The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-08-24
Thc Illinois Canpaign....Se,.atO Ia
Trumbull's speech-.-Kot Work all

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comprehensive and interesting speech of Mr.
Senator Trumbull at Chicago, giving the repub
lican side of the picture OF the Illinois cam
paign, in all its strongest lights and shades -
From the tone and temper of this curious an,
| feroclous speech, and from the equally violen
war of determination which has been raiset
among the Lecompton democracy OF Illinois
against Mr.. Douglas the reader will perceive
that the Little Giant" has placed himself be.
/ tween two raking fires, from which he can only
escape destruction By miracle. His Senatorial
| colleague, in the speech under review, has given
him shot between wind and water on popular
sovereignty" which, in itself, ought to DC sufii
cient to sink him.
| Our readers will reeolleot that during the lie.
compton discussion in Congress We pointed OUT
| the inconsistency of Mr.. Douglas in 1878 as
compared with his line of action in the Senate
in 1856. Mr.. Trumbull boldly and pointedly
raises this issue against his colleague, and saws
that in 1886 Mr.. Douglas was an active partici-
pant III the bill of Mr. Toombs under which a
plan was provided for securing State consti-
tuition tor Kansas and her admission into the
Union under it, dispensing with the submission
OF said constitution to the popular vote To
this charge, thus pointedly raised against Mr.
Douglas by his colleague in the Senate. who
ought to know something upon the subject, we
must leave "the Little Giant" himself to reply;
but the facts aud the testimony appear to be
overwhelmingly against him.
Mr.. Douglas IS now in the position, at all
events, IN which he can comprehend the suici-
DIAL folly OF his abandonment of the admnstra.
ton TO follow the shadowy abstraction of pop
ular sovereignty" His manifest destiny" is
that OF Calhoun, Rives, Talmadge, Van Buren,,
benton, and others, VINO have attempted, from
time to time, to PROSTATE the policy of the adj
mlnistration which they could not control How
different would have been the position of Mr..
Douglas had he not allowed himself 10 be fright.
ened by what his facetious colleague calls "the
Fremont" thnuder of 1896!
From the Kansas question Mr.. Trumbuli passes
to review of the Southern "despotsmn which
prevails at Washington, and to the federal ex-
travagances OF the democracy and Ar. Buc.an-
ans adminlstratlon-in regard to ali of which
we must remember that Mr.. Tr1mbull is playing
the part OF stump.speaker and not the grave,
deliberate and careful role of statesman. His
Custom House statistics, however are very GU
rous and remarkable, and suggestive of an
immense batch of spois and lobby Jobs, which
have grown up under the fostering care OF the
spollsmen and lobby jobbers of Congress, until
they need general pruning down. For all of
this, however, Congress, and not the President, |
is the responsible party. The fault is in our
revenue and custom house jo5bery system, and
not in the Executive Department-the duty of
which is to administer the laws.
Upon the question of the disposition of our !
Tree negro population, MI Trumbull adopts the |
idea OF Eli Thayer-to wit: the colonization of
Central America with these people. He thinks |
That region well adapted for the negro race and |
there can be no doubt of that; and Nicaragua.
besides, would be a much more convenient set
or IN,
than Liberia. But it will be time enough to
discuss this proposition when it shall have as
sumed more definite shape. The remarks of |
Mr.. Trumbusl upon this point are only valuable |
Tor the present, as showing that his sympathies
With the negro philanthropsts do not extend
% the full measure of negro equality and negro
amalgamation. On the contrary he tells us that
he Republican party is "the white mans party"
"A hint which we commend to the special con.
liberation of Mr.. Seward, Thurlow Weed and
ne hon. Massa Greeley, inasmuch as the Re-
'uoilcans OF New York, believing niggers to be
homogeneous party, ought 10 stand upon the
anne platform with their brethren of the State
# Illinois,
We submit this speech Of Mr.. Trumbull to
ne digestion OF our readers OF all parties. as
abundant mat erials for profitable re.
ection. II Is the speech of sharp, active and
ome"hat overheated party on the stump; but
VII thefe are many things in it indicating the
lture policy OF the Republican party, including
war against the administration and war
ganst the Supreme Court, which it would be
ell Tor all parties, and especially Tor the De-
'ocracy, to understand.-NewY York Herald.
HON. FRANCIS SPRINGER.-This gentleman
our readers are aware, is q candidate for
ldae In this judicial District, paid us a visit
q Saturday last. We were glad to have tho
easurc OF making the acquaintance Of Mr.
oringer, who has for many years been a resi-. i
mt OF this State, and prominent advocate Of
. rights of Freedom and OF free men against i
e nefarious Vaccinations of locofocoism.-
ne warm greeting which he received at the 9
'nds of our citizens, of both parties. il the
rongest possible evidence of the high estima.
On 10 which he 10 held by those who have lone Q
joyed a personal acquaintance with him. He
II receive the warmest support both from the Il
'publicans of this section and also from 4 il
ct Of Democrats.--Ft. Madison Independent.
It is said that the very first paragraph in
IN. Rufus Choate's Grafton at Boston, on the O
! ult., contained two hundred and sixty sir
rds. uttered without pausing for breath. An.
ier sentence contained over Eve hundred y
rds. is twelve inches long in print, and 10 ',
corated with two hundred and FIFTY adiectives.
!. Choate's wind 10 30 extraordinary that xe 70
nder his friends do not think Of putting hin a
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