Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-02-03
what will Douglas DOT

What will Douglas Dot
Speculation is rife, as to the probable
course of Senator Douglas in view of the
recent attempts ofcertain Senators to insult
him out Of the Democratic party. A spe-
cial correspondent of the Baltimore Clip
per writes. 81
2 THE conduct Of the bogus Senator Fitch,
of Indiana, and the fire-eater Davis, of
Mississippi, towards Judge Douglas, dur
ing the Executive SESSION of the Senate on
Friday last, indicates, a settled determina-
ton on the part of the administration par
tizans to bully the little fellow and dis
grace him because he wont. fight. Their
language towards him was exceedingly Of
fsnsire and insulting. To taunt and In
suit man who will not resent personal
affront, is rather an indication of cowardice
than of bravery, but Davis reputation for
pluck, shields him from such an inference,
and induces the conclusion that this badg
ering of the Illinois Senator, is dictated
by deeper motive than mere desire to
provoke a meeting at Bladensburg with
pistols and coffee for two. It is justly re-
garded as partial development of de-
liberate purpose to disgrace him as cow
ard.
The readiness with which Mr.. Douglas
went into the democratic caucus and agreed
to the Slidell proposition to give the Pres
ident thirty millions of dollars, with which
to negotiate for he purchaset ofCuba, has
been construed in certain quarters, as ca
wing in or submission to the Lecompton
faction. His friends interpret it very diff
ferently. They intimate that Douglas re-
CARDS the events of the past few weeks as a
glorious triumph for him over the admins
tration, aud that he will not consent to be
Warwick if he can't be king. The pro-
gramme now darkly shadowed forth by his
friends, is that he will claim to represent
the orthodox democracy, and will suspend
hostilities to afford an opportunity for the
Buchanan faction to recant their heresies
and support the Illinoisan in the Charleston
convention. If he should fail in obtaining
the nomination from that assemblage, he
will forthwith unfurl the banner of revolt
and allow himself to be proclaimed an in
dependent candidate.
The Catholic Clergymen Off.
ciating in Congress.
The correspondent above quoted says: :
The excessive proportion Of Roman Cath
olic priests upon the roll of officiating cler-
gymen for this session, has begun to excite
attention. The PRAYER in the Senate on
Thursday was by Roman Catholic priest,
and on Friday and Saturday clergymen of
this denomination performed this service in
the House. An examination of the list Of
ministers who are to officiate thus, shows
that there are eleven Catholic priests put
down for this service between last Thurs
day and the end of the session. This in
cludes a period of thirty eight working
days, and it is certain that the number of
Roman Catholic clergy resident in Wash
ington does not bear the proportion of
eleven to thirty-eight towards the aggre-
gate number of resident clergymen of all
denominations. These facts have elected
inquiry as TO the manner in which the list
Of officiating clergymen was made up, and
the meaning of this undue preponderaDce
of the Catholic priesthood in the arrange
inent.
At the commencement of this session Of
Congress, resolution was adopted, invit-
ing the resident clergy of Washington Of
all denominations to officiate at the open
ing of either House, in such order as they
should agree upon among themselves. A
meeting of the resident clergymen was call
ed last winter in accordance with this res
olution, and list was made out, but the
Roman Catholic priesthood declined to re-
spond to the call or participate in the pro
ceedings of the meeting. This winter no
call for meeting was issued, and it is un7
derstood that the list was made up by
Vice President Breckenridge and Speaker
Orr. Their anxiety to manifest the dispo-
sition of the Democracy to favor the Ro-
man Catholics may account for the singu
lar preference which appears to have been
given to the ministers of that denomina-
ton.
Z.