Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-23
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DOUGLAS REPLY 70 L1NcoI,N
AT JoNEsnoRo,, 1LL.

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ATiJoSEsBoRo', ILL.
As we published, on yesterday, Mr.. Lincolnls
Speech at Jones6oro, we now give, for the ed.
ifcation of our readers, Mr. Douglas reply
thereto. Mr.. Douglas said.of &
LINCOLN BEING CARRIED OFF.
| will commence where. Mr.. Lincoln left off
and make remark upon the Serious complaint
OF ms about5my speech at Joliet. L did saw
then, IN a playful manner, thatiwhen put this
question to Mr.. Lincoln he failed to answer
that he trembled and had to be carried off from
the stand, and took seven days to get up his re.
ply. That he didnitswalk oflthe stand he won't
deny; that when the crowd went away With me.
n few persons took him on ther,Shoulders and
led him down. LLaughter And wish to saw
this to you, whenever degrade my friends or
myself by allowing them to carry me on their
backs through the public streets, when /. am.
able to walk, will be willing to be deemed
crazy. did not say whetherlI beat him in the
argument or whether he beat me. : It is true Il
put those questions to him, not as idle cues.
tons, but established thattheyl had been atloD-s
ted by nearly every county in Illinois. where
the Black Republicans had majority, and set
forth as their platform; and then / Simply asked
him whether or not he endorsed that platform
OF that portion ofthe State that he relied upon
to elect him. He would not answer. WhenI
reminded him that / was going to bring him in
to Egypt, and renew the questions il he did not
answer, he then, after consulting for time,got
up those answers one week afterwards-an.
swers which | may refer to after whileto show
you how equiYocal they were. My object was
to get him to avow whetheror not he stood by
the platform of his party.
DOUGLAS on MS BIRTH PLACE AND MS DEGREE OF
ts.- .,s51 L. L. D.
Mr.. Lincoln tries to get over his .abolitionism
by telling you he was raised a little eustDf here
tlaughterl over beyond the Wabash, in Indiana,
and he thinks that makes a mighty good man
of him, and very sound on all these questions,
because he was raised in Indiana. / do not
know that the place where man was born or
raised has much to do with his political prin-
ciples The worst Abolitionists have ever
known in Illinois, were men who had sold their
slaves in Alabama or Kentucky, and become
Aboitionlsts while spending the money re.
ceiVed for the slaves. [ don't know that an
Aboltionist- from kentucky or Indiana ought
to have more credit because he was born and
raised among Shareholders l don't know that
native of Kentucky who was raised among
slaves, and whose father and mother were nur--
sed by slaves, is any more excusable when he
comes to Illinois and turns AboliIonist, to
SANDER the grave of his father and tile institu-
tions Gnder which he was born and where his 4
father aud mother lived. True, was not born
out West here. / was born in the valleys of
the Green Mountains, with the high mountains
allaround; and | loved the old hills and the green
valleys whereof was born and where playedin
my childhood came away to this State, and
went back for thefirst timein twenty years, and
they treated me kindly and Hospitality. There
was then che commencement of the College;
they invited me on the platform and conferred on
me the title of L. L. d., the same as they did on
old General JacksOu.when he went to q College
commencement. When they had given me my
degree, they read it to me in Latin, and give
you my honor that I understood just as much of
that Latin as Old Hickory did. daughter ~
w hen they got through that, they called for a
speech from me; and whiletny heart was SWELL
ing with gratitude and emotion as looked out
on the mountains and valleys, l told my friends
that Vermont was the most glorious spot on the.
face of the earth for man o2be born in, pro-
sVidcd he emigrates when he is very young,-
[ROars Of laughter l did, when was very
young. came here when was a boy, aud
found that my mind was liberalized and my
opinions enlarged as 1 got on these wide and
expansive prairies, where only the heavens
bound your vision, Instead of having them.
bounded by the little narrow valley where | was
born, and / discarded all those filings at the
land " here man was born. wisht bejudg-
ed by my principles, by those great principles
upon which the peace, safety and prosperity of
this Government now rests.
DOUGLAS or THE coNsTiTuTIoNAL1rY OF SLAVERY
IN TIE TERRITORIES, AND THE POWER OF CON-
GREsS AND OF THE PEOPLE OVER 1T THERE
Mr.. Lincoln frames another question which
he propounds to me, and desires me to answer.
AS said to him at 0ttowa, have not put
question to him that have not laid the foun.
dation for, by showing that it was the platform
of the uajority of the party whose votes he is
seeking, and adopted in tho majority Of the
counties which he now hopes to carry. They
are supported by the candidates of his party
running in those counties. But will answer
his question. If the slave holding citizens of
a United States Territory should need or de-
mand Congressional Legislation for the pro-
lection Of their slave property in such territory,
would you as member of Congress vote for or
against such legislation? l answer him it is
a fundamental article infthe Democratic creed
that there shall be non interference, non-inter-
yention by Congress in all lhe States and Ter
ritories. [CheersJ Mr.. Lincoln could have
found an answer to his question in the 0incin-
natl Platform. [AppIause.l The Democratic
lparty have always stood by that great
Eprinciplc Of nort-iltetfeEence, non-nterven
ton by Congress with slavery in States
and Territories alike. stand on that plat
form now. CApplause.l Now desire to call
your attention to the fact that Mr.. Lincoln hims
| self don't define his own position on that quess
| ton. How does9fie stand on'that question 2&-st
He put the question to INC at Freeport, whether
| would vote to admit Kansas into the Union
hn clto' hnd