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politics WIS not involved, rs for instance, on
Pensions, or Enrolled Bills.
:: Douglas replied with considerable fairness.
fenarEing that eighteen hundred thousand
Democrats ypted for Buchaaan-that the North
furnished twelsa hundred thousand Of them,
and the South only six hundred thousand, and
that the 1wo.thirds Northern majority under
stood tue popular sovereignty question q. he
(Douglos) did; that be repudiuted the kind Of
:oemocrncr that allowed . minority Of tue party
jorisE That the political integrity Of The North
esn Democrats were not to be passed upon by
the Southern minority.
Davis reipieetl that it was not pupnl1r yotes
alone that elected Presidents, but ettctordl
t6'fx; 11hE mo minority Of the electoral Votes
N the North wtrs under the control aof~ The
Repnblicans, while the South was unit for
Democracy, and to that quarter the party must
look fur, the power. to mako; Ercsidentsa - vel!
as tho right to e1pound principles. l'uYh at
tempted to reply, but Davis refused to hear him,
.ayinE, that he would not listen to the man when
the MASTER was present 10 speak for himself.
Douglas complained that the ire- -eaters took
advantage of bis feeble state Of health to assault
him, which WIS rs coward!y as it was Unfair;
'bat hut he should wait until they all had fred
oil thfir blunderbusses at him, when he would
reply to- them im q lump-1lat he would not
triflc Eaway hts time and waste himself upon
them kingly, but he would give them q broad,
all rot through lie said this in the most
snIcrc:|'ious manner, which stung tho ehir~
a'r:: to the. quick. They pitched into hin
no: seserc!y in reply. Clay said the ILL
nois ::enat1r reminded him Of the Grecian
CleoH who rushed into the market place and
expo! !-t his self inflicted wounds, to excitesym-
pathE 10 himsesf. Davis said the Senator though
wearing the title Of *'ittle giant" might find
Senatnrs here who were able 10 break a lance
With hiu. to bis entirc satisfaction Clay said
that if Douglas received the Charleston nomi-
nation he would not support him while be held
10 the odious, worse than Black Republican,
doctrine Of Squattcr Sovereignty md Cn-
made;no difference to hi1a whether the Alabama
Senator vdteu for hin or not; but that his op-
postum would only have the effect Of reducing
bis (Donytas'} majority in that Stute barely
one rUe! And he would further inform the Hon
orab'e Senator that he {Ciay) would be as much
comptinaentcd by having the privilege Of voting
for h!u', as he !Douslas would be honored ia
gratultous in Clay declaring that he would
not v4tc for .hiul if nominated ct Charleston.
The trator from alabama should have waited
until 'ewas invited to do it before refusing. It
wAs ID sls spirit TINT the discussion went On for
couple of hours. 1t was the sharpest shoot
;ng haye yet heard in either House. Tic Re-
pnblie.ns sat laughiug mud enjoying the emaelves
most hugely. The irrepressifss conflict has
broken out ln tho bowels Of tho Democracy.
Each Faction is determined that the party "shasl
he all Que thing or ait the other" on the squat
ter sovereignty and bred Scott dosmas; but it
looss|vesy much as it it will permanently "bc-
come ia! OF fgothinss'-and split 1t Charleston
Democracy regard the Douglas Democrats as
uns"und on the goose US the Republicans. The
breach can not. be filed, nor the gulf bridged
over: CHICAGO.