Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1858 — Page 2

THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE. RENSSELAER, IND. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1858.

REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

. Attorney General, WILLIAM T. OTTO, :of Floyd. . • > Treasurer of State. JOHN H. HARPER, ojf St. Joseph. Auditor of State, ALBERT LANGE, X"' - of Vigo. Secretary of State, WILLIAM PEELE, of Randolph. Superintendent of Public Instruction, JOHN YOUNG, of Mari On. ' For Supreme Judges. FIRST DISTRICT, HORACE P. BIDDLE, of Caes. SECOND DISTRICT, ABRAM W. HENDRICKS, of Jefferson. ». THIRD DISTRICT. SIMON YANDES, of Marion. FOURTH DISTRICT, WM. D. GRISWOLD, of Vigo.

SLAVE AND FREE STATES.

Modern Democracy requires but FORTY THOUSAND inhabitants to mike a Slave State, but it takes NINETY-THREE THOUSAND to make a Free State; ergq, one Pro-slavery man is as good as tux s FreeState men a id one third: long as God allows ,-the vital current to flow throng!) my veins. J will never, »ever, NEVER, by word or thought, by mind or will, aid in admitting one rood of free territory to the everlasting curse of human bondage.-—Henry Clay.

Congressional Convention.

Th# Republicans !of the Ninth Congressional District.are notified that a Convention, for the nomination of a candidate for Congress for this District, will meet at PLTinOIITH, TUESDAY, JUKE 29. It is hoped that a firll delegation from each county in the district will be present.

SENATORIAL CONVENTION.

The Repub icans of the counties of Lake, Porter and Jasper Will hold a Convention at Valparaiso, on Thursday, July 15, To nominate a candidate for the State Senate. Every Republican of Jasper county who is able to attend will consider himself a delegate. ———<>——— ——>We are now having decidedly warm weather, and the roads are drying very fast. ———<>——— Rev. J. Q. Barrett, Reatorationist, will preach at the Court House next Sunday night,-at early candle-light. Republican Convention last Saturday!, "was not numerously attended, but more were present tfian we expected to turn ont at this busy season. Those present were cheerful and confident of victory next fall. *■. (fir The professional card of our EsculaT pian friend, Dr. Martin, will be found in another column. As to the correctness of his medical theory, of course we cannot say; but we will say that he is an- upright man and a good citizen. - i ' &T Mr. Edwin * • Hammond publishes his law card in this paper. He is to be assisted during the terms of jthe Courts by his brother, the Lieutenant Governor. We are glad to see worthy young men settle among us, and therefore welcome Mr. Hammond to our village. OP The a place of holding the Congressional Convention has been changed back To Plymouth, the small-pox having disappeared from that place. This change was disagreeable to a large fiumber of the citizens of Jaaper county, who b*d made arrangements to attend the Convention at Bradford. ——;#•»! p ■ OP"We understand that friend Babb, of the Rfnsaelaer House, is making arrangements forgetting up something nice in the shape of. a dinner on the Fourth of July. All who have had the jbrtune of partaking of Uabb’6 hospitality on public occasions, know that he is not in the habit of doing things by havles, and they will lay ug fifty cents in during these hard times to secure a seat at his table on Saturday week. - ■ _ mmr . ' [Eor the Rensselaer Gazette. , >OP"The ladies of Rensselaer will please accept our thanks for their friendly visit on the 16th inet., and for valuable services rendered and sundry favors conferred. X A. L. Hays, ) v M. A. Hays. (fcjTThe extra session of the Senate; convened the day after jCongress adjourned, was only to confirm a' few appointments. The Senate, before adjoining, however, passed a buncomb resolution denouncing the British outrage# on shipping.

FRAUDS TO RE PERPETRATED.

The Crown Point Register of last week says: .. “We have lately been informed by a»reliable Democrat that the Ninth District is to be carried by the Administration party at all hazards; that they are to spare neither time nor money, and to do this they hove agrqed to put one thousand hands on the Fort Wayne Railroad, and that Dr. Stanton, Willard &, Co., have agreed to put a sufficient on their ditches in this ; county to accomplish their object. Our inforrpant is a substantial Democrat, and boasts of the scheme as one that will,win. This, we will acknowledge, is of the Administration, and the only one that has elected their men of late years. ”■

The above intention to commit extensive frauds is undoubtedly true. But will it work! The foreign element in our population is now fast deserting the Democratic party. The eyes of foreigners are being opened to the fact that the doctrines of the Administration party tend to degrade free labor to the level of slave labor. They see the Administration and its friends put forth every effort to perpetuate and extend the of slavery in our Republic. They see the party test established that every true Democrat must bow down and worship the “peculiar institution.” They see the new doctrine promulgated that a population of forty thousand can organize a slave Statewhile it requires a population of upward of ninety-three thousand to organize the same Territory into a free State. They hear, a Democratic Senator declaring in his place in the United States Senate that the laboring white men of the North are “mud sills of society;” that they are no better than the black slaves of the South. And when they j see all this, is it to be expected that any one j haying the love of liberty or a spark of man-' hood left will vote to sustain such doctrines? j It is preposterous to think «o. The “stam- ! pede” from the Democratic ranks lias com-! menced, and in the right quarter. The In- 1 dianapolis Volksblatt, heretofore a stanch and | unwavering German Democratic paper, has j hoisted the Republican State ticket. It i could not swallow the English swindle. Again: were the Administration party to j import one thousand Democratic votes, they ; would be still far, far from defeating the j Republican nominee in the Ninth District. ; We know that Colfax is a thorn to the Ad- j ministration, and that all will be done to r defeat him; but alii in vain. The Republicans ojf the Ninth District of Indiana, with ; Colfaxj as, their standard-bearer, are bound , to be victorious.

TRIBUTE TO BENJ AMIN HENKLE.

The following preamble *nd resolutions were passed last week by the Independent Order of Good Templars at this place: Whereas, Th o fell Destroyer has recently appeared among us, marking for his victim our dearly beloved brother, Benjamin Henkle, who has been called from our midst by his stern fiat, leaving us but the vacant chair and desolated hearth-stone 1 ; changing the voice of mirth-and the music of glad hearts into the plaintive sounds of sorrow and of 6adness; since the heart which feltand loved is now pulseless; the hand we all have grasped in friendship, is now cold and motionless; the eye, once beaming with intelligence, now dimmed and lusterless; the voice, to which but yesterday we listened wi.th interest and admiration, now hushed in the still grave forever; therefore, Resolved, That we deeply sympathzie with the family and friends of our deceased brother in this sad bereavement, and that they shall eirer rsceive the warmest sympathies of our hearts. & Resolved , That in the death of brother Henklb a bright and shining light in our ordor has gone out, whose place will long be vacant in our society and in our hearts. Ifkpolyed, That while we deplore the irreparable loss of our worthy brother who has gone from our midst, we have the consoling assurance that he rests well—at eve, at moonless midnight, or at matin time, he shall not lift up his cover of verdure—suns rise and moons set for him in vain; but we know that there is another country where the expanding mind shall grasp untold treasures of eternal truth—where the life of active goodness shall receive its reward—where the roses are eternal, and where the tenants of the everlasting mansions shall never die. Resolved, That the above resolutions be published in the Rensselaer Gazette, and a copy be presented to the family of our dc-, ceased brother.

——>It is reported and generally believed, says the <South Bend Register>, that a strenuous effort will be made by the owners of the Wabash & Erie Canal, before our ensuing Legislature, to have the State take back this expensive and profitless work. We trust that every candidate for the Legislature, whether Republican or Democrat, will pledge himself, if elected, to oppose any such transfer under any and all circumstances; and we. hope the Republican party especially will nominate no person for the Legislature without first ascertaining his position on this important subject. ———<>———

John W. Forney does not abate one jot of liis opposition to the policy of the President. His Philadelphia Press declares that those for whom it speaks will listen to no compromise, and propose none to the Administration. They cannot co-operate with it I‘u.ntiJ the ban is removed, and the treachery to principle disavowed.” Unless this is done, it predicts the sure anid speedy downfall of the Democratic party; of whidi it remarks: “The controling, deciding power resides, where it always has resided, in the free States.”

CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTH.

The committee appointed by the citizens of Rensselaer to make the necessarry arrangements for the celebration of the coming anniversary of thtfCdeclaration of our National Independence, have made the following arrangements: Marshal of the day—tir. G. A. Moss. Chaplain—Rev. A. Hays. Reader of the Declaration—Judge Joseph G. Crane. £ \jj Orators—Rev. J: C - Post and Edward Hammond, Esq. { PROGRAMME. MORNING zxercises. The citizens will form in procession uni der the arrangements of the Marshal, apd“ march to the grove south of the river, pre-" ceded by the Band. The exercises Will then commence with I '£ Prayer by the Chaplain. Patriotic song by the Choir. Reuding of the Declaration of Independence. Music by the Band. Oration by Rev. J. C. Post. Patriotic song by the Choir. . 1 Music by the Band. After which there will bo an intermission of j one hour for refreshments, dinner, dec.

AFTERNOON EXERCISES. Mu sip by the Band. Patriotic song by the Choir. Oration by Edward Hammond, Esq. Patriotic song by the Choir. Music by the Band. Regular Toasts. , Volunteer Toasts. Music by the Band. After which a Balloon Ascension, under the superintendence of James E. Ballard, Esq. There will be another Balloon Ascension at nine o'clock in the evening. The committee made no arrangements for 9 regular dinner, and the hotels will be prepared to accommodate all who call. The committee design having a general picnic, or basket dinner, and all who wish to join in will take refreshments with them. As the 4th of July comes on Sunday,,the celebration will be had on Saturday, the.3d.

SABBATH-SCHOOL CELEBRATION.

At a meeting of a portion of the citizens of Rensselaer interested in the prosperity of Sabbath-schools, at the Presbyterian church, on Monday evening, 14th inst., it was unanimously resolved, that arrangements should be made for celebrating the coining 4th ot July by the different Sabbathschools of the town and vicinity, jointly with the celebration by the citizens, already on foot; and accordingly the following gentlemen were appointed a Committee of Arrangements R. H. Milroy, Rev. Thomas Whalion, Rev, A. L- Hays, W. W. Wishard, Dr. \V. H. Martin and Alex. Rowan; and the following ladies were! appointed a Committee on Refreshments: Mrs. Whallon, Mrs. Rhodes, Mrs. Hays, Mrs. Milroy, Mrs. Rowan, Miss Fanns Martin, Miss Cynthia Rowan, Miss Elizabeth Peacock, Bliss Blary Snyder, Miss Martha Wright, Miss Rosan Dunlap and Miss Louisa McCarthy. Dr. W. H. Martin was appointed to deliver an address to the Sabb.ath-school children and their parents; Rev. Thos. Whallon was appointed Chaplain; and Mr. John Warner was, on motion, unanimously requested by the meeting to meet with the Sabbathsrihool children and train them in singing some pieces appropriate to the occasion, and to invite the young ladies and gentlemen of the town and country to join and assist in the music. R. H. Milroy was appointed Marshal and W. W. Wishard, Assistant Marshal.

PROGRAMME. The children, parents and friends will meet at the Presbyterian church at eight and a half o’clock A. M., and there form a procession under the directions of the Marshals, andmarch, with music, to the Methodist church, where the exercises will be as follows: Singing by th© children and assistants. Prayer by the Rev. Thos. Whailon. j Singing by the children. | Reading of the Declaration of Independence, by Master Benjamin Cissel. Singing by the children. * Address, by Dr. W. H. Martin. Singing by the children. After which the procession will be reformed and march to the Public Square, and join the procession of the citizens and march with them to the grove and participate in the forenoon exercises with them. After which the Sabbath-school procession will be re-formedyand march to the grove in R. H. Milroy’s inclosure, and there partake of refreshments. The procession will be again re-formed and march back to the place of the citizens’ celebration. It was further resolved that the day should be concluded by a grand musical (vocal and instrumental) and convivial Soiree at the Court House in the evening. Single tickets of admission, 25 cents; tickets to admit a gentleman and lady, 40 cents; family tickets, 50 cents. The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee of Arragements on the Soiree: John Warner, R. H. Milroy, Dr. W. H. Martin, Dr. A. G. Moss, D. Snyder, Henry Thompson and Cyrus Henkle. The proceeds of the Soiree to be appropriated to grubbing und clearing the grave-yard, and completing the fencing around it. J. Thompson, Chairman. R. H. Milroy, Secretary. citizens are making extensive preparation for the celebration of the Fourth, and, from present indications, we will have “larger” times on that day tuan were ever before witnessed in Rensselaer.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

The Convention n>et last Saturday afternoon pursuant to public notice, and organized by the election of Geo. W. Nichols as Chairman, and D. F. Davies Secretary. A committee of five was appointed to draft resolutions, consisting of John Lyons, Wm. E. Moore, A. McCoy, R. H. Milroy and Dr. Moss. A committee of five, consisting of W. W. Wishard, D. I. Jackson, John Casad, W. J. Wright and L. A. Lole, was appointed to report delegates to the Congressional, Senatorial and Representative Conventions. On motion, it was s Resolved, That the County Convention b# held on the second Saturday in August. The following gentlemen were called out during the absence of the committees, and made short and pertinent speeches: W D. Lee, James McCullough and T. A- Knox. The committee on resolutions then reported the following, vfhich were unanimously adopted: 1. Resolved, That we heartily approve of the platf&'rm adopted at the Republican State Convjsyuion held at Indianapolis March 4, 1858. X

V resolution was so nearly the same, iti reference to Schuyler Colfax, as the one reported by the committee on delegates, that we omit it.] 3. Resolved, That we will support no man for either of the offices of Senator or Representative in our next State Legislature, who will not unconditionally pledge himself to vote against, and oppose in every form, the taking back from its bondholders the custody of the Wabash and Erie Canal by the State, and also the placing of-the custody of the Trust funds of our State with the Bank of the State ol Indiana. 4. Whereas, The State Sentinel says of Allen P. Hovey, independent candidate for Congress in the First District, an Anti-Le-compton Democrat, that “he occupied the Black Republican position upon tile bleeding Kansas question—his defection will nol make a ripple upon the surface of the Democratic party—the Black Republicans are welcome to all such timber;” therefore, Resolved, That we cordially invite “all such timber,” (though a “mud sill of society,”.) to co-operate with us in defeating the Green-English swindle, as we regard “such timber ’ as infinitely straighter and sounder than ihe.followers of the State Sentinel. The committee on delegates made Jdcfe following report, which was unanimously adopted:

We, your committee, appointed to report the names of delegates to attend the Congressional, Senatorial and Representative Conventions, would respectfully beg leave to report that, owing to the inconvenience of attending the Congressional Convention to be held at Plymouth, we do not deem it advisable to appoint any delegates; but, instead, would suggest the adoption of the following preamble and resolutions: Whereas, VYe have entire confidence in the ability and fidelity of Hon. Schuyler Colfax; and whereas we are fully satisfied with his conduct in every particular during the time he has been a member of Congress; therefore, be it unanimously Resolved, That Hon. Schuyler Colfax is the first and only choice of the Republicans of Jasper county as their Representative in the next Congress. Resolved, That the Secretary of this meeting forward a copy of the above resolution and preamble to'Mr. Wheeler, of the St. Joseph Valley Register, to be handed by him to the Chairman ot the Plymouth Convention. For delegates to the Senatorial Convention we would report: For Marion Township—W. D. Lee, W. H- Martin and E. T. Harding. For Hanging Grove—Wm. E. Bloore and John L. Robinson. For Gillam—Thos. Antrim and Samuel McCulloch. - For Barkley—Geo. H. Brown and Addison Parkison. For Newton—lsaac Saylor and Jared Benjamin. For Jackson—Chas. Frankenberger and Wm. Harris. For Beaver—John Ade and John Brennisholtz. For Washington—E. C, West and Wm. H. Harriett. For Iroquois—John Lyons and John S. Andrews.

For Jorden—Thos. Lamborn-. For Lake—Enoch Wade. For Walker—Lorenzo Tinkham. For P. Petro, For Reener —Bronson Harrington. For delegates to the Representative Convention we would suggest that Republican from Jasper county, who may choose to attend, he considered a delegate. J Of in Casad, 'l W. W. WISHAKD, W. J. -Wright, l Com. D. I. Jackson,. L. A. Cole, ) On motion, it was Resolved, That every Republican of Jasper coutfly be authorized to attend as delegate the Senatorial Convention, also. On motion, it was Resolved, That any Republican of Jasper county can attend the Plymouth Convention as delegate from Jasper county, and is hereby instructed to vote for Schuyler Colfax. On motion of Simon Phillips, it was Resolved, That the Secretary be instructed to furnish the editor of the Rensselaer Gazette a copy of these proceedings for publication. The primary election plan of 1856 was adopted for the nofnination of county officers. On motion, it was Resolved , That it be recommended to the different Vigilance Committees to make collections, to circulate campaign documents, on the day of holding the primary elections. Adjourned. Geo. W. Nichols, Pres’t. D. F. Davies, Sec’y. cars on the N. A. & S. R. R. commence crossing rhe Lafayette bridge to-day.

THE CAMPAIGN JOURNAL.

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Senator Hale Hluminating Senator Bigler.

Our Washington correspondent in one of his late letters, spoke of Senator Bigler’s last achievement in the debate about garden seeds; and also of Senator Hale’s remarks, which are as follows. The scene took place on Friday, the 28th ijHt: Mr. Hale.—lt is very rarely, sir, that a debate in the Senate is intended to influence the action of members here; but it is made to enlighten the country. I confess, however, that this debate has enlightened my mind. I was at first inclined to go against this appropriation, but the considerations which have been urged with so .much force by the Senator from Pennsylvania, I confess, have weakened my convictions in that direction, and have almost induced me to go for it. It the appeal which he so powerfully and pathetically, made to the honorable 1 Senator from Georgia has not moved him, he must be impervious to eloquence and to pathos. I think that the case, which the Senator from Pennsylvania has presented, is eminently just. I agree entirely with what he [ says, when lie declares that in his course ! here he has not been looking to popularity. 1 I think that the wholehNurth, Pennsylvania ! no less than any other part of the Union, will indorse his veracity, if nothing else, when he declares that he had not beeivseeking popularity, at d when he appeals to.the Senator from Georgia, and tells him what a I hard road the Northern Democrats have had i to travel, how much they have had to sacri- j fice and to face; and then ask if, in return for all this, he cannot let him have a few ! onion and garlic seeds, [laughter,] I confess ■ if the Senator Iroin Georgia was not moved, j I was. [Laughter.] I think it is reasona- ! ble, and more than reasonable, even if he ' had asked for a jittle of the vegetable full

grown. But when he says, “Look at the North, .and see on every side, and hear by every mail, proof that we have not pandered to popularity; see what we have sufl'ered in 'y° l,r beliall; when you sqe all that, and see that we are {not exhorbiitant, we do not ask any offices; take your foreign missions, and distribute them where! the)' appropriately belong; take the Federal Treasury, and use it; but when we go home to an outraged constituency, will you be so illiberal as not to let u.s carry a lew onion seeds, and a little garlic, and 'now and then a cabbage, [laughter,] so that our Constituency may be inclined to wink a little at the course we have taken on this great question, upon which we have sacrificed so much for-ytm?” I confess that even it I Bad such strict rules as the Senator from Georgia entertains upon j the Constitution, when such an appeal as ! that came Irom such a source, the “right ; bower” i f the Administration, not risking j to take the “ace,” or anything else, hut smf- ; plv a little onion seed—a vegetable that, I under peculiar states ol application, is calculated to produce tears—[laughter] cannot you let us go home and cry with our constituents ])ver what we have done! Ido not want to be personal; but I appeal to the honorable Sehator from Georgia, and 1 ask him—l can ask him, f.r we have always been on friendly relations

Mr. Bigler;—Allow me. I have no idea at all that the Senator intends to be personal. Mr. Hale.—j-Oh no. Mr. Bigler.—But he uses terms which I do not understand; talking about the “right bower” and “ace,” and all that sort of thing. [Laughter.] Mr. Hale.—Well, sir, I do not understand them; but I thought the* Senator did, because the Senator from Georgia, spoke of it, and he seemed to understand it then. [Laughter.] Ido not understand them; but I suppose it is parliamentary, highly so, [laughter,] or else it would not have been introduced. Ido not know what the “right bower” is. I suppose it is a naval [knave-al] term, [laughter,] or something of that sort. But I was proceeding. The Senator from Georgia and myself do not agree on political questions; we have differed; but I believe, in our social intercourse we have never had any difficulty, and whenever it has been in my power—l do not know that I ever had an opportunity wheie it was in my power to do him a slight favor, but if it was the case, I would do it; but if he has the slightest personal regard for me, I beg to throw it into the same scale where the eloquence and pathos of the Senator from Pennsylvania have gone before me, and both together we ask for—a little onion seed. [Laughter.] Can he, under these circumstances, resist! No, sir. I am as strict a constructionist of the Constitution as any, not excepting*fhe honorable Senator before me [Mr. Toombs;] but I have read all the platforms, and I suggest to the Senator from Georgia that he islTlittle too fast. I think, considering what has been done, we may continue to vote these seeds, at least until the Charleston Convention sits, and then, I have no doubt after these developments, there will be a new resolution that will cut off these seeds, and that onions will be unconstitutional ever after. [Laughter.] But until that is done, until that proviso is put in, I think the faithful may construe the provisions of the Constitution and the Cincinnati Platform, as (he honorable Senator from • Pennsylvania has suggested. I think we may construe them without straining the Constitution any more to buy onion seeds than it does to leatch runaway sluves., I guess when you find a provision in the Constitution that there is a way made to take money out of the Federal Treasury to pay for returning fugitive slaves, you will find also the provision that a little sum may be paid for onion seed. Until a clause forbidding it comes either in the constitution or ihe Charleston Convention, let us have the seed; but I have nn doubt it will he unconstitutional after the Convention sits.

Bright and Fitch Confirmed.

At the Called Session of the present Senate, which commenced on the 4th day of Biarch, 1857, Messrs. Jesse D. Bright and Graham N. Fitch presented what purported to be credentials entitling them to seats as Senators from Indiana. They were met at the threshold by a remonstrance, signed by a majoiity of the members of the State Senate of Indiana, comprising one-branch of the Legislature by which they claimed to hare been elected, denying that any such election had taken place, and protesting against their admission to seats. The laws "of Indiana require a concurrence of the Senate with the House in appointing a meeting in jbint ballot for the choice of United States Senators, and no such concurrence was ever had. The Senate never assented to such joint ballot, and only a minority of its members attended the joint ballot, which, having been agreed to for another purpose, was most dishonorably perverted to an attempt to choose Senators. \

The facts within the case lay within a. narrow compass, and were easily comprehended. In case of conflict or doubt, Indianapolis, where the pretended election was held, was within two days, by' mail, anitwe hours, by telegraph, ot Washington. S® there was no excuse in the circumstances of the case for keeping the matter in suspense for more than three weeks at farthest. And yet the political friends ot Messrs. Bright and Fitch, who constitute a strong i and unscrupulous majority of the Senate, have been over fifteen months hardening their hearts and faces tor the outrage of pronouncing those gentlemen rightfully chosen Senators from Indiana! From month to month, the minority have brought up the question and insisted that it be disposed of; but the majority have persistently shuffled it aside, to the grievous wrong of the pretenders and lof Indiana, if they were indeed elected. At | last, in the dying hours of the long session, I after Messrs. Bright and Fitch h ive been j serving continuously for more than six { months, they are confirmed in their seats by a party drill and a party vote. This voter is ; directly in the teeth of that bv which the j same party unseated Mr. Harlan as a-Sena- ! tor Iroin lowa. In Mr. Harlan's case, the ; Democratic Senate agreed with the Whig {House in designating a day on which a joint ballot should be held for tbe choice of a United States Senator. The meeting was accordingly held, but no choice effected, when the joint ballot adjourned over to another special day. Oil that day, the Democratic Senators, learning that a choice was likely to be effected, refused to attend. VThis was rightly held by the majority of the Whole Legislature not to vitiate the joint ballot already formed by tie' concurrence of the Senate. So the business proceeded, and Mr. Harlan was chosen. The United States Senate, upon a contest, decided that he was noi rightfully chosen, because a majority of the Senators deserted the' - joint ballot duly convened. So, Mr. Harlan was sent home, but immediately re-elected; ami now the men who sent him home have decided that Bright and Fitch are duly elected! —/Yrir L orh Tribune.

Savage.

Colonel Walker of the Laporle Times y ip I referring to the nomination of a Buchanan State ticket in Illinois, in opposition to the ! Houglus State ticket, gets perfectly savane. | Hear him: - ° 1 “L ls c °uld be believed that Blr. Buchanj an instigated the work ot these officials, leu i hundred thousand Democratic d iggers would leap from their sheaths, in the North, and, with scabbards thrown away, the war would* begin, to end when the infamy was bleached out in the reeking vengeance of outraged justice.” • * b But the Colonel expresses Lis belief “that the President frowns upon these proceedings.” We see no reason to believe it. Ihe Colonel regards the Douglas Convention as representing the true and regular Democracy, and denounces tl)o actors in ti)t? Buchanan Convention us bolters. Buchanan believesnhe reverse, that the actors in the Buchanan Conveiition are the t r ue and regular Democrats, while the actors in the Douglas Convention are bo 1 tiers. If he does not, why did he turn out of office actors in the Douglas Convention, and fill their places by actors in the Buchanan Convention? Did he not turn them out becouse they were Anti-Lecompton, and as such were bolters from the National Democracy? Did he not fill their places with Lecomptonites, because os such they were the regular and the better National Democrats’ When Buchanan undoes his work; when lie turns .out of office the actors in the Buchanan Convention, and replaces in office the actors in the Douglas Convention, then will we believe that he “Irowns upon these proceedings;” then will we believe that he regards the Douglas Convention as-the exponent of the regular Democracy, and the Buchanan Convention as a “Convention of bo.ters.” —South Bend Register.

The Fraud Consummated.

We notice in the proceedings of Monday the last da. of the Session, th't the,Senate' decided that Bright and Fitch are cnti-tled to their seats. The vote is not given. It is reported that Bright admits that his elect.on was illegal, and that if the Democrats have a majority in the next Legislature, he Vi l resign and then be legally elected. But il the Republicans have a majority, he will rely upon the Lccompton majority in the United States Senate to retain him in his seat, which he admits he has illegally obtained. j The fact that Bright and Fitch are retained in their seats is proof that the Lucornptonites in the United States Se ate expect that the Republicans will carry Indiana this fall. If they were confident that the Lecomptomtes would have control over our next Legislature, Bright and Fitch would have been ousted; for the c-ise is too plain to admit of doubt or hesitation. We do not >L live the Iruud would have been sanctioned, and the decision in the Harlan case reversed, if there had been a fair prospect ° ""ght and Fitch hereafter obtaining the seats by a legal election. But they must have seats in the Senate at all events, legal or illegal, it makes no difference to the Lecomptonites. Bright and Fitch are United States Senators, not by virtue of any election of the Indiana Legislature, but by virtue of an election by the Lecompton members of tho United States S“ti»te.— South. Fend Register.