, 1860-09-22
THE DISCUSSION AT MENDOZA.
Poor Ftcklln!

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Correspondence Of the Pre.s and Trbune.l
M1sDo7A Lasalle Co sepLH0 1s6o.
The joint discussion between Trumbull aue
Fickiiu which came eft to-day, has eaded in {
manner highly satisfactory to all the Republl
cans who were present. Ficklin led ef in Z
apeerh Of one hour, md tuch mees Of bladder
| dash and grocery slang never listened to he
fore. have heard "Dirty Work" Logan more
| than once. lie set out With the defamation
that the Republicans coutended that the Decla
ration Of 1ndepeudt nee and the Federal Con.
s.itution enancipatfd all the s]ares in the Uni.
ted States! lie also indicated that the on1y
way to get rid Of that conclusion WAS to take
the ground that in that Declaration the fathers
meant only white men; hence be rendered it
"all white men are born equal" which render.
ing was greeted By the crowd with hearty
and derisive laugh. For nearly half hour he
fooled away bis time, aud made dunca Of him
self By questioning the crowd upon negro
equality, and replying to questions that come
from them in return, in a manner worthy only
Of grocery blacksuard, the result Of 1hich
was that the crowd got much the best Of it, and
had him 10 bafudd!ed 1bat be was like a man in
quicksApd; the more be tried 10 yet out the
more he couldn't. lie called them divers hard
nauef, and seemed to be wonderfully tfckIed
whenever be 20. oil an uncnmmoply s1ceessfui
piece Of black gunrdism, He said that if 1he
fa:hers meant The black man when thew made
that Deca1 atjop, that all of them 1har did mt
free their Slaves righ. away we're hYpocriticel
6coundrelS-that Ase Lincoln wag crAz7 on The
negro questiou-tbat the Only way to put white
men sn1 negroes on IN equality Was to put the
the crowd how he knew that. be renlied that H.
knew it hv hsyinr rnixad with Tho nao-oas
an assertion which mo man in fhe crowd Govhs'
ed. Aud linus he s,,rnt tis hour wi,i,ont m,t;n1
one single point Tor TrumbuIl to reniv To-
Mr. 1Iurnhnji commenred h;s Ia.tr IVA
his opponents speech. stating that be aunnnsed
that Inc intention Of the i5iut debate was tn
sdi.cuss the issuea instead Of Yent1Iat,np mare
party slang and c1an.trxn. Fickftn rccnn;ed h,Q
last ten minutes in the reading Of ttcxntu ourt.
tions b r the reporter. Mr. Hit. wh,c', Fck,in
or some one Of bis friends had with inmense
labor gotten up, which we're about as per,inent
the Judge remarked that it was matter nf
little moment vi. at bis individual opiui1na were
about ouestiona not in is.ue hy,usen nor,;es
that the subjects Of dtacus>ion wera The doc.
tr,nes Of the REPUBLICAN and Democratic nsr-
ties, AID that he should nav n further Itfen,
Ilp0 10 1lr 1uG1tIDuB except they might 4nurb
his line Of iemark.
Mr. Trumbu!l occunied bis hour in mastery
exposition of the Republican doctrine CONCERN. |
ioE ,he natural rights Of man. the distinction |
between pa,uraI ant po1itical ripb,s. thn rivhta
that ctme from God and the rj96ts tnat are can.
fe1red by human goyerument:. lie reviewed
lhe record Of the two parties On negro sufffare
aud on the Homestead bill. ccmoleiely y,nuics.
ing tie Nspuh|,ean Marty from 1ha asnersions
If their opponents and convict;np ths = nm.
:ratic naItv nf ,he ,nost tHarntI L. IT,, .c-;sr
,pou tiiosc oucstionx and aIsn unon ~ nows.
II the Sunr.ine Conrt in dec;din = nnit;c o,as.
IONS. The minis mada had ali at caee eensa,
Lud force which nlwnys character;z.s .In51s
Efforts.
F.ck,ia then followed in half hour. fTrum.
,uti having OCCUPIED one hour.1 in 1h;ch ha
lnder,ook to d, iye into the crowd hv ahesr
Of iocitercu. assert;on the idea ;b,t ~
homestead bill IVES q Democrat;c measn,e~
lat lie {F,cklin, va, one of,ts fathers and ,hat
ud9e Douglas vas one at its mast ardent snd
othstenl sunnortars- And lint IL tbs f,ca nr
is admission ihat Doup1as voted n ,ale ~ .ha
;uba bill in pteference Ia thr Homoa:4aI h;,ia,
Ie end of the .raainn h.tora lost and nIaa ~. |
,ouplxs did mt eIwsra vnta H. 10 Iii H..
pmet,mes didn't vote At ali In his t;1a. spa.ch
e had c.aroed Mr. Hami;n with voY;r1 aao;nst
,e uomeatsad hil. und TTumhu,i IN "a 5sn1s
bowed ,hat II WA avai qst The Senate Iii, Iisn'
n lad yotrd. having yoted for ,he Hom,a = II
,err TIME ha rat n chance and that i,on,la.
[ways WAS on band yot,nr for the Housa Hi
hen it wnuld do m Or nd ard fb.t wha., H.
o,e would etIsct any;hinr ho vas oenersii7 sh.
en-. F.cktio- in h,s jas, soesch stueE .3nrh
,ora ~ e1v ~ IL. e,t;..t; r.I.t