, 1860-09-08


Eothing more Clearly e7iuces the desperation
Of the Douglas party thaa the violence with
1h.ch they a:saii their opponents, their con.
srant resort to mob force. ard the Qualification
Of such cnurse by papers and leaders f,om
whom little more regard for the deceaeies o.
life i.ht be expected. 4 glance at such in
stances in our own State. IS occur to Us, Is suf-
hcient to satisfy an, body that party rraortiug
to such acts fee'a that it has bad cause ard
uworxe prospect. Men Who hope urc guarded
against reckieesress. 0.1y those who ,hiuk
their case Ut the norst u1e iudiff:rent what
they do.
The first exhibition OF this desperation Was
seen in the threats to egg aud bea. Jesse d.
Bright 1t be dared TO make speech against
Douglas here. Hehed fully earned such = dem
on7tration Of Democra'ic affection, ard so far
as he WAS concerned, We should have cared lit.
tie about it. But it would have been a shame
tn our community That could hardly have been
removed, and it'll. remnant OF discretion,
combined with the certainty that 1t would have
been dangerous operation, probably prevent
ed the leaders from allowing It 10 70 on
The next instance occurred in Dubois comfy.
when Mr.. Guido llges Of Vincennes WAS threat.
ened wita lyuchtng if he made Republican
speech there, and only escaped such IN illus
tratlon Of Democratic liberaiity By a 1esolute
bearing that taught his assail4pta what they
might expec: If they attempted to execute their
threats.
Within few days Of this Dubois exhibition.
more shameless bu: more cowardiy one was
made Ut Fort Wayne, where the Democratic
leaders twice appointed pole raising ut the
sine time and place that had been selected
previously for Nj. Schurz's speech, and en- ed
thtir unmauly interference by paraainx par-
eel Of rowdies round the Hail while Mr. Scburz
wAs spsakiog, 10 shout aud clamor, and uaijT
10 throw cabbage head through window at
him with violence snough to stun Mr, Peter i.
Ba,ler, whom it hit.
At kokomo, where the Republicans ara too
strorg to permit an open resort to fosc.. a coz
slant interruption WAS kept up by taking.
groaning, walking iu and nut Of doors, recent.
~, while DHight Eliuk Of New York WI 3 speak
ing there.
At Ne~burg, Warrick county. where the Re-
puhltaus ell meeting week before last the
Wide.Awakes were insulted with every opp,o.
brious epNhet that coull be mustered bY
tongues familiar with blcckgu4rdism, though
no retort was nude, and the march was con.in-
usd without worl Of reply; the speaker, Hen
r. W. Ellsworth, WAS interrupted. groa1ed a.,
shouted down and hissed; aud finally the Wide
Awakes we're fired ut bv three or four rowdies,
and young nun severely wounded in the
shoulder By bullet.
From late notice in the Logauspcrt journal
we see that Dr.. Fitch il promised ~ egginx il
he undertakes to speak at Wiaamac.
"AGA 3AtAsAS AAAkcs = 4AaGks !EA1IlUEt mot
fenslve German, the Republican candidate for
State Auditor. undertook 10 make speech ct
NewhuEg, the scene Of the late mu1deraus at.
tack on the Wide. .Awakes, he Was called liar
b: the SAME Douglas leader, Sol CokeE, who
shot The Wide. Awake, and insulted with inde-
cent gestures from the same worthy individual
At ,fippecanostown, Marshall county, the
Douglas men had pale raising OF Saturday Of
week be:o,e last, ard while the procession was
passing. small man named black got upon a
fence to cunt it. A Douglas bully named
Tipten, coming alopg and seeing him, ordered
him to get down. Hs did so 10 aToid fuss, and
moved of to. another plsce. where he began
counting sgain. Upton followed him, jerked
the paper out Of his hand, pulled him otf the
fence, aud Knocked him down, for which kindly
service Black as soon as he could get up, fired
at him aad damaged couple of his 6ngers.
These are sampcs Of the treatment douglas
men gi7e their opponents in Indiana. They are
evidences Of desperation as we'll a. malignity.
aud are MT without their eject ia satisfying
the people where the right is, and ho~ it Is 10
be supported.