The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-05-25

| MIR. Benjamin spoke at length in oppose
ton TO Douglas doctrine. He said the SEN
ator, in his speech occupying two days, had
presented the extraordinary spectacle OF adj
vocating bis own claims TO the Presidency,
and denonncing those who dare express their
views on the subject before the Senate, assu-
| mirg that he was the embodiment Of the
Democratic party, and all who opposed him
were rebels. lie defended the Dem ocratio
Senators from the charge Of having attempt
cd to dictate to the Charleston Convention
what sort Of . platform they should make.
Nobody here wanted to make q slave code.
nor to force slavery on unwilling people
Assaults on the Democratic Senators we're
wanton and unprovoked. The Senator had
defended HE constituency, but that was not
the issue between them. 1t was thst the Sem
ator had made bargain and violated it. II
was his consistency that was bic great crime,
adhering to his views which be had agreed to
abandon when the Court decided the quss-
ton and which had been decided against him.
MIR. Benjamin argued that the principles OF
the bred Scott decision Was that the Oonsti-
tuition forbids prohibition BY Congress of
slaves in the Territories, and 40 the Terrific
rial Government derives its power from CON-
gress, it could not do more than Congress-.
To be twice deceived BY the same man would
make them dupes and fools. Mr.. Benjamin
then read from Douglas Harper's Magazine
article to show that he had actually copied
MIR. Linooln's arguments ef 1858 and claimed
them - his own. He warmed Douglas that
the tendency Of his doctrine Vas TO drive him
back step by step to- the Black Republican
ranks. Up to 1858 NO one had higher re-
gard or respect for him than himself He
lad knlI n
ana 10 1856 as = model OF an American
statesman, but his confidence in him IL for
feited. He had forfeited his obligations Of
ten by making promises. He went home, his
knees faltered and he gave way. Mr.. Lin.
coin, who stood mainly on principle and was
beaten, is the candidate of his party for the
Presidency. Mr.. Douglas, who faltered,
won the prize be contended for; but the prize
to which he has looked for years, 10 slipping
from his grasp. He might conclude, az the
Senator from Illinois had done, BY saying
that be acted on self defense, and eli he had
said could only be 90 considered.
Mr. Pugh said the Senator from Louisiana
had demonstrated that there was nothing
equivocal in the Kansas bill, or the Cincin-
natl Platform. The Kansas bill provided the
manner in which the power Of the people Of
the Territories was to be determined by the
Supreme Court, and the question had not
arisen. He denied that the bred Scott deci.
zion settled the points at issue. The CUES
ton of the power OF the people of the Ter
rtories was not argued in that case, nor sup
posed to be involved. II submission TO the
demands of the Senator from Louisiana was
the price of peace in the Dem ocrstio party,
he warned them all that peace Was at an end
Mr.. Pugh examined at length the bred
| Scott case to sustain bis views. He argued
that il the Constitution established slavery
| in the Territories, il also established it in the
States, and combatted the correctness OF this
dogma. He retorted the charge Of want of
| faith and abandonment Of bargains upon the
| Senator and his friends. He defended and
explained MIR. Douglas Fresport speech from
| the attacks made upon it., contending that il
simply meant that slavery would not be
forced upon the people against their will
MIR. Douglas was not only pressed BY his i'm :
mediate political enemies, but by the Admin
istr alton, which invaded . sovereign State
to intel fere TO control the elections.
| Mr.. Wade asked MIR. Pugh ii be believed a
Territorial Legislature could prohibit slavery
and that prohibition be legal and effectuals
| Mr.. Pugh replied afhrmativeiy.
| A long debate followed az to whether the
votes at Charleston expressed the views OF
| the majority.
MIR. Pugh said the rupture at Charleston
grew out of the fact that Judge Douglas
had incautiously said that he would not
allow his name to be used in case q certain
platform was adopted. The friends of the
other candidates united to construct a plat
form on which he could not stand. He want.
ed the Richmond Conventio to nominate
their candidates. They had no business To
come to Baltimore, and IL they come he would
sit and vote till the 4th Of March to keer
them ont. The men who voted for Stepher
A. Douglas ffty-seven times had not 60,
tired OF doing so. Gentlemen Of the South
had made the issue, had made it q question
OF personal honor, and 90 it would stand.
The North would not submit to the aicta,iou
of the South, and would not level thems elves
in the dust at the bidding Of any set of men.
Douglas was the impersonation OF Northern
honor. His enemies have made him greater
than friends ever could. They might Kill him
at Baltimore IL they choose, but bis friend,
would Garry his bleeding carcass to the North.
west and show him to young men coming "a
cast their frst votes, and tell them this il
another Kansas Nebraska bill, and this /,
Southern gratitude.
Mr.. Wigfall defined what was Democ racy
and expressed the opinion that Mr.. Pugh hae
fallen from grace. Without concluding, th,
Senate adjourned.
SUDDEN DEATn.-Frday morning Mr.. G
Warren, the well known conductor on tn,
Illinois Central Railroad, on the arrival O.
the train, went 10 his room at the u. s. Uo
tel in Dunieith, (where he and his wife wer,
boardng), and found the door locked. Sup
posing that his wife was at breakfast. b,
went into the dining room, and upon inoui
~ learned she bad not made her appearance
lie Immediately returned to the room, AM
upon forcing the door found Mrs. w. upo,
, the bed insensible. Prof Guilbert, from tbi
side Was Immediately summoned, but on ar
! irving at the bedside he found life extinct
10 the Doctors opinion, she must have die,
! 0. Commissions, as she Was subject to attack
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