, 1860-10-01

Discussion Between Fuller and Raw.
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[Co!1espondcocc Of thu Trras and T1ibunt1
| Bns1pHnz, Seit. IS 1860.
| That interesting sheet, The T.a<s and Rera1i,
chronicles great gains for the 'F1audulent De-
moc1acy" in Rome. Tho miserable scribbIer
that wrote The letter hsd IN opportunity yeser-
dny Of seeing the relative strength Of parties in
this vicinity.
| The joint discussion between Fuller and Raw-
Inns took 2lace yesterday afternoon on our beau
| tiful Court House Square. Dying Doug1sfsm
nsdo a'l the spasmodic e1ertion III Its power to
nuke respectable show on the occasion.
| Starts aud cups. the badges OF deVot1pn to
slavery extension were freely distributed 10, any
moderately decent man who wand wear them
Dr.. MoIony, Chief Whipper.i1, and Mat Quar-.
| ter, Master.G General, we're riding and driving.
Tho regulation supplies Of poor whiskr were
On hand. and jet after al. the Douglas Guards
| parsded on the occasion. out % men &aa ooYs
| al told. OF whom nbout &c were voters. OF the
| tap.rag who were in attendance, besides the
] GIards, II il liberal 10 set down the number 1t
but st tie hour Of T. H., came on the farm
err Of this gallant county, with their wiTes and
| children. poured 10. The Wide Awakes pura
| i . AAeAA
Mr. Fules's reeidenco and escorted him to The
stand, Thlce thousand people were assembled
| --nine-teuths RepubIicanf-aEd nstembicd too
| without any effort, 10 poB:crs had been placed
and no exertiors used, but th-re they were.
| Atop. N. tie meeting was called to order oy
S. A. Huribnrt. l.. ". Lawreoce IVES nonina-
ted ~ President for the Nepublicans: James i.
Martyu for Douglusism, with three Vlc+ Pfesi.
| dents on side, and three secretaries.
! Allen c. Fuller, our gallan: ard eloquent cleo
| tor, rose amid dea'eIing cheers, aud opened
the discussion in . speech OF an hour. The
points Of this speech were 80 many that space
fails ma TO give fair statement lie showed BY
the hietory Of the country and By the rfcords
| of the Democratic Conventions, national aEd
local, that up to 1854 the Democratic party as
| well as the Whig party had recognized. sus.
stained and asserted the doctrine ct Congress
aiora1 power over slavery in the Territolite:
That Cass was supported in the NORTH Ut least,
| upon this platform in opposition to his Michel
son letter. and that all the Democrats OF the
| North insisted that he did not mean BY that
] letter to deny tile power Of Congress to rcsu'
late and exclude slavery. he sho*ed by ne
| tional Democratic Convention resolution IN
| favor Of non-interveution, and that 1t VAS
voted down by an overwhelming vote: ne
showed that the ComproInse Measures OF 1901
-eo far from affirming this miserable aubter-
fuee Of Popular Sovereignty fact By the
Utah and New Mexico Biils expressly affirmed
the complete sovereignty vf Congress over the
Territor:es-and reserved to Congre:s the
power Of annulling any laws passed By tho
Territorial Legislature 1ls quoted trotn the
opinions of the Fathers ot The country oa sla.
very-ard contras.ed them With the present
position Of douglas and his followers.
But the cruel:y Of his per3ormarce Was hs
address 10 the old Democrats Of Aoiony's and
Campbelis districts, and the record o. the reso.
lutions of the Conv eution, and the speeches Of
%har 3o{a 1offh he*r 1SS1 |
and in 1852. Poor Molony at o. the sta:d
alongside OF Rawlings, Us the raklux fire swep:
through them, the vrry picture Of the fag ead
Of an ilspent political life.
After M hour Of this sort Of opening, Mr. |
Rawlings rosa to reply for an hour and . half.
makes better speech than any Douglas Demo.
csat have yes heard. The only thing that MAS
was ungentlemarly IN hia performance was |
bis chsrge that Ar. Fuller had aban-
dopca the Democratic party for the hope
of cfIice, which by that crowd who knew Judge |
been a candidute for any Political cfce, was re-
ceiyed with hcoTnful der1sion. The usual auount |
Of wilrul misstatemens, COMMON to Douglas and |
his tod:es, were Of course made, becsuse with
out perversing history t:elr case fsih. lie mis-
quoted Washington, Jefferson, and Madison
ries in the exercise Of popular sovereignty;
denounced the Republicans as Abolitionists and |
Negro Equality men, Eectiona!ists and workers |
for disuuiou; eulo9ized Douglas as the great |
leader Of democracy. as the friend Of the Home-
s.ead kill, but failed to show why this "yrcat |
leader Of the Democracy" did no.. with lie MD
of the Republicans, pass the House Homestead
bill: charged u1m.in with voting against the
Homestead bill, and told all 1he other usual
fabricsriops .ha. constitute the staple Of Demo
cratic speeches.
One enthusiastic sslooa keeper OF the 1.-TWO
glaas" men, at every vacancy would shout
"Hooray," in which FAINT attempts nt q cheer
the piping ard scattcring voicsa Of tbs residue
Of the Terrified would family join, only to
he smo hered By the roar Of laughter which fol-
loved inevitably On this dieplsy Of weakness,
and eventually the Captain General issued his
mandates. thst they should not exhibit any
more weakness in that line.
Fuller then rose TO reply, aad about that time
there we're sore places among the "soreheaas."
Every shot told, aud as the feathers few from
the plucked geese, there was wsiirg. O.e es-
pecially Industrious biaclguard said Fuller
ought 10 be hoo:ed down, and was politely in
lin refused to yo.e for the Democratic skeleton
bill, after all the life had been taken ous Of tbs
Homestead measure. After showing the differ
ence between the Republican House bill und the
Senatorial substitute, and char4i 6 and proving
that uessher faction OF the Democsatlc party
dare avow itself in favor ct this greet measure.
Mr. Fuller proceeded ic strsin Of whitening
sareas,n aud indignant elcquenee to strip from
The Douglas men The lioa's hide Of the old DEM
ocrat;c party, in which they pretended 10 nrsp
Themselves, and to show tue long cared animal
beneath. aud proved that they abandoned
and vi fully betrayed every principle that made
men Democrats, ara hsd sunk themselves into
q mere machine ior perpetuatiag andex'ending
the domination Of slavery oEer this great ra-
tion.
At The close Of his speech the vass audience
rose to their feet aud the free air OF Doone
county rug ugsin with three .-.r4 given
ro,lsing cheers tos Lincoln, Hamliu e Fsee-
dom, and three more fer Fuller. The neut
did not try TO cheer for douglas, o. IT, did,
nobody heard them in the loud acclain II free.
men.
In the eEening the ladies' Of Belviderc pre-
scented banner 10 our Wide AWaHes. They
turned cut $50 torches; and prettier sight
never was teen on cur pEa3ries than those beau
tiful gr1e, as they clustered around the banner,
on which splendia likeness Of Old Abe was
painted; Wm. II. Wood presented it in short
address Of great beauty, which WAS responded
to BY Mr. Hur1out.
nkhcuAxl0n at Lockp0rt.
froyr.e,ondrnes nft he prsaa anndT Trhrt%1