Ohio) Herald thinks that
to man not refined in diplomacy it looks as
if these gentlemen had come out Of the Gerry
hole they went in at" The Chicago frees
and Tribune remarks that "as practical II
lustration of show not to do it it is unequal
led in its line" The New York Erening Post
characterizes the proceedings thus:
"The correspondence between Douglas and
Fitch is highly Pickwickan. is full OF u.s. ouis,
explanations, Withdrawals, and everything ouI .ue
evidence of desire to fight titcn mas ao.
ing duellist could accept explanations SO ond
as those which he rendered to Mr. Douglass auu
the haste with which Fitch lays the correspond.
ence before the public shows CONSCIOUSNESS VI
having the best of the contest.
A correspondent Of the New YORK ls"es
says:
"The recent passage at words in the Senate has
eadei in column Of small plea, such 0eing th is
EsE.un in thase piping days oil peace. In the "o'
Ct an old play:
.st Second" So5ody's corrupt, and nop"ay ''''
ii Ssc5nd--N"h"dv 'oueh'l nobody d.edF' ..
Another correspondent Of the same paper
writes as follows;
The correspondence between Fitch and Doug
!as published in this mornings Union, has pro.
Gucel painful impression among Tine irienus "
the latter gentleman 1t is conceded that me cuu-
ming sud hrarsless casulstrv Of The Anol 'uA ~
bassggravyted the orr Lnal insult by placing Mr.
Douglas in position where he seems % "ec'o. .n
Guei!.ag code and vet does not resent q 70 a.
n mt with the deteIm nation "lIcu re case JUN
warrant" -
. The Washington correspondence OF the ~
Y. Erening Post, dated Jan. 20, remarks
"The general impression here is that Dougias
has the worst of it, but the whole thins Is
viewed as farce" nc
The Debate in the Senate at which the u''-
fcu,tv occurred. appears from the accounts
- hoon tho most violent and INDIGENOUS
that has ever occurred, even in secret session.
A,ue before said, it took place on the ques-
ton of confirming Potter the new collector OF
Toledo, Ohio. Senator Pugh of Ohio, Gle
comp. Dem.) opposed Potter's confirmation,
as the man displaced was his friend. ii.
said if the President desired an issue with him
(Pugh) he was ready for it. He denounced
the appointment, and called on every Senator
who was his (Pugh's) friend to vote against
it. Douglas responded, saying he would vote
with the Senator from Ohio. He then branch
ed off ON the Illinois appointments, and said
they were dishonest, corrupt and incompe-
tent. He intimated that the Buchanan Post
masters in Illinois were little better than
thieves, and were so regarded by the people
If ANYTHING was missing from the mails, the
Postmasters were instinctively suspected OF
larceny. Senator Fitch Intercepted Douglas
and said it was untrue. Douglas again reit-
Grated what he had said. Fitch again said it
was untrue, and that Douglas knsso it s0ds
untrue! Cries of order were then made. =
Douglas continued the debate, and misstated
what Fitch had said, as the latter thought.
Fitch rejoined to Douglas with great bitter
ness, and said that Senators knew how to
prize anything coming from that quarter, and
denounced Douglas as rebel to the Demo-
cratic party. Mr.. Douglas haughtily replied
that he was an unsubdued and successful
rebel, and that neither the President nor bis
Senatorial followers could put him down. de
then retorted upon the gentleman from lndl-
ana his charges of falsehood and defamation.
At this stage of the affair, Mr.. Hale, the
Chairman, called the disputants to order,
kindly suggesting, in his tacetious way, that
the harmony of the Democratic party would
not be promoted by such displays Of fraternal
affection. Motions were then made that
Douglas should be allowed to 60 in order.
Senator jeff. Davis of Miss. opposed this mo,
ton, and, laboring under some excitement,
rebulsed both the scolding Senators, reproba.
ting severely the style of debate assumed by
Douglas, and turning towards him, said the
language was that of "a highwayman and
bravo: but subsequently apologized for his
undue excitement. The wrangling was con-
tinued until the adjournment, without any
vote. At the close of the debate, Fitch made
an apology to the Senate as body, but, turn.
ing toward Douglas, said he had no further
apology to make. ;
The Washington correspondent Of the
Springfield (Mass.) Republican says: f.
"But to return to Douglas and Fitch. duel
has been averted, but the two gentlemen are what
they were before, bitter enemies. Fitch is man
of undeniable abilities, though not exactly amatc
for Douglas, except in vituperative debate. he Is
bold, INSCRIPTIONS aud generally able to keep his
temper in debate. He Is fine looking. tall and
commanding, black hair and black eyes, and is the
ablest of all Mr.. Douglas enemies unless we set
down jeff Davis as one Of them. Strange to say,
this same usurper Fitch was ten years ago strong
anti-slavery man. .
Such is fair history Of the case. On
the whole, it does look very strongly as if
DOUGLAS has in this matter shcun the achite
feather; and that though he is man Of over
bearing buster, he has not true or real cour-
age. Flrcu may be no better, but his cour.
age is of less account than that Of DOUGLAS.
who represents the Northern b'hoy or Young
America portion of the Democracy. Nocow-
ard can long lead them! ,
The Pike Peak Humbug.