Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-05-23

traordihary spectacle Of advocating his own
claims 70 the Presidency, and denouneing these
who dare express their views on the sapgeet i ps
fore the Senate assuming that he was tne emooaf-
ment OF the Democratic party, and all wln op'
pose him are rcbelB-
Mr. BENJAMIN defended The Democratic senator
from the charge Of having atteInptea 70 9loDasS -
the Charleston Convention what sort Of a plat
form they should make. No0edy here wanted
slave code nor 10 force slavery on unwilling pe0-
Pile The assaults upon the Democratic senator
verr Wanton and uuproyOcated The Senator
ind defended his constituency, but that wak not
the issue between them. u was that the senator
had made = bargain which he VioiAted ~ was
his consistency that was MS greatest crime ana
adhering to views he had agreed TO aba ndon
when the Court decided the question, aud which
had been decided against him,
Mr. BENJAMIN argled g g.esas ieiag.n, sh ,Sas Sf
the Constitution prohibits prohibition BY Con
eress of slavery IN the territories and N ter
ritorial government derived 10 power ifom Con
gress, It could not do more than Congress 10 DC
twice deceived by the same man would make them
aupes and foola Benjamin then read from Doug
las Harper's Magazine article TO snow tnh, tsi ~
had actually copied Lincoln ,o,s
and claimed them a. his own. he warmed Doug 9g
las that the tendency of his party 49, N ~ NV NV
him back step by step TO the hepuolloAn ~ tSies Is
Up to lsSS no one had bd had SsI5 f1 Sm vp 10 the
Ds1,orrnts OF Louisiana In 1888 as model OF an
AmerIesr statesmen but his confidence In him Is
fnrfeited and could not be restored
AIter mixing EAsAsAA'~'
his Knees falfel I'd, and he gave way MIR.
lincoln, who stool firmly ON principle and was
was beaten, Is the candidate of his party for the
Presideney' MI. Douglas who faltered, won the
nrize he contended for. but the gitterng prize 10
which he has looked for years, Is Shipping irom
Ms grasp. We myht conclude, as the Senator
from Illinois had dOsie, by saying that ne lad ae-
ted In seifdefence an6 ali he had said could only
be so considered
Mr. Hammond rose 10 question Of privilege,
upon which he would speak onerroM, ~ wa wa
that a speech Of the Senator from Massaehusetts
appeared In the Globe Gs delivered yesterday
which he did not hear, and which he DID not be
lieve was delivered at all, containing reheeuons
ON his State which il was necessary 70 answer;
! MI Pugh said the Senator from Louisiana had
i demonstrated that there was nothing equiVocal IN
/ the Kansas Bill OF the Cincinnati Platform The
| Kansas Bill provided the manner IN Which the
powpr Of the people Of the Territories was to be
| determined BY the Supreme Court and the ques,
| tion had not vet arisen. He denied that the Dred
Scott decision settled the points at issue Inc
Question of the power of the people Of territories
| was not argued in that case, nor supposed 10 be
| Involved If submission TO the demands OF the
/ senator from Louisiana was the price OF peace IN
the Democratic party, he warned them all tha'
peace was at an end n, o..
case TO sustain his view. He argued that II the
Constitution established slavery in the Terrific
ries II also established IN the States and com,
hated the correctness of this dogma. He retorteo
fhe charge Of want Of faith, and abandonment oi
barrsins upon the Senator and his friends.
Adjourned.