The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-11-20
Ole :feliti;na 1cmotrat.
JUDGE DOUGLAS POSITION.
spEECU At ALTON. IIJJNoIs

SPEECH AT ALTON. ILLINOIS.
Ladies and Gentlemen; II s now nearly four month.
since the canvass between Mr. Lincoln and myself
commenced. On the 10th of June, the Republican
Convention assembled ut Springfield and nominated
Mr. Lincoln eS their candidate for the United States
senate, and he on that OCCASION. delivered speech
IN which ho laid down what he understood to be tie
Republican creed. and the platform on which he pro.
posed to stand during the contest. The principal
point in that speech olNir l.incon's were: First
That this Government could not endure permanently
diVIdcd INTO Tree and slave States fathers made
~ that they must all become free. or all bcomc slave;
all become one thing OF all become the other other
vic this Union could not continue to exist. give
you his opinions almost IN the identical language he
used Ills second position was a crusade against The
supreme Court OF the United States because Of the
DFed Scott decision urging rs especial reason for
III opposition tO that decision that ii deprived the
negroes Olh rights and benefits ofthat clause in the
Constitution Of ihe United STATE, which guarantees
to the citizens of rGch State all the rights privileges,
and mnmrcs Of the citizens or the several states.
Oh The 10Th ofJuly returned home. and deliver.
cd speech TO tic people ol Chicago, in which
hoHnccd ~ to Ne my purpose 70 appeal TO the people
OF Illinois TO sustain the course had pursued in Con
gross ln that speech joined issue with Mr. Lincoln
on the points which he had presented. Thus there
waa an issue ciear and distinct made ur between us.
these Two propositions laid down III the speech of
Mr. Lincoln At Springfield and controver.ed by me
in my reply 10 him at Chicago. On the next day
the lth Of July Mr.. Lincoln replied 10 me at Chica-
20, explaining 1T some length. and reaiIirming the
positions which he had taken in lis Springfield speech
I IN that Chicago speech lie even went further than
he had hciurc. and uttered sentiments in regard to
tn" negro being on an equality with the white man
I (Thats s0) II" adopted in support of this position
the argument which lOycoy aud Coddinr. and 9TH
u Abolition Lecturers had made amilurin the north
crn and central portions Of the State to wit: That
the Declaration of independence having declared all
men free and equal. by Divine law. also that negro
equality wa. an nalicnable right. Of which they could
Not he deprived. lie insisted. in thar speech that
the Declaration Of Independence included the negro
~ the clansn, asserting that all men were crcated
equal and went 80 far 10 say that If one man was
allowed 10 take III" position. that il did not include
tua negro, Others might take The position that ii lil
not include other men. ~ said thal All these dis
tingNnns between this man and that man. this race
and III" other race. must be discarded, and wc must
al stand hy the Declaration of Independence drcsr
ing that u man "Cir created equal.
The issue thus being made np between Mr. Lincoln
and myself on three points. we went before the peo-
pie oi tn" state. During III" following sercn weeks
LetN"nn the Chicago speeches and our first meeting
at Ottawa, hc and addressed large a,semblages Of
h" people IN many Of III" central counties. In my
speeches confined myS" closely 10 those three posi-
tlons which he had taken. controycrtinp his prupos
ton that this uion could not exist our fathers made
u, divided into free and slave states contrOvcrtiur
his proposition ofa crusade against the supreme courf
heeaHee Of the pIed Scott decision. aud eontrDyeri-
Ing Ills proposition that the Declaration Of ndrpand-
enc" included and meant the negroes n. well 0S The
whitc men. when il declared all men to be created
.,n,,t JCL.nFs E. nn.II, : ,,,,I ~ ~ ~. NJ,
lin, I'M, t,n.a nro,ostt;ong cn,,titnGd i,in, l.
M. lat,ynnr j.. a,ld tIat fI,n ,,,,nt ~
bld t,l, ,nnn tbo,,, 90 ,yond Il rill;,i i, ~ Ill,
tn IN a.rr,, g,rt of tr, 4tat. no,ar i,,,,,dI :,
v3rypt ON. hairs Ercodtb from ti,t ,tInr t ~
Xnrth or lla >,anlh NJ ,ylsr.v,r sbonII al ,. 49,,
the people pflllino., ! noi.p THAT wlEN TliE rlMf
>REiy.s VIl4rIc,sNuT rpoci .tv IN rntIr,,, ,,.,,
il rr s,vr qrrus >nr ANY * mn, xn,,,u,.,,. ,
ruf nlrlltry srlris ,yD wuri,i,l TIM n,p,,',
re WAVES own AYErlc,y son r,,r rnr.>.r,',,,,
.r.sq pg sovrrnl>t wnoy0 ~ ru,.r ,r',,n T.C',a
Good, nnd cheers 81 oua. as VA liyn ,,ndar cn,.
mon constitution % lol, ~ no liyr IL , conr,dorn
rv of .nynroi,n and rnr9l sfatn, ionnd ttatl,or s
ono FAR certain norno.s ffot ony noIftico c~cad T.
ralic,l. ,vron,, ,fcb nnof Lc ,,rn.l,in, Il in o..
oiy .Ii. onl t,or,, sIl linn ~ th.t Inian o;l,n
It1 M MI I.nlI,. nrnnn,itinn.in IL ,,y .o,o,.
,l .nnnrhns nnal,.,.I tI,,, and nni,ton ont ,h,t
believed fl, he lilo radc errors conatned in thnn
First in rroord IN his dorfrnn maj tIs 1,ovnrnnn"
ANS in violation NJ thn law of cod which say. tlat
bonsr liyidnd AGAINST ifsnlf cannot .t,na = rnnn
dated il os SANDER mon te immortal lia,nors of
our cnn,titntfnn | thrn said bnvr ottnn nnontod
and now agan assert. thai in nv opion tbis cavern
Iupnt can rndIpr forever rgond7 dvide1 into ,aan
aud slave yt1o. ~ our fathers mad. it-each stnte
having tAr rinh to prohibit abolish or sustain slave
~ inst IN If npasn4 I"Good .rinht > and cheers
This Government was made uDon thn ore,t hosis oi
he sovereignty of the States the RIGHT of each state