Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-15

DOUGLAS AND LINCoLN.-The folio wing are
extracts from Douglas speeches at Ottowa
in reply to his Republican adversary, Lin
coin:
The next question is to prohibit the ad-
mission of any more slave States in the I'm.
ion. put the question to him distinctly,
whether, if the people of the Territory, when
they had sufficient population to make a
State, should make State recognizing slave
ry in it, he would vote for or against admis-
sion. He is candidate for the United States
Senate. 1t is possible, if elected, that he
would have to vote directly on this question.
| ask him to answer me and you whether he
would vote to admit a State into the Union
with slavery or without, as its own people
might choose. He has not answered that,
has he 2 He has not answered that question
He has lodged that question under the cover
of saying he wasn't on the committee at the
time; he wasn't present when the platform was
made. | want to know if he were present
in the Senate when the State applies for ad-
mission with a Constitution acceptable to its
own people, will he admit the State if it asks?
He avoids the question at the same time he
gives the Abolitionists to understand by n
hint that he would not vote to admit such a
State. Why2 Why, he says that a man
who would talk about each State having
slavery or not as it pleased--mark that
that man VINO would talk about each State
having slavery asst pleased was akin to til
man who would muzzle the press of the Rev
olution. He says that that kind of talk is
blighting the glory of the country. What is
tn II Gaming of that The meaning is, that
he is not in favor of each State doing as it
pleased on the slavery question And now
tell you, shall put the question to him
again and again, and | want to screw it out
of him.
Now about this charge of conspiracy. Mr..
Lincoln to-day goes on and quotes part of
his speech-a playful part of it-about Ste
phen and James and Franklin and Roger,
ETC., and said that | did not take exception
to that, and did not answer. He repeats that
again. That was not what took exception
to. He had right to use these playful words,
and throw his words together as much as he
pleases. What took exception to was this
Afterwards he made speech in which he
said he intended that speech as charge of
corruption and conspiracy between the
Judges of the Supreme COart, President
Pierce, President Buchanan and myself That
gave the offensive character to the charge
lie then said that when he made it he did
not know whether it was true or not but he
said that inasmuch as Judge Douglas had not
denied, although he replied to the other
parts of the speech three times he now re-
peated the charge of conspiracy on Judge
Douglas, aud thus turned it into charge of
/ moral turpitude, and when he put it in that
form | did not say that inasmuch as he re-
peated the charge merely because | did not
deny it--did it on my silence, not knowing
it to be true-I would deprive him Of the op.
portunity ofever repeating it again, by say
ing that it was in all its bearings an infamous
lie. lie says he will repeat it until | will
get into answering his folly about Frank
and Bob and John. He studied that out,
and prepared that one sentence and commit
ted it to memory to put it in his speech
at Springfield, and carries it around now
and reads it to the audience to hear how
pretty it is His vanity is offended because
| won't go into that beautiful passage about
building the house. All have to say is, | am
not green enough to let him make charge,
which he acknowledges he did not know to
be true, and then take up the whole of my
time in answering a charge which know to
be false and nobody knows to be true | have
not brought a charge of moral terpitude
against him, and when he or any other living
man brings one against me- instead of put
ting myself on the proof and disproving it,
will say it is a lie have lived twenty-five
years in Illinois; have served you with a /
the fidelity and ability knew how, and he
is at liberty to attack my public course
and actions; to attack my views and con
duct but when he attacks my moral integri-
ty, by charge of conspiracy between me
and Justice Taney and the two Presidents
repelt it.