Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-08-26

the aot"C 9oU VI aNS" SseUPeuHes eno
adopted son OF Ohio.
Gov. Chsse is every where recognized 20
q Statesman Of the highest ability, of na-
tional principles and reputation. unsuilied
purity of character both public and private,
and as worthy Of the highest trust snd con-
6dence.
Lincoln Arcased-He Clinches the
Charge Of Conspiracy" on Doug
las.
Mr. Lincoln has commenced the cam.
paign in earnest, He spoke to an immense
crowd at Beardstown, Illinois, on the 18th
inst. Mr. Douglas had spoken a; the same
place on The day previous. The CORES
pondent of TIE Press says that three or
Tour hundred ci,isens went down to the
landing to welcome "Old Abe" and escort
him to his hotel. The valoruus Democracy
had taken the precsution. after using the
corporstida-eAaeyP,s1 che day previous,
TO aR IL sp Sik p6uszzd brlek, 90 thai the
Republicans souda't have the use of it,
The s,rassgees sssccesded 6nely-,hs gun
wouldn't 60 Of. Nevertheless they had
two fne bands Of music, two military com.
psnies-the "Beardstown City Guards, -
and the "IndePsndents"-snd 4 cavalcade
Of forty horsemen to supply the deficiency
and add to the tclst Of the reception. The
Schuyler county delegation came in three
hundred strong, and from 10 O'Clock the
farmers came pouring in from the country
and two FIRE companies came in from Nor.
gan county. Some 1000 or 1000 person.
were in attendance. Mr.. Lincoln treated
of the conspiracy" charge, which is thus
reported by the correspondent Of The Press:
TIE "coNsPis4eY" CHARGE REnEwKo AND
= cLINcHED.
And first. cinserning the "eonspir.cy"
charge over shich Doug las few into such
a passion yesterday - s -,
made q speech in June last, (sa'd Mr..
Lincoin.) in which pointed out, briefly
and consecutisely, series of public meas
ares leading directly to the nation ization
of slavery--the spreading of that institu-
tion over oil the Territories and all m,
States, old and new, North as welfas South.
enumerated the repeal Of the Missouri
Compromise, which every candid nan
must ackno& ledge conferred upon emf.
grants to Kansas and Nebraska the ripbt
10 carry slsyes there and hold them in
bondage, whereas furmerly they had no
such right: 1 slhded Ia the events which
that repeal-events in which
Judge Douglas name figures quite promi
nently. referred to the Dred Scot dsei.
zion and the extraordinary means taken 10
prepare the pubIic mind for ,ha, decision
1.-The efforts put forth by Presiden, Pierce
70 make the people believe they had en-
lorsed in the election OF James Buchanan
:he doctfins th-t slavery may exist in the,
Free Terfit5ties of the Uaion-the earn.
est exhoitstiop put forth by President Blu.
;hanan to the people to stick to ,ha, deci.
lion, whatever it might be. Daughter the
,lose fitting niche in the Nebraska bill
wherein the right Of the people to govern
themselves is made "subject to the Consti-
u:ion of the United Siates"-the ex,raor.
hnary haste displayed by Mr. Douglas to
rive this decision an Endorsement at The
:apital Of Illinois.
Ialluded 10 the other concurring circum.
stances, which need not repeat now, and
said that though I could not open the
,osoms Of mei. and ird out their secret
motives, yet when found the frame " ork
or barn or bridge, or any other structure
'uilt BY number Of carpenters--Stephen
md Franklin. and Roger and James--and
o built that ereh tenon had its proper
nortice, and the whnle forming symmet.
ical piece workmanship, I should say
hat these carpenters all worked on an in
ellieent plan and understood each other
rom the beginning This embraced the
,ain argument 70 my speech before the
lepublicsn State Convention in June u
udee Douglas received q copy Of nv
peech some two weeks before his return
D Illinois. He hae ample time to exam.
ne and reply toit if he chose to do so. He
i'd examine it, and he did reply to. it, but
e wholly overlooked the body Of nv argu-
rent, and said nothing OF the conspiracy
barge" - he terms Il He made up h is
peech Of complaints against our rende pcies
D negro equality and smalgama,ion.-l
We'll. seeing that Douglas
ad had the PROGRESS served on him, that
e had taken notice Of snch service, that
e had come into cour. and pIsaded to a
art of the complaint. but had ignored the |
lain issue, took default en- him. ] held
nat he had no plea to make to the general
barge. So when ! was called on to reply |
!, him twenty four hours Afterwards I re
sved the charge as explicitly .. I could.
Ny speech was reported and published on
,e following nasrping, and Of course. Judg.
douglas saw it. He went from Chicago to
bloomington and there made another and
niger speech. and yet took no notice OF
,e conspiracy charge" He then went
, Springfield and made another elaborate
'gument, but was not provsi'sd upon to
now anything shout the outstanding in
c,ment. I made sno.hsr speech in Spring
eld-this time taking il for granted that
ldge Douglas was satisfied to take his
,ances in the campaign with the imputa-
on Of the conspiracy hanging over him
was not un,ilhe went into small town
IIiotop) In De Witt county, where he de-
vered his fourth or fifth regular speech.