Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-11

THE WAR on DoUGLAs.-The Washington
dispatch says that Senator Fitzpatrick, OF
Ala, becomes the Chairman of Committee on
Territories in place of Judge Douglas, Mr..
Green peremptorily declining the place.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Especial dispatches
to the N. Y. Tribune say: The action of the
Senatorial caucus in removing Mr.. Douglas
from the Craftsmanship of the Committee on
ment. 1t is regarded as demonstrating the
intention of the Democratic leaders to adhere
to the extreme pro slavery policy adopted at
the last sesson-to reduce the anti-Lecomp-
ton men to the position Of a faction, and to
drive them from the party. leading South
ern Senator said to-day, that they had tenn
porized long enough and that they had con
cluded to drive Douglas out of the party
The South will tolerate no halfway position.
The ant-Lecompton Democrats exl ress deep
indignation at the treatment which Douglas
has received. Mr.. ! 'oderick was not invi.
ted to the caucus, and is considered as hav-
ing been formally read out the party. Mr.
Seward, on hearing the result of the caucus,
remarked that it was the best illustration that
could possibly be given of the truth of his
statement that there was an irrepressible
conflict between freedom and slavery. 1t was
a greater outrage, politically speaking, than
the attempt to force Kansas into the Union as
a slave State; because it indicated a settled
determination to tolerate no diversity of
opinion upon any measure which the South
demanded. The anti-Lecompton Democrats
declare that they will not submit. Douglas
said recently that he meant to continue the
! fight with the Administration to the end
! The movement of his friend Morris, of Hi.
nois, in the House to day. in favor of free
trade and popular sovereignty, is understood
to be an ntiAdministration demonstration
jefferson Davis and Slidell led the attack on
Douglas in the caucus. There were only
seven votes for Douglas. They were thrown
| by Messrs Shields, Stuart, Clingham, Brown,
Toombs, Green and Bigler These seven
Senators protested against the exclusion of
Douglas as suicidal to the party. The debate
lasted from half past 10 in the morning to a
late hour this afternoon, with an hours re-
cess from IL to l o'clock for a session of the
Senate. Great bitterness was manifested, and
Mr. Toombs left the caucus in disgust, while
the discussion was at its hight.
1t seems pretty certain that Mr.. Hunter
will be the Administration candidate for the
nomination of the Charleston Convention
The President has recently expressed himself
! strongly in favor of Hunters nomination.
Special dispatches from Washington to the
n. Y. Times, dated Dee. 9th, state: The war
against Judge Douglas, excluding him from
the Chairmauship of the Committee on Ter
ritorics, was Il success in caucus to day, and
will be consummated in the Senate to-mor-
row, though not without a struggle. The
caucus had good time over his exclusion
Slidell was generalsSimo of the forces, and
! Bright the lieutenant. There was no con.
cealment of the fact that this a tion a hao
at the Presidents bidding. At the same time
a portion of those who obeyed the mandate
professed to do So because Douglas is expec-
ted to be absent until January. Others man
fully declared their votes to be decided by
the fact that Douglas holds to the power of a
Territorial Legislature TO exclude slavery
while the South claims that slavery cannot
be prohibited until after the Territory shall
have been admitted as a State into the Union
Messrs Toombs, Brown, of Miss, johnson, o
Tenn, Shields, Clingman and others, opposed
the movement Mr.. Brown reminded tn,
caucus that the rejection of Van Buren,
nomination to the London Mission made hin
President and warned his fellow Democrat
to beware of the results of their present ac-
tion. The proposition, however, was carri
ed. II to Z.