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The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08
i he Presidency, Again.

From ali that can gather FROM ,.verv Source
AMI every part OF the country, Senator D'as'a''
chances for the nomination at Charleston tra to-
creasinc. His nomination is regarded ain ~
IN By the slrewdest politicians Of both plrtcs
49, tie Opposition is alre1dy beginning 70 fight
m with increased bitterness. The wises; heads
.llpne hon have given up the idea that tde Dem
>1..e-.- .g.li scIit at Charleston, and now think
;'r,t ,toy Il have to fx-ht the united Democracy
of h nation. Whether Douc.as be he nominee
OF the Charleston Convention or not, t,ev VIII have
The Democratic party to fight as in DAYS e,.ae By
anu we anticipate that the result viii be as here
totore. With bu, few exceptions the Democratic
papers throughout the country are coutel ing for
general principles AMI not al fractions ~ many of
them have heretofore been IN the habit of loirg-
We DO not hesitate say that we think Douglas hv
f1r the strongest man before the people for ,he
Presidency, and ,oad be nominated. We pre-
diet that he viii have the largest mlilrit;es in the
Northwestern States, of any nan tha. has ever
been President of these United States In the
Southern States he might not 20 as we'll as some
others. yet the Democracy of these Suites cannot
fail 20 see that between Douglas and such nan a
VIII he nomnat-l at Chicago. there isa great pref
erence, anl theY VIII give him heir electoral votes
Shonld til. Republicans nominate Senator Sew
ard, he viii not be known in ti Southern States as
a candidate, and.if they nominlte Bates Of Nilsson
ri. many of the prominent Of the party will be
soured. IS he Goes not come NJ 10 their ideas on
the ''nisger question" Had II not been for the
Hsrper's Ferry raid, Seward would have been the
nominee Of the Republican party for the Presden-
cy, but, he n sympathizer with John Brown.
he is not regarded rs The IN ~ and viii most likely
be "snubbed" in the CHICAGO Convent on.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08

III. IN. u ..', 'oti ? -rh'ican
Convention h bee. ...ia I'm ii. III ..
June to tue ION Of NJ y 10y msle = .,~,.,t
fuas about the stupidity o. the memb,.s OF the
Committee and their bliulness in got seeing that
they woad lose ucrr months Of the best time
10 o9crate On the minds of the -.oplc. aal finally
they yielded to his ictl'i5n. AMI fxel the time
about three weeks sooner thtn it was formerly
When the Committee fixed the time of holding
the Convention in June. they were clrrying out
the opposition policy o waiting until ,he Democ-
r.lcy had nominated their candidate anI they could
see how Il was taking with the people, and then
hey would nor,iaa,e to suit the OCCASION. But
in this c,se thev III ia re in'eryeuu, tn TOO
lon-. AMI the cltnre - .he N ,ns,ilrr evil
dence that they an5i.? .tin, defeat At the best.
and do not want the least thing to 20 undone that
will secure a vote or give the Democ-
racY the start Of them. We are glad that
they have ovcrreIe,ed themselves AMI had to
craw- fish.
The Democratic party appoints it, time of hold
ing conventions, without any regard to the oppO-
sition, nominate Is canlilstes anl proceeds to
elect them. The opposition witches and peaks
abcus e see T there Is apy advantage to be Ia
ken-think they i; .'eo IN AMI come out mi
rus the votes. They try to substitute figuring
AMI wire working for principle, and wheh they do
gain a small triumph, 1t Is by appealing the pas
siOns and takingi. BY storm, bat the people have
been deceived by tlen until they are becoming
suspicious of their intrigue.
In this instance, As in many previons ones, their
he.d-work will avail them nothing, and the man
they nominate at Chicago viii mlst likely suffer
defeat similar to that of .!ohn c. Fremont, in
1856
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08
Conventions"

The editor of the Lsfave,Ie journal who
WAS participant in the Republican, State
Convention, presents the following graphic
description of the influence which con
trolled it:
What business has the modest man ut a
State Convention? Alas for the rural
demagogue who seeks til capital Ella q
with his neiyhborhpod consequence. Ala,
Tor the honest citiz-n who thi her rep,lrs
inn"ceutIy intent upon his counlry's good.
B az"n facet place. hunters, redolenl # the
tunes OF bal Tobacco, aud abused whisky.
elbow and crowd aSii,. the dill lent, W.
truly wortny cl IL III. who has conc up IN
der .i,e mi-tasel iiea tina lherr was Som.
hing 1" b., done for hts country. Inf,tua-
ted individuals hurry hither and hi he
under the delu,Ion that they are doing
something something patrio ic innocenl :
ly ignorant Of the fact that the obsolete
commodity has long since ceased to BE- Of
service 10 he nation.
Grave traders stand around with half
conscious look that they have mis- AIKEN
their market--are not posted IN the quo
persis ent seekers afer AN honest living in
a legitimae way, walk about cOnie>sins in
their very air that they have come upon "A
FOOLS errand. Mistaken citizen. deluded
patriot. Jealous pariztn. 60 thy ways
Sly. SLEEK. and slippery; smiling, smirk-
ing, fitting through the j,stling. stream.
ing crowd, go the o~ners of some half
dozen faces that for score of years or
more" have biennislly or oftener ilumina-
ted, aud smiled and smirked upon an ex
actly similar crowd of homes. earnest zeal
Gus; mistaken and unhappy patriots. They
will smile and smirk for thee and thou go
home to shou; and hurr>h for the ge "a e
and ge-lorous party that preserves yOar
country and their offices. What puppet
show is complete without the puppets p
Yet II was always thus Sinre the existence
Of parties and probably always will be so
long as mass Conventions are selected AS
the medium Of expressing choice Of the
people.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08
The Strong Ticket.n

The Evansville Enquirer has the follow
ing comments upon "the strong ticket"
which The Republicans conceive they have
( put upon the track:
Colorei Lane, the Republican candidate
fo, Governor, is perhaps the most thorough
! Is pyer-rated man IN our Saic. lie is a
brilliant stump speaker. but man of no :
common abilities There are hundred
Of public men in the Stale who are his in
lelle clual superiors. AS IA debater he will
b. no match tor his competitor. Mr.. Hen
drinks is man of solidity. who makes no
preleDsionS to ornament or tlnselry, and
when he gets hold of the brilliant but su-
perticial Colonel Lane, he will strip off the
rswdy surroundings and expose the moth
ing"ess of his verbiays 10 the public view.
Fine language and high sounding phrases
,ose thei, effect when brought in contact
on, argument and logic. The fact is. the
;,,a,,;... ;t masses prefer sense rather than
,hs rn.,or,...l display. We have not for
,,o,,an n. ro, nation Of Colonel Lane for
S',narass nv the Wigs OF the Lafayette
D;Jpic, il I849. I'.hen. as nov. 1t was
exp G. ed he would bear ooSn All opposi
ton by his e,ouuepce. The democracy
no hing dauDlrd. pited against this MOI
ern Cicero. Mr. Joseph e. Mcdonald ne"
a vount mrn without reputation. newer
having held an office in his life. McDOn-
alb entered the contest against his formid
able foe and completely vanqushed him
Tie proved to be for the stronger debater.
aud the people actually had the presump-
ion to elect him to Congress over the al
most immaculate Henry 8. Lane ! The
contest with Nh Hendricks will be far
moe deplorable for Mr. Lane. He has
now TO meet tried leader. keen. caustlc
and ready logirian, who will worst him ia
every encounter.
Judge Morton is by faI the ables man or
he Opposition ticket. He Is one of the
strongest men OF his parry. intellectually
we mean. in the Safe. but unfortunately
for him. his rab,d Abolition sentiments are
too we'll known for him ever TO become
Lieutenant Governor ot Indiana. His com
pc Tor, Judge Turpe. will wing him as eff
fecrusl'y as did the gallant Willard in 1856.
Turpie is full match for Morton as a
SIttktF. anu w 'ti-' pti'itu'Si.
We do not fear The result of an encounter
between than.
The balance Of the Republican nominees
are weak brothers Several Of them we
knew personally. -! we can safely assert
tha NJ Jones y the best MN ON tie ick
81 Ilia PERSONAL unp'pulari here. where
every body knnws nim, needs no comment
He has been twice beated "a Il candi tate
for Mayor of Evansville. and at the las.
wa municipal elections. has been defea ed
bras.a in the ely council. In trui'.
he Republicans select representative
every sha T. OF political sentiment on their
iicke,. and set Of men composing such a
eon,lomar, ion. neressarially combin all
he elements of polirical weakness. We
predi., h -ir icket will b. baten Is 900
votes in October.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08

HE SECTIoNAL PARTY AND THE REPUB-
LtCAN FArhERs.--AOra n4m I.iucoin, her
aceJ Dy the. Republican press as Que of
the foremost opponents Of their party,
took FIR the text of the speech he just made
IN New ork a remark that our fathers,
when they framed the general government
understood The slavery question just As
well or even better than we do now He
proceeded to aduce and peivert the opn-
Ions OF twcnty-three of The thirty nine
trainers of the constitution in the manner
usual with Republicans His object was
10 slow that they held to the power of
congress 10 prohibit slavery in the territor
les, and among them he names the slales
man, who. above all overs, ha. been call
ed the father of the constitution, James
Ma lison! What proclamation! Why from
first % lasi James Nilsson was as decided
IL the opinion that congress has no power
to prohibit slavery as the supreme court is
10 day and the only thing Lincoln has to
cite Is Madison's vote for an act of con
gress TO carry out the compact of 1881
the compact as it is SO spoken of in the
public documents of the day--made by
the old congress with Virginia Msdi
sons views of the power of the present
congress are on record. and they are point
blank against such power. as even ppli,i-
cal tyro on, hit TO know. and as probably
Lincoln does know. But what suffices
this ? These higher law men, IN their in.
sane war on the south. maks no more of
setting aside history than they do of ma
lisning the facts of day Such sectional
politicians as Abraham Lincoln in harmony
IF spirit or OF opinion with such statesmen
and patriots as Madison and Washington
What is the basis uf Lincoln's politics >
This is what he has sall-'.I believe this
government cannot endure permanently
half slave and half free" Where will you
find Madison and Washington any of
trainers Of the constitution utterng such
sentiments AS this? Did even one of the
revolutionary patri' 3 pat forth such a
doctrine as this F.? Did they hold and so
counsel the north that in order to keep
their freedom it was necessary to war to
south -? The mere suggestion that such
disunionism as .his is like the glorious
Union sentiments of the republican fathers
Is libel on their noble memories.
Ii is such doctrine as This that compel
The south 10 regard the whole race of mod.
ern ''irrepressible conflict" polite ians as
satyrs; while The same south regard the
grand old republican fathers as hyperions
the gods of the American dav.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08
Preparatory to OrganiZa-
ten.

On Thursday evening last. - The recuest # tie
citizens fshe neighio. hood. Mr.. James VI Vic
kizer delivered lecture on the issues of the day.
a. the Thompson school house, in Union Township,
preparatory to organizing the Democracy of that
vicinity for the opening camDairn. The meeting
was presided over BIZ w. E. Thompson, ESQ.,. who
also addressed the meeting for short time.
The whole meeting was very well conducted, and
tie best of OF der prevailed with the exception of
few Of Little Johns proselytei, who were there
''tightually slight and like all other drunk men,
were bOisterous and inclined to disturb the meet
ingby their drunken and silly twaddIe. We are
informed that along about the 1--WE sma' hours o.
the night one of them was taken from a moist
place by the way side, where he was in very fair
way to 'take cold" This reminds Us Of what some
OF our friends toAus about Little Johns great mis-
take lie made while in the neghborhood of Max
enkucisse. lie said he had revelation that there
was Whisky sold there, and that 1t was Democrats
that didit This was rather laughabe. as the very
reverse was the fact in the case, bat are d
crossing.
AftertIe speeches rsferel TO. Thursday ev ,ning,
February ID, Was set for the time OF completinT
the organization. This is an evidence % u nat
Union is gcing to redeem herself fiGs ta'l We
ho-ciswill, for this is old home, rd - have'
Il LA ;blc, deeper interest in it than onefs an
,.e,. -.e his been retrogradng for som time. not
haea,.se the Democrats not there, but, be-
c,r.c ti,sv1havc not attended the polls and given
fysisvoiei a tAey used to. This organization $ =
..esl ll.ls, o. is calculated . bring tnem out
an. l-a.sc i N 70 the impOr'aIc. Of re t9a'h-
IN campaign, and nuke them begin 10 IN e''isA'e
the PRINCIPLES at issue.
we ho7e they willhavc good time, az this APP
pou,mens and thu. its eecc'. will 's" at ''e POI
next October.
we hope err pe.lovrst friends about HaAen
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08
WASHINGTON. March 8


New Orleans pape to Tuesday last
have arrived here.
Gov Houston has received more than
eighty applications from gentlemen desir-
ing TO raise volunteers. He has advised
that snch companies be raised and differed
in every frontier county, and that system
of espi mage b. agreed upon. and that in
case Of alarm pursuit., be given. and the in
vaders aud thieves. whether InIians or
whites in the garb of Indians. b exterm-
mated There are already nine organized
companies in the field.
A truly alarming condition Of affairs on
the western frontier OF Texas is represent
ed.
A proposition TO donate 500. 900 TO
the Washington Monument funds was pre-
scented to the Grand Council Of he Sons
Of Malta and referred to he Finance Com
mitIee. In the past year the Sons have
donated for charitable purposes over $500 {.
600. and have now balance of Sl72 900
in their several tregsuries. Four hundred
thirty nine lodges have been established
during the year
The unparalleled richness If he Wa,hoe
silver mines has caused inierSe exc'leln ant
~ Cal'frni,. even surprising III" Fraser
River aad Pixies Peak firor. The lush
To the MINIS i. unprecedented in the an
nails "f FL Dora 10.
Wisconsin, has abnishel the cole ,,Ion
Of debts by ex'cui,n. We quo'e Gee ion
7 OF the blil recently enacted:
Sec. 7 There shall hereafter no final
execution he issued. upon any Judgement
rendered upon the nc ION for the recovery
IT money due or oweing bv reas.n of any
con'rac'. expressed or implied. either for
p incipalo costs.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08

BENEFIT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES have been
made by those interested, and the musicians OF
this place generally to give a Concert, for the ben
eft of the Presbyterian Church, as soon as conven-
lent, which will be in the course of few wee ks,
suppose. 1t IS to be conducted by A. C. Capron,
Esg. This is the best thing the ge'ters up could
have done. AZ lie is undoubtedly the most suitable
and competent person in the place to take charge
of 1t, land we are confident that if the Concert is
good one, it will be no fault of his. More
OF this hereafter. We are not advised as to what
the charge of the entertainment will be, but sup
pose twill have some of the "spce of life" in it
variety
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08

u The Senate Committee have unanimously
ieiortcd bill i'll favor o. the Atlantic ana Pacific
Telegraph. |, is stipulated that the work shall be
completed within the compass of two years from
the 3lst of July next.
O.. The oil excitement in Venango and Craford
counties, Pa is equal to the gold fever in Caifor
MIA. The whole basin of OIL Creek is full of it,
1t is only necessary to bore some 300 feet into the
banks get full stream of the OIL which is equal
to the best whale oil.
u The gallant Hendricks is already in the field,
battling with the enemies of the Constitution and
the Union. In the past two or three weeks, he has
visited several counties in the northern part of
the State, and has everywhere met With the most
enthusiastic receptonAthousands flocking to see
and hear him. Never before have the Dcm"cr acy
OF Indiana placed IN the h'.~ a candidate who en-
ii''eua '" -. feeling than Thomas A. Hendricks;
that his majority will be numbered by thous-
ands in October next there cannot be a shadow of
doubt. Boon Co.. PioEeer.
The total emigration from foreign countries in.
TO the United States for the wear ending December
81, 1889, was 10000, being about ten per cent
gain on tic year 1853.
ALLOWING NEGROES To VoTE.-On Friday last.
as We learn from the Buffalo Courier, the lower
branch of the New York Legislature passed bill
giving the right of suffrage to negroes. The az
frmatve votes were all Republicans. All the
Democrats voted in the negative. The Republi-
cans are welcome to all the capital they make
out of this proposed extension of suffrage to ne
groes. The Courier asserts that since they pro-
pose to go down to political equality with the
blacks, they ought to exalt them to a position Of
social equality; they ought 10 invite them to din
ners and 10 parties, sit with them in church, walk
with them it the street, and give their daughters in
marriage to them. Will our Republican friends
please act up to their political Intentions
The Off ,al returns of the assessors of the pop
ulaton of Kansas make it GO $50.
The Opposition State Convention of Kentucky
instructed for Hon. John ]. Crittenden, for the
Presidency.
The Democrats elected their Mayor in Lancas-
ter, Pennsylvania, fortnight since, after fierce
contest, by $50 majority--a Democratic gain Of
300 from last year.
The Mormons, according to their own census,
are decreasing in Utah. In 1856 they numbered
900; lin 1857 only 81 022 and in 1853 only about
10000.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08
a jackson Campai.n,

Mr.. La mop. Of DetruI,--,n eminent
lawyer in speech before the STATE Dem
oeratic Convention Of Michi Jan. held in
Detroit, on the 221, abiding to Senator
Doug las, said: = q
1--WE can succeed in nominating Ste
phen A. Douglas at Charleston for tin
Presidency; his election is raised above IA
prophesy; it is a certainty [Applause.
There has been no such movement of
the masses since the time when Andrew
jackson was before the people in 1882, as
now. The grea, unanimity that has char
acterized The proceedings of this Crnyen
lion is an index OF this. You come ina"
this Convention and with one voice send
delegates to Cha lestou and nominate the
l.::ia; Grant. [Appau-e.l No man in
the coun'rJ to day possesses So many .;
he traits of Jackson As Senator Douglas
A great Statesman, with the courage OF a
lion to carry out his measures. with an
abundance of what We used in New Eng
land to call "pluck," his name is a tower
of strength. Applause. He has hos s
Of friends in every Slate of the Union.
The speaker believed his nomination aud
election necessary to the peace aud safe Y
of the Union. He disc!,itned any sympa
Thy with diSuniouists, and WAS not one
VINO feared for the pelui,y OF this Con
federacy. He die rot believe the power
existed that could dissolve the Union. Bat
the -e may be no disunion and yet no I'M
lon; no war and yet no peace. 1t WAS not
TO be denied that a terrible stale of things
exists in our country. Sectional hostility
WAS working anything but unity Of feeling
AMI harmony in the family of States. S.,
long AS the dweller on he Potomac or the
Mississippi does not feel secure In his
home and his household gods, he will ieel
like stranger and an alien in the land -
The trirmph of the Democratic party in
the approaching campaign would produce
better and happier state of feeling
throughout the country. AMI would restore
confidence, friendship and prosperity where
now the conirasy prevailed. Applause.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08
PERsoyAL-Our friend, r. F. SHIRLEY. brought
rs a list of eleven subscribers, the other day
Many THINKS. Frank is working Democrat.

CIxcISNATI, MARCH This morning at eight
o'clock ~ the w0rKmen were engaged in tearing
down the St Xavier Catholic Church on Sycamore
Street. the wall fell, burying IL or 90 laborerers
in the ruins Up to to 10 O'Clock 10 dead bodies
have been taken out.
SECOND DIspArcH.-The Church being torn
down tor the purpose of giving place to new one.
The accident was caused by attempt TO over
throw wall 90 feet high, foot thick and 30 feet
wide, by undermining. The rain Yesterday affect
ed the foundation and as soon as il loosened lit
tie by the men this morning it unexpectedly fell in
Is men we're at work mt the time, one of whom sue
coed in escaping. l3 were crushed to death, and
the other was MORALLY wounded.
nr The Senate of Alabama have passed joint
resolution approrriatine 100000 for the relief of
Virginia in paying the expenses of the Harpcr's
Ferry affair.
~ An Opposition State Convention was held in
n ,.hvle Tenn, on the ed Feb. 1t recommended
Joi Bel FOR Pcesi lent and appointed DELEGATES 70
he Y ,ticn,l Union C1aver'ioi, recommended TO
b. he'd 10 plnladolplia IN Mly
IL Nicholas F.ongsworth has now in his cellar
$50 a01 bottle OF wine. When 4 is remem
bered thai her are iwo OF three other Urge
r., .nu.acturers IN Cinsinnati, some idea may
be- formed Of the extent TO which the grape i:cul-
tivsted IN that vicInitr.
II Late alsiees frofn rikc's Peak state that il
vras Tie p.cyaiiins opinion that The IN nes would
produce from one to TWO million OF dollars Per
month, after the opening of spring The yield last
season was about two millions of dollars.
" tits expected that the census of the present
year will show that we have 81, co. 90 inh4bItaDts
s nation of sic is America
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08

A Non INTERCOURSE MAN G INVERTED -
The Chattanooga Advertiser gives the
following romantic conversion of an anti
Yankee Georgian.
Not a thousand miles from here there
lives gentleman OF The real thunder and
lightning red flag school of political De
if: lam up" SouIhrrner. and death
upon the Yankee. He was widower.
aud hal daughe attending school and
on ascertaiuing hat he teacher was one If
the down East girls took his d lighter
from school, resolved to have nothing to
do with the n--easter--wasn'l going
have lis daughter taught by any such
parsonage. Shortly after he took his
daughter from school he happened to be
travelling on the same train with the Yam
kee school Marm. is Introduced. is rather
pleased, becomes Interested. is got and is
goner. The Yankee school teacher is
now Mis-
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08

Concern The musicians of Warsaw will give
musical entertainment at the N thodist Church
iii this place Oh Friday, ITO morrow event Wo
understand from those who have r.eard mem. that
they give good concert. The ,roup is lend bv
Prof Rrohson WHO is onc of the best Concert plav-
e'- 'i 'ie '-'ate' or probably in the West. The
ei@rtalnmert will consist of Brass String and vo-
cal "'isic. The vocal music by the ''Hoosier, War
Saw G!ee Cub" who are said TO sing we'll
We are glad they are ins-hope they will
give us a musical treat, and that theS viii have
good house Our musicians, it appears, have
chung their harp on the willow"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-08

MCDOWELL 8 ENGINE AND PASSENGER
CAR.-We See it stated that Mr.. Young,
civil engineer. of this city. and for loag
time favorably identified with the p. Fl
w. g. G.. r. r.. is about To receive a visi
from the president of the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton road, who comes
ere with view 10 have him construct a
car and engine similar To that now running
between Chicago ard the Rock Island
junction. Mr.. Youny's car is a success.
and will undoubtedly commend itself to
the prs.,. .ical views of President l. HON
medieu.-- Chicago Times.