The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-09-13
The Douglas Fires.


: Douglas. 65: Breckenridge, l5; Bell, Is;
t and l5 undecided, bu. who he thinks will
go for Douglas. IN enthusiastic Doug
las and Johnson ratification meeting was
held at Sparta; IL the same county on the
Goth inst.
a gentleman who resides in Mount
Pleasant Miss. and who is perfectly re-
liable, furnishes the Memphis appeal
wiih a statement of the strength OF the
three parties in his place, from which It
appears that Douglas and Bell have twenty
advocates each. and Breckiniidge five
He says that Douglas and Johnson are
gaining rapidly.
a gentleman from Mobile assures US that,
while Immediately after the nominations
at Baltimore there was scarcely Douglas
man in Mobile; he has no doubt that be
could carry The county by a least four
hundred majority over Bell and Breckin
ridge. lie says that similar feeling ex
ALBANIA. and is rapidly spreading through
out the entire State
a correspondent of the Memphis Appeal
pledges De Soto county for Douglas and
Johnson by from l5o to 900 majority over
both Bell and Breckenridge
The Decatur (Ala) Times has the best
assurance for stating that Hon. X. w.
Cobb, member of Congress from the Sixth
Cong ngressional District is for Douglas and
johnson. Hon. S. g. Houston. member
from the Fifth District, declared for Doug
las, Immediately after the nomination at
Baltimore
Hon. }. Johnson delegate TO tie laie
Georgia Belland Everett State Convention.
appears in "A card in the Mobile Register,
in which he gives in his adherance for
DougIas and Johnson Ia his card he
saws:
have cone to the conclusion tha. il is
my duty to vote fot Douglas The rea-
sons which lave Induced me TO take this
position can not. of course, be embraced
within the limits o! this note. | will,
however, say lhat, in my opiuon. liz po-
sitions ar those only which will rnete OUT
fall Justice to each section Of tie Union
and preserye lis peace and harmony |
consider him bold, generous, truthful
man, using all his powers 20 stay the tide
of !asa;6ism that threatens 20 submerge
us. While the attention of every eve and
ear is directed 10 him, he aays 10 The Nor.
thern people that he is opposed 10 any
party that seeks to prohibi. slavery against
the will of the people. and also to any
party that seeks to put slavery on a peo
pie against their will In other words he
is the advocate of each people regulating
lhe question Of slavery for themselves
subject to the limitations Of the Constitu
!ion. This has been the pos iion Of the
whole South, and, in my opinion. ought
to be so now.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Conteaerqcy states
that Col. O. A. Lochrane. formerly an ar
dent Breckinridgc man, has declared his
intention to give his cordial support to
Douglss and Johnson. H says that he
is convinced now that the Protection is a
humbug and that Douglas is the only
man who can defeat Lincoln Col. Loch :
rane will take the stump shortly.
The Oswego PdHadiuns heads its notice
of the largest political meeting ever held
in that city, with the following (Which is.
of course, tremendously displayed):
The Douglas fires blazing The Dcmoc-
racy aroused, Eight 10 Ten Thousand
Douglas Men in Council! One Thousand
Torches in procession! Unbounded En-
thusiasm. Eight Towns Represented
Democratic Slate and National Nominal
lions Ratified! Speeches of Messrs. Church
of New Orleans, Lanning of Buffalo, and
Gaiiney. of Albany
The Detroit Free Press notices as lone
of the signs the fact that Mr. H. NJ.
Dixon, of Marshall, who was one of the
most prominent leaders among the Black
Republicans of Calhoun county. and was
elected Sheriff by them in 1854 ana again
I iu 1856, is now upon the Democratic
ticket for the same office. having re-
nounced AboiIionism, just as scores of
others have done in that county, and come
into the only national party in the State ."
Tie following additional recruits we no.
tice in the Free Press:
F. A Williams. Esq, of Bloomfield. a
leading Republican; MAJOR Abner p Sun
son. one of the opposition strongest men;
Wilton Sawyer. Of Portland, Republican
supervisor; Chaplin IIavens. of Lansing,
elected by the Republicans Justice of the
Peace; Mr. Ballard, late Mayor of Ypsl-
lanti. and A. c. Blodget. Republican
legislator and leading man OF the party.
all of Michigan, have, by letter or upon
the stump. lately signi6ed their intention
To no, only vote but work henceiorward
for Douglas and Johnson
George w Besel and seven others,
hitherto Republicans. Of White Pigeon
Michigan, can stand ii no longer They
now hurlah for Barry. Douglas and
Johnson.
A tremendous Douglas meeting WAS
held in Lsmertine, Fond du Lac county.
Wis. Oh the l5,h inst More than 1000
persons were present. Sixty eight guns
were fired for the Democratic candidates.
eloquep. speeches were made. and the ut
most enthusiasm prevailed. A cores
pondent assures us that Fond du Lac
county, notwithstanding her usual Re