Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-10-22

tween Senator Douglas and his competitor, LIN
coin, took place at Altoona few days since. In
the course of Judge Douglas remarks, he said,
after giving his reasons for voting against the
admission of Kansas under the Lecompton Com
stitution, and for approving the Conference Re
port Bill, also:
Fellow citizens, how have the supporters of
the English bill stood up to their pledges not to
admit Kansas until she had obtained popula-
ton of 9S, 400 in the event she rejected the Lee
compton Constitution? How? Thenewspapers
inform us that English himself whilst conduct
ing his canvass for reelection, and in order to
secure it, pledged himself to his constituents
Lbatif returned heWould disregard his own bill
and vote to admit Kansas into the Onion with
such population as she might have when she
made application. daughter and applause)-
We are informed that every Democratic candi-
date for Congress in all the States where cleo
tons have recently been held, was pledged
against the English bill, with perhaps one or
two exceptions. Now, if l had only done as
these Anti.Lecompton men who voted for the
English bill in Congress, pledging themselves to
refuse to admit Kansas If she refused to become
slave State until she had population of
93,420, and then returned to their people, for.
feited their pledge, and made new pledge to
admit Kansas at any time she applied, with
out regard to population, / would have had
no trouble. You saw the whole power and
patronage of the federal government weld
ed in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania, to
re-elect Anti-Lecompton men to Congress
who voted against Lecompton, then voted
for the English bill, and then denounced the
English bill aud pledged themselves to their
people to disregard it. [Good1 Ny sin con
ststs in not having given pledge, and then in
not having afterwards forfeited it For that
reason, in this State, every Postmaster, every
Route Agent, every Collector ofthe ports, and
every federal Office holder, forfeits his head the
moment he expresses a preference for the Dem
ocratic candidates against Lincoln aud his abo-
lition associates. That's SO, and cheers A
Democratic Administration which we helped to
bring into power, deems it consistent with its
fidelity to principle and its regard to duty, to
WELD its power in this state in behalf of the
Republican Opposition candidates in every
county n6feyery Congressional District against
the Democratic party. All / have to say in
reference to the matter is, that if that admins
tration have not regard enough for principle if
they are not sufficiently attached to the creed of
the Democratic party to bury forever their per-
sonal hostilities in order to succeed in carrying
out our glorious principles, have. [Good, good,
and cheers. / have no personal difficulties
with Mr.. Buchanan or his cabinet He, chose
| to make certain recommendations to Congress
| as he had right to do on the Lecompton queS-
ton. could otTote in favor of them. l had
as much right to- 6dge for, myself how should
vote as he had how he shonld recommend. He
undertook to say to me, if you do not vote us
tell you, will take offthe heads of your friends
[Laughter.l Ireplied to him, 'syou did not elect
me, represent Illinois, and am accountable
to illinois, as my constituency, and to God, but
not to the Presidento or to any other power on
earth. lGood, good, and Vociterous applause !
And now this warfare is made on me because
I.would not surrender my convictions of duty,
because would not abandon my constituency.
and receive the orders of the executive authori-
| ties how should vote in the Senate of the
United States. (''Never do il, ''three cheers, -
&c.) hold that an attempt to control the
Senate on the part of the Executive is subvers-
i've of the principles of our constitution
C'That's right'D The Executive dek,zrtment
is independent of the Senate, aud the SENATE
is independent of the P resident In matters
of legislation the President has a veto on the
action of the Senate and in appointments and
treaties the Senate has veto on the President.
He has no more right to tell me how shall
vote on his appointments than have to tell
him whether he shall veto or approve a bill
that the Senate has passed. Whenever you
recognize the right of the Executive to say to
a Senator, "do this, or | will take off the heads
of your friends, you convert this government
from republic into despotism. (tIear, hear,
and cheers.) Whenever you recognize the right
of President to say to a member of Congress
vote as tell you or will bring power to
Dear against you at home which will crush you, !"
and destroy the independence of the representa-
tive, and convert him into n tool of the Execu-
tive power" ('SThats So" and applause) 1
resisted this invasion of the constitutional
rights of q Senator, and intend TO resist it as
long as have a voice to speak, or vote to
give. Yet Mr.. Buchanan cannot provoke me
to abandon one iota of Democratic principles
out of revenge or hostility to his course
| C'Good, good, three cheers for Douglas.'O I
stand by the platform of the Democratic party,
and by its organization, and support its no1ni-
noes If there are any who choose to holt, the
fact only shows that they are not as good
Democrats as 1 am. (''That's so, gowl, and
applause)
In replying to Douglas, Lincoln noticed this
part of his speech as follows:
l have been somewhat, in my own mind, com.
plimented by large portion of Judge Douglas
speeoh-I mean that portion. which he deyutes
to the controversy between himself and the
present Administration, Cheers aud laughter
This is the seventh time Judge Douglas and
myself have met in these joint discussions, and
he has been gradually improving in regard to
his war with the Administration. daughter.
That's so n At Quincy, day before yesterday,
he was little more severe upon the Admins.
tration than 1 had heard him upon any former
occasion, and took pains to compliment him for
4 it. then told him 10 "Giveit to them with
all the power he had;n and as some of them
/ fnld fEarT,-