Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-01-26

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HaySsonious Democracy - a Wisconsin
Doug1tace- No tie. Democracy for a
Slove Code.
WASHINGTON. Jan. IL. 1860.
The debate in the House yesterday sow.
lei seeds of idiscorl and disunion among
theslcments which Douglas. Keitt. Wins
low and Maynard have been trying to fuse
together to beat the Republicans. The at
temptto initiate the happy family OF the
prairie-prairie-dog. rattle-snake AMI owl
alb living in the same hole--has proven q
disastrous failure Yesterday the elements
exploited on the hands Of Underwood of
Georgia. killing Larrabee of Wisconsin.
and wounling several Northwestern Dem
ocrats. The importance of this debate is
my excure for referring to it again. More
than $4,000 copies of il were subscribed
for by the Republicans for circulation
among their constituents. No better docu-
ment can be sent to the country to open the
eyes Of Democrats in the rural districts to
the real sentiments Of Southern Democrats,
and the disg,aceful position occupied by
Northern Democratic members.
Underwood of Georgia. male an elabo-
rate speech until he got tangled and snarl-
ed up. and then it became exciting. Dur
ing the last hall hour that he had the floor,
there was a small "reign of terror" among
the Democratic factions. 1t "fell out af-
ter this wise Underwood appealed to
the Americans to come over to the South
eIn Democrats and unite the South into
solid phalanx against the Republicans. He
coaxed, exhortel. chided, scolded and be-
seeche.l them by turns to fuse with the fire.
eaters, and make common cause against
the Republicans. This brought Hill of
in favor of great union and conservative
party. standing between the Republicans
and Democrats: the latter were tainted with
disunion, and he could affiliate with none
such.
/ USDEnwooD-Wherc will you get your
recruits in the North!
HILI.-From the conservatives who have
been voting for the Republicans as against
the Democrats.
UNpERwooD-Is the gentleman willing
to affiliate with such men as Thad. Stevens,
who supported Fremont.
HmL-Well, how do you manage to af-
filiate with Free Soil Buffalo Platform Jno
Cochraae9 Laughterl. How do you get
along with Squatter Sovereignty advocates?
| More laughter. No Democrat in Georgia
is in favor Of Squatter Sovereignty. Ev-
erything is good fish with the gentleman.
which comes into the Democratic net
| [Laughtcrl.
UNDERwooD--The Democratic is the only
party the Shareholders can depend on. The
most extreme Southerncr never asks for
anything that is not clearly right and con-
stitutionall And northern Democrats ney-
err stands ost against the demands of South
ern Democrats : They always grant what
ever the South asks. But. sir. do you pre-
tend to say that the most conservative of
the PEOPLES party in Pennsylvania OF any
other Free State would grant Congression-
al protc, ton to shareholders in the Terri
tories? Would Joy Morris grant slave
code?
HLL-Explained that slave code was
strictly Southern measure. and that con-
sentative men in the North were not 10 be
expected to support snch project; but they
were opposed to aggressions on the rights
of the South: wanted lhe slavery agitation
stopped and harmony restored between the
North anil the South. which was better
than q slave code. Mr.. Hill referred to
the Free trade doctrines of Southern Dem
l. e. 4 l.. r.
a protective tariff President. Laughter
UxpEnwooD--But we always vote for a
President who goes pih the South on the
slarery question !
| This remark made some of the Dough
faces vince the Republicans responded
"truc, true" aud considerable sensation
, was manifested in the hall; but no dough
face denie,l the fact Then followed some
sharp sparing between Hill and Under.
| wood about the Union party. the tariff
f Irights of the South. DC. which brought
members to their feet and cansed them to
crowd around the disputants. At each
sharp hit from either side, applause follow
ed.
Underwood went on to glorify the Dem
oeratic party for tho great deeds it ha9
done. 1t was the only party that was tru,
10 slavery. 1t was the only party tina
/ could command Northern votes in favor o
slavery. The Democratic party had de
stroyed the protective tariff. under Polk; il
n had struck down internal improvements
c it resisted Pacific Railroad for the bene
fit of the free States: it repealed the Mis-
4 souri Compromise and opened all the Ter
Eritories to the Introduction Of slavery: i
had adopted the principles of that immor
c tai statesman, John G.. Calhoun, it had ad
j. ded slave territory to the Union. and it wa
# the only party that could be relied on t
. protect. perpetnate and cherish slavery
: We have united. homogeneous party
! counting 90 votes on this floor Let tn
Americans add 23. making lis. and the
is we will find means to get fonr more vote
e from Democrats who are outside oil our or
Iganization.
Hill inquired whether in making up hi
: lcalculation of the harmonious Democra
: cy" he included the Tariff Democrats