Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-03-18

VOLUME 29.

di solved and buried in the tomb OF Web.
ster and Clsy,ts great champions and rep.
reseniatives, 30 the Democratic party when
it drew that fatal knife which severed the
silver Cord and broke the golden bowl of
peace, when it drew that fatal knife which
destroyed the Missouri compromise, dis
solved also and went into fragments, and
upon the ruins Of all those parties sprang
into existence with the newness of life the
Republican party based upon the ideas of
the old Republican party Of Jefferson and
Madison, and to those ideas It stands
pledged and has from the beginning; and
tell my friend from Delaware that the
true, real Republican party, based upon
truth as its foundation, in the nature OF
things never dies, and It never will Aid,
sir, il we who represent that party this day
in the administration Of affairs are but true
TO the principles upon which it re. organ.
ICED itself in 1854, and again 10 1856 ,aod
triumpGed in $50, it is 20 hold the con.
trel Of the destinies Of this country for a
generation to come but if it is false to
those principles we shall pass away tho
false representatives of the truth, genuine
Ropublcan party, ay, sir, the rea Demo
cratic party Of this country, as it is this
day. its true representative and chan sion.
Mr.. SALISBURY. 1t wa iny rur-
pose, Mr.. President, to submit few re-
marks in reply 70 that portion Of the hon.
orable Senator from Wisconsin which re-.
ferrcd to the remarks before submitted
to the Senate but since that be hes rone
off on a very cold scent, and the contro.
versy has lost to me most of its interests,
cordially ogree with the honorable Sena.
tor in his statement that our relations arc
those Of personal kindness, and therefore I
am sure be will take no personal exception
to what am about to say. The course he
has pursued on this occasion only yeriHes
a remark made by the photographer of
the Republican party, the honorable Sen
ator from New Hampshire. That honor
able Senator, in the course Of tho -.faarks
in which be aeliniated SO "athiuly and
SO beautifully the -"aracses of the Repub-
lican part, sald that he vas one Of its
e.-,tes champions, and now he found that
the new converts to the party, and es.
pecially that portion Of them who camo
from the Democratic party, where its most
Jealous defenders.
The honornble Senator from Wiscor.
sin, in the remarks which he intended to
be di,paragiDg to the Democratic party,
denied that the history OF that party was
as old !, that its record was as hono.able,as
| had avowed it to be before The Sona,e.-
How many years had it been spce that
honorable Senator was high priest 10
5 Democratic councils I Sir, he has not tar.
, ried at the political Jerico Of the Repub-
lcan party sufficiently long for his beard
/, to attain full growth. If i mistake not,
he bore honorable commission to the ns.
! tional councils of .he Democratic patiy.-
II mistake not, be was one Of its fiercest
D.. champions, and he bore aloft it's banner in
o his own State at opo time Sir, have
/. never known it to fail, when member of
4 the Democratic party has left the party,
, that he has not said that he did not leave
It the party, but that the party left him.
@ Mr.. DOOLTrTLE. The honorable
gehtlaihan is mistaken. The real Demo
= cratic party did not leave me; they came
r right along with me and helped to make
/. the Republicsn party3 and they are almost
all in.
Mr.. SALISBURY. My only reply
d TO that is that the old Republican party Is
,. which the Senator aludes had everything
It in the head and not "nigger on the brain -
II and tho Republican party Of the present
). day meen no personal offeuso-had
d, nothiug except "nigger on the brain"
). Mr.. LANE, of indiana | do not wish
/. to interrupt this interesting discussion but
d will at this period make point Of order
IN My point is this that it is out oi order, il
81 is illegal to hold an inques. over tbs corpse
% OF the Democratic party wJaD The coroner
it is not present. [Iaughterl
"a Mr.. SALISBURY. | vii answnr the
d Senator in the course of he very few re.
a, marks which propoto n submit.
n Sir, nc have had beaut.fnl exhibition
Mt here to day. An koaora Die scuatoc whose
al effusions, or rather whose patriotic, noble
il aud thrilling elOqucnce in iSe other llou,,
of as the champion of the Democratic caus'
IN I read when was school boy, rises ant
b. exposes the criminality OF his new associ
k. ates, while still protesting to belong to th
,e- party in power which has succeeded tn
c Democratic party. Another distinguishes
cd Senator, who but very recently was bap-
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