The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-01-26
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of discord and diSunion among the elements
which Douglas, Keitt, Winslow and Maynard
have been trying to fuse together to beat the
Republicans. The attempt to initiate the
happy family of the prairie--pralrie- dog,
rattesnake and owl all living in the same
hole-has proven disastrous failure. Yes
terdav the clements exploded on the hands OF
Underwood Of Georgia. killing Larrabee of
Wisconsin, and wounding several Northwest
ern Democrats. The importance of this de-
bate is my excuse for referring to it again.
More than $4,000 copies of it were sub
scribed for by Republicans for circulation
among their constituents. No better docu-
mont can be sent to the country to open the
eyes of Democrats in the rural districts to
the disgraceful position occupied by Northern
Democratic members.
Underwood of Georgia made an elaborate
speech until he got tangled and snarled up
and then it became exciting. During the
last half hour that he had the floor, there
was a small ''regn of terror among the
Democratic factions. 1t "fell out after this
wise" Underwood appealed to the Amerl-
cans to come over to the Southern Demo
Gratis and unite the South into solid phalanN
against the Republicans. ffc coaxed, exhor-
tel. "hidnd, scolded and beSeeched them by
turns to fuse with the fire eaters, and make
common cause against the Republicans
This Rro,rrht Hill of Georgia to his feet, who
vowc himself in favor of great union and
conservative party. standing between the Re-
orblicanS AID Democrats, the latter were
tainted with disunion, and he could aifilcate
with none such.
UxDERwooD-Where will you get your re-
cruits in the North
HrLL-From the conservatives who have
been voting for the Republicans as against the
Democrats. ... ....
UNDEnwooD--Ts the gentlemen willing to
affiliate with such men as Thad. Stephens,
who, supported Fremont?
TEuL-Well how do you manage to affili
ate with Free Soil Buffalo Platform John
Cochran? LAUGHTER How do you get
along with SGuatter Sovereignty Advocates
More laughter No Democrat in Georgia
is in favor Of the Supatter Sovereignity.-
Every thing is GOOD fish with the gentleman,
which comes into the Democratic net
Laughter
UNDERwooD--The Democratic is the only
party the Shareholders can depend on. The
most extreme Southerner never asks for any
thing that is not clearly right and conStitu-
tional! And Northern Democrats nerer stand
ont against the demands Of the Southern
Democrats! They always grant whatever
the South asks, But. sir. do you pretend to
say that the most conservative of the People
partly in Pennsylvania or any other Free
State would grant Congressional protection
to sI,veho ders in the Territories? Would
Joy Morris grant a slave Code? -r
lIILL-Evplainod that slave code was
strictly .Southern measure, and that con-
sentative men in the North were not to be
expected to support such project; but they
were opposed to aggression OH the rights of
the South: wanted the slavery agitation
stopped and harmony restored between the
North and the south. which was b, tier than
a slave co L. Mr. Hill referred to he Free
trade doctrines of Southern Dem >'rats.--
You prelch free trade but vote for protect
ire tariff President. Laughter
USDERwooD--5ut we always vote for
President 'cho goes Wlh the S5,Sta On. the
Stare question:!
/ This remark ma1e some ofthe D ,ughfaces
wincc: [the Republicans responded 'trua,
true" and considerable sensation was mani
! tested in the hall; hut no tfoughface denied
/ the fact Tn an falLAuosl~ strrrp spar
/ Union rarity, the tariff, rights of the South
/ &c. which b ought members to their feet
/ and caused them to crowd around the dispu-
tants. At each sharp hit from either side,
applause Viewed
/ Underwo II went on to eforify the Demo
cratic party fDrwhat great deeds 1t Ina | d me
! It was the ol'y party that could communal
Northern votes in ftvnr of slavery. The
! Democratic party hal DESTROYED the protect
i've tariff, under Polk it had struck down in
tcrnat improvements: it resisted Pacific
Rai!oad for the benefit of the free States il
rrDaale tn Missouri Compromise and OPEN
Ell all the Territories to the introduction Of
slavery; it hal adopted the principles of that
immortal stat sSmln, John c. Calhoun; it had
added slave territory to the Union, and it
was the only party that could be relied on
to protect, perDetuate and cherish slavery.
We have united. homogeneous party, conn
ting % votes on this floor. Let the Ameri-
cans add %, making -, and then we will
find means t. get four more votes from
Democrats W are outside Of our organiza-
ton.
Hill inquir" whether in making ND his
calculation Of the "harmonious Democracy"
he included i',e Tariff De nocratS, with Bu-
chanan at tn IL heaa.) the Free Traders;
Save Cote . :; / Anti-Slave Code Democrats,
the bred Scot Democrats and the Sauatter'
Sovercgnite% the Disunion Democrats and
the Union Democrats: the Leconpton and
the Anti-Le .,motnn Democrats; or if he did
not mean th'Se discordant factions, where
did he get 90 homogeneous Democrats? Great
laughterl a.. n
Tn ierwood, eycitedlv-You stop vour
questions. This is ''my put in" sit down
sir. I'll answer no more of yo,r interroga.
tons More laughter. You ought to he
ashamed Of your c,nduct Instead of help
ing to harmonic the onlypartv that can stay
the surging, advancing tide of black Repub-
lican'sm, your party are striving to distract
and divide it. Great laughter, in which all
sides Joined.
The Americans have been clorifyinr the
Uuion, continued Underwood, and the Re-
nuhlirans have been applaudirg them They
should have been defending slavery instead Of
singing psalms to the Union. The reason
vour party will not vote for Democrat is
because they have taken the oath to pros
criba Catholics and foreigners 81.
Mr.. H!LL.-Is that the reason YOUR party
would not vote for an American?
Mr.. INSTRUMENTATION can n Democrat
vote for any man who has taken the pro scrip
tive obligations Nr II
Mr.. HILy.--It is now admitted, what
have long expected. that it was the foreign
element that prevented the organization of
this II ouse.
Mr.. Larrabce Of Wi ;consin jumped to his
feet under high stat, of excitement, and
declared that he was ready to vote for any
slave holding Know Nothing in preference to
Republican.